Humax PVR-8000 - Manual (Page 5)

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Warning & Glossary
• VIACCESS TM is a trademark of France Telecom.
• CryptoWorks(TM) is a trademark of Philips Electronics N.V.
• Irdeto is a trademark of Mindport BV.
• Nagravision is a registered trademark of Kudelski S.A.
• Conax is a trademark of Telenor Conax AS.
• ‘Dolby’ and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
HUMAX cannot be held responsible for any kind of problems caused by the use of
non-proprietary software. It is strongly recommended that only software released by
HUMAX is used throughout the HUMAX product range, as the use of versions other
than HUMAX official software will void the manufacturer’s warranty.
• Forward Error Correction (FEC)
A system of error control for data transmission.
• HDD (Hard Disk Drive)
A primary computer storage medium, which is made of one or more aluminum or glass
platters, coated with a ferromagnetic material.
• Intermediate Frequency (IF)
A frequency to which a carrier frequency is shifted as an intermediate step in transmission
or reception.
• Low Noise Block (LNB) Downconverter
A low noise microwave amplifier and converter which downconverts a range of
frequencies to IF range.
• Packet Identifier (PID)
A set of numbers that identifies transport stream packets containing data from
a single data stream.
• Polarisation
Characteristic of an electromagnetic wave determined by the orientation
of the electromagnetic field vector.
• PVR (Personal Video Recorder)
A video recorder that can record and play back programmes directly using the embedded
hard disk drive(s).
• Transponder
An automatic device that receives, amplifies and retransmits a signal on a different
frequency.
• TSR (Time Shifted Recording)
A function that records the present programme temporarily to support Trick-mode.
• Trick mode
Pause, Fast Forward, Fast Backward, Slow Motion, Instant Replay, Commercial Skip.
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