Glossary - Panasonic SC-HT1500 Operating Manual

Glossary

CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media)
CPRM is technology used to protect broadcasts that are allowed to
be recorded only once. Such broadcasts can be recorded only with
CPRM compatible recorders and discs.
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.
When recording on this unit Dolby Digital (2 channel) is the default
audio.
Dolby Pro Logic II
Dolby Pro Logic II is an advanced decoder that derives 5 channel
surround (Left, Center, Right, Left and Right Surround) from any
stereo program material, whether or not it has been specifically
Dolby Surround encoded. Pro Logic II provides two full-range
surround channels, as opposed to Pro Logic's single surround
channel.
Down-mixing
This is the process of remixing the multi-channel audio found on
some discs into two channels output. Some discs prohibit down-mix-
ing and this unit can then only output the front two channels.
Drive
In the instance of this unit, this refers to the hard disk (HDD) and
DVD. These perform the reading and writing of data.
DTS (Digital Theater Systems)
This surround system is used in many movie theaters. There is good
separation between the channels, so realistic sound effects are pos-
sible.
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. Dynamic range compression
means reducing the gap between the loudest and softest sounds.
This means you can listen at low volumes but still hear dialog clearly.
Film and video
DVD-Video are recorded using either film or video. This unit can
determine which type has been used, then uses the most suitable
method of progressive output.
Film is 24 or 30 frames per second, with motion picture film generally
being 24 frames per second.
Video is 60 fields per second (two fields making up one frame).
Finalize
A process that makes play of a recorded CD-R, CD-RW or DVD-R
etc. possible on equipment that can play such media. You can final-
ize DVD-R on this unit.
You cannot record onto or edit finalized discs.
Formatting
Formatting is the process of making media such as DVD-RAM
recordable on recording equipment.
You can format the HDD and DVD-RAM on this unit.
Formatting irrevocably erases all recordings on the disc.
Language code list
Abkhazian: 6566 Catalan:
Afar: 6565 Chinese:
Afrikaans: 6570 Corsican:
Albanian: 8381 Croatian:
Ameharic: 6577 Czech:
Arabic: 6582 Danish:
Armenian: 7289 Dutch:
Assamese: 6583 English:
Aymara: 6588 Esperanto:
Azerbaijani: 6590 Estonian:
Bashkir: 6665 Faroese:
Basque: 6985 Fiji:
Bengali; Bangla: Finnish:
6678 French:
Bhutani: 6890 Frisian:
Bihari: 6672 Galician:
Breton: 6682 Georgian:
Bulgarian: 6671 German:
Burmese: 7789 Greek:
Byelorussian: 6669 Greenlandic:
Cambodian: 7577 Guarani:
Enter the code with the numbered buttons.
6765 Gujarati: 7185
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
7576 Latin: 7665
7178 Latvian, Lettish:7686
Frames and fields
Frames refer to the single images that constitute the video you see
on your television. Each frame consists of two fields.
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Frame Field
≥A frame still shows two fields, so there may be some blurring, but
picture quality is generally better.
≥A field still shows less picture information so it may be rougher, but
there is no blurring.
HDD (Hard disk drive)
This is a mass data storage device used in computers, etc. A disk
with a surface that has been treated with magnetic fluid is spun and
a magnetic head is brought in close proximity to facilitate the reading
and writing of large amounts of data at high speed.
LPCM (Linear PCM)
These are uncompressed digital signals, similar to those found on
CDs. LPCM sound is available when recording in XP mode.
MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer 3)
An audio compression method that compresses audio to
approximately one tenth of its size without any considerable loss of
audio quality. You can play MP3 you have recorded onto CD-R and
CD-RW.
Pan&Scan/Letterbox
In general, DVD-Video are produced with the intention that they be
viewed on a widescreen television (16:9 aspect ratio), so images
often don't fit regular (4:3 aspect ratio) televisions. Two styles of
picture, "Pan & Scan" and "Letterbox", deal with this problem.
Pan&Scan: The sides are cut off so the picture fills
the screen.
Letterbox: Black bands appear at the top and
bottom of the picture so the picture itself
appears in an aspect ratio of 16:9.
Playback control (PBC)
If a Video CD has playback control, you can select scenes and
information with menus. (This unit is compatible with version 2.0 and
1.1.)
Progressive/Interlace
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.
Using progressive output, you can enjoy the high-resolution video
recorded on media such as DVD-Video.
Your television must be compatible to enjoy progressive video.
Protection
You can prevent accidental erasure by setting writing protection or
erasure protection.
Sampling frequency
Sampling is the process of converting the heights of sound wave
(analog signal) samples taken at set periods into digits (digital
encoding). Sampling frequency is the number of samples taken per
second, so larger numbers mean more faithful reproduction of the
original sound.
VBR (Variable bitrate)
This is a method of video recording that adjusts the bit rate
according to video signal.
Lingala: 7678 Rhaeto-Romance:
Lithuanian: 7684
Macedonian: 7775 Romanian:
Malagasy: 7771 Russian:
Malay: 7783 Samoan:
Malayalam: 7776 Sanskrit:
Maltese: 7784 Scots Gaelic:
Maori: 7773 Serbian:
Marathi: 7782 Serbo-Croatian:8372
Moldavian: 7779 Shona:
Mongolian: 7778 Sindhi:
Nauru: 7865 Singhalese:
Nepali: 7869 Slovak:
Norwegian: 7879 Slovenian:
Oriya: 7982 Somali:
Pashto, Pushto:8083 Spanish:
Persian: 7065 Sundanese:
Polish: 8076 Swahili:
Portuguese: 8084 Swedish:
Punjabi: 8065 Tagalog:
Quechua: 8185 Tajik:
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Field
Tamil: 8465
8277 Tatar: 8484
8279 Telugu: 8469
8285 Thai: 8472
8377 Tibetan: 6679
8365 Tigrinya: 8473
7168 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
8385 Wolof: 8779
8387 Xhosa: 8872
8386 Yiddish: 7473
8476 Yoruba: 8979
8471 Zulu: 9085
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