Bose 18 User Manual

 

 – A single video signal that contains luminance, color, and synchronization 

information. NTSC and PAL are examples of composite video systems.

 

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 – The logo r

 

epresenting Dolby Digital.

 

– A perceptual coding system for audio, developed by Dolby Laboratories and 

accepted as an international standard. Dolby Digital is the most common means of encoding 
multi-channel audio.

– The logo representing DTS.

 

 – A type of multi-channel surround sound format used on discs.

 

 – An acronym that is most commonly known to mean Digital Video Disc or Digital Versa-

tile Disc. The audio/video/data storage system is based on 12-cm optical discs.

 

 – A standard for storing and reproducing audio and video on DVD-ROM discs, 

based on MPEG video, Dolby Digital and MPEG audio, and other proprietary data formats.

 

 – An acronym for infrared. Pertains to the type of remote that sends/receives commands 

on an infrared light beam.

 

 – A video format which has black borders at the top and bottom of the picture.

 

 – MPEG-1 Layer III audio. This is a compressed audio format that allows you to record 

many hours of music on a single CD.

 

 – An acronym for National Television System Committee. The U.S. organization that 

developed both the American Black & White and Color television system.

 

 – An acronym for Phase Alternate Line. This is one of several composite video systems. 

The PAL format is used extensively in Western Europe.

 

 – The technique of reframing a picture to conform to a different aspect ratio by 

cropping parts of the picture. DVD-Video players can automatically create a 4:3 pan & scan 
version from widescreen video by using a horizontal offset encoded with the video.

 

 – The form of the digital audio signal used for both CD and laserdisc. It is a serial data 

stream that is coded for transmission or recording.

 

 – A video interface standard that carries separate luminance and chrominance sig-

nals, usually on a four-pin mini-DIN connector. Also called Y/C. The quality of S-video is sig-
nificantly better than composite video since it does not require a comb filter to separate the 
signals. Most high-end televisions have S-video inputs.

 

– Our proprietary Videostage 5 decoding circuitry gives you a five-channel 

surround sound experience from everything you listen to – VHS tapes, stereo CDs, even 
mono TV programs.

 

 – A component analog video signal containing one luminance and two chrominance 

components. Often referred to loosely as YUV or Y, B-Y, R-Y.