Philips DVDR3435V User manual - Page 100

100 RF output switch You can watch the TV programs with the tuner of the unit. (Usually channel 3 or 4 of the TV is available for the RF converter setting.) Be sure to connect the unit to a TV using the RF cable. Refer to page 14. 1 Select channel 3 on your TV. 2 Press [TV/VIDEO] on the remote control. • If noise appears, change the RF output channel of the unit to CH 4 by pressing [TV/VIDEO] for 3 seconds. The RF output channel will alternate between CH3 and CH4 as follows. 2 TV/VIDEO VCR DVD OPEN/CLOSE SEARCH AUDIO TITLE RAPID PLAY for more than 3 seconds 3 seconds (RF on) CH4 3 seconds (RF on) CH3 3 seconds (RF on) CH4 3 seconds • Each time the RF output channel is changed, CH3 or CH4 will appear on the front panel display. Glossary Analog audio An electrical signal that directly represents sound. In contrast, digital audio which can be an electrical signal, but is an indirect representation of sound. See also Digital audio. Aspect ratio The width of a TV screen relative to its height. Conventional TVs are 4:3 (in other words, the screen is almost square); widescreen models are 16:9 (the screen is almost twice as wide as it is high). Chapter Just as a book is split up into several chapters, a title on a DVD disc is usually divided into chapters. See also Title. Component video output This is a video signal format that conveys each of three principal colors of light (red, blue and green) through different signal lines. This allows the viewers to experience picture colors as original as it is. There are several signal formats, including Y/PB/PR and Y/CB/CR. Digital audio An indirect representation of sound by numbers. During recording, the sound is measured at discrete intervals (44, 100 times a second for CD audio) by an analog-to-digital converter, generating a stream of numbers. On playback, a digital-to-analog converter generates an analog signal based on these numbers. See also Sampling frequency and Analog audio. DivX® DivX® is a codec (compression/decompression) that can compress images to a very small amount of data. The software can compress video data from almost any sources to the size that can be sent on the Internet without compromising visual quality of the images. Dolby Digital The system developed by Dolby Laboratories to compress digital sound. It offers you sound of stereo(2ch) or multi-channel audio. Finalize To make recorded contents on DVD discs possible to be played back on DVD players. With this unit, it is possible to finalize DVD+R/ DVD-RW/DVD-R discs. JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) JPEG is a method of compressing still image files. You can copy JPEG files on CD-RW/R discs from a computer and play back the files on this unit. MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer 3) MP3 is a method of compressing files. You can copy MP3 files on CD-RW/R discs from the computer and play back the files on this unit. PBC (Playback Control) (Video CD only) This function enables you to play back interactive software using a menu screen. See also Video CD. PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) PCM is a format that converts audio into digital data. It is mainly used for Audio CDs and DAT. This unit can play back sounds as realistic as possible by converting even compressed Dolby Digital and MPEG audio to PCM. Progressive Scan (525p/480p) A type of display that does not split each frame into fields, and instead scans directly through all the scanlines of each frame in order. Progressive Scan provides less flickering and higher image resolution than traditional (525i/480i) TV signals. Refer to page 90 for instructions on selective Progressive Scan mode. Regions code Regions associate discs and players with particular areas of the world. This unit will only play back discs that have compatible region codes. You can find the region code of your unit by looking at the rear panel. Some discs are compatible with more than one region (or all regions). Sampling frequency The rate which sound is measured by a specified interval to turn it into digital audio data. The numbers of sampling in one second defines as sampling frequency. The higher the rate, the better the sound quality is. SAP (Secondary Audio Program) Sub audio channel which is delivered separately from main-audio channel. This audio channel is used as an alternate in bilingual broadcasting. S-Video output It delivers independently each signal of color (C) and luminance (Y) to TV as video signals, so that higher-quality picture will be materialized. Title (DVD only) A collection of chapters on DVD disc. See also chapter. Track Audio CDs use tracks to divide the content of a disc. The DVD equivalent is called a chapter. See also Chapter. VCR Plus+ system Allows you to set a timer recording by entering a PlusCode number found in participating TV listings. Video CD The contents of a Video CD. When playing back a Video CD with the PBC function, the title menu will appear automatically. Windows Media™ Audio Windows Media™ Audio is the audio compressing technology developed by Microsoft. You can copy Windows Media™ Audio files on CD-RW/ R discs from a computer and play them back on this unit. E9A90UD_EN.indb 100 6/12/2006 4:23:37 PM