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 34) 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
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MPEG
Super Audio CD
CD
DTS CD
Video CD
Player setting | Front L/R | Surround L/R | Digital outputs |
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2 Ch | 2ch downmix | – | 2ch downmix | Dolby Digital | |
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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 | |
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2 Ch | Left / Right | – | Left / Right |
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2 Ch | 2ch downmix*4 | – | 2ch downmix*5 | 2ch downmix*5 | |
5.1 Ch | Front L / R | Surround L/R, | – | – | |
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2 Ch / 5.1 Ch | Left / Right*6 | – | Left / Right | Dolby Digital | |
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2 Ch | 2ch downmix | – | – | – | |
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2 Ch / 5.1 Ch | Left / Right | – | Left / Right | Left / Right | |
2 Ch | 2ch downmix | – | 2ch downmix | DTS | |
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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
*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 40).
*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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