Newnes Guide to Television and Video Technology

Trundle E.0-321-29392-4

Frequent diagrams and some photos are included in this comprehensive guide to television and video, with this edition now providing the fundamentals of digital technology. Trundle (he holds extensive British certification for TV technology) has designed his guide for service engineers and electronic servicing students, directing them in the technical processes involved in making these machines work. The volume can be used as a foundation text for the relevant city and guilds certification courses in the UK.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 6
Preface to third edition……Page 8
1 Basic television……Page 10
2 Light and colour……Page 24
3 Reading and writing in three colours……Page 30
4 The PAL system……Page 52
5 Transmission and reception……Page 60
6 Colour decoding……Page 70
7 TV display systems……Page 87
8 The TV receiver……Page 111
9 Teletext……Page 131
10 PAL-Plus, MAC and enhanced TV……Page 141
11 TV sound systems……Page 153
12 Digital TV……Page 174
13 Satellite TV……Page 203
14 Cable TV……Page 224
15 Development of video tape recording……Page 232
16 Magnetic tape basics and video signals……Page 237
17 Video tape: tracks and transport……Page 248
18 Signal processing: video……Page 272
19 Signal processing: audio……Page 303
20 Servo systems and motor drive……Page 317
21 System control for VCRs……Page 333
22 The complete VCR……Page 346
23 Analogue camcorders and home video……Page 354
24 Digital tape formats and computer editing……Page 368
25 Tape formats – systems and facilities compared……Page 391
26 DVD players……Page 400
27 Care, operation and maintenance of VCRs……Page 408
28 Interconnection and compatibility……Page 415
Index……Page 426