46 SACD Sound Mode

There are three types of Super Audio CDs: single-layer, dual-layer, and hybrid. Each may contain two areas of recorded audio or sound modes: High Quality Stereo and High Quality Multi-channel.

A single-layer SACD may contain both Stereo and Multi-channel. A dual layer SACD may contain both Stereo and Multi-channel, but twice the amount.

Hybrid SACDs have two layers, the CD and SACD layers. Within the SACD layer are the SACD Stereo area and the SACD Multi-channel area.

Hybrid SACD

1 CD Layer that plays on any of your existing CD Players

SACD layer containing:

2 - DSD Stereo

3 - DSD Multi-channel

If you have a hybrid SACD, you need to choose the layer/sound mode you want to play - CD, SACD Stereo, or SACD Multi-channel. Follow these steps to choose a Sound Mode.

1 Hybrid SACDs have two layers, the CD layer and the SACD layer. You can switch between the CD layer and the SACD layer when playback is stopped.

Press SOUND MODE. Sound Mode will be selected in the

System Menu Bar. Press SOUND MODE repeatedly to choose cd (the CD layer), st (SACD Stereo), or mch (SACD Multi-channel).

You cannot switch between the CD and SACD layers during play- back.

2 If you selected st (SACD Stereo) or mch (SACD Multi- channel), during SACD playback press SOUND MODE to switch between st and mch. The layer you select will play. The Sound mode will appear on the TV screen: SA6 (SACD Multi- channel or six channels); SA2 (SACD Stereo or two channels, right and left); or CD (CD layer).

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POWER

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T-C

DIM

FTS SOUND

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RETURN

DISPLAY

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DISCSYSTEM

MENU

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MENU

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OK

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G

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H

STOPPLAYPAUSE

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SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO

REPEAT REPEAT SHUFFLE SCAN

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Helpful Hints

If you do not specify the Sound Mode you want, the Player will play an SACD layer of a hybrid SACD.

If you select SACD Multi-chan- nel and it is not available on the current SACD, the Player will automatically play the SACD Stereo layer instead.

If an SACD was recorded with text, the text will appear on the Player’s display panel and the TV screen automatically. To access or remove the text, press DISPLAY. If the SACD has no text, NO TEXT will appear briefly on the display panel when you press DISPLAY.

Select mch if you connected the Player to a six-channel Receiver as described on page 14.

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Philips DVD763SA owner manual Sacd Sound Mode, Hybrid Sacd