Philips 36RF82S Directions For Use Manual page 60

Active Control • Active Control continuously measures and cor-
rects the incoming signals to provide the best picture possible.
Alternate Channel • Allows you to toggle belween the last two
channels viewed by pressing the A/CH button on the remote
control.
Audio/Video Inputs * Jacks (standard RCA), localed on the
back of the TV, used for external accessory devices. These jacks
are designed to receive higher picture resolution and offer
sound-connection options,
Auto Programming • When activated, this feature scans for all
available channels from regular antenna or cable signals and
stores only active broadcast stalions in the TV's memory.
Channel Edit ° The feature that allows you to add or delete
channels from the list of channels stored in the TV's memory,
Closed Captioning ° The broadcast standard feature that allows
you io read the voice conlent of television programs on the TV
screen, Designed to help the heating impaired, Closed
Captioning shows dialogue and conversations while a TV pro-
gram is in progress,
Coaxial Cable • A single solid wire normally malched with a
metal plug (F-type) end conneclor that screws (or pushes) direcl-
ly onto a 75-ohm input found on the lelevision or VCR.
Component Video Inputs • Inputs that allow the separale recep-
tion of blue, red, and luminance signals. These inputs provide
the highest possible color and picture resolution in the playback
of digital signal-source material, such as the kind available from
DVD players,
Composite Video Input • An input in which all the components
required for displaying the onscreen image are combined in one
signal.
High-definition Television (HDTV) • High-resolmion digital
television,
Identify • The method by which a TV remote control searches
and finds an operaling code for another product (such as a VCR
or a cable converter), After the code has been "identified," the
TV remole control can operate and send command io the other
product,
Incredible Stereo (or Surround) • False acouslic management
of the audio signal that produces a dramalic expansion of the
wall of sound that surrounds the lislener and heightens overall
viewing pleasure.
LED • Light Emilting Diode used as the power on light.
Menu ° An onscreen list of feature controls available for you to
adjust or set,
MPAA • Molion Picture Association of America
Onscreen Displays (OSD) ° The wording or messages generated
by the lelevision (or VCR) to help you with specific feature con-
trols (color adjustment or programming, for example),
PIP Freeze • TV mode which allows you io "freeze" a certain
PIP window image in order Io sludy a specific detail at ease, e,g,
to make noles of certain program informalion like phone num-
bers,
Picture-In-Picture (PIP) • The showing of two pictures on the
TV screen at the same time (one main screen picture and one
small piclure, or PiP piclure),
Remote Control Sensor Window • The window or opening
found on the television control panel through which infrared
remote control command signals are received,
RF • Radio Frequency or modulaled signal design used as he
carrier for television broadcasts.
Second Audio Program (SAP) • An additional audio channel
provided for in the Multichannel Television Sound (MTS) broad-
cast standard. A monaural soundtrack included within the record-
ed or video signal (usually containing a second language transla-
tion for the displayed programming).
Status/Exit Button ° The remole control function that allows
you to quickly confirm what channel number you are watching.
Status/Exit can also be used to clear the lelevision of onscrecn
displays or information, You can use Status/Exit rather than hav-
ing to wait for the displays to "time out," or automatically disap-
pear from the screen,
S-Video Input ° Signal input that allows direct connection of
high-resolution video sources, such as a salellite receiver, DVD
player, S (Super)-VHS videocasselte recorder, or video games.
Provides improved piclure resolution, sharpness, and clarily.
Tint ° TV function that allows you to change the general color
balance between cool and warm. Adjust tint according to your
personal preference.
Twin Lead Wire • The more commonly used name for the two-
strand, 300-ohm antenna wire used with many indoor and oul-
door anlenna systems, In many cases, this type of antenna wire
requires an addilional adapter (or balun) in order to connect to
the 75-ohm input terminals designed into the more recent TVs
and VCRs.
Variable Audio Output • An adjustable audio ouitgm which
allows for external volume control at the TV.
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