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A list of definitions
for some of the words found
in this guide
75 OHM RF CABLE
The wire that
comes from an off-air
antenna
or
cab[e service provider.
The end [ooks like a
hex-shaped
nut with
a wire sticking
through
the middle.
It screws onto the Antenna/CaNe
threaded
jack
on the back of the L20V54S.
300 TO 75 OHM ADAPTER
A sma[[ device that
connects
a two-wire
300
ohm antenna
to a 75 ohm RF jack.
They are usua[[y about
an inch [ong with
two
screws on one end and a round opening
with
a
wire sticking
out on the other end.
ANALOG TELEVISION
Standard
tetevision
broadcasting
format
in 4:3
picture
aspect ratio.
A/V CABLES
Audio/Video
cab[es. Three cab[es bunched
together--right
audio
(red), [eft audio
(white),
and video (yet[ow).
A/V canes are used for
stereo
ptayback
of videocassettes
and for
higher
qua[ity
picture
and sound from other
A/V devices.
A/V DEVICE
Any device that produces
video or sound (VCR,
DVD, cabte box, or tetevision).
AMPLIFIER
An etectronic
device that amptifies
sound from
a te[evision,
CD p[ayer, VCR, DVD, or other
Audio/Video
device.
ANTENNA
The physica[
receiver
of television
signa[s sent
over the air. A large metal piece of equipment
does not a[ways have to be visible
to be using
an antenna.
CABLE
Cab[e service box. Refers to the descramb[er
box cab[e subscribers
use to receive cable
programming
signa[s.
CAW
Programming
provided
by a cab[e service.
DIGITAL TELEVISION
High-resotution,
cinema-quality
tetevision
signa[s transmitted
digita[[y.
DVI
Digita[ Video Interface
Accommodates
analog and digital
interfaces
with
a singte connector.
COMPOSITE VIDEO
Typica[ video jack,
uses one wire for
transporting
three-cotor
video signals.
DELETED
Lets you _move
channels
from the Hstthat
the
end user can scrot[through
using CH (Channel)
Up/Down.
HDMI
High-definition
mu_imediainterface.
HDTV
High-definition
television.
Refers to television
signals
that
have higher
resolution than
ordinary
analog TV signals.
H DSTB
High-definition
set top box. Refers to a tuner
device that receives
high-definition
te[evision
signa[s which
have higher resolution
than
ordinary
analog TV signals.
INPUT
Refers to the input jack that
receives a signal
from a TV, VCR, DVD Hayer or other
Audio/Video
device.
.lACK
An input or output
connector
on the back of a
TV, VCR, DVD Hayer or other Audio/Video
device.
MONO SOUND
Nono (monaura[)
sound is one channel
of
sound. On more than one speaker, a[[ the
speakers play the same audio.
OUTPUT
Refers to the output
jack that
sends a signal
out of a VCR, DVD, or other A/V device.
PHYSICAL CHANNEL NUMBER
Actual
digita[
major, dashed minor channe[
number
that a station
is broadcasting
on.
RGB (Red,
Green,
Btue)
Connection
input
or output
port avaitabte
for
producing
a video image
using three separate
co[ors: Red, Green, and Btue.
2ND AUDIO
PROGRAMMING/SAP
Second Audio
Programming
(SAP) is another,
separate
audio channe[
avaitab[e
with
some
programming.
Choosing SAP often refers to
[istening
to audio in another
[anguage,
such as
Spanish
or French.
SIGNAL
Picture
and sound traveling
through
a cable, or
over the air, to the TV.
STEREO SOUND
Stereo (Stereophonic)
sound refers to audio
that's
divided
into
right
and [eft sides.
TUNER
Device that picks up the broadcast
signal
and
turns it into picture
and sound.
VIRTUAL CHANNEL NUMBER
The arbitrarity
assigned
digital
dashed minor
channel
number that
a station
is broadcasting
on.
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