Glossary – Xoro HRT 7510 User Manual

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5.1
5.1-multichannel encoding means, that 5 audio channels with full frequency response are present
(left, center, right, surround left, surround right) plus a subwoofer channel (represented by the „.1”)
providing deep humming frequencies you are used to know from modern cinemas. Both Dolby
Digital

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(including AC3) and DTS

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support 5.1-coding and –decoding.


Aspect ratio: 4:3 and 16:9
Full Frame refers to programs developed for TV display with an aspect ratio of 4:3. Widescreen
refers to programs developed for screens with an aspect ratio of 16:9.
If a widescreen program is displayed on a 4:3 screen, the picture will have black borders on top and
bottom.

Coaxial
Coaxial is a digital transmission standard for audio data transfer. Coaxial can transmit digital audio
tracks from one source to another without having to leave the digital transmission, which would
result in worse quality.

CVBS
Composite Video Interface. The video signal is transmitted via a single signal line. CVBS should
only be used, if your playback device does not offer other interfaces for connection with you Xoro
TV set, as CVBS due to technical reasons delivers worst quality of all available interfaces (please
also refer to YUV, S-Video, SCART and RGB). The CVBS interface can easily be identified from the
yellow colour of the RCA jack.

Dolby Digital 5.1
Dolby Digital 5.1 is a system for transmission and storage of 5.1 channel sound on digital media as
DVD, digital TV and satellite transmission. Different from the codecs Dolby Surround

®

and Pro

Logic

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who do not work with channel separation to encode the surround sound in a stereo

recording, Dolby Digital

®

is a discrete system where the different audio channels keep completely

separated during encoding and decoding. Dolby Digital 5.1 is industry standard for coding of DVD
movies with surround sound.

DVB MPEG-2
DVB is the abbreviation of Digital Video Broadcasting, which is a standardization group. DVB-T is
one type of DVB mode (T=Terrestrial). MPEG is the abbreviation of Motion Picture Experts Group, a
working group which defines international standards for audio and video digital compression. The
MPEG-2 standards are mainly applied in digital TV signals.

DVB-T
DVB-T is the transmission of digital TV via terrestrial transmitter chains in the VHF or rather the
UHF domain.

FEC
FEC stands for Forward Error Correction, applied to correct signal transmission errors between
antennas and the receiver.

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