Integra DSR-4.8 User Manual

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The difference between the quietest and loudest sounds 
possible in an audio signal (without distorting or getting 
lost in noise).
Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks are capable of a very 
wide dynamic range, delivering dramatic cinema-like 
effects.

A tag added to the end of a filename to indicate the type 
of file. For example, “.mp3” indicates an MP3 file.

Abbreviation for high definition, as in HDTV (high-def-
inition TV).

The video encryption technology developed by Intel for 
HDMI/DVI. It’s designed to protect video content and 
requires a HDCP-compatible device to display the 
encrypted video.

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a high-
speed digital interface which has the capability to sup-
port standard, enhanced, or high-definition video plus 
standard to multichannel surround-sound audio on a sin-
gle digital connection. HDMI features include uncom-
pressed digital video, a bandwidth of up to 5 gigabytes 
per second and communication between the AV source 
and AV devices such as DTVs.

International standard for the volume and file structure 
of CD-ROM discs.

A file format used for still images, such as photographs 
and illustrations. JPEG files are identified by the file 
extension “.jpg” or “.JPG”. Most digital cameras use this 
format.

LFE refers to the low-frequency effect sounds that are 
used in Dolby Digital and DTS. Generally, the subwoof-
ers function more effectively when these sounds are con-
tained in the signal from the disc or other media.

MP3 (MPEG1 audio layer 3) is a compressed audio file 
format. Files are recognized by their file extension 
“.mp3” or “.MP3”.

The video format used for Video CDs and DVDs. Video 
CD uses the older MPEG-1 standard, while DVD uses 
the newer and much better quality MPEG-2 standard.

This is one broadcasting system for color televisions, 
and is used in the U.S., Korea, Central and South Amer-
ica, Japan, and other countries.The system consists of 
525 horizontal scan lines, and is divided into 30 frames 
per second. It uses an interlacing method which skips 
every other scan line to produce an image (field) with 
one-half of the full resolution, and displays 60 such 
fields per second.

This is one broadcasting system for color televisions, 
and is used primarily in Europe.This system consists of 
625 horizontal scan lines. It uses an interlacing method 
with 25 frames (50 fields) per second.The vertical reso-
lution is higher than NTSC, however the frame rate is 
lower.

A system of navigating a Video CD through on-screen 
menus recorded onto the disc. Especially good for discs 
that you would normally not watch from beginning to 
end all at once—karaoke discs, for example.

The most common system of encoding digital audio, 
found on CDs and DAT. Excellent quality, but requires a 
lot of data compared to formats such as Dolby Digital.

All the lines that make up a video picture are updated in 
one pass (compared to interlace which takes two passes 
to update the whole picture).

These associate discs and players with particular areas of 
the world. This unit will only play discs that have com-
patible region codes. You can find the region code of 
your unit by looking on the rear panel. Some discs are 
compatible with more than one region (or all regions).

The rate at which sound is measured to be turned into 
digital audio data. The higher the rate, the better the 
sound quality, but the more digital information is gener-
ated. Standard CD audio has a sampling frequency of 
44.1kHz, which means 44,100 samples (measurements) 
per second. See also “Digital audio.”

This is a virtual surround-sound technology that was 
developed by Onkyo Corporation. For details, see 
page 41.

WMA is short for Windows Media Audio and refers to 
an audio compression technology developed by 
Microsoft Corporation. WMA data can be encoded by 
using Windows Media Player version 8.