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
Ключевые теги: Television, Video
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