Pioneer 400V-K Owner's Manual - Page 49

Additional information 09 HDMI HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a high-speed digital interface which has the capability to support standard, enhanced, or highdefinition video plus standard to multichannel surround-sound audio on a single digital connection. HDMI features include uncompressed digital video, a bandwidth of up to 5 gigabytes per second and communication between the AV source and AV devices such as DTVs. ISO 9660 format International standard for the volume and file structure of CD-ROM discs. JPEG A standard file format used for still images. JPEG files are identified by the file extension ".jpg". MP3 MP3 (MPEG1 audio layer 3) is a compressed stereo audio file format. Files are recognized by their file extension ".mp3". MPEG-4 AAC MPEG-4 AAC is a compressed stereo audio file format. Files are recognized by the extention '.m4a'. Note that some files purchased with copyright protection (such as files from the iTunes store) may not playback. MPEG audio An audio format used on Video CDs and some DVD discs. PBC (PlayBack Control) A system of navigating a Video CD through on-screen menus recorded onto the disc. PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) Digital audio encoding system found on CDs. Good quality, but requires a lot of data compared to Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG encoded audio. See also Digital audio. Progressive scan video All the lines that make up a video picture are updated in one pass (compared to interlace which takes two passes to update the whole picture). Regions (DVD-Video only) These associate DVD-Video discs and players with particular areas of the world. See DVD-Video regions on page 44 for more information. Sampling frequency The rate at which sound is measured to be turned into digital audio data. The higher the rate, the better the sound quality. CD is 44.1 kHz; DVD can be up to 96 kHz. See also Digital audio. WMA WMV WMA is short for Windows Media Audio and refers to an audio compression technology developed by Microsoft Corporation. Files are recognized by their file extension ".wma". WMV is an acronym for Windows Media Video and refers to a video compression technology developed by Microsoft Corporation. Files are recognized by the file extension ".wmv". 49 En