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Coaxial
Cable * A single solid antenna
wire normally
matched
with a metal plug (F-type)
end connector
that screws (or pushes)
directly
onto a 75 Ohm input found on the Television
or VCR.
Display
* An on screen
message
or graphics
that help the user
operate
and adjust his Television
feature controls.
See On
S:reen
Displays
(OSD).
Direct
Audio/Video
Inputs
* Located
on the rear of the TV
tl_ese connectors
(RCA phono type plug) are used for the input
ol_audio and video signals. Designed
for use with VCRs
(or
olher accessories)
in order to receive
higher picture
resolution
and offer sound connection
options.
Identify
* Method
by which a remote
control searches
and finds
an operating
code for another
product
(such as a VCR or Cable
Ccmverter.)
Once the code has been "identified"
then the TV
remote can send commands
to and operate
the other product.
Multichannel
Television
Sound
(MTS) * The broadcast
standard
that allows for stereo sound to be transmitted
with the
TV picture.
On Screent Displays
(OSD) * Refers to the wording or
messages
generated
by the television
(or VCR) to help the user
with specific
feature controls
(color adjustment,
programming,
etc.).
Menu
* An on-screen
listing of feature controls
shown on the
Television
screen that are made available
for user adjustments.
Picture -In-.Picture (PIP) * Term used when two pictures are
shown on the TV screen at tt:e same time. The smaller PIP
picture is supplied by a VCR (or other tuner/video playback
source). The PIP picture can also be moved and swapped with
the TV's main screen picture.
Programming
* The proced Jre of adding or deleting
channel
numbers
into the Television':;
memory circuits.
In this way
the Television
"remember.,;"
only the locally available
or
desired
channel
numbers
and skips over any unwanted
channel
numbers.
Remote
Sensor
Window
* A window or opening
found on
the Television
control panel through which infrared remote
control command
signals are received.
Second
Audio
Program
(SA P) * An additional
audio
channel
provided
for in the lVluttichannel
Television
Sound
(MTS) broadcast
standard.
The most frequently
proposed
use
for SAP is the simultaneous
bilingual
broadcast
of TV
program
material.
Status * Allows the user to quickly confirm what channel
number is currently being viewed. Status can also be used to
clear the Television of on s.creen displays or information
(rather than 'waiting for the displays to "'time out" or
automatically disappear from the screen).
Twin Lead
Wire * The more commonly
used name for the
two strand .300 Ohm antenna wire used with many indoor and
outdoor
antenna
systems.
In many cases this type of antenna
wire requires
an additional
adapter (or balun) in order to
connect
to the 75 Ohm lnpat terminals designed
into the more
recent Televisions
and VCRs
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