07Initial Settings menu

About the audio output settings

The table below shows how the audio settings you make in the Initial Settings menu (see page 35) affect the output from the 2 channel and the 5.1 channel analog outputs, and from the digital outputs with various types of disc.

Disc audio format

Dolby Digital

Dolby Digital karaoke

Linear PCM

DVD

DTS

 

MPEG

DVD-Audio

DVD-RW (VR mode)

Super Audio CD

CD

DTS CD

Video CD

Player setting

Front L/R

Surround L/R

Digital outputs

 

 

analog outputs*1

Center, SW, outputs*1

PCM convert*2

Bitstream*3

2 Ch

2ch downmix

2ch downmix

Dolby Digital

5.1 Ch

Front L / R

Surround L/R,

 

 

Center, SW

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Ch / 5.1 Ch

Left / Right

Left / Right

Dolby Digital

2 Ch / 5.1 Ch

Left / Right

Left / Right

Left / Right

2 Ch

2ch downmix

2ch downmix

DTS

5.1 Ch

Front L / R

Surround L/R,

 

 

Center, SW

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Ch

Left / Right

Left / Right

 

5.1 Ch

Front L / R

Surround L/R,

MPEG

 

 

Center, SW

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Ch

2ch downmix*4

2ch downmix*5

2ch downmix*5

5.1 Ch

Front L / R

Surround L/R,

Center, SW

 

 

 

 

2 Ch / 5.1 Ch

Left / Right*6

Left / Right

Dolby Digital

 

 

 

 

MPEG or PCM

2 Ch

2ch downmix

5.1 Ch

Front L / R

Surround L/R,

 

 

Center, SW

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Ch / 5.1 Ch

Left / Right

Left / Right

Left / Right

2 Ch

2ch downmix

2ch downmix

DTS

5.1 Ch

Front L / R

Surround L/R,

 

 

Center, SW

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Ch / 5.1 Ch

Left / Right

Left / Right

Left / Right

 

 

 

 

 

*1 When Audio Output Mode is set to 2 Channel, the AUDIO OUT (5.1ch) FRONT L / R jacks act as a second pair of stereo audio outputs.

*2 Dolby Digital > PCM, MPEG > PCM or DTS > PCM setting (pages 35–36)*3 Dolby Digital, MPEG or DTS setting (pages 35–36)

*4 Discs that prohibit downmixing will be output as 5.1 channel even if 2 Channel is selected as the Audio Output Mode setting (see page 41).

*5 Discs that prohibit downmixing also mute the digital output.

*6 When Audio Output Mode is set to 5.1 Channel, mono sources are heard from the center speaker only.

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