A-Z Glossary

This A-Z glossary aims to explain the key terms and more to help both new and experienced users read between the lines of the frustrating variety of jargon used by the major manufacturers in describing their products and their features.

#	3DFL Display
A	ABP - Active Black Panel Acoustic Shelf Adjustable Direction Tweeter Aerial Ai-Net Alarm Amplifier ARC - Automatic Reception Control ASL - Automatic Sound Leveliser Audio Audio-Visual Auto Metal Auto Reverse Auto-Flap Mechanism Aux-In
B	Balance Bass Bass Engine Bass Engine Plus Bass Engine Pro BBE BMS - Bass Management System Box Bridgeable BSA BSM - Best Stations Memory Built-In Amplifier
C	Card Type Remote Cassette CD - Compact Disc CD Text Cellular Telephone Auto Muting Changer Changer Controls Channel Co-Axial Speaker Component Package Component Speaker Crossover Custom Fit Speakers
D	D Base - Dynamic Bass D Boost D Mask D/A (Digital/Analogue) Converter DAB - Digital Audio Broadcasting Dashboard Displays DBE - Dynamic Bass Emphasis DHE - Digital Harmonics Enhancer Digital Compression Direct Sub Drive Direct Track Access Disc Naming Display Dolby Door Build Double Size DIN DRIVE Technology - Dynamic Resolution Intensive Vector Enhancement DSO - Dynamic Sound Stage Organiser DSP - Digital Sound Processor Dual Cone Dual Illumination Dual Mags Dual Zone Control DVD - Digital Versatile Disc
E	EEQ - Easy Equaliser EON - Enhanced Other Networks EQ7 Equaliser Ergo Switch ESP - Electronic Shock Protection External Display
F	Fader FM - Frequency Modulation FM Modulator Front Image Enhancer Full Dot-Matrix Display Full Logic
H	Head Unit High Pass Filter

I	ICE - In-Car Entertainment In-Dash Infra-Red Compatible Input Input Level Control ISO Connector
L	Loudness Button Loudspeaker Low Load Impedance Capability Low Pass Filter
M	Mask Key MBP - My Best Sound Position MD - MiniDisc MDLP - Mini Disc Long Play Mid Range Monitor Mono Mono Amp MOSFET - Metal Oxide Semi Conductor Field Effect Transistors MP3 Multimedia
N	Navigation News Interrupt
O	OEL - Organic EL Optical Output Output
P	Phono Connector Power Slide Pre-Out PSM - Preferred Setting Mode PTY - Program Type
Q	Q Factor
R	Radio Radio Intercept Radio Text RCA RDS - Radio Data System Receiver RFP - Removable Front Panel Rotary Encoder
S	SCM - Sound Control Memory Screen SHDB - Super High Definition Bass Shelf Shock Resistant Memory Signal-Noise Ratio Slave Unit Source Level Adjuster Speaker Speaker Level Input Spectrum Analyser Stealth Shelf Steering Remote Control Adapter Stereo Subwoofer Subwoofer Output Sure Track System Swing Design System Es⁺ System Q System Q EX
T	Treble Tri-Mode Operation Tube Woofer Tuner Tweeter
V	VAP - Virtual Access Panel Versatile Link Video
W	Way Woofer