Glossary - Philips dsr 2000 Bedienungsanleitung

GLOSSARY

Band
CA
CVBS
DiSEqC
DVB
EPG
Favourite list
Free
GHz
LNB
LO
MHz
MPEG
OSD
PID
PCR
Pool
RGB
Standby
SVHS
Symbol rate
Transponder
VCR
YC
Zapping
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Frequency band of a satellite.
Low band and high band.
Conditional Access: denotes encrypted channels.
Composite Video Burst Sync: video standard for TV or VCR equipment.
Digital Satellite Equipment Control.
Digital Video Broadcast.
Electronic Programme Guide.
List of selected channels from the channel pool.
Freely receivable (not encrypted) channels.
Abbreviation for gigahertz (giga = billion).
Low Noise Block Converter: electronic unit on parabolic antenna for
receiving satellite signals.
Local Oscillator: part of the LNB; converts the satellite signal into a
frequency range receivable by the receiver.
Abbreviation for megahertz (mega = million).
Moving Picture Expert Group: standardisation body for encoding and
compression of images.
On-screen Display: indication or flashing of information on the screen.
Packet Identification: identification number for video, audio, videotext etc.
Programme Clock Reference.
Channel pool: collection of all receivable TV and radio channels.
Video standard (separated into 3 individual signals for red, green and
blue).
Power saving sleep mode.
Super Video Home System: video recorder standard (S Video).
indicates the data rate transferred per second
(in MS/s Megasymbol/second or kS/s kilosymbol/second).
A digital transponder is capable of transmitting several TV and radio
channels simultaneously on a single transmitting frequency.
Video Cassette Recorder.
(Y = luminance, C = colour signal) video signal standard for SVHS
recorders.
Frequent switching between channels using remote control.