User's Manual

15. Glossary

DiSEqC (Digital Satellite Equipment Control)

A standard through which it is possible to let a DiSEqC compatible receiver send a signal

over the RF cable to a switching device to switch between different LNBs or dishes. The

DiSEqC uses the 22KHx signal to control the switching device.

Programme Guide (Electronic Programme Guide, EPG)

A electronic program guide (EPG) that comes with the broadcast to a particular satellite,

note that every station fills the EPG differently or not, so differences in the EPG are not

necessarily receiver errors.

Frequency

The number of cycles or events per one second, which is expressed in the unit of hertz

FTA (Free- To- Air)

An unscrambled broadcast, which you can view without additional payments to a service

provider.

Hi- Fi (High Fidelity)

The characteristics of audio devices that can play back all the audio frequencies of the

human, which is the range of 16Hz～20KHz, uniformly from the low frequency to high

frequency. S ometimes it is used to indicate good quality of an audio device such as stereo

tape recorder.

LNB (Low Noise Block)

An electronic unit mounted on the satellite dish. It receives the signals reflected by the dish

and converts them to signals that can be used by this product.

OSD (On S creen Display)

The function that displays the information about the monitor that the user needs or has to

know on the screen directly. OS D information includes brightness, contrast, tuning, RGB

adjustment, and screen size and positions (top, left, width, and height), and so on.

OTA (Over The Air)

Means that software downloads where the manufacturer reserves the right to decide when

and where to release them through satellite system.