Precautions, Notes, and Abbreviation List
EN 6 SK8.0L CA3.
2010-Apr-23
NICAM. Near Instantaneous Compounded
Audio Multiplexing. This is a digital
sound system, mainly used in Europe.
NTC. Negative Temperature Coefficient,
non-linear resistor
NTSC. National Television Standard
Committee. Color system mainly used
in North America and Japan. Color
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 such as alignments
O/C. Open Circuit
OSD. On Screen Display
OTC. On screen display Teletext and
Control; also called Artistic (SAA5800)
P50. Project 50: communication protocol
between TV and peripherals
PAL. Phase Alternating Line. Color system
mainly used in West Europe (color
carrier= 4.433619 MHz) and South
America (color carrier PAL M=
3.575612 MHz and PAL N= 3.582056
MHz)
PCB. Printed Circuit Board (same as “PWB”)
PCM. Pulse Code Modulation
PDP. Plasma Display Panel
PFC. Power Factor Corrector (or Pre-
conditioner)
PIP. Picture In Picture
PLL. Phase Locked Loop. Used for e.g.
FST tuning systems. The customer
can give directly the desired frequency
POD. Point Of Deployment: a removable
CAM module, implementing the CA
system for a host (e.g. a TV-set)
POR. Power On Reset, signal to reset the uP
PTC. Positive Temperature Coefficient,
non-linear resistor
PWB. Printed Wiring Board (same as “PCB”)
PWM. Pulse Width Modulation
QRC. Quasi Resonant Converter
QTNR. Quality Temporal Noise Reduction
QVCP. Quality Video Composition Processor
RAM. Random Access Memory
RGB. Red, Green, and Blue. The primary
color signals for TV. By mixing levels
of R, G, and B, all colors (Y/C) are
reproduced.
RC. Remote Control
RC5 / RC6. Signal protocol from the remote
control receiver
RESET. RESET signal
ROM. Read Only Memory
RSDS. Reduced Swing Differential Signalling
data interface
R-TXT. R ed TeleteXT
SAM. Service Alignment Mode
S/C. Short Circuit
SCART. Syndicat des Constructeurs
d'Appareils Radiorécepteurs et
Téléviseurs
SCL. Serial Clock I
2
C
SCL-F. CLock Signal on Fast I
2
C bus
SD. Standard Definition
SDA. Serial Data I
2
C
SDA-F. DAta Signal on Fast I
2
C bus
SDI. Serial Digital Interface, see “ITU-656”
SDRAM. Synchronous DRAM
SECAM. SEequence Couleur Avec Mémoire.
Color system mainly used in France
and East Europe. Color carriers=
4.406250 MHz and 4.250000 MHz
SIF. Sound Intermediate Frequency
SMPS. Switched Mode Power Supply
SoC. System on Chip
SOG. Sync On Green
SOPS. Self Oscillating Power Supply
SPI. Serial Peripheral Interface bus; a 4-
wire synchronous serial data link
standard
S/PDIF. Sony Philips Digital InterFace
SRAM. Static RAM
SRP. Service Reference Protocol
SSB. Small Signal Board
STBY. ST and-BY
SVGA. 800 × 600 (4:3)
SVHS. Super Video Home System
SW. Softw are
SWAN. Spatial temporal Weighted Averaging
Noise reduction
SXGA. 1 280 × 1024
TFT. Thin Film Transistor
THD. Total Harmonic Distortion
TMDS. Transmis sion Minimized Differential
Signalling
TXT. Te leteXT
TXT-DW. Dual Window with TeleteXT
UI. U ser Interface
uP. Micropro cessor
UXGA. 1 600 × 1200 (4:3)
V. V-sync to the module
VESA. Video Electronics Standards
Association
VGA. 640 × 480 (4:3)
VL. Variable Level out: processed audio
output toward external amplifier
VSB. Vestigial Side Band; modulation
method
WYSIWYR. What You See Is What You Record:
record selection that follows main
picture and sound
WXGA. 1 280 × 768 (15:9)
XTAL. Quar tz crystal
XGA. 1 024 × 768 (4:3)
Y. Lum inance signal
Y/C. Luminance (Y) and Chrominance (C)
signal
YPbPr. Component video. Luminance and
scaled color difference signals (B-Y
and R-Y)
YUV. C omponent video
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