DC P5 01 Us er Guide
A b b r e v i a t i o n s a n d A c r o n y m s
A/V
Audio/Video
AM
Amplitude Modulation
CATV
Cable TV
CD
Compact Disc
CSR
Customer Service Representative
DAT
Digital Audio Tape
DCP
Digital Convergence Platform
DCT 2000
Digital Consumer Terminal 2000
DTS
Digital Theater Systems. Sound system created by Digital Theater Systems, Inc. to rival
Dolby Digital 5.1
DVD
Digital Versatile Disk
EMM
entitlement management message(s)
EPG
Electronic Program Guide
FM
Frequency Modulation
HRC
harmonically related carriers
IPG
interactive program guide
IPPV
Impulse Pay-Per-View
IR
Infra-Red
IR Blaster
Infrared Blaster
IRC
incrementally related carriers
kH
Kilo Hertz, thousand of cycles. For the DCP, refers to the frequency of sounds that you can
hear and transmission frequencies of AM radio stations.
LD
Laser Disk
LFE
Low Frequency Effect
MHz
Mega Hertz
mp3
See MPEG-1
MPAA
Motion Picture Association of America
MPAA
Motion Picture Advisory Association
MPEG-1
Moving Pictures Expert Group standard 1, designed for coding progressive video at a
transmission rate of 1.5Mbps, designed for Video-CD and CD-i. MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
(mp3) evolved from this.
MPEG-2
Moving Pictures Expert Group standard 2, designed for coding interlaced images at rates
greater than 4Mbps. Used for digital and high definition television broadcast.
NTSC
National Television Standards Committee
NVOD
Near Video on Demand
NVRAM
Non-volatile random-access memory
OSD
On Screen Display