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Glossary
Bitstream
This is the digital form of multi-channel audio data (e.g., 5.1 chan-
nel) before it is decoded into its various channels.
Decoder
A decoder restores the coded audio signals on DVDs to normal.
This is called decoding.
Dolby Digital
This is a method of coding digital signals developed by Dolby Labo-
ratories. Apart from stereo (2-channel) audio, these signals can also
be multi-channel audio. A large amount of audio information can be
recorded on one disc using this method.
This unit is set to record using Dolby Digital in all recording modes
except for XP mode, where you may choose Dolby Digital or LPCM.
Dolby Pro Logic
A surround system where a 4-channel audio track is recorded as 2
channels and then is restored to 4 channels for play. The surround
channel is monaural and can reproduce up to 7 kHz.
DTS (Digital Theater Systems)
This surround system is used in many movie theaters around the
world. There is good separation between the channels, so realistic
sound effects are possible.
Dynamic range
Dynamic range is the difference between the lowest level of sound
that can be heard above the noise of the equipment and the highest
level of sound before distortion occurs.
Film and video
DVD-Videos are recorded using either film or video. Usually, film is
recorded at 24 frames per second, the rate movies are filmed at,
while video is recorded at 30 frames per second.
Frame still and field still
Frames are the still pictures that go together to make a moving pic-
ture. There are about 30 frames shown each second.
One frame is made up of two fields. A regular television shows these
fields one after the other to create frames.
A still is shown when you pause a moving picture. A frame still is
made up of two alternating fields, so the picture may appear blurred,
but overall quality is high.
A field still is not blurred, but it has only half the information of a
frame still so picture quality is lower.
Language code list
Abkhazian:
6566
Chinese:
Afar:
6565
Corsican:
Afrikaans:
6570
Croatian:
Albanian:
8381
Czech:
Ameharic:
6577
Danish:
Arabic:
6582
Dutch:
Armenian:
7289
English:
Assamese:
6583
Esperanto:
Aymara:
6588
Estonian:
Azerbaijani:
6590
Faroese:
Bashkir:
6665
Fiji:
Basque:
6985
Finnish:
Bengali; Bangla:6678
French:
Bhutani:
6890
Frisian:
Bihari:
6672
Galician:
Breton:
6682
Georgian:
Bulgarian:
6671
German:
Burmese:
7789
Greek:
Byelorussian: 6669
Greenlandic: 7576
Cambodian: 7577
Guarani:
Catalan:
6765
Gujarati:
Input the code with numbered buttons.
9072
Hausa:
7265
6779
Hebrew:
7387
7282
Hindi:
7273
6783
Hungarian:
7285
6865
Icelandic:
7383
7876
Indonesian:
7378
6978
Interlingua:
7365
6979
Irish:
7165
6984
Italian:
7384
7079
Japanese:
7465
7074
Javanese:
7487
7073
Kannada:
7578
7082
Kashmiri:
7583
7089
Kazakh:
7575
7176
Kirghiz:
7589
7565
Korean:
7579
6869
Kurdish:
7585
6976
Laotian:
7679
Latin:
7665
7178
Latvian, Lettish:7686
7185
Lingala:
7678
Interlace and progressive output
NTSC, the video signal standard, has 480 interlaced (i) scan lines,
whereas progressive scanning uses twice the number of scan lines.
This is called 480p. The video signals output from this unit's COM-
PONENT VIDEO OUT terminals (Y, P
quality pictures than if the signals were output from the VIDEO OUT
terminal or S VIDEO OUT terminal.
I/P/B
MPEG 2, the video compression standard adopted for use with
DVD-Video, codes frames using these 3 picture types.
I:
Intra coded picture
This picture has the best quality and is the best to use when
adjusting the picture.
P: Predictive coded picture
This picture is calculated based on past I- or P-pictures.
B: Bidirectionally-predictive coded picture
This picture is calculated by comparing past and future I- and
P-pictures so it has the lowest volume of information.
Linear PCM (pulse code modulation)
These are uncompressed digital signals. LPCM sound is available
when recording in XP mode.
Playback control (PBC)
If a Video CD has playback control, you can select scenes and infor-
mation with menus.
Pan&Scan/Letterbox
In general, DVD-Video are produced with the intention that they be
viewed on a widescreen television with an aspect ratio of 16:9. This
means you can view most material with the intended aspect ratio on
a widescreen television.
Material with this ratio will not fit onto a standard television with an
aspect ratio of 4:3. Two styles of picture, "Pan&Scan" and "Letter-
box", deal with this problem.
Pan&Scan: The sides are cut off so the pic-
ture fills the screen.
Letterbox:
Black bands appear at the top
and bottom of the picture so the
picture
itself appears in
aspect ratio of 16:9.
Lithuanian:
7684
Romanian:
Macedonian: 7775
Russian:
Malagasy:
7771
Samoan:
Malay:
7783
Sanskrit:
Malayalam:
7776
Scots Gaelic: 7168
Maltese:
7784
Serbian:
Maori:
7773
Serbo-Croatian:8372
Marathi:
7782
Shona:
Moldavian:
7779
Sindhi:
Mongolian:
7778
Singhalese:
Nauru:
7865
Slovak:
Nepali:
7869
Slovenian:
Norwegian:
7879
Somali:
Oriya:
7982
Spanish:
Pashto, Pushto:8083
Sundanese: 8385
Persian:
7065
Swahili:
Polish:
8076
Swedish:
Portuguese: 8084
Tagalog:
Punjabi:
8065
Tajik:
Quechua:
8185
Tamil:
Rhaeto-Romance:8277
Tatar:
, P
) allow you to enjoy higher
B
R
an
8279
Telugu:
8469
8285
Thai:
8472
8377
Tibetan:
6679
8365
Tigrinya:
8473
Tonga:
8479
8382
Turkish:
8482
Turkmen:
8475
8378
Twi:
8487
8368
Ukrainian:
8575
8373
Urdu:
8582
8375
Uzbek:
8590
8376
Vietnamese: 8673
8379
Volapük:
8679
6983
Welsh:
6789
Wolof:
8779
8387
Xhosa:
8872
8386
Yiddish:
7473
8476
Yoruba:
8979
8471
Zulu:
9085
8465
8484
57
RQT6559
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