Yamaha DVD-S1500 owner manual Operation SA-CD Super Audio CD, Sound mode SA-CD playback

Operation

SA-CD (Super Audio CD)

The SA-CD standard is based on Direct Stream Digital (DSD) technology. This new direct-stream digital format comprises a 1-bit system that has a digital sampling frequency that is 64 times higher than that of conventional audio CD.

There are three types of SA-CD discs: single-layer, dual- layer and hybrid discs. Each type may contain two areas of recorded information: a High Quality Stereo area and a High Quality Multi-channel area.

–A single layer disc can contain both information areas.

–A dual layer disc can contain both information areas. Double the information can be stored on the disc, thanks to the second layer.

–A hybrid disc can contain both information areas, and

also a second, standard CD layer, making it playable on standard CD players.

Recorded information may vary per area, as indicated in the disc inlay. You can select areas before or during playback while you are playing SA-CD via the remote control or via the On-screen display on your TV.

SA-CD	<HD layer>
	Multichannel area	TRACK 1
	(if available)	TRACK 2
	<HD layer>	TRACK 3
	Stereo area	TRACK 1
	(if available)	TRACK 2
		TRACK 3
	CD layer	TRACK 1
	(in Hybrid discs	TRACK 2
	only)	TRACK 3

Playing a disc

1Insert the disc and close the tray. Playback starts automatically.

➜The TV screen will display the current playing status and current playing track list in the area.

2Playback will stop at the end of the disc.

3To stop playback, press STOP.

SA-CD Disc Types

Dual layer disc

Single layer disc

HD layer HD layer

Hybrid layer disc

CD layer

HD layer

•[Analog output] setting in the On-screen menu (Setup ➔ Audio Menu ➔ Analog output) allows you to specify which area of SA-CD to play automatically when you insert the disc. When you select [Stereo], stereo area is selected. When you select the other choices, multi- channel area is selected.

•If you set the playback area that the disc does not contain, this unit automatically play the available area on the disc.

1 CD layer that plays on any

CD player

High Density layer containing:

2 - High Quality DSD Stereo

3 - High Quality DSD Multi-channel

•SA-CD contains only TRACKS.

•Select tracks using the playlist on the screen or by pressing the numerical buttons.

•If SA-CD-text is available on the disc, it will be displayed on the TV screen.

Sound mode - SA-CD playback

You can change the playback area of the SA-CD by pressing the SOUND MODE button on the remote control.

Press the SOUND MODE at any time to select the multi- channel area or the stereo area in the HD layer. Press the SOUND MODE button when the disc is stopped to select the CD layer.

Select the area by pressing the SOUND MODE button repeatedly.

•On hybrid discs (with SA-CD and CD layers), the player will always start playing the SA-CD layer.

•The SA-CD indicator lights only when the SA-CD layer is selected.

•You can program the playlist in the same area only.

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