Pioneer DV-656A Additional Information About the audio output settings, Disc audio format, 2 Ch

09 Additional Information

About the audio output settings

The table below shows how the audio settings you make in the Initial Settings menu (pages 51–52, 62) 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

Super Audio CD

CD

DTS CD

Video CD /

Super VCD

Player setting		Front L/R	Surround L/R	Digital outputs
		analog outputs*1	Center, LFE, 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, LFE
2	Ch / 5.1 Ch	Left / Right	–	Left / Right	Dolby Digital
2	Ch / 5.1 Ch	Left / Right	–	Left / Right	Left / Right
2	Ch	Front L / R	–	2ch downmix	DTS
5.1 Ch		2ch downmix	Surround L/R,
			Center, LFE
2	Ch / 5.1 Ch	Left / Right	–	Left / Right	MPEG
2 Ch		2ch downmix*4	–	2ch downmix	2ch downmix*5
5.1 Ch		Front L / R	Surround L/R,	–	–
			Center, LFE
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, LFE
2	Ch / 5.1 Ch	Left / Right	–	Left / Right	Left / Right
2 Ch		2ch downmix	–	DTS	DTS
5.1 Ch		Front L / R	Surround L/R,
			Center, LFE
2	Ch / 5.1 Ch	Left / Right	–	Left / Right	Left / Right

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*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 51–52)

*3 Dolby Digital, MPEG or DTS setting (pages 51–52)

*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 62)

*5 Discs that prohibit downmixing also mute the digital output

*6 If the sound is mono, the Left and Right channels will be the same