Short technical lexiconTransponderA transponder is a satellite transmitter which transmits TV and radiosignals. A satellite has several transponders.Analogue transponders transmit only one TV channel and possiblyseveral radio channels on their transmit frequencies.Digital transponders simultaneously transmit several TV and severalradio channels on their transmit frequencies. When a channel providerbroadcasts several TV channels via a digital transponder, this isreferred to as the channel package of the channel provider. The terms"digital transponder" and "channel package," therefore have the samemeaning.Video bit rateThe video bit rate describes the quantity of data of the digitised videosignal that is transmitted per second.ViterbirateThe viterbirate (code rate, error rate) characterises the type of errorprotection used by the channel provider. The DVB standard stipulatesthe following values: 1/2 -2/ 3 - 3/4 - 4/5 - 5/6 6/7 - 7/8.GlossaryAudio output Receiver sound outputAV channel slot Preferential channel location of TV set for SCART inputDecoder Decoder Unscrambling unit for pay-TVDiSEqC Control system between receiver and LNB, multi-switchDVB Digital Video BroadcastingEb/No [dB] Power density per unit of informationEb/No ratio Digital signal-to-noise ratioLED-Display Receiver displayLNB Low Noise Block ConverterMute Mute switchOSD On-screen displayPAL Analogue television standardPay-TV Pay-TV (e.g. DF1, Premiere)PCMCIA Standard of internal decoder interface for pay-TVPIN Personal identification numberReceiver ReceiverRGB Video signals made up of 3 individual colour signals (red, green,blue)Satellite-IF signal Receiver input signalSCART cable 21-pin connecting cableStandby StandbyS-VHS Super Video Home System (Video recorder-Standard)Symbol rate Transmitted data rate of satellite signalTimer function Clock function for pre-programmed switch-on and switch-off timesTransponder See glossaryVCR connection Video recorder connectionViterbirate See glossary76