Samsung BD-J5500/UM manual Sound Settings, Digital Output, PCM Downsampling, Dynamic Range Control

Sound Settings

Digital Output

Lets you select the digital audio output format that is suitable for your TV or AV Receiver. For more details, please refer to the Digital Output Selection table. Digital Output Selection

Setup		PCM		Bitstream		Bitstream	Bitstream
						(Re-encoded	(Re-encoded
				(Unprocessed)		DTS)	Dolby D)
Connection		HDMI	Coaxial	HDMI	Coaxial	HDMI Receiver or	HDMI supported
							AV receiver or
		Receiver		Receiver		Coaxial	Coaxial
	PCM	Up to 7.1ch	PCM 2ch	PCM	PCM 2ch	Re-encoded DTS	Re-encoded
							Dolby Digital *
	Dolby Digital	PCM 2ch	PCM 2ch	Dolby	Dolby	Re-encoded DTS	Re-encoded
				Digital	Digital		Dolby Digital *
	Dolby Digital	PCM 2ch	PCM 2ch	Dolby Digital	Dolby	Re-encoded DTS	Re-encoded
	Plus			Plus	Digital		Dolby Digital *
Audio	Dolby TrueHD	PCM 2ch	PCM 2ch	Dolby	Dolby	Re-encoded DTS	Re-encoded
				TrueHD	Digital		Dolby Digital *
Stream on	DTS	PCM 2ch	PCM 2ch	DTS	DTS	Re-encoded DTS	Re-encoded
Blu-ray Disc							Dolby Digital *
	DTS-HD High			DTS-
				HD High			Re-encoded
	Resolution	PCM 2ch	PCM 2ch		DTS	Re-encoded DTS
				Resolution			Dolby Digital *
	Audio
				Audio
	DTS-HD			DTS-HD			Re-encoded
		PCM 2ch	PCM 2ch	Master	DTS	Re-encoded DTS
	Master Audio						Dolby Digital *
				Audio
Audio	PCM	PCM 2ch	PCM 2ch	PCM 2ch	PCM 2ch	PCM 2ch	PCM 2ch
				Dolby	Dolby
Stream on	Dolby Digital	PCM 2ch	PCM 2ch			Dolby Digital	Dolby Digital
				Digital	Digital
DVD
	DTS	PCM 2ch	PCM 2ch	DTS	DTS	DTS	DTS
				Outputs only main		Decodes main	Decodes main
						feature audio and	feature audio and
				feature audio stream
		Decodes main feature				BONUSVIEW audio	BONUSVIEW audio
				so that your AV receiver
		audio and BONUSVIEW				stream together into	stream together into
				can decode the audio
Definition for	Any	audio stream together				PCM audio and add	PCM audio and add
				bitstream.
Blu-ray Disc		into PCM audio and				Navigation Sound	Navigation Sound
				You will not hear
		add Navigation Sound				Effects, then re-	Effects, then re-
				BONUSVIEW audio
		Effects.				encodes the PCM	encodes the PCM
				and Navigation Sound
						audio into DTS	audio into Dolby
				Effects.
						bitstream	Digital bitstream
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**If Source Stream is 2ch, "Re-encoded Dolby D" Settings are not applied.

Blu-ray Discs may include three audio streams :

-- Main Feature Audio : The audio soundtrack of the main feature.

-- BONUSVIEW audio : An additional soundtrack such as the director or actor’s commentary.

-- Navigation Sound Effects : When you choose a menu navigation selection, a Navigation Sound Effect may sound.

Navigation Sound Effects are different on each Blu-ray Disc.

✎✎ NOTES

ƒƒ Be sure to select the correct Digital Output or you will hear no sound or just loud noise.

ƒƒ If the HDMI device (AV receiver, TV) is not compatible with compressed formats (Dolby Digital, DTS), the audio signal outputs as PCM.

ƒƒ Regular DVDs do not have BONUSVIEW audio and Navigation Sound Effects.

ƒƒ Some Blu-ray Discs do not have BONUSVIEW audio and Navigation Sound Effects.

ƒƒ If you play MPEG audio soundtracks, the audio signal outputs as PCM regardless of your Digital Output selections (PCM or Bitstream).

ƒƒ If your TV is not compatible with compressed multi-channel formats (Dolby Digital, DTS), the player may output PCM 2ch downmixed audio even though you selected Bitstream (either Re- encoded or Unprocessed) in the setup menu.

ƒƒ If your TV is not compatible with PCM sampling rates over 48kHz, the player may output 48kHz downsampled PCM audio even though you set PCM Downsampling to Off.

PCM Downsampling

Lets you choose to have 96KHz PCM signals downsampled to 48KHz before they are outputted to an amplifier.

Choose On if your amplifier or receiver is not compatible with a 96KHz signal.

Dynamic Range Control

Lets you apply dynamic range control to Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby TrueHD audio.

~~ Auto : Automatically controls the dynamic range of Dolby TrueHD audio, based

on information in the Dolby TrueHD soundtrack.

Also turns dynamic range control on for Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus.

~~ Off : Leaves the dynamic range uncompressed, letting you hear the original sound.

~~ On : Turns dynamic range control on for all three Dolby formats. Quieter sounds are made louder and the volume of loud sounds is reduced.

Downmixing Mode

Lets you select the multi-channel downmix method that is compatible with your stereo system. You can choose to have the player downmix to normal stereo or to surround compatible stereo.