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A/V Audio / video.
CVBS
Composite Video Blanking Sync. Also known as "composite" or "AUX" video. In this method of video connec-
tion, the color, luminance and synchronization signals are combined on one wire.
DCM
Data Communications Module. General term for devices that communicate with Philips Institutional Television
products by means of the Philips ITV SmartPort.
DFU Directions For Use. User documentation. Also (formerly) known as “IB”, “Instruction Booklet”.
Display Monitor In this documentation, the non-Iconnized television display monitor itself.
FTV Flat television (plasma or LCD television display monitor).
hciFace, hiFace® Hospital version(s) of iFace.
H-M Link®
Hotel-mode link. Control interface based on a subset of Philips SmartPort, for hospitality in-room television
applications.
iFace®
Infra-red interface. Internally-installed ITV intelligent interface module that adds Philips SmartPort connectivity
to display products that do not have built-in SmartPort.
irFace® Alternate name for iFace.
IR
Infra-red, long-wavelength optical energy invisible to the human eye. In this document, denotes wireless
remote controls. In some contexts, can also refer to wired (non-optical) un-modulated TTL RC signals.
ITV
Institutional Television. Commercial / non-consumer business unit of Philips Consumer Electronics Co., a divi-
sion of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., its products, and its intellectual property.
Jack A receptacle connector that typically resides on a panel built into an electrical or electronic device.
LCD
Liquid-crystal display. An image-display technology that achieves a thin panel form factor and low power con-
sumption.
NA, N/A Not available, not applicable.
NC, N/C Not connected, no connection.
Off See "Standby".
On
A state of operation in which the unit (television) is connected to an AC power source, in active use, and capa-
ble of responding to queries or commands from a control device (IR remote control) and/or DCM.
OSD
On-Screen Display. Text characters that are generated by the display monitor’s or set-top box’s character gen-
erator. Used to display menus, status, closed-captioning, channel, etc.
Plug Connector, usually on a cable, that connects to a socket receptacle connector.
RC Remote control. Also see IR.
RC-5, RC-6 Philips IR remote control communication protocols.
RJ-11 / RJ-12 Registered Jack 11 / 12. Modular telephone-style connector with 4 / 6 electrical conductors.
SmartPort® Philips ITV proprietary three-wire synchronous serial communications and control interface. AKA SmartPlug.
Socket Receptacle connector on a cable or jack panel that connects to a plug.
Standby
Typically referred to as "off". A state of operation, characterized by relatively low power consumption, in which
the unit (television) is connected to an AC power source, but not in active use, and capable of responding to
queries or commands from a local keypad (if enabled), a control device and/or a DCM.
S-Video
Super-Video, sometimes referred to as Y/C Video, is a video signal connection method in which the luminance
(Y) signal and chrominance (C) signal are conveyed on separate signal paths in order to achieve picture quali-
ty that is significantly improved over CVBS (see CVBS).
TTL
Transistor-Transistor Logic, a common semiconductor technology. Also denotes the signal voltages correspon-
ding to digital information (“0” or “1”), such as that in wired remote-control commands.
YPbPr
Component video, a video signal connection method in which the luminance (Y) signal, the Pb (blue), and Pr
(red) signals are conveyed on separate signal paths. Sync and green signal components are present on Y.
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