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AUDIO/VISUAL RECEIVER [1 record]

Record 1 2005-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Video Technology
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
DEF

An audio amplifier with radio tuner(s) (FM stereo and sometimes AM standard broadcast), sometimes a pre-amplifier for a phonograph pickup, tone controls, a number of auxiliary audio and video jacks, and a means of selecting any one of the inputs or audio sources together with the matching video source if any.

OBS

Generally the selected video signal is not processed in any way; it is simply passed to the video output jack or cable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Vidéotechnique
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
DEF

Amplificateur audio qui reçoit les bandes radio AM et FM et qui est généralement doté d'un préamplificateur pour le branchement d'une platine tourne-disques, à cassettes ou d'un lecteur CD ainsi que d'entrées vidéo.

OBS

audiovisuel : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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