Samsung HT-C5500/XER, HT-C5550/XER manual Digital Output Selection, Bitstream, Optical, PCM 2ch

Digital Output

Set Digital output depending on the connected receiver. (For more details, please refer to the digital output selection.)

•PCM

•Bistream (Re-encode)

•Bistream (Audiophile)

Blu-ray Discs may include three audio streams.

-Primary Audio : The audio soundtrack of the main feature.

-Secondary Audio : Additional 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.

✎NOTE

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

If the HDMI device (Receiver, TV) is not compatible with compressed formats (Dolby digital, DTS), the audio signal outputs as PCM.

Secondary and Effect audio will not be heard with regular DVDs.

Some Blu-ray Discs do not have Secondary and Effect audio.

This Digital Output setup does not effect the analogue (L/R) audio or HDMI audio output to your TV.

It effects the optical and HDMI audio output when connected to a receiver.

If you play MPEG audio soundtracks, audio signal outputs PCM regardless of Digital Output Selections (PCM or Bitstream).

03 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
	Dolby Digital	Up to 7.1ch	PCM 2ch	DTS re-encoded	Dolby Digital Plus	Dolby Digital
Audio Stream	Plus
on Blu-ray Disc	Dolby TrueHD	Up to 7.1ch	PCM 2ch	DTS re-encoded	Dolby TrueHD	Dolby Digital
	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 and	Outputs only the Primary audio
		Decodes Primary, Secondary and			soundtrack (main soundtrack of the
Definition for				Effect audio streams together into
	Any	Effect audio streams together into			movie) so that your receiver can decode
Blu-ray Disc				PCM audio, then re-encodes the
		PCM audio.			the audio bitstream. You will not hear
				PCM audio into DTS bitstream.
					Secondary and Effect audio.

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