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User guide
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Glossary
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24p motion pictur e display: Mo vies r eleas ed on Blu-r a y Disc sup-
port the 24p motion pictur e displa y . The Blu-r a y pla yer tr ans fer s the
original film format t o the t elevision with 2 4 fr ames per sec ond. The
DMM (DigitalMo vieMode ) set in the f act ory calculat es and ins erts
additional intermediat e pictur e s, which suppr e ss film jerking t ypical
for the cinema, ther eb y pr o viding for a smooth motion s equence .
A
Accur ate R ecor ding: See A utomatic time control.
Administr ator: P erson who administ ers the ne tw ork, i.e . tak es c ar e of
set ting up and maintaining all component s belonging to the net work.
Activ e antenna: An ant enna with its own po wer supply or amplification
which can impr o ve the r e ception in ar e as with a poor co ver ag e .
ARC: Abbr e viation for A udio Return Channel.
Audio R eturn Channel: The audio r e turn channel which w as intr oduced
with the HDMI Standar d 1.4 is us ed when an audio sy st em with audio
(pr e ) amplifier , e . g. Loe we MediaV ision 3D, is c onnect ed to a TV se t via
HDMI. The digital audio signal o f the TV set ( e . g. the sound of the cur-
r ent TV pr ogr am ) c an be tr ansf err ed t o the audio amplifier via the audio
r eturn channel o f the HDMI cable . Thus the s ame cable which is normally
r esponsible f or tr ansf erring imag e data fr om a c onnect ed media play er to
the TV set tr ans fer s the audio data in the opposit e dir ection. In this w ay , the
audio r eturn channel mak es the cinch c able , which has pr eviously been
r equir ed in addition t o the HDMI cable , r edundant .
Automatic time contr ol: Also called A ccurate R ecor ding. Similar t o
VPS f or analogue stations the aut omatic time contr ol monit or s the st art
and end times of pr ogr ammes fr om D VB stations . If these times de viate
fr om the data pr ogr ammed in the timer dat a, the running time of the
r ecor ding is adapt ed aut omatically . The aut omatic time contr ol is not
supported b y all D VB stations .
A V sock et: Sock et f or audio and video signals.
A V sour ces: Audio /Video s our c e.
A VI: Abbr eviation f or Audio Video Int erlea ve , a video c ontainer file f or-
mat developed b y Micr os oft. A single A VI video file can c ontain sev er al
audio, video and t e xt data s tr eams ( thus the name cont ainer format ).
A V S: Audio/ video s ock ets on the side o f the TV set ( cinch and mini-
DIN).
B
Band: Name f or a tr ansmission r ang e .
Blu-ray Dis c: The f ollow-up f ormat of DVD . The contents o f about
five D VDs fit ont o one Blu-r a y Disc ( abbr e viated BD ). T her ef or e , the
Blu-r a y disc pr o vides enough spac e for high-r e solution imag es and
multi-channel sound f ormats.
C
BMP: Abbr eviation f or Bitmap , a grid gr aphics format de signed for
Micr os oft Window s and OS / 2 that is wide spr e ad and ther efor e sup-
ported b y almost ev ery popular gr aphics so ftw ar e p ackag e without
any pr oblems .
C
C A Module: T he Conditional Acces s module contains the c od-
ing sy st em and comp ar es the tr ansmit t ed code with the one on the
Smart Card. If the y match, the appr opriat e s tations or pr ogr amme s
ar e decoded.
CEC: Abbr e viation f or Consumer Electr onics Contr ol. CE C pr ovides uni-
ver sal component c ontr ol functions f or entertainment electr onics de vice s
( e .g. S yst em st andby , One T ouch Pla y ). CE C is r ef err ed t o by L oew e as
Digital Link HD.
Channel (WLAN): Device s that w ant to c ommunica te with each o ther
hav e to us e the same WiF i channel. In Eur ope the W iFi fr equency b and
is curr ently divided int o 13 channels.
Cinch cable: Cable for tr ansmit ting sound or pictur e s.
CI slot: See Common Interfac e.
Client: Also called ne tw ork client, describe s an end device such as
your TV s et that is connect ed to the ne tw ork and ge ts data fr om a
(media ) serv er to mak e it ac ces sible to the us er .
