JVC 340 SC User Manual

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Glossary

Model 330, 340SC, and 370SC Service Manual

Cold Mirror

Mirror that absorbs infrared light so that its reflection contains

only "cold' light that does not transmit appreciable heat. As a
result of this absorption of infrared heat radiation, "cold"
mirrors get quite hot.

Composite Video

Means of transmission sending the complete video signal

consisting of chrominance, luminance and the sync signals. It
is the NTSC standard.

Contrast

The ratio between the dark and light areas of a television

picture, setting white at 100%. Used with Brightness
adjustment for best picture display.

Convergence

The process of controlling CRT beam deflection to keep the

R, G and B beams properly aligned when scanning the raster.
Misconvergence shows up as color fringing on picture edges.
Convergence adjustment compensates for the physical
separation of the R, G and B tubes by aligning their output at
a fixed distance from the projector. Convergence adjustments
include X,Y-Axis Convergence and Black and White
Uniformity.

CRT

(Cathode Ray Tube)

The vacuum tube used as a display screen in video terminals

or television sets. Commonly called the picture tube.

Export Channel

Exports setup data from projector to computer. Useful when

servicing. See Import Channel Data and refer to Appendix 1
for more details.

Field

One half of a complete video frame. Odd lines in one field

and even lines in another make up one frame.

Frame

One complete TV picture or screen of information. It is

composed of two fields and has a total of 525 scanning lines
in NTSC transmission.

Ganged

When R and B are ganged to Green, green is set first, then R

and B are set to match G. Thereafter, if R or B are visible on
screen, any adjustments to G will affect all three colors.

Graphics Adapter

A circuit card in a computer that has the function of

converting signals used in a computer into signals that a
monitor can use to display a video picture.

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