Sync Overhead Monitors 3
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
To better understand the information presented in this section you should better familiarize yourself with
these terms.
Display Controller - A device used to provide HD scorer video and control for the overhead monitors on
a lane pair.
Splitter - A device used to split a TV or cable signal into multiple signals of equal strength.
Tap - A device, similar to a switch, used to split a TV or cable signal into multiple signals. A tap differs
from a splitter in that a tap splits the signal, but not evenly. This allows a specic amount of the signal to
be directed to one monitor while the majority of the signal can continue to additional monitors.
Head Unit - See TV distribution center.
Modulator - Device(s) in the TV Distribution Center that assign a TV channel to the signal received
from an A/V source such as a DVD player, cable box, or satellite receiver. The signal can then be viewed
on the overhead monitors by tuning the monitor to the assigned channel.
TV-Only Monitor - A monitor that is used to display only the video sent from the TV Distribution
Center. This monitor cannot display bowler’s scoresheet.
TV Distribution Center - A audio/ video component usually located at the desk that accepts A/V
signals from various sources such as DVD players, cable boxes, or satellite receivers and assigns a unique
“TV channel” to each of them. The sources can then be viewed at the overhead monitors by tuning the
monitor to the desired channel.
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