Panasonic DMP-B500 Enjoying High Bit rate Audio and Video, About audio output

Enjoying High Bit rate Audio and Video

About audio output

The audio output differs depending on the settings on the unit. (> 37, “Digital Audio Output”)

≥The number of channels listed is the maximum possible number of output channels.

“Dolby D/Dolby D +/Dolby TrueHD”/	“Bitstream”*1			“PCM”*2
“DTS/DTS-HD”
“BD-Video Secondary Audio”	“On”*3	“Off”	“On”	“Off”
Dolby Digital/
Dolby Digital EX	Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital Plus/
Dolby TrueHD		Outputs using
				5.1ch PCM
DTS Digital Surround/		original audio
DTS-ES	DTS Digital
	Surround
DTS-HD High Resolution Audio/
DTS-HD Master Audio
7.1ch LPCM		5.1ch PCM

*1

*2

*3

When the connected equipment is not supported with these audio formats, the audio is output as Dolby Digital bitstream, DTS Digital Surround bitstream or down-mixed 2ch PCM (e.g., TV).

When the connected equipment is not supported with multi channel surround, the audio is output as down-mixed 2ch PCM. When playing BD-Video without secondary audio or button click sound, the audio is output as the same format as if “BD-Video Secondary Audio” was set to “Off”.

Enjoying High Bit rate Audio of BD-Video

[BD-V]

This unit supports high bit rate audio (Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio and DTS-HD Master Audio) adopted in BD-Video.

In order to enjoy these audio formats, the following conditions are necessary. (Part shown in the shaded area of table given above)

NECESSARY CONNECTIONS

≥HDMI AV OUT terminal: (> 28)

NECESSARY SETTINGS

≥Set “BD-Video Secondary Audio” to “Off”. (> 37)

≥Set “HDMI Audio Output” to “On”. (> 39)

≥HDMI AV OUT terminal: Set “Dolby D/Dolby D +/Dolby TrueHD” or “DTS/DTS-HD” to “Bitstream” or “PCM”. (> 37)

≥The button click sound on the menu and audio with secondary video in picture-in-picture mode (> 18) is not output.

Settings

Reference

VQT2J81

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