Newnes television and video engineer’s pocket book

EUGENE TRUNDLE0750641940, 9780750641944, 9781429483254

This well-known book is an essential tool for every service engineer, and an extremely useful reference source for a wide range of engineers, students, sales and installation staff. It presents a wide range of data and key information in a compact form, covering television reception, satellite and cable television, video recorders, colour camera technology, teletext, sound systems, fault-finding procedures and much more. The new edition has been thoroughly updated to include digital and other new technologies, with new chapters on digital camcorders and VCRs, digital television, Dolby sound systems, and home cinema. Eugene Trundle is well known as a contributor to Television and other magazines, and as author of a number of books on servicing and TV technology. He also works in the servicing industry, so his writing is based on hands-on experience. Well known and essential tool for every service engineer Contains wide range of data and essential information in a compact formThoroughly updated to cover the latest technology such as digital TV and video technology. Contents Preface 1 Components and assemblies 1 2 TV and video waveforms and standards 9 3 Aerials and receivers 44 4 Satellite television 62 5 Image display and capture devices 99 6 TV cameras and analogue colour encoding 128 7 TV signal processing 151 8 Teletext reception 170 9 Nicam stereo sound 180 10 Timebase circuits 196 11 Power supply systems 219 12 Digital TV 242 13 Video on magnetic tape 263 14 Videorecorder signal processing 283 15 Servo systems 308 16 Videorecorder deck control 324 17 Audio record and playback 344 18 Tape deck mechanics and servicing 360 19 Digital camcorders and VCRs 379 20 Video disc technology 393 21 Surround-sound and home cinema 412 22 Control systems 424 23 Test equipment and fault diagnosis 445 24 Reference data 473 Index