EchoStar ad-3600 ip viaccess Manuale Utente

Section 8

Digital Satellite Receiver

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GLOSSARY

1.

LIST OF USED ABBREVIATIONS

A/V

A

udio/

V

ideo

MCPC

M

ultiple

C

hannel

P

er

C

arrier

AC

A

lternating

C

urrent

MHz

M

ega

H

ertz

ANT

ANT

enna (terrestial)

min

min

ute

ATA

Advanced Technology Attachement

min.

min

imum

ºC

C

elcius

mm

m

illi

m

eter

CAM

C

onditional

A

ccess

M

odule

MPEG

M

oving

P

icture

E

xperts

G

roup

CD

C

ompact

D

isc

NTSC

N

ational

T

elevision

S

tandards

C

ommittee

CE

Conformite European

NVOD

N

ear

V

ideo

O

n

D

emand

CH

CH

annel

OSD

O

n-

S

creen

D

isplay

CI

C

ommon

I

nterface

OSG

O

n

S

creen

G

raphics

D2MAC

Digital Multiplexed Analog
Component version 2

OTA

O

ver

T

he

A

ir

DAC

Digital Analog Converter

PAL B/G

P

hase

A

lternating

L

ine B/G

dB

d

eci

B

ell

PAL D/K

P

hase

A

lternating

L

ine D/K

dBm

d

eci

B

ell

m

illiwatts

PCMCIA

P

ersonal

C

omputer

M

emory

C

ard

I

ndustry

A

ssociation

DC

D

irect

C

urrent

PCR

Program Clock Reference

DiSEqC

Di

gital

S

atellite

Eq

uipment

C

ontrol

PID

P

acket

ID

entification

DMA

Direct Memory Access

PIN

P

ersonal

I

dentification

N

umber

DVB

D

igital

V

ideo

B

roadcasting

PWM

P

ulse

W

idth

M

odulation

DVR

D

igital

V

ideo

R

ecorder

QPSK

Q

uadrature

P

hase

S

hift

K

ey

EL

E

ast

L

imit

RCA

Connector type, also Cinch connector

EPG

E

lectronic

P

rogram

G

uide

RCU

R

emote

C

ontrol

U

nit

ºF

F

ahrenheit

RF

R

adio

F

requency

FTA

F

ree-

T

o-

A

ir

RND

R

a

ND

om

Gb

G

iga

b

it

S/PDIF

S

ony/

P

hilips

D

igital

I

nterface

GB

G

iga

B

yte

SAT

SAT

ellite

GND

G

rou

ND

SCART

Connector type, also Euro connector

GUI

G

raphical

U

ser

I

nterface

SCPC

S

ingle

C

hannel

P

er

C

arrier

H-H

H

orizon-to-

H

orizon

SMATV

S

atellite

M

aster

A

ntenna

TV

HW

H

ard

W

are

STB

S

et

T

op

B

ox (the satellite receiver)

IDE

Intelligent Drive Equipment

SW

S

oft

w

are

IEC

International Electrotechnic
Committee

TP

T

rans

P

onder

IF

I

ntermediate

F

requency

TV

T

ele

V

ision

IRD

Integrated Receicer Decoder (the
satellite receiver)

µs

micro

s

econd

ISO

I

nternational

S

tandards

O

rganisation UHF

U

ltra

H

igh

F

requency

kg

k

ilo

g

ram

V

V

olt

kHz

k

ilo

H

ert

z

VCR

V

ideo

C

assette

R

ecorder

kW

k

ilo

W

att

Ver.

Ver

sion

LNB

L

ow

N

oise

B

lock down converter

V

p-p

V

olts

peak-peak

LNBF

LNB

with

F

eedhorn

V

rms

V

olts

rootmeansquare

max.

max

imum

W

W

att

MB

M

ega

B

yte

WL

W

est

L

imit

Mbps

M

ega

b

its

p

er

s

econd

WxHxD

W

idth x

H

eight x

D

epth