3 Press the …† buttons to select Audio, then press the OK or √ button.

Audio setup menu will be displayed.

DVD-Recorder

 

Audio

No Disc

 

 

 

 

Programme

Digital Output

: PCM

√

 

Setup

DTS

: Off

√

 

Dynamic Compression : On

√

 

NICAM

: On

√

 

 

 

 

 

MOVE

OK

RETURN

EXIT

 

 

 

 

 

DTS

1. Off : Doesn’t output DTS signal.

Select this when your AV receiver or AV amplifier does not have DTS decoder.

2.On : Outputs DTS Bitstream via digital output when you play DTS track.

Select this only when your AV receiver (or AV amplifier) have DTS decoder.

 

■ When DTS soundtrack is played, sound

NOTE

does not output from AV Audio Output.

4 Press the …† buttons to select the desired audio option, then press the OK or √ button.

DVD-Recorder

 

Audio

No Disc

 

 

 

Programme

Digital Output

PCM

 

Setup

DTS

Bitstream

 

 

Dynamic Compression : On

√

 

NICAM

: On

√

MOVE

OK

RETURN

EXIT

5 Press the …† buttons to select the desired item, then press the OK or √ button.

■Press the RETURN or œ button to return to the previous menu.

NOTE

Press the MENU button to exit the menu.

Audio Options

Digital Output

1.PCM : Select this when you have no equipment that can decode Dolby Digital (or MPEG-2) signal. When you play Dolby Digital (or MPEG-2) sound track, the digital output are converted to PCM Stereo.

2.Bitstream : Output Dolby Digital (or MPEG-2) audio as bitstream. Select this when your AV receiver or AV amplifier have Dolby Digital (or MPEG-2) Decoder.

■ Digital output setting is equally applied to

Dynamic Compression

This is only active when a Dolby Digital signal is detected.

1.Off : You can enjoy the movie with the standard Dynamic Range.

2.On : When Movie soundtracks are played at low volume or from smaller speakers, the system can apply appropriate compression to make low-level content more intelligible and prevent dramatic passages from getting too loud.

NICAM

NICAM programmes are divided into 3 types. NICAM Stereo, NICAM Mono and Bilingual (transmission in another language). NICAM programmes are always accompanied by a standard mono sound broadcast and you can select the desired sound by setting NICAM on or off.

1.On : NICAM mode

2.Off : Only set at this position to record the standard mono sound during a NICAM broadcast if the stereo sound is distorted due to inferior reception conditions.

Setup ystemS

NOTE

both Dolby Digital and MPEG-2 audio. LPCM sound track is always outputted as PCM. It has no relation with Digital Output setting.

■Be sure to select the correct Digital Output or you will hear no sound or loud noise.

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