DCT5100 Installation Manual
Abbreviations and Acronyms
AGC
Automatic Gain control
ASTB
Advanced Set-top Box
CRC
Cyclic redundancy check
CSR
Customer Service Representative
DCT5100
Digital Consumer Terminal 5100
DRAM
Dynamic random access memory
EMM
Entitlement management message(s)
FLASH
A type of nonvolatile memory
GPS
Global positioning system
HRC
Harmonically related carriers
IPG
Interactive program guide
IPPV
Impulse Pay-Per-View
IR Blaster
Infrared Blaster
IRC
Incrementally related carriers
ITU
International Telecommunication Union
MPAA
Motion Picture Advisory Association
MPEG-2
An advanced compression standard for digital audio and video encoding established by the
Motion Picture Experts Group
NVOD
Near Video on Demand
NVRAM
Non-volatile random-access memory
OSD
On-screen display
PCR
Program clock reference
PID
Packet identifier
PPV
Pay-Per-View
QAM
Quadrature amplitude modulation
QPSK
Quadrature phase shift keying
RSA
Return for Service Authorization
SNR
Signal-to-noise ratio
SPDIF
Sony Philips Digital Interface Format
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TRC
Technical Response Center
TvPC
TV PassCard
VOD
Video on Demand