Short technical guide, Glossary – Kathrein UFS 650sw User Manual

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SHORT TECHNICAL GUIDE

AC 3

Output for Dolby Digital signal

Audio output

Sound output on the receiver

AV programme pos.

Preferred programme position on TV set for Scart input

CA

Conditional Access
(for decoding encrypted programmes)

CI

Internationally standardised interface for CA modules

Decoder

Decoder for Pay TV

DiSEqC™

Control system between receiver and LNB, multi-switch

DVB

Digital Video Broadcasting

Eb/No [dB]

Power density per unit of information

Eb/No ratio

Digital signal to noise ratio

LED display

Display on receiver

LNB

Low Noise Block Converter

Mute

Muting of sound

OSD

On Screen Display

PAL

Analogue TV standard

Pay TV

Pay-per-view TV channels (e.g. PREMIERE)

PCMCIA

Standard for internal decoder interface for pay-TV

PID

See “Short technical glossary”

PIN

Personal Identifi cation Number

Receivers

Satellite receiver

RGB

Video signal made up of three individual colour signals
(red, green, blue)

Satellite IF signal

Receiver input signal

Scart cable

21-pin connecting cable (e.g. receiver/TV)

Smart card

Card from Pay TV provider to decode its channels

Stand-by

Standby mode

S-VHS

Super Video Home System (video recorder standard)

Symbol Rate

Rate of data transmission of satellite signal

Timer function

Clock function for pre-programmed switch on and off times

Transponder

See “Short technical glossary”

VCR connection

Video recorder connection

Viterbi rate

See “Short technical glossary”

GLOSSARY

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