Glossary, Language code list – Panasonic DMR-E55 User Manual

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Glossary

Bitstream
This is the digital form of multi-channel audio data (e.g., 5.1 channel)
before it is decoded into its various channels.

CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media)
CPRM is technology used to protect broadcasts that are allowed to
be recorded only once. Such broadcasts can be recorded only with
CPRM compatible recorders and discs.

Down-mixing
This is the process of remixing the multi-channel audio found on
some discs into two channels for stereo output. It is useful when you
want to listen to the 5.1-channel audio recorded on DVDs through
your television’s speakers. Some discs prohibit down-mixing and this
unit can then only output the front two channels.

Dynamic range
Dynamic range is the difference between the lowest level of sound
that can be heard above the noise of the equipment and the highest
level of sound before distortion occurs. Dynamic range compression
means reducing the gap between the loudest and softest sounds.
This means you can listen at low volumes but still hear dialog clearly.

Film and video
DVD-Video are recorded using either film or video. This unit can
determine which type has been used, then uses the most suitable
method of progressive output.
pFilm is 24 or 30 frames per second, with motion picture film

generally being 24 frames per second.

pVideo is 60 fields per second (two fields making up one frame).

Finalize
A process that makes play of a recorded CD-R, CD-RW or DVD-R
etc. possible on equipment that can play such media. You can
finalize DVD-R on this unit.
You cannot record onto or edit finalized discs.

Formatting
Formatting is the process of making media such as DVD-RAM
recordable on recording equipment.
You can format DVD-RAM on this unit.
Formatting erases irrevocably all recordings on the disc.

Frames and fields
Frames refer to the single images that constitute the video you see
on your television. Each frame consists of two fields.

pA frame still shows two fields, so there may be some blurring, but

picture quality is generally better.

pA field still shows less picture information so it may be rougher, but

there is no blurring.

MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer 3)
An audio compression method that compresses audio to
approximately one tenth of its size without any considerable loss of
audio quality. You can play MP3 you have recorded onto CD-R and
CD-RW.

Pan&Scan/Letterbox
In general, DVD-Video are produced with the intention that they be
viewed on a widescreen television (16:9 aspect ratio), so images
often don’t fit regular (4:3 aspect ratio) televisions. Two styles of
picture, “Pan & Scan” and “Letterbox”, deal with this problem.

Pan&Scan: The sides are cut off so the picture

fills the screen.

Letterbox: Black bands appear at the top and

bottom of the picture so the picture
itself appears in an aspect ratio of
16:9.

Playback control (PBC)
If a Video CD has playback control, you can select scenes and
information with menus.
(This unit is compatible with version 2.0 and 1.1.)

Progressive/Interlace
NTSC, the video signal standard, has 480 interlaced (I) scan lines,
whereas progressive scanning uses twice the number of scan lines.
This is called 480P.
Using progressive output, you can enjoy the high-resolution video
recorded on media such as DVD-Video.
Your television must be compatible to enjoy progressive video.

Protection
You can prevent accidental erasure by setting writing protection or
erasure protection.

Sampling frequency
Sampling is the process of converting the heights of sound wave
(analog signal) samples taken at set periods into digits (digital
encoding). Sampling frequency is the number of samples taken per
second, so larger numbers mean more faithful reproduction of the
original sound.

VBR (Variable bitrate)
This is a method of video recording that adjusts the bit rate
according to video signal.

Frame

Field

Language code list

Enter the code with the numbered buttons.

Abkhazian:

6566

Afar:

6565

Afrikaans:

6570

Albanian:

8381

Ameharic:

6577

Arabic:

6582

Armenian:

7289

Assamese:

6583

Aymara:

6588

Azerbaijani:

6590

Bashkir:

6665

Basque:

6985

Bengali; Bangla:

6678

Bhutani:

6890

Bihari:

6672

Breton:

6682

Bulgarian:

6671

Burmese:

7789

Byelorussian:

6669

Cambodian:

7577

Catalan:

6765

Chinese:

9072

Corsican:

6779

Croatian:

7282

Czech:

6783

Danish:

6865

Dutch:

7876

English:

6978

Esperanto:

6979

Estonian:

6984

Faroese:

7079

Fiji:

7074

Finnish:

7073

French:

7082

Frisian:

7089

Galician:

7176

Georgian:

7565

German:

6869

Greek:

6976

Greenlandic:

7576

Guarani:

7178

Gujarati:

7185

Hausa:

7265

Hebrew:

7387

Hindi:

7273

Hungarian:

7285

Icelandic:

7383

Indonesian:

7378

Interlingua:

7365

Irish:

7165

Italian:

7384

Japanese:

7465

Javanese:

7487

Kannada:

7578

Kashmiri:

7583

Kazakh:

7575

Kirghiz:

7589

Korean:

7579

Kurdish:

7585

Laotian:

7679

Latin:

7665

Latvian, Lettish:7686

Lingala:

7678

Lithuanian:

7684

Macedonian:

7775

Malagasy:

7771

Malay:

7783

Malayalam:

7776

Maltese:

7784

Maori:

7773

Marathi:

7782

Moldavian:

7779

Mongolian:

7778

Nauru:

7865

Nepali:

7869

Norwegian:

7879

Oriya:

7982

Pashto, Pushto:8083
Persian:

7065

Polish:

8076

Portuguese:

8084

Punjabi:

8065

Quechua:

8185

Rhaeto-Romance:

8277

Romanian:

8279

Russian:

8285

Samoan:

8377

Sanskrit:

8365

Scots Gaelic:

7168

Serbian:

8382

Serbo-Croatian:8372
Shona:

8378

Sindhi:

8368

Singhalese:

8373

Slovak:

8375

Slovenian:

8376

Somali:

8379

Spanish:

6983

Sundanese:

8385

Swahili:

8387

Swedish:

8386

Tagalog:

8476

Tajik:

8471

Tamil:

8465

Tatar:

8484

Telugu:

8469

Thai:

8472

Tibetan:

6679

Tigrinya:

8473

Tonga:

8479

Turkish:

8482

Turkmen:

8475

Twi:

8487

Ukrainian:

8575

Urdu:

8582

Uzbek:

8590

Vietnamese:

8673

Volapük:

8679

Welsh:

6789

Wolof:

8779

Xhosa:

8872

Yiddish:

7473

Yoruba:

8979

Zulu:

9085