Additional Information

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Problem

Cause / Remedy

The analog audio is OK, but there appears to be no digital audio signal.

Make sure that the Digital Out setting is set to On.

Check that the Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG out settings are suitable for your amplifier/receiver—check the instruction manual that came with your amplifier/receiver.

SACDs and some DVD-Audio discs do not output digital audio. Listen through the player’s analog audio outputs.

Noticeable difference in DVD

• This is due to differences in the audio format and is not a

and CD volume.

malfunction.

 

 

Cannot play multi-channel

•Make sure that Audio Output Mode is set to 5.1 Channel.

audio.

 

 

•Check that the Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG Out settings

 

are suitable for your amplifier/receiver—check the instruction

 

manual that came with your amplifier/receiver.

 

DVD-Audio and SACDs do not output multichannel digital

 

audio. Listen through the player’s analog outputs.

 

• Check that the settings in the Speaker Installation screen are

 

correct.

 

• Check the audio options available from the disc menu.

Cannot listen to high-sampling rate audio through the digital output.

Make sure that Linear PCM Out is set to Down Sample Off.

As a copy-protection measure, some DVDs do not output 96kHz audio. In this case, even if set to Down Sample Off, the player automatically outputs the audio at 48 kHz. This is not a malfunc- tion.

Cannot output 192kHz or • The player does not output digital audio at these sampling

176.4kHz digital audio. rates. The digital output is automatically downsampled.

Cannot output 96kHz or • Check that Linear PCM Out is set to Down Sample Off. 88.2kHz digital audio.

Some discs are digital copy protected and do not output high sampling rate digital audio. In this case the output is automati- cally downsampled.

No DTS audio output.• If this unit is connected to a non-DTS compatible amplifier or decoder using a digital audio cable, set DTS Out to DTS 3 PCM. If you do not do this, noise will be output when you play a DTS disc.

If this unit is connected to a DTS-compatible amplifier or decoder using a digital audio cable, check the amplifier settings, and that the cable is properly connected.

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PL-1, PL-1A specifications

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