Loewe Xelos 32 LED Operating Instructions Manual page 122

Glossary
S (continue)
Smart Card: The Smart Card is an electronic chip card issued by the respec-
tive programme provider or by the certification-free Pay-TV operators. It
contains the code which is decoded by the CA module.
Static contrast ratio: Describes the difference between the brightest and
darkest picture display.
Stereo: Dual-channel audio.
Switch voltage: Video devices specify this voltage to switch the TV device
to playback.
Symbol rate: Describes the transmission speed for data transmission.
T
Terrestrial: In data transmission a wireless transmission that does not use
satellites as intermediate station is referred to as terrestrial.
TFT: Thin Film Transistor. One widely distributed application is control of
liquid crystal flat screens, for which a signal transistor is used for each
pixel. This design of display is also referred to as active matrix, however
it is frequently also referred to as TFT display.
TOP: Table of Pages. Teletext system in which the individual pages are
divided into topics. The blocks stand for a higher hierarchy level (e.g.
News, Sport, Programmes) and the groups for the level below (e.g. Home/
Abroad, Football/Tennis). Abbreviations can be assigned to the pages
which are displayed in colour on the bottom line and can be selected
with the four coloured buttons on the remote control. Information is also
transmitted about which pages exist and which of them have sub-pages.
Tuner: Another term for receiver.
U
USB: Universal Serial Bus. Serial bus system for connecting external devices
(USB card reader, USB stick).
V
VGA: PC interface for connecting a monitor.
VPS: The Video Programming System (VPS) is a signal which some (but
not all) analogue TV stations transmit in the blanking gap. The signal is
used by video and DVD recorders when recording programmes to react
to delays in start time, programme changes and excesses of the planned
programme time.
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W
WMA: Abbreviation for Windows Media Audio, Microsoft's own audio
data format. The contents are compressed as in MP3 files.
WMV: Abbreviation for Windows Media Video, Microsoft own video
data format.
Y
Ycc/Ypp: Colour standards for Set-Top-Boxes.
YCbCr: Digital colour model, see COMPONENT IN.
YPbPr: Analogue colour model, see COMPONENT IN.