Filling the gap between complex theoretical texts on audio circuitry and the bare-bones service literature, this universal reference is for audio service technicians, field-service engineers, and advanced hobbyists. It contains practical know-how needed to service consumer audio products, provides step-by-step, circuit-by-circuit troubleshooting examples, and gives readers the background necessary to understand and apply audio theory.
This book - the sixth in a series of technician-level books from Lenk covers basic how it works and how to service and troubleshoot it aspects of al1 types of television equipment. Basic TV circuits troubleshooting tips and techniques, even advanced HDTV - it's all here. An essential desktop guide for television technicians, engineers, hobbyists, and students everywhere. Features: Complete troubleshooting information on all types of TVs; Includes troubleshooting tips on high-definition (HDTV) and improved definition (IDTV) systems.
How to repair virtually any laser-based equipment and how to pinpoint trouble before costly replacement is needed. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
An essential desktop guide to all basic aspects of digital circuits and equipment. Table of Contents: Digital Numbers and Codes; Basic Digital Logic; Typical Digital IC and Discrete Circuits; Microprocessors; Digital Test Equipment; Digital Troubleshooting Techniques; Troubleshooting Microprocessor-Based Devices; Troubleshooting Digital TV Circuits. 150 illustrations.
The American Council of the Blind (ACB) Recipient of the 2022 Dr. Margaret Pfanstiehl Audio Description Achievement Award for Research and Development This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the expanding field of audio description, the practice of rendering the visual elements of a multimodal product such as a film, painting, or live performance in the spoken mode, for the benefit principally of the blind and visually impaired community. This volume brings together scholars, researchers, practitioners and service providers, such as broadcasters from all over the world, to cover as thoroughly as possible all the theoretical and practical aspects of this discipline. In 38 chapters, the expert authors chart how the discipline has become established both as an important professional service and as a valid academic subject, how it has evolved and how it has come to play such an important role in media accessibility. From the early history of the subject through to the challenges represented by ever-changing technology, the Handbook covers the approaches and methodologies adopted to analyse the “multimodal” text in the constant search for the optimum selection of the elements to describe. This is the essential guide and companion for advanced students, researchers and audio description professionals within the more general spheres of translation studies and media accessibility.
This engineering-level guide shows television and broadcast engineers how to assure equipment compatibility in analog, digital, or mixed systems, meet relevant standards requirements, and measure performance in audio and video equipment. Chapters on data multiplexing, compression, signal processing, and multimedia clarify the complexities of digital television in terms that digital novices will readily grasp.
Here is a fully readable introduction to the basic technologies, infrastructures, costs, and applications for digital audio and video compression. Delivering a concise account of compression's terms, techniques, and tricks in an easy-to-read style, it covers the basic principles underlying digital signal processing and compression; how human beings see and hear; how audio and video are reproduced; all of the existing and emerging compression standards; video and audio compression techniques; and compression and reproduction requirements of different applications, including videoconferencing.