Common Interf ace: The Common Int erfac e ( CI slot) is a st andar d-
ised int erfac e . By inserting suitable dec oding modules (C A modules)
and a Smart Card c oded digital pr ogr amme s can be us ed.
Common Interf ace Plus: CI Plus is an adv anc ement of the Common
Interface s tandar d. CI P lus slots ar e in principle do wnw ar d comp atible
to the pr e vious CI st andar d, i.e . CA module s and Smart Car ds acc or d-
ing to the p ast CI standar d c an c ontinue to be us ed in CI Plus slots ,
as far as the pr ogr amme pr ovider permits this. Additionally , ext ended
r egulations apply how ev er to CI P lus.
Component: See Component connection.
Component connection: Also r e f err ed t o as Component. Connec-
tion wher e the video signal is tr ansf err ed via thr ee s epar a te ( Cinch )
connections. It c omprise s the brightness signal Y as w ell as the colour
diff er enc e signals Pb (blue component ) and Pr (r ed c omponent).
Conditional A ccess module: See CA module.
D
Decoder: Analogue , c oded TV signals ar e pas sed thr ough a dec oder
and made visible again.
DHCP: Abbr eviation f or Dynamic Hos t Configur ation P r ot oc ol. DHCP
allow s automatic as signment of IP addr e sse s with the aid of a DHCP
server .
DHCP server: N etw ork servic e which tak es car e of aut omatic assign-
ment of IP addr es ses t o clients.
Digital Link HD: Sy stem f or c ontr olling units via the HDMI c onnection
of the L oew e TV set when the y have been s et up in a co ver e d position.
DMM: Abbr eviation f or Digital Mo vie Mode. Whe ther a studio r ec or d-
ing, live br o adcast , or feat ur e film – the br o adcast imag es ar e alw a ys
display ed optimally . Still image s ar e r epr oduc ed in all their sharpnes s
and tr anquillity . By cr e ating intermediat e imag es, DMM enable s perfect
studio qualit y , ev en with quick movemen ts.
DNC: Abbr eviation f or “Digital N oise Contr ol”. W e ak TV signals ( ana-
logue ) can g ener at e disruptive pict ur e noise . DNC adjusts the ef fect
of digital nois e r eduction t o the pictur e c ontents .
DNS: Abbr eviation f or Domain Name Sy st em. Readable name s ( e .g.
www .loe w e-int.de ) ar e as signed t o numerical IP addr es ses. DNS
server s ar e r e sponsible for the r e solution o f r eadable addr e ss es into
the corr e sponding IP addr es ses .
Dolb y Digital: Digital multi-channel sound. T he digital standar d f or
high quality home mo vie sy st ems. The individual channels ar e br oad-
cast s epar at ely in this st andar d. The thr ee fr ont channels right, left
and centr e , the t wo surr ound channels right and left and the e xt ernal
subw oof er channels ar e called a 5 .1 signal.
Dolb y Pr o Logic: Analogue multi-channel sound. Con verts a Dolb y-
coded st er eo signal int o a surr ound s ound. This usually c ontains four
channels (fr o nt left, centr e , fr ont right , surr ound channel). A special
subw oof er channel is not gener at ed in this method.
Dolb y Pr o Logic II: Analogue multi-channel sound. Dolb y Pr o L ogic II
is a further development o f Dolby P ro L ogic. This me thod gener at e s
a 6-channel spatial sound fr om a s t er eo or Pr o-L ogic signal ( fr ont left ,
centr e , fr ont right , surr ound left , surr ound right, sub woo fer ).
Dolb y Surround: An analogue surr ound s ound sy st em which uses a
matrix coding t o fit four s ound channels into t wo s ound tr acks.
Dolb y Virtual Speaker: The Dolby V irtual Speak er technology
simulate s the surr ound playb ack of a r e al 5.1 channel pla yback with
only tw o speaker s.
DRM: Digital Rights Manag ement. P r oce sse s to c ontr ol cop yright
pr ot ected data. T o be used c orr ectly , DRM prot ected c ont ents r equir e
not only a DRM capable de vice but als o the posse ssion of a lic ense
issued by the pr o vider ( to be p aid for ).
DT S: Digital T heatr e S ys tems; Digit al multi-channel audio.