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I Glossary
DVD: 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 capacih'
and digital signal processing capability.
VCD: VIDEO CD_
A type of CD which contains the recording of moving
images. It compresses image information by about
1/120 and audio information 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
play back control operations. This player can play
both of these VCDs.
MPEG: Moving Picture Experts Group_ _
This is an international standard for digital video and
audio compression and decompression in media.
Dolby Digital_
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 accommodate a
large amount of audio data efficiently in a disc.
DTS___
Name of a digital surround system developed by
Digital Theater Systems, Inc,
Top menu/menu (DVD)_
Some DVDs display more than one title in a screen.
This screen is referred to as the top menu.
The menu is the item display (menu screen) for use
in setting operations. The menu can be recalled and
time during play back 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 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 title are referred to as the title
numbers.
Chapter number (DVD)_
The chapter is a section of video and audio recorded
in a DVD. A tile is composed of several chapters.
The numbers assigned to individual chapters are
referred to as the chapter numbers.
Subtitle (DVD)_
Some DVD discs contains the recording of more than
one subtitle language. This player allows you to
select one of the recorded subtitle languages during
playback.
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 VDC, the sections of
the contents do not always correspond to the
assigned tracks. As (special) playback functions such
as skipping and programming of ordinary CDs are
based on track number data, such playback functions
are sometimes impossible with some VCDs.
P.B.C.: Play-Back Control (VCD)
_
When a VIDEO CD carries "Play Back Control capa¬
ble" 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.
SRS CS II (Circle Surround 11}_
Circle Surround II improves on its predecessor Circle
Surround (CS5.1) by enabling you to experience
powerful muiti-channel surround sound playback from
mono, stereo or Dolby surround encoded audio and
video sources.
With SRS CS II you can also listen to audio CDs,
television and radio broadcasts mfull surround
sound. You will discover a new type of sound experi¬
ence through SRS CS K.
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