Settings for the Sound

(AUDIO SETUP)

“AUDIO SETUP” allows you to set the sound according to the playback and connection conditions.

Select “AUDIO SETUP” in the Setup Display. For details on using the display, see “Using the Setup Display” (page 56).

The default settings are underlined.

AUDIO SETUP

AUDIO ATT:

OFF

AUDIO DRC:

STANDARD

DOWNMIX:

DOLBY SURROUND

DIGITAL OUT:

ON

DOLBY DIGITAL:

D-PCM

MPEG:

PCM

DTS:

OFF

xAUDIO ATT (attenuation)

If the playback sound is distorted, set this item to “ON.” The player reduces the audio output level.

This function affects the output of the following jacks:

—LINE OUT L/R (AUDIO) jacks

—LINE (RGB)-TV jack

OFF Turns off the audio attenuation. Normally, select this position.

ON Reduces the audio output level so that no sound distortion occurs.

Select this when the playback sound from the speakers is distorted.

xAUDIO DRC (Dynamic Range Control) (DVD only)

Makes the sound clear when the volume is turned down when playing a DVD that has the AUDIO DRC function. This affects the output from the following jacks:

—LINE OUT L/R (AUDIO) jacks

—DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL) jack only when “DOLBY DIGITAL” is set to “D- PCM” and “MPEG” is set to “PCM” in “DIGITAL OUT” (page 62).

STANDARD

Normally, select this position.

 

 

TV MODE

Makes the low sounds clear

 

even if you turn the volume

 

down. It is especially

 

recommended when you listen

 

to the sound using the speakers

 

of the TV.

 

 

WIDE

Gives you the feeling of being at

RANGE

a live performance. When you

 

use high quality speakers, it is

 

even more effective.

 

 

xDOWNMIX (DVD only)

Switches the mixing down methods when you play a DVD on which rear signal components such as LS, RS, or S are recorded in Dolby Digital format. For details on the rear signal components, see “Changing the Sound” (page 44). This function affects the output of the following jacks:

—LINE OUT L/R (AUDIO) jacks

—DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL) jack when “DOLBY DIGITAL” is set to “D-PCM” in “DIGITAL OUT” (page 62).

 

 

Settings

DOLBY

Select this when the player is

 

SUR-

connected to an audio component

 

ROUND

that conforms to Dolby Surround

and

 

(Pro Logic). The output signals

 

 

 

which reproduce the Dolby

Adjustments

 

Surround effect are downmixed to

 

 

 

2 channels.

 

 

 

 

NORMAL

Select this when the player is

 

 

connected to an audio component

 

 

that does not conform to Dolby

 

 

Surround (Pro Logic). All of the

 

 

output signals are downmixed to 2

 

 

channels without the Dolby

 

 

Surround (Pro Logic) effect.

 

 

 

 

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