Searching; Subtitles - Philips DVP640 Owner's Manual

Gmossary
Analo_ Sound that has not been turned into
numbers. Analog sound varies, while digital
sound has specific numerical values. These
iacks send audio thlough two channels, the left
and ! ight.
Aspect ratio: The latio of vertical and
horizontal sizes of a displayed image.The
horizontal vs. vel tical ratio of conventional TVs.
is 4:3,and that of wide-screens is I6:9.
AUDIO OUT lacks: Red and white jacks on
the bad< of the DVD Pbyer that send audio to
anothel system (TV, Steleo, etc.).
Bit Rate: The amount of data used to hold a
given length of music; measured in kilobits pe!
second, o! kbps. Oi; the speed at "which you
record. Generally, the highei the bit tare, or the
higher the recording speed, the bette_ the
sound quality. However, highe! bit rates use
mole space on a Disc.
Chat#ter; Sections of a movie ora music
piece on a DVD that are smalle_ than titles. A
title is composed of seve_a! chapte_ s. Each
chapter is assigned a chapter number enabling
you to locate the chaptet you want.
ComponentVideo Outjlacks: Red, blue
and green jacks on the bad< of the DVD
System that send high-quality video to a TV
that has ComponentVideo In iacks (R/G/B, Y/
Pb/Pr, YUV, etc.).
Sound that has been converted into
numerical values. Digital sound is available
when you use the D[GITALAUD[O OUT
(COAXIAL or OPTICAL) jacks.These iacks
send audio though multiple channeJs, instead
of iust two channels as analog does.
Disc menu: A scleen display plepared for
allowing selection of images, sounds, subtitles,
muki-angles, etc reco! ded on a DVD.
Dolb_ A sutround sound system
developed by Dolby Laboratories containing up
to six channels of digital audio (front left and
right, sui round left and right, cente! and
subwoofer).
._PEG: A very common digital still picture
format.A stilbpicture data cornplession system
proposed by the Joint Photographic Expert
G!oup, which featuies small decrease in image
quality in spite of its high complession ratio.
MP3: A file format with a sound data
compression system."HP3" is the abbreviation
of Motion Picture Experts Group 1 (or HPEG_
1) Audio Layer 3. By using the PIP3 fo! mat. One
CD-R or CD-RVV can contain about 10 times
mole data then a legular CD.
Mu[ticha[me[: DVDs ale formatted to have
each sound grad< constitute one sound field.
klultichannel lefers to a su ucture of sound
tracks having thee o! more channels.
Parelr_tal Colr_trol: Limits Disc play according
to the age of the users or the limitation level in
each count! y. The limitation varies from disc to
disc; when it is activated, playback will be
prohibited if the softwate's level is higher than
the useFset level.
PeN (Pulse Code Modulation): A system
for convelting analog sound to digital sound for
late_ processing, with no data comp! ession
used in conversion.
Playback control (PgC): Refers to the
signa! recotded on video CDs ot SVCDs for
conu oiling playback. By using menu screens
recorded on aVideo CD ol SVCD that
suppotts PBC,you can enioy interactive
playback and searching.
Progressive Scan: It displays all the
horizontal lines of a pictul e at one time, as a
single flame. This system can convert the
intellaced video fi*om DVD into progressive
fo! mat when the DVD Player is connected to a
Progressive ScanTY. It dramatically increases
the vertical lesolution and provides the best
picture.
R_on code: A system allowing discs to be
played only in the region designated.This unit
will only play discs that have compatible region
codes. You can find the t egion code of you!
unit by looking on the product label. Some
discs ale compatible with mole than one
region (orALL regions).
S-Video: Produces a dea! picture by sending
sepalate signals fo! the luminance and the
color. You can use SWideo only if yourTV has
an SoVideo in jack.
Tide: The longest section of a movie ot music
featu! e on DVD. Each title is assigned a title
number enabling you to locate the title you
want.
VlD_:O OUT jack: Yellow jack on the back
of the DVD Playel that sends the DVD picture
video to aTV.