Circuit Descriptions, Abbreviation List, and IC Data Sheets
9.
HP
Headphone
Hue
Colour phase control for NTSC (not
the same as ‘Tint’)
I
Monochrome TV system. Sound
carrier distance is 6.0 MHz
I
2
C
Integrated IC bus
IF
Intermediate Frequency
IIC
Integrated IC bus
Interlaced
Scan mode where two fields are used
to form one frame. Each field contains
half the number of the total amount of
lines. The fields are written in “pairs”,
causing line flicker.
ITV
Institutional TV
LATAM
Latin America
LED
Light Emitting Diode
L/L’
Monochrome TV system. Sound
carrier distance is 6.5 MHz. L’ is Band
I, L is all bands except for Band I
LNA
Low Noise Amplifier
LS
Large Screen
LS
Loudspeaker
LSP
Large signal panel
M/N
Monochrome TV system. Sound
carrier distance is 4.5 MHz
MSP
Multi-standard Sound Processor: ITT
sound decoder
MUTE
Mute-Line
NC
Not Connected
NICAM
Near Instantaneous Compounded
Audio Multiplexing. This is a digital
sound system, mainly used in Europe.
NTSC
National Television Standard
Committee. Colour system mainly
used in North America and Japan.
Colour carrier NTSC M/N = 3.579545
MHz, NTSC 4.43 = 4.433619 MHz
(this is a VCR norm, it is not
transmitted off-air)
NVM
Non Volatile Memory: IC containing
TV related data e.g. alignments
OB
Option Byte
OC
Open Circuit
OSD
On Screen Display
PAL
Phase Alternating Line. Colour system
mainly used in West Europe (colour
carrier = 4.433619 MHz) and South
America (colour carrier PAL M =
3.575612 MHz and PAL N = 3.582056
MHz)
PCB
Printed Circuit board
PIP
Picture In Picture
PLL
Phase Locked Loop. Used for e.g.
FST tuning systems. The customer
can give directly the desired frequency
POR
Power-On Reset
Progressive Scan
Scan mode where all scan lines are
displayed in one frame at the same
time, creating a double vertical
resolution.
PTP
Picture Tube Panel (or CRT-panel)
RAM
Random Access Memory
RC
Remote Control handset
RC5
Remote Control system 5, signal from
the remote control receiver
RGB
Red Green Blue
ROM
Read Only Memory
SAM
Service Alignment Mode
SAP
Second Audio Program
SC
Sandcastle: pulse derived from sync
signals
S/C
Short Circuit
SCAVEM
Scan Velocity Modulation
SCL
Serial Clock
SDA
Serial Data
SDM
Service Default Mode
SECAM
SEequence Couleur Avec Memoire.
Colour system mainly used in France
and East Europe. Colour carriers =
4.406250 MHz and 4.250000 MHz
SIF
Sound Intermediate Frequency
SS
Small Screen
STBY
Standby
SVHS
Super Video Home System
SW
Software
THD
Total Harmonic Distortion
TXT
Teletext
µ
P
Microprocessor
UOC
Ultimate One Chip
VA
Vertical Acquisition
VBAT
Main supply voltage for the deflection
stage (mostly 141 V)
V-chip
Violence Chip
VCR
Video Cassette Recorder
WYSIWYR
What You See Is What You Record:
record selection that follows main
picture and sound
XTAL
Quartz crystal
YC
Luminance (Y) and Chrominance (C)
signal