Panasonic Official Blu-ray Player Manual: Optimizing Your Experience with Models

¾Contents Type Flag

Depending on the playback content, the TV will output adjusting to the optimal method when a TV that supports this function is connected.

¾HDMI(SUB) Output Mode [BDT460]

Set to output the video from the HDMI AV OUT SUB terminal or not.

*1 A progressive image recorded at a rate of 24 frames per second (motion-picture film). Many BD-Video movie contents are recorded in 24 frames/second in accordance with the film materials.

*2 A high resolution image/display technology of approximately 4000 (width) k 2000 (height) pixels.

Audio

∫Dynamic Range Compression

You can listen at low volumes but still hear dialogue clearly.

(Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby TrueHD only)

≥“Auto” is effective only when playing Dolby TrueHD.

∫Digital Audio Output

Press [OK] to show the following settings:

¾Dolby D/Dolby D +/Dolby TrueHD

¾DTS/DTS-HD

Select the audio signal to output.

≥Select “PCM”, when the connected equipment cannot decode the respective audio format. This unit decodes the audio format and transmits to the connected equipment.

≥If you do not make proper settings the audio may be static or noisy.

¾BD-Video Secondary Audio

Select whether or not to mix the primary and secondary audio (including the button click sound).

If “Off” is selected, the unit outputs the primary audio only.

¾HDMI Audio Output

This setting selects whether or not to output audio from HDMI.

≥Select “Off” when the TV is connected to this unit via HDMI AV OUT terminal, and this unit is also connected to other devices, such as an amplifier/receiver via an OPTICAL terminal.

∫PCM Down Conversion

Select how to output audio with a sampling frequency of 96 kHz for the PCM output from the

OPTICAL.

≥If “On” is selected, the signals that are converted to 48 kHz are output.

≥If “Off” is selected, and the connected equipment does not support 96 kHz, the sound will not be output normally.

≥Signals are converted to 48 kHz despite the settings in the following cases:

–when the signals have a sampling frequency of 192 kHz

–when the disc has copy protection

–when “BD-Video Secondary Audio” is set to “On”

∫Downmix

Select the downmix system of multi-channel to 2-channel sound.

≥Select “Surround encoded”, when the connected equipment supports the virtual surround function.

≥The downmix effect is not available when “Digital Audio Output” is set to “Bitstream”.

≥The audio will be output in “Stereo” in the following cases:

–AVCHD playback

–Playback of secondary audio (including the button click sound).

∫DTS Neo:6

2ch (2.1ch) audio is expanded to 7ch (7.1ch).

≥This function works when the following conditions are met:

–Audio is output from the HDMI AV OUT terminal.

–Audio recorded at 96 kHz or lower is output.

–“Digital Audio Output” is set to “PCM” when audio other than PCM is output.

Settings

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