Samsung BD-C8500/XEE manual PCM Downsampling, PCM 2ch, Set whether to downsample 96KHz signals

Setup

Digital Output Selection
Setup		PCM		Bitstream	Bitstream
				(Re-encode)	(Audiophile)
Connection		HDMI Receiver	Optical	HDMI Receiver or Optical	HDMI Receiver	Optical
	PCM	Up to 7.1ch	PCM 2ch	DTS re-encoded	PCM	PCM 2ch
	Dolby Digital	Up to 5.1ch	PCM 2ch	DTS re-encoded	Dolby Digital	Dolby Digital
Audio Stream	Dolby Digital	Up to 7.1ch	PCM 2ch	DTS re-encoded	Dolby Digital	Dolby Digital
	Plus				Plus
on Blu-ray
	Dolby TrueHD	Up to 7.1ch	PCM 2ch	DTS re-encoded	Dolby TrueHD	Dolby Digital
Disc
	DTS	Up to 6.1ch	PCM 2ch	DTS re-encoded	DTS	DTS
	DTS-HD HRA	Up to 7.1ch	PCM 2ch	DTS re-encoded	DTS-HD HRA	DTS
	DTS-HD MA	Up to 7.1ch	PCM 2ch	DTS re-encoded	DTS-HD MA	DTS
Audio Stream	PCM	PCM 2ch	PCM 2ch	PCM 2ch	PCM 2ch	PCM 2ch
	Dolby Digital	Up to 5.1ch	PCM 2ch	Dolby Digital	Dolby Digital	Dolby Digital
on DVD
	DTS	Up to 6.1ch	PCM 2ch	DTS	DTS	DTS
				Decodes Primary, Secondary	Outputs only the Primary audio
					soundtrack (main soundtrack of
		Decodes Primary, Secondary		and Effect audio streams
Definition for					the movie) so that your receiver
	Any	and Effect audio streams		together into PCM audio, then
Blu-ray Disc					can decode the audio bitstream.
		together into PCM audio.		reencodes the PCM audio into	You will not hear Secondary and
				DTS bitstream.	Effect audio.

Blu-ray Discs may include three audio streams.

-Primary Audio : The audio soundtrack of the main feature

-Secondary Audio : Addional soundtrack such as director or actor’s commentary.

-Interactive Audio : Interactive sounds will be heard when selected.

Interactive Audio is different on each Blu-ray Disc.

PCM Downsampling

Set whether to downsample 96KHz signals.

•On : Select this when the Amplifier connected to the product is not 96KHz compatible. 96KHz signals will be down converted to 48KHz.

•Off : Select this when the Amplifier connected to the product is 96KHz compatible.

✎NOTE

▪Even when PCM Downsampling is set to Off, some discs will only output downsampled audio through the optical digital outputs.

HDMI

•If your TV is not compatible with compressed multi-channel formats (Dolby Digital, DTS), the product may output PCM 2ch downmixed audio even though you set Bitstream(either Re- encode or Audiophile) on your setup menu.

•If your TV is not compatible with PCM sampling rates over 48kHz, the product may output 48kHz downsampled PCM audio even though you set PCM Downsampling to Off.

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