DVD 47 (serv.man7) - Harman Kardon Audio User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 4

4 TERMINOLOGY

al, or they may repeat the disc’s content in differ-
ent audio formats, such as 5.1 audio or high-res-
olution stereo.

HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content
Protection): HDCP is the specification for pro-
tecting digitally encoded content from unautho-
rized copying when it is transmitted from a DVD
player (or other video source) to a video display
using HDMI or DVI connections. In order to take
advantage of the high-resolution output of the
DVD 47 via its HDMI output, your display must
be HDCP-compliant. Virtually all displays with
HDMI inputs are HDCP-compliant, but not all
DVI-equipped displays are. If you are using the
DVD 47 with an optional HDMI-to-DVI cable or
adapter, check the owner’s manual for your dis-
play to determine whether it is HDCP-compliant.

): HDMI is a serial-bus form of com-

munication between the DVD player and the
video display or audio/video receiver. With 5Gbps
of bandwidth, it is capable of passing uncom-
pressed digital audio and high-definition digital
video using a single cable. With HDMI, the DVD
47 is capable of outputting high-resolution (720p
or 1080i) video and 5.1-channel Dolby Digital or
DTS digital audio, with the convenience of just a
single cable connection.

JPEG Files: JPEG stands for the Joint
Photographic Experts Group, which developed a
standard for compressing still images, such as
photographs. JPEG files may be created on a per-
sonal computer by importing images from a digi-
tal camera, or scanning printed photographs.
These files may be burned onto a compact disc.
The DVD 47 is capable of recognizing 
JPEG files and enabling you to view them on
your video screen.

Title: For a DVD, a title is defined as an entire
movie or program. There can be as many chapters
within a title as the producers decide to include.
Most discs include only one title, but some may
have more than one, to give you a “Double
Feature” presentation.

Chapter: DVD programs are divided into
chapters and titles. Chapters are the sub-sections
programmed into a single title on a disc.
Chapters may be compared to the individual
tracks on an audio CD.

RGB Video: This is a new form of video signal
that eliminates many of the artifacts of tradition-
al composite video signals by splitting the signal
into the three fundamental colors Red, Green
and Blue (RGB). With an RGB connection (via
SCART), you will see greater picture resolution
and eliminate many picture imperfections such as
the moiré patterns often seen on checkered
patterned cloths. However, in order to benefit
from RGB video, you must have a video display
with an RGB compatible SCART input.

Progressive Scan: Due to the immense data
storage capacity of DVD, images are nowadays
stored progressively (intact, rather than inter-
laced). This allow all of the lines in each frame
(odd and even) to be shown at the same time.
Harman Kardon Cinema Lounge comes with true
progressive scan video output resulting in a 40%
greater light output than a conventional TV and
a stunningly detailed, high definition image with
absence of visible scanlines and motion artifacts.

WMA Files: WMA (Windows Media

®

Audio) is

an audio compression format that was developed
by the Microsoft

®

Corporation for use with its

Windows Media Player. WMA files can be even
smaller in size than MP3 files, while maintaining
similar quality. The DVD 47 is among those DVD
players capable of playing discs containing WMA
files. Note that Windows Media Player uses other
file formats; however, the DVD 47 is only capable
of playing files that end in the “.wma” extension.
See page 5 for more information on WMA file
support.

Multiple Angle: DVDs have the capability to
show up to four different views of the same
scene in a program. When a disc is encoded with
multiple-angle information, pressing the Angle
button will enable you to switch between these
different views. Note that at present, few discs
take advantage of this capability and, when they
do, the multiple-angle technology may only be
present for short periods of time within the disc.
Producers will usually insert some sort of icon or
graphic in the picture to alert you to the
availability of multiple viewing angles.

Reading: This is a message that you will see
after you´ve loaded the disc and the tray has
closed. It refers to the fact that the player must
first examine the contents of the disc to see if it
is a CD or DVD, and then extract the information
about the type of material on the disc, such as
languages, aspect ratios, subtitles, number of
titles and more. The slight delay while the
contents of the disc are read is normal.

Resume: The operation of the Stop Button on
the DVD works differently from what you are
used to on CD players. On a traditional CD
player, when you press the Stop button, the unit
does just that: it stops playback. On a CD player,
when you press the start button again, the disc
starts from the beginning. With the DVD,
however, you have two options when playing
DVD discs. Pressing Stop once will stop playback,
but it actually puts the unit in the Resume mode.
This means that you can turn the machine off
and, when you press play the next time, the disc
will resume or continue from the point on the
disc where the Stop button was pressed. This is
helpful if you are watching a movie and must
interrupt your viewing session but wish to pick
up where you left off. Pressing the Stop button
twice will stop the machine in a traditional
manner and, when the disc is played again, it will
start from the beginning.

In resume mode, the cover of the DVD will be 
displayed, if available. Otherwise, the 
Harman Kardon screen will appear.

DivX
DivX is the name of a revolutionary new video
codec which is based on the MPEG-4 compres-
sion standard for video. This DVD player will play-
back discs created with DivX software. The DVD
player’s playback functionalities of DivX video
discs will vary depending on the DivX software
version used for creating your movies. For more
information about the different software versions
of DivX, please go to www.divx.com.

SACD (Super Audio Compact Disc): The
SACD format is an improvement upon the origi-
nal compact disc, and was developed by the
same companies that originated the CD. Thanks
to its high-density format, the SACD disc is capa-
ble of storing more than seven times the amount
of data as on a standard CD. Engineers realized
that if they utilized a much higher sampling fre-
quency in a single-bit format, but eliminated the
downsampling required to fit 74 minutes of
audio on a standard CD, they could preserve a
much higher quality of audio that more closely
approximates the original analog signal. In addi-
tion, the playback equipment would no longer
need to perform an upsampling interpolation to
play back the program. Eliminating these two
conversion steps minimizes distortion and arti-
facts, while enabling much higher resolution.
Most SACD discs are dual layer, including a con-
ventional CD layer for compatibility with older
disc players, as well as the SACD high-density
layer. In addition, SACD discs may contain two-
channel or multichannel versions of the program,
or both.