Sony CMT-EP515 Manual
The Sony Guide to Home Theater
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the point of view left or right, "panning" the frame. Cinema purists hate Pan & Scan
because it disrupts the director's original vision. Others appreciate a picture that fills their
4:3 screen.
Personal Video Recorder (PVR). System that records video onto a hard drive. PVRs
offer many new opportunities, including the ability to hold 80 hours of programs, the
ability to pause live TV and the ability to automatically suggest TV shows you might like
and record them for you.
Plasma. A flat panel television display type in which plasma gas pixels glow when
excited by electrodes.
Progressive Scanning. The opposite of Interlaced scanning. Shows each scanning line
in sequence, for a more seamless, more film-like image.
Projection. A television display system that projects the image as light onto a screen.
Front projectors are located out among the audience and project on a reflective, white
screen. Rear projectors are self-contained boxes that project onto a translucent screen.
Resolution. A measure of video signal detail for source material, transmission channels,
recorders and displays. Resolution can be measured in pixels or in "lines of resolution."
RF connector. Accommodates a local TV broadcast antenna or cable.
Satellite Speaker. A compact speaker that reproduces all of an audio signal except for
the deepest octaves of bass. Many home theater speaker systems use satellite speakers
for the full-range channels and subwoofers to handle the bass.
Stereo Broadcast Reception. Decodes MTS stereo TV broadcasts. Can include dbx®
noise reduction for better sound.
Subwoofer. A specialized loudspeaker that handles only bass frequencies (typically 200
Hz and below). The subwoofer is ideally suited to reproducing the "0.1" Low Frequency
Effects channel of modern surround sound systems. Most subwoofers are also "active,"
meaning that they include their own power amplifier.
Super Audio CD playback. High-resolution audio that enables you to rediscover your
love of music. The highest quality sound source available today, Super Audio CD
supports both stereo and multi-channel music reproduction.
Super Fine Pitch™ CRT. Refinement of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that enables even
higher resolution.
S-Video connection. Enables you to connect video equipment to your A/V receiver at
high signal quality. S-Video keeps the black-and-white signal (luminance) apart from the
color signal (chrominance) to maintain picture quality.
Universal remote control. Simplifies operation by also controlling many brands of TVs,
VCRs, DVD players and A/V receivers. (May not be compatible with all brands and
models.)
VCRPlus+ Gold technology. A VCR feature that makes channel programming and
timer setting easy.
because it disrupts the director's original vision. Others appreciate a picture that fills their
4:3 screen.
Personal Video Recorder (PVR). System that records video onto a hard drive. PVRs
offer many new opportunities, including the ability to hold 80 hours of programs, the
ability to pause live TV and the ability to automatically suggest TV shows you might like
and record them for you.
Plasma. A flat panel television display type in which plasma gas pixels glow when
excited by electrodes.
Progressive Scanning. The opposite of Interlaced scanning. Shows each scanning line
in sequence, for a more seamless, more film-like image.
Projection. A television display system that projects the image as light onto a screen.
Front projectors are located out among the audience and project on a reflective, white
screen. Rear projectors are self-contained boxes that project onto a translucent screen.
Resolution. A measure of video signal detail for source material, transmission channels,
recorders and displays. Resolution can be measured in pixels or in "lines of resolution."
RF connector. Accommodates a local TV broadcast antenna or cable.
Satellite Speaker. A compact speaker that reproduces all of an audio signal except for
the deepest octaves of bass. Many home theater speaker systems use satellite speakers
for the full-range channels and subwoofers to handle the bass.
Stereo Broadcast Reception. Decodes MTS stereo TV broadcasts. Can include dbx®
noise reduction for better sound.
Subwoofer. A specialized loudspeaker that handles only bass frequencies (typically 200
Hz and below). The subwoofer is ideally suited to reproducing the "0.1" Low Frequency
Effects channel of modern surround sound systems. Most subwoofers are also "active,"
meaning that they include their own power amplifier.
Super Audio CD playback. High-resolution audio that enables you to rediscover your
love of music. The highest quality sound source available today, Super Audio CD
supports both stereo and multi-channel music reproduction.
Super Fine Pitch™ CRT. Refinement of the Sony FD Trinitron CRT that enables even
higher resolution.
S-Video connection. Enables you to connect video equipment to your A/V receiver at
high signal quality. S-Video keeps the black-and-white signal (luminance) apart from the
color signal (chrominance) to maintain picture quality.
Universal remote control. Simplifies operation by also controlling many brands of TVs,
VCRs, DVD players and A/V receivers. (May not be compatible with all brands and
models.)
VCRPlus+ Gold technology. A VCR feature that makes channel programming and
timer setting easy.