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Glossary
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A type of disc which contains recording of audio/video
packaged media with high video and audio quality, such
as a movie, featuring large recording capacity and digital
signal processing capability.
VCD: VIDEO CD
A type of CD which contains the recording of moving im-
ages. It compresses image information by about 1/120 and
audio information by about 1/6 and accommodates up to
74 minutes of recording in a disc with the same diameter as
ordinary music CD of 12 cm.
Some VCDs do not have the P.B.C. compatibility and are
capable of playback only, while some are P.B.C. compatible
and are capable of various special play back control opera-
tions. This player can play both of these VCDs.
MPEG: Moving Picture Experts Group
This is an international standard for digital video and audio
compression and decompression in media.
Dolby Digital
This is a digital audio compression technology developed
by Dolby Laboratories. It is compatible with 5.1-channel
surround audio as well as normal stereo (2-channel) audio
and can accommodate a large amount of audio data ef-
ficiently in a disc.
DTS
Name of a digital surround system developed by Digital
Theater Systems, Inc.
Top menu/menu (DVD)
Some DVDs display more than one title in a screen.
This screen is referred to as the top menu.
The menu is the item display (menu screen) for use in
setting operations. The menu can be recalled and time
during play back to perform settings according to the
current software, including the audio switching between
Dolby Digital and PCM, switching of language used in the
subtitles and spoken voice.
Title number (DVD)
The title is the largest unit of video and audio recorded in
a DVD. It usually corresponds to a single movie of video
software or an album (sometimes a piece of music) of
music software. The numbers assigned to individual title
are referred to as the title numbers.
Chapter number (DVD)
The chapter is a section of video and audio recorded in a
DVD. A tile is composed of several chapters.
The numbers assigned to individual chapters are referred
to as the chapter numbers.
Subtitle (DVD)
Some DVD discs contains the recording of more than one
subtitle language. This player allows you to select one of
the recorded subtitle languages during playback.
Track number (CD, VCD)
A track is also a section of video and audio recorded in a
disc. The numbers assigned to individual tracks are re-
ferred to as the track numbers. With most of music CDs, a
track is assigned to a piece of music. However, with a VDC,
the sections of the contents do not always correspond
to the assigned tracks. As (special) playback functions
such as skipping and programming of ordinary CDs are
based on track number data, such playback functions are
sometimes impossible with some VCDs.
P.B.C.: Play-Back Control (VCD)
When a VIDEO CD carries “Play Back Control capable” or
similar message on the disc or jacket, desired scenes and
information can be played back in an interactive manner
using a hierarchical structure while viewing the menu
screens displayed on the TV screen.
SRS CS II (Circle Surround II)
Circle Surround II improves on its predecessor Circle
Surround (CS5.1) by enabling you to experience powerful
multi-channel surround sound playback from mono, stereo
or Dolby surround encoded audio and video sources.
With SRS CS II you can also listen to audio CDs, television
and radio broadcasts in full surround sound. You will dis-
cover a new type of sound experience through SRS CS II.