Dish Network DVR-7000 - Manual (Page 75)

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GLOSSARY 1. LIST OF USED ABBREVIATIONS
A/V A udio/ V ideo MCPC M ultiple C hannel P er C arrier
AC A lternating C urrent MHz M ega H ertz
ANT ANT enna (terrestial) min min ute
ATA Advanced Technology Attachement min. min imum
ºC C elcius mm m illi m eter
CAM C onditional A ccess M odule MPEG M oving P icture E xperts G roup
CD C ompact D isc NTSC N ational T elevision S tandards
C ommittee
CE Conformite European NVOD N ear V ideo O n D emand
CH CH annel OSD O n- S creen D isplay
CI C ommon I nterface OSG O n S creen G raphics
D2MAC Digital Multiplexed Analog
Component version 2 OTA O ver T he A ir
DAC Digital Analog Converter PAL B/G P hase A lternating L ine B/G
dB d eci B ell PAL D/K P hase A lternating L ine D/K
dBm d eci B ell m illiwatts PCMCIA P ersonal C omputer M emory C ard
I ndustry A ssociation
DC D irect C urrent PCR Program Clock Reference
DiSEqC Di gital S atellite Eq uipment Control PID P acket ID entification
DMA Direct Memory Access PIN P ersonal I dentification N umber
DVB D igital V ideo B roadcasting PWM P ulse W idth M odulation
DVR D igital V ideo R ecorder QPSK Q uadrature P hase S hift K ey
EL E ast L imit RCA Connector type, also Cinch connector
EPG E lectronic P rogram G uide RCU R emote C ontrol U nit
ºF F ahrenheit RF R adio F requency
FTA F ree- T o- A ir RND R a ND om
Gb G iga b it S/PDIF S ony/ P hilips D igital I nterface
GB G iga B yte SAT SAT ellite
GND G rou ND SCART Connector type, also Euro connector
GUI G raphical U ser I nterface SCPC S ingle C hannel P er C arrier
H-H H orizon-to- H orizon SMATV S atellite M aster A ntenna TV
HW H ard W are STB S et T op B ox (the satellite receiver)
IDE Intelligent Drive Equipment SW S oft w are
IEC International Electrotechnic
Committee TP T rans P onder
IF I ntermediate F requency TV T ele V ision
IRD Integrated Receicer Decoder (the
satellite receiver) µs micro s econd
ISO I nternational S tandards O rganisation UHF U ltra H igh F requency
kg k ilo g ram V V olt
kHz k ilo H ert z VCR V ideo R e C order
kW k ilo W att Ver. Ver sion
LNB L ow N oise B lock down converter V
p-p
V olts peak-peak
LNBF LNB with F eedhorn V rms V olts rootmeansquare
max. max imum W W att
MB M ega B yte WL W est L imit
Mbps M ega b its p er s econd WxHxD W idth x H eight x D epth