Glossary
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Glossary
Band
Frequency band of a satellite
Low-band and high-band
CA
(Conditional Access) stands for encrypted programmes
CVBS
Composite Video Burst Sync: Video standard for TV or VCR units
DiSEqC
Digital Satellite Equipment Control
DVB
Digital Video Broadcast
EPG
Electronic Programme Guide
Favourite list
List of selected programmes from the programme pool
Free
Freely receivable (unencrypted) programmes
GHz
Abbreviation for gigahertz (Giga =billion)
LNB
Low Noise Block Converter – Electrical unit on the parabolic antenna for reception of
satellite signals
LO
Local Oscillator – is a part of the LNB – Conversion of the satellite signal into a
frequency range receivable by the receiver
MHz
Abbreviation for megahertz (Mega = Million)
MPEG
Moving Picture Expert Group
Standardising committee for coding and compressing pictures
OSD
On Screen Display – display of information on the screen
PID
Packet Identification for video, audio, teletext etc.
PCR
Programme Clock Reference
Pool
Programme pool – collection of receivable TV and radio programmes
Receiver
Receiver
RGB
Video standard (Division into 3 individual signals for
r
ed,
g
reen and
b
lue)
Standby
Standby
SVHS
Super Video Home System – Video recorder standard (S-Video)
Symbol rate
Means the data amount, which is transmitted per second
(in MS/s Megasymbols/Second or kS/s Kilosymbols/Second)
Transponder
A digital transponder can simultaneously transmit several TV and radio programmes
on one transmitting frequency
VCR
Video cassette recorder
YC
(Y = brightness, C = colour signal) Video signal standard for SVHS recorder
Zap
Frequently switching through programmes with the remote control
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