Pioneer DV-696AV-K, DV-696AV-S Initial Settings menu Speakers settings, Audio Output Mode

Initial Settings menu

Speakers settings

Setting	Option	What it means
Audio Output	2 Channel	The player outputs analog audio in stereo only. See also
Mode		Audio Output Mode below.
	5.1 Channel	The player outputs 5.1 channel analog audio. See also Audio
		Output Mode below.
Speaker	–	Specify the number and size of speakers in your system. See
Installation		also Speaker Installation on page 50.
Speaker Distance	–	Specify the distance of your speakers from your listening
		position. Speaker Distance on page 49.

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Audio Output Mode

• Default setting: 2 Channel

Initial Settings
Digital Audio Out	Audio Output Mode
		2 Channel
Video Output	Speaker Distance	5.1 Channel
Language	Speaker Installation
Display
Options
Speakers

•When set to 5.1 Channel there is no digital output when playing DVD-Audio.

•If you set to 2 Channel, Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG audio is mixed down to two channels so you still hear all the audio recorded on the disc. With DTS encoded audio, you can choose how the signal is downmixed to PCM audio. See DTS Downmix on page 43 to change the downmix setting.

If you connected this player to your amplifier	• Some DVD-Audio discs don’t allow down-
	mixing of audio. These discs always output
using the 5.1 channel analog outputs (front,
	multi-channel audio regardless of the
surround, center and subwoofer outs), set this
	setting made here.
to 5.1 Channel; if you connected only the
stereo outs, set to 2 Channel.

Note

•Even if you set Audio Output Mode to 5.1 Channel, you’ll only get sound from all speakers when playing a 5.1 channel multi- channel disc.

•When set to 5.1 Channel, only the front left/right channels are output from the AUDIO OUT (2ch) jacks. Change to 2 Channel if you want to listen to downmixed stereo audio (for example, because you are listening through the TV’s built-in speakers).

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