Kenwood DDX6019 User Manual

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Glossary
DVD: Digital Versatile Disc
A type of disc which contains recording of audio/
video packaged media with high video and audio 
quality, such as a movie, featuring large recording 
capacity and digital signal processing capability.
VCD: VIDEO CD
A type of CD which contains the recording of mov-
ing images. It compresses image information by 
about 1/120 and audio information by about 1/6 
and accommodates up to 74 minutes of recording 
in a disc with the same diameter as ordinary music 
CD of 12 cm.
Some VCDs do not have the P.B.C. compatibility 
and are capable of playback only, while some are 
P.B.C.-compatible and are capable of various spe-
cial playback control operations. This player can 
play both of these VCDs.
MPEG: Moving Picture Experts Group
This is an international standard for digital video 
and audio compression and decompression in 
media.
Dolby Digital 
This is a digital audio compression technology 
developed by Dolby Laboratories. It is compatible 
with 5.1-channel surround audio as well as normal 
stereo (2-channel) audio and can accommodate a 
large amount of audio data efficiently in a disc.
DTS
Name of a digital surround system developed by 
Digital Theater Systems, Inc. 
Top menu/menu (DVD)
Some DVDs display more than one title in a screen. 
This screen is referred to as the top menu.
The menu is the item display (menu screen) for use 
in setting operations. The menu can be recalled 
any time during playback to perform settings 
according to the current software, including the 
audio switching between Dolby Digital and PCM, 
switching of language used in the subtitles and 
spoken voice.
Title number (DVD)
The title is the largest unit of video and audio 
recorded in a DVD. It usually corresponds to a 
single movie of video software or an album (some-
times a piece of music) of music software. The 
numbers assigned to individual titles are referred 
to as the title numbers.
Chapter number (DVD)
The chapter is a section of video and audio record-
ed in a DVD. A title is composed of several chap-
ters. The numbers assigned to individual chapters 
are referred to as the chapter numbers.
Subtitles (DVD)
Some DVD discs contains the recording of more 
than one subtitle language. This player allow you 
to select one of the recorded subtitle languages 
during playback. 
Track number (CD, VCD)
A track is also a section of video and audio record-
ed in a disc. The numbers assigned to individual 
tracks are referred to as the track numbers.
With most of music CDs, a track is assigned to a 
piece of music. However, with a VCD, the sections 
of the contents do not always correspond to the 
assigned tracks.
As (special) playback functions such as skipping 
and programming of ordinary CDs are based on 
track number data, such playback functions are 
sometimes impossible with some VCDs.
P.B.C.: Play-Back Control (VCD)
When a VIDEO CD carries "Play Back Control 
capable" or similar message on the disc or jacket, 
desired scenes and information can be played back 
in an interactive manner using a hierarchical struc-
ture while viewing the menu screens displayed on 
the TV screen.
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