Kenwood DV-2070 Instruction Manual page 55

DV-2070 [En/Ki
pVD; Digital Versatile Disc
A type of disc which contains recording of audio/video packaged
media with high video and audio quality, such as a movie,
featuring large recording capacity and digital signal processing
capability.
VIDEO CD (VCD)
A type of CD which contains the recording of moving images. It
compresses image information by about 1/120 and audio infor¬
mation by about 1/6 and accommodates up to 74 minutes of
recording in a disc with the same diameter as ordinary music CD
of 12 cm.
Some VCDs do not have the P.B.C. compatibility and are capable
of playback only, while some are P.B.C.-compatible and are
capable of various special playback control operations. This
player can play both of these VCDs.
Track/track number (CD, VCD)
A track is also a section of video and audio recorded in a disc. The
numbers assigned to individual tracks are referred to as the track
numbers.
With most of music CDs, a track is assigned to a piece of music.
However, with a VCD, the sections of the contents do not always
correspond to the assigned tracks.
As (special) playback functions such as skipping and program¬
ming of ordinary CDs are based on track number data, such
playback functions are sometimes impossible with some VCDs.
TOC: Table Of Contents (CD, VCD)
The TOC consists of information on the number of tracks and
playing time and corresponds to the table of contents of a book.
In addition to audio (and video) data, all discs contain the
recording of TOC data in the beginning of disc.
MPEG: Moving Picture Expert Group (DVD, VCD)
This is an international standard for digital video and audio
compression and decompression in media.
Dolby Digital (AC-3)
This is a digital audio compression technology developed by
Dolby Laboratories. It is compatible with 5.1-channel surround
audio as well as normal stereo (2-channel) audio and can accom¬
modate a large amount of audio data efficiently in a disc.
DTS
Name of a digital surround system developed by Digital Theater
Systems, Inc.
GUI: Graphical User Interface
An operation method with which the user can interface the
machine in an interactive manner with the help of displayed
graphics.
Title menu/DVD menu (DVD)
Some DVDs display more than one title in a screen. This screen
is referred to as the title menu.
The DVD menu is the item display (menu screen) for use in
setting operations. The DVD menu can be recalled any time
during playback to perform settings according to the current
software, including the audio switching between Dolby Digital
and PCM. switching of language used in the subtitles and spoken
voice.
Title/title number (DVD)
The title is the largest unit of video and audio recorded in a DVD.
It usually corresponds to a single movie of video software or an
album (sometimes a piece of music) of music software. The
numbers assigned to individual titles are referred to as the title
numbers.
Chapter/chapter number (DVD)
The chapter is a section of video and audio recorded in a DVD. A
title is composed of several chapters. The numbers assigned to
individual chapters are referred to as the chapter numbers.
Subtitles (DVD)
Some DVD discs contains the recording of more than one sub¬
title language. This player allow you to select one of the recorded
subtitle languages during playback. If the subtitle language is set
to "Automatic" in the initial setup, subtitles are displayed only
when the spoken voice is in other language than the initial set
language.
P.B.C.: Play-Back Control (VCD)
When a VIDEO CD carries "Play Back Control capable' or similar
message on the disc or jacket, desired scenes and information
can be played back in an interactive manner using a hierarchical
structure while viewing the menu screens displayed on the TV
screen.
Aspect ratio
This is the ratio between the horizontal and vertical sizes of the
picture displayed on the TV screen. The aspect ratio of a stan¬
dard-screen TV is 4:3 and that of a wide-screen or HDTV is 16:9.
Pan & scan (DVD)
A method of displaying a wide-screen picture, recorded with an
aspect ratio of 16:9, on a standard, 4:3 TV screen by trimming
parts of the picture. In general, the trimmed parts of a panned &
scanned screen is determined according to the player compo¬
nent. However, the DVD discs can also record the specification
by the software producer related to the trimmed positions.
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Letterbox (DVD)
This method of displaying a wide-screen 16:9 picture on a
standard 4:3 TV screen displays a horizontally long image on the
screen center and black stripes on the top and bottom of it.
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Bitstream (DVD)
This is the generic name representing flow of data in accordance
with various standards, other than the standardized audio data.