Supported Audio Formats

The Audio Selector Switches

The audio output supports uncompressed LPCM 7.1 and lossless compressed digital Bitstream (Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD Master Audio).

There are two switches on the front of the unit to the right of the power LED. (See Panel Layout and Description on pages 6 and 7.) The switch at the left makes changes to the input audio and the right switch changes from “Auto” to “Manual.”

Unless the right-hand switch is set to “Manual,” the audio selector switch will not change the audio format from what is coming from the HDMI input. When this switch is set to “Manual” the audio portion is changed according to what has been selected.

Determining the Supported Audio Formats

The unit passes audio to its outputs according to the type of signal. See the table below:

AUDIO FORMAT	HDMI OUT	TOSLINK	8CH-RCA

2 Channel LPCM	x	x	x (FR, FL only)

5.1 Channel LPCM	x		x

7.1 Channel LPCM	x		x

Dolby Digital	x	x
DTS	x	x
Dolby True HD	x

DTS-HD-	x
Master Audio

A Note About Audio Processing in the GefenTV HDMI to HDMI Plus Audio Converter:

When “2.1” is selected, the audio signal is output to the FR and FL only. When “5.1 / 7.1” is selected audio is output from the “Multi-CH” output. When “Bitstream” is selected, the signal is output from the “Optical” output only. The signal output from TOSLINK should be LPCM 2 ch, AC3 5.1, or DTS 5.1.

The unit supports uncompressed digital LPCM 7.1, 5.1 or 2 channels and compressed digital Bitstream (Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD Master Audio) through the HDMI input and the RCA output.

It only supports Hi Res Audio via HDMI. It does not decode Hi Res Audio.

GTV-HDMI-2-HDMIAUD specifications

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