Glossary - Sony MHC-GNZ9D Operating Instructions Manual

Glossary

Album
Section of a music piece on a data CD
containing MP3 audio tracks or JPEG image
files.
Auto Pause
An automatical pauses according to the signal
encoded on the disc while playing a VIDEO CD.
If the CD/DVD player does not resume play for
a long time, press
resume play manually.
Chapter
Sections of a picture or a music piece on a DVD
that are smaller than titles. A title is composed of
several chapters. Each chapter is assigned a
chapter number enabling you to locate the
chapter you want.
Digital Cinema Sound (DCS)
This is the generic name of the surround sound
produced by digital signal processing
technology developed by Sony. Unlike previous
surround sound fields mainly directed at the
reproduction of music, Digital Cinema Sound is
designed specifically for the enjoyment of
movies.
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DivX
Digital video technology created by
DivXNetworks, Inc. Videos encoded with DivX
technology are among the highest quality with a
relatively small file size.
Dolby Digital
This movie theater sound format for movie
theaters is more advanced than Dolby Surround
Pro Logic. In this format, the surround speakers
output stereo sound with an expanded frequency
range and a subwoofer channel for deep bass is
independently provided. This format is also
called "5.1" because the subwoofer channel is
counted as 0.1 channel (since it functions only
when a deep bass effect is needed). All six
channels in this format are recorded separately
to realize superior channel separation.
Furthermore, since all the signals are processed
digitally, less signal degradation occurs.
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Dolby Pro Logic II
Dolby Pro Logic II creates five full-bandwidth
output channels from two-channel sources. This
is done using an advanced, high-purity matrix
surround decoder that extracts the spatial
properties of the original recording without
adding any new sounds or tonal colorations.
Movie mode
The Movie mode is for use with stereo television
shows and all programs encoded in Dolby
Surround. The result is enhanced soundfield
directionality that approaches the quality of
discrete 5.1-channel sound.
Music mode
The Music mode is for use with any stereo music
recordings, and provides a wide and deep sound
space.
Dolby Surround Pro Logic
As one method of decoding Dolby Surround,
Dolby Surround Pro Logic produces four
channels from two-channel sound. Compared
with the former Dolby Surround system, Dolby
Surround Pro Logic reproduces left-to-right
panning more naturally and localizes sounds
more precisely. To take full advantage of Dolby
Surround Pro Logic, you should have one pair of
surround speakers and a center speaker. The
surround speakers output monaural sound.
DTS
Digital audio compression technology that the
Digital Theater Systems, Inc. developed. This
technology conforms to 5.1-channel surround.
The surround channel is stereo and there is
discrete subwoofer channel in this format. DTS
provides the same 5.1 discrete channels of high
quality digital audio. The good channel
separation is realized because the all channel data
is recorded discrete and processed in digital.
DVD
A disc that contains up to 8 hours of moving
pictures even though its diameter is the same as
a CD.
The data capacity of a single-layer and single-
sided DVD, at 4.7 GB (Giga Byte), is 7 times
that of a CD. Furthermore, the data capacity of a
dual-layer and single-sided DVD is 8.5 GB, a
single-layer and double-sided DVD 9.4 GB, and
a dual-layer and double-sided DVD 17 GB.