Philips HTS3152/55, User Manual

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English

Glossary

Analogue audio:

 Sound that has not been 

turned into numbers. Analogue sound is 
available with you use the AUDIO LEFT/
RIGHT. These red and white sockets send 
audio through two channels, the left and 
right.

Aspect ratio:

 Aspect ratio refers to the 

length to height ratio of TV screens. The 
ratio of a standard TV is 4:3, while the ratio 
of a high-defi nition or wide TV is 16:9. The 
letter box allows you to enjoy a picture with 
a wider perspective on a standard 4:3 screen.

AUDIO OUT sockets:

 Red and white 

sockets on the back of the unit that send 
audio to another system (TV, Stereo, etc)..

Bit Rate:

 The amount of data used to hold 

a given length of music; measured in kilobits 
per second, or kbps. Or, the speed at which 
you record. Generally, the higher the bit 
rate, or the higher the recording speed, the 
better the sound quality. However, higher bit 
rates use more space on a disc.

Chapter:

 Sections of a picture or a music 

piece on a DVD that are smaller than titles. 
A title is composed of several chapters. Each 
chapter is assigned a chapter number 
enabling you to locate the chapter you want.

Composite video (CVBS):

 A single video 

signal commonly used in most consumer 
video products.

Disc menu:

 A screen display prepared for 

allowing a selection of images, sounds, 
subtitles, multi-angles, etc., recorded on a 
DVD.

DivX:

 The DivX code is a patent-pending, 

MPEG-4 based video compression 
technology, developed by DivX Networks, 
Inc., that can shrink digital video to sizes 
small enough to be transported over the 
internet, while maintaining high visual quality.

Dolby Digital:

 A surround sound system 

developed by Dolby Laboratories containing 
up to six channels of digital audio (front left 
and right, surround left and right, centre and 
subwoofer).

Dolby Surround Pro Logic II:

 It is an 

improved matrix decoding technology that 
provides better spatiality and directionality 
on Dolby Surround programme material, 
provides a convincing three dimensional 
sound fi eld on conventional stereo music 
recordings and is ideally suited to bring the 
surround experience to automotive sound. 
While conventional surround programming 
is fully compatible with Dolby Surround Pro 
Logic II decoders, soundtracks will be able to 
be encoded specifi cally to take full advantage 
of Pro Logic II playback, including separate 
left and right surround channels. (Such 
material is also compatible with conventional 
Pro Logic decoders).

DTS:

 Digital Theatre Systems. This is a 

surround sound system, but it is different 
from the Dolby Digital. The formats were 
developed by different companies.

JPEG

: A very common digital still picture 

format. A still-picture data compression 
system proposed by the Joint Photographic 
Expert Group, which features small decrease 
in image quality in spite of its high 
compression ratio. Files are recognised by 
their fi le extension ‘JPG or JPEG’.

MP3:

 A fi le format with a sound data 

compression system. ‘MP3’ is the 
abbreviation of Motion Picture Experts 
Group 1 (or MPEG-1) Audio Layer3. By 
using the MP3 format, one CD-R or CD-RW 
can contain about 10 times more data than a 
regular CD.