DVD Players and Drives

✍ Scribed by K. F. Ibrahim

• Publisher: Newnes
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 326
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

I am a technical person and this book provided the indepth discussion of the entire circuit operation of a typical DVD drive sold to consumers. This book is excellent for the savy technical engineering person in need of troubleshooting a DVD drive deck and lacking the manufacturer's technical information, schematics etc. A very good technical book. Would be an excellent book for a technical class. Generous amount of diagrams, pictures and illustrations of signal flow to circuit diagrams to items of hardware.

✦ Table of Contents

front cover......Page 1
copyright......Page 5
table of contents......Page 6
1. Introduction......Page 9
The DVD......Page 10
Recordable discs......Page 15
Rotation speed......Page 18
System overview......Page 19
2. Digital and Microprocessor Applications......Page 22
Binary numbers......Page 23
Memory chips......Page 30
Types of memory chips......Page 32
General purpose microprocessor systems......Page 35
Processing devices......Page 38
CPU architecture......Page 42
Single- chip computers......Page 47
Microcontrollers......Page 48
System- on- a- chip......Page 51
Analogue- to- digital conversion......Page 53
Error control techniques......Page 58
Scrambling and encryption......Page 62
Oscillators and phase- locked loop......Page 63
Introduction3......Page 66
Principles of colour television......Page 71
Video formats......Page 79
Telecine......Page 82
The pause function......Page 85
Introduction4......Page 87
Video encoding......Page 88
Video data preparation......Page 89
Zigzag scanning of the DCT matrix......Page 96
Audio encoding......Page 100
The sub- picture stream......Page 108
Introduction5......Page 109
Forward error correction......Page 111
Non- return- to- zero encoding......Page 112
Eight- to- sixteen modulation......Page 114
Introduction6......Page 117
Focus depth and numerical aperture......Page 119
The photodiode detector assembly......Page 120
Playback compatibility......Page 124
Introduction7......Page 126
Chip set......Page 129
The RF processor......Page 130
Playback start- up routine......Page 133
CD/ DVD detection......Page 135
Practical RF amplifier/ digital servo chip......Page 139
System control microprocessor system......Page 142
Introduction8......Page 147
The V/ A decoder......Page 149
Audio processing......Page 151
Introduction9......Page 157
The power supply......Page 158
The regulator......Page 159
DVD player power requirements......Page 164
The user interface......Page 166
Introduction10......Page 171
Testing processing chips......Page 174
Analogue signals......Page 176
Playback initialization......Page 182
Common symptoms and their possible causes......Page 183
DVD self diagnostics......Page 186
Data flow......Page 187
Multiple- angle feature......Page 189
Disc capacity and transfer rate......Page 191
Presentation, navigation and search......Page 193
DVD recording......Page 197
Introduction12......Page 200
Planning......Page 201
Assets preparation......Page 203
Resource allocation......Page 207
Authoring......Page 219
Formatting......Page 221
Introduction13......Page 222
Operating system......Page 228
Allocating resources......Page 229
Fault finding utilities......Page 230
Installing a DVD drive......Page 237
DVD glossary......Page 247
Appendix A: Integrated circuits......Page 276
Appendix B: Required functions of a DVD-video player......Page 283
Appendix C: DVD-video copyright protection systems......Page 287
Appendix D: Units and specifications......Page 291
Appendix E: Self-test questions and answers......Page 305
index......Page 318