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24p motion picture display: 

Movies released on Blu-ray Disc sup-

port the 24p motion picture display. The Blu-ray player transfers the 

original film format to the television with 24 frames per second. The 

DMM (DigitalMovieMode) set in the factory calculates and inserts 

additional intermediate pictures, which suppress film jerking typical 

for the cinema, thereby providing for a smooth motion sequence.

A

Accurate Recording: 

See

 Automatic time control

.

Administrator: 

Person who administers the network, i.e. takes care of 

setting up and maintaining all components belonging to the network.

Active antenna:

 An antenna with its own power supply or amplification 

which can improve the reception in areas with a poor coverage.

ARC: 

Abbreviation for 

Audio Return Channel

.

Audio Return Channel:

 The audio return channel which was introduced 

with the 

HDMI

 Standard 1.4 is used when an audio system with audio 

(pre) amplifier, e.g. Loewe MediaVision 3D, is connected to a TV set via 

HDMI. The digital audio signal of the TV set (e.g. the sound of the cur-

rent TV program) can be transferred to the audio amplifier via the audio 

return channel of the HDMI cable. Thus the same cable which is normally 

responsible for transferring image data from a connected media player to 

the TV set transfers the audio data in the opposite direction. In this way, the 

audio return channel makes the cinch cable, which has previously been 

required in addition to the HDMI cable, redundant. 

Automatic time control:

 Also called 

Accurate Recording

. Similar to 

VPS

 for analogue stations the automatic time control monitors the start 

and end times of programmes from DVB stations. If these times deviate 

from the data programmed in the timer data, the running time of the 

recording is adapted automatically. The automatic time control is not 

supported by all DVB stations.

AV socket:

 Socket for audio and video signals.

AV sources:

 Audio/Video source.

AVI: 

Abbreviation for Audio Video Interleave, a video container file for-

mat developed by Microsoft. A single AVI video file can contain several 

audio, video and text data streams (thus the name container format).

AVS: 

Audio/video sockets on the side of the TV set (cinch and mini-DIN).

B

Band: 

Name for a transmission range.

Blu-ray Disc:

 The follow-up format of 

DVD

. The contents of about 

five DVDs fit onto one Blu-ray Disc (abbreviated BD). Therefore, the 

Blu-ray disc provides enough space for high-resolution images and 

multi-channel sound formats.

C

BMP: 

Abbreviation for Bitmap, a grid graphics format designed for 

Microsoft Windows and OS/2 that is wide spread and therefore sup-

ported by almost every popular graphics software package without 

any problems.

C

CA Module: 

The 

Conditional Access module

 contains the cod-

ing system and compares the transmitted code with the one on the 

Smart Card.

 If they match, the appropriate stations or programmes 

are decoded. 

CEC:

 Abbreviation for Consumer Electronics Control. CEC provides uni-

versal component control functions for entertainment electronics devices 

(e.g. System standby, One Touch Play). CEC is referred to by Loewe as 

Digital Link HD

.

Channel (WLAN):

 Devices that want to communicate with each other 

have to use the same WiFi channel. In Europe the WiFi frequency band 

is currently divided into 13 channels.

Cinch cable:

 Cable for transmitting sound or pictures.

CI slot: 

See

 Common Interface

.

Client:

 Also called network client, describes an end device such as 

your TV set that is connected to the network and gets data from a 

(media) server to make it accessible to the user.

Common Interface: 

The Common Interface (CI slot) is a standardised 

interface. By inserting suitable decoding modules (

CA modules

) and 

a 

Smart Card

 coded digital programmes can be used.

Common Interface Plus: 

CI Plus is an advancement of the 

Common 

Interface

 standard. CI Plus slots are in principle downward compatible 

to the previous CI standard, i.e. CA modules and Smart Cards accord-

ing to the past CI standard can continue to be used in CI Plus slots, 

as far as the programme provider permits this. Additionally, extended 

regulations apply however to CI Plus.

Component: 

See

 Component connection

.

Component connection: 

Also referred to as

 Component.

 Connec-

tion where the video signal is transferred via three separate (Cinch) 

connections. It comprises the brightness signal 

Y

 as well as the colour 

difference signals 

Pb

 (blue component) and 

Pr

 (red component). 

Conditional Access module: 

See

 CA module

.

D

Decoder: 

Analogue, coded TV signals are passed through a decoder 

and made visible again.

DHCP:

 Abbreviation for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. DHCP 

allows automatic assignment of IP addresses with the aid of a DHCP 

server.

DHCP server:

 Network service which takes care of automatic assign-

ment of 

IP addresses

 to clients.

Digital Link HD:

 System for controlling units via the HDMI connection 

of the Loewe TV set when they have been set up in a covered position.

DMM:

 Abbreviation for Digital Movie Mode. Whether a studio record-

ing, live broadcast, or feature film – the broadcast images are always 

displayed optimally. Still images are reproduced in all their sharpness 

and tranquillity. By creating intermediate images, DMM enables perfect 

studio quality, even with quick movements. 

DNC:

 Abbreviation for "Digital Noise Control". Weak TV signals (ana-

logue) can generate disruptive picture noise. DNC adjusts the effect 

of digital noise reduction to the picture contents.

DNS:

 Abbreviation for Domain Name System. Readable names (e.g. 

www.loewe-int.de) are assigned to numerical 

IP addresses

. DNS 

servers are responsible for the resolution of readable addresses into 

the corresponding IP addresses.

Dolby Digital:

 Digital multi-channel sound. The digital standard for 

high quality home movie systems. The individual channels are broad-

cast separately in this standard. The three front channels right, left 

and centre, the two surround channels right and left and the external 

subwoofer channels are called a 5.1 signal. 

Dolby Pro Logic:

 Analogue multi-channel sound. Converts a Dolby- 

coded stereo signal into a surround sound. This usually contains four 

channels (front left, centre, front right, surround channel). A special 

subwoofer channel is not generated in this method.

Dolby Pro Logic II:

 Analogue multi-channel sound. Dolby Pro Logic II 

is a further development of 

Dolby Pro Logic

. This method generates 

a 6-channel spatial sound from a stereo or Pro-Logic signal (front left, 

centre, front right, surround left, surround right, subwoofer).

Dolby Surround:

 An analogue surround sound system which uses a 

matrix coding to fit four sound channels into two sound tracks.

Dolby Virtual Speaker: 

The Dolby Virtual Speaker technology 

simulates the surround playback of a real 5.1 channel playback with 

only two speakers.

DRM:

 Digital Rights Management. Processes to control copyright 

protected data. To be used correctly, DRM protected contents require 

not only a DRM capable device but also the possession of a license 

issued by the provider (to be paid for).

DTS: 

Digital Theatre Systems; Digital multi-channel audio.

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