Pioneer DV58AV_KU_EN Using the Initial Settings menu, Digital Audio Out settings

07	Chapter 7
	Initial Settings menu

Using the Initial Settings menu

Note

The Initial Settings menu provides audio and video output settings, parental lock settings, and display settings, among others.

If an option is grayed out it means that it cannot be changed at the current time. This is usually because a disc is playing. Stop the disc, then change the setting.

1Press HOME MENU and select ‘Initial Settings’.

Initial Settings

2Use the cursor buttons and ENTER to select the setting and option you want to set.

All the settings and options are explained on the following pages.

Digital Audio Out settings

•In the table below, the default option is marked with a •.

•The Digital Audio Out settings only need to be set if you have connected the digital output of this player to an AV receiver, or other equipment.

•Check the operating instructions supplied with your other equipment to see which digital audio formats it’s compatible with.

•Some settings, such as TV Screen, Audio Language and Subtitle Language may be overridden by the DVD disc. Often these settings can also be made from the DVD disc menu.

•The HDMI Out and HDMI Color settings only need to be set if you connected this player to an HDMI-compatible component using the HDMI connector.

•The Digital Audio Out and Speakers settings cannot be set if the player is connected to an HDMI-compatible component using the HDMI connector. Additionally, these settings may be changed automatically.

Setting	Option	What it means
HDMI Out	LPCM (2CH)	Set if your monitor or device only accepts stereo input. On this setting multichannel audio is
		downmixed to 2 channels for stereo linear PCM output.
	LPCM (5.1CH)	Set if the monitor or device you have connected using HDMI is compatible with Liner PCM multi-
		channel formats. All audio signals are output as linear PCM 5.1 format. (Use this setting if you
		want to decode all streams by a player.)
	Auto •	Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG and SACD sources are processed according to how they were
		encoded, and linear PCM sources are heard as is.
	Off	No HDMI audio output. Choose this option when you want to change the Digital Audio Out
		and Speakers settings.
Digital Out	On •	Digital audio is output from the digital outputs.
		Note that there is no digital output when playing SACDs and some DVD-Audio discs regardless of
		this setting.
	Off	No digital audio output.
Dolby Digital Out	Dolby Digital •	Dolby Digital encoded digital audio is output when playing a Dolby Digital DVD disc.
	Dolby Digital > PCM	Dolby Digital audio is converted to PCM audio before being output.
DTS Out	DTS •	DTS encoded digital audio is output when playing a DTS disc. (Noise will be output if your
		amplifier/receiver is not compatible with DTS audio.)
	DTS > PCM	No digital audio is output when playing a DTS disc.DTS audio is converted to PCM audio before
		being output.
Linear PCM Out	Down Sample On •	96 kHz digital audio is converted to 48 kHz for digital output.
		Note that High sampling rate DVD-Audio discs (192 kHz or 176.4 kHz) automatically output down-
		sampled audio through the digital outputs.
	Down Sample Off	96 kHz digital audio is output as is at 96 kHz.
MPEG Out	MPEG > PCM •	MPEG encoded digital audio is converted to PCM audio for digital output.
	MPEG	MPEG encoded digital audio is output as is.

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