JVC XV-S502SL Instruction Manual - Page 67

Letter box A type of picture playback with the normal (4:3) TV screen. Black bars are shown at the top and bottom of the image to allow playing of wide-screen (16:9) DVD movie without cutting off any sides of the image on a 4:3 TV. Linear PCM audio Stands for "pulse code modulation". Linear PCM is the usual digital method without compression, used for audio playback of DVD Video discs, Audio CD discs, etc. Menu Most DVD VIDEO or Video CD/SVCD discs provide a menu, through which users can select a desired playback material, condition, etc. MP3 MP3 is an audio data reduction format, which stands for MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3. Using MP3, you can achieve a data reduction of about 1:10. MPEG A family of Standards for compressing audio-visual information. "MPEG" standards include MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4. Video CD and MP3 are based on MPEG-1, while DVD is based on MPEG-2. MPEG stands for Moving Picture coding Experts Group. Multisession A method of adding data to a CD-R/CD-RW in more than one recording session using the Track-At-Once method. NTSC (National television system committee) A black & white and color television system format used in U.S.A., Canada, Mexico and Japan. Packet Writing A method of writing data on a CD-R/CD-RW in small increments. Packets can be of fixed or variable length. PAL (Phase Alternation by Line) A color television system format used extensively in Western Europe. Pan scan A type of picture playback with the normal (4:3) TV screen, which is panned and zoomed across the wider movie picture, chopping off the left and right sides. Parental lock A DVD function that prevents undesired viewing by children depending on disc contents. You need a password to play back a locked disc in the normal condition. Otherwise, undesirable scenes are automatically skipped or replaced with other pictures. PBC PBC stands for "Playback control" and is a method of controlling disc play for Video CDs (VCD). You are able to interact with the disc through menus. Additional information Progressive scan Progressive scan displays all the horizontal lines of a picture at one time, as a single frame. A progressivescan DVD player converts the interlaced (480i) video from DVD into progressive (480p) format for connection to a progressive display. It dramatically increases the vertical resolution. English Region code Code identifying a geographic region of compatibility for a DVD. Sampling frequency The rate at which measurements of an audio signal are taken during A/D and D/A conversion. The measure is samples per second. Surround An audio system with more than two (left and right) channels, usually including rear channels, etc. S-video A video signal which improves picture quality over standard composite connections. Used on Super VHS, DVD, high end TV monitors, etc. Title The largest division on DVD VIDEO. Track The smallest division on Audio CD, Video CD and SVCD discs. Transfer rate The rate of transferring digital data. Usually the measure is in baud per second. The DVD system applies variable transfer rate system for high efficiency. Additional information 65