surround speakers and a center speaker. The surround speakers output monaural sound.

DTS

Digital audio compression technology developed by DTS, Inc. This technology conforms to 5.1-channel surround. This format is comprised of a stereo rear channel and a discrete subwoofer channel. DTS provides the same 5.1 discrete channels of high quality digital audio. The good channel separation is realized due to the all channel data being recorded discretely and processed digitally.

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface)

HDMI is an interface that supports both video and audio on a single digital connection, allowing you to enjoy high quality digital picture and sound. The HDMI specification supports HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection), a copy protection technology that incorporates coding technology for digital video signals.

Parental Control

A function of the DVD to limit playback of the disc by the age of users according to the limitation level in each country. The limitation varies from disc to disc; when it is activated, playback is completely prohibited, violent scenes are skipped or replaced with other scenes and so on.

Super Audio CD

Super Audio CD is a new high-quality audio disc standard where music is recorded in the DSD (Direct Stream Digital) format (conventional CD is recorded in the PCM format). The DSD format, using a sampling frequency 64 times higher than that of a conventional CD, and with 1-bit quantization, achieves both a wide frequency range and a wide dynamic range across the audible frequency range, and so provides music reproduction extremely faithful to the original sound.

xSuper Audio CD types

There are two types of discs, depending on the Super Audio CD layer and CD layer combination.

•Super Audio CD layer: A high-density signal layer for Super Audio CD

•CD layer1): A layer that is readable by a conventional CD player

Single layer disc

(a disc with a single Super Audio CD layer)

Super Audio CD layer

Hybrid disc2)

(a disc with a Super Audio CD layer and a CD layer)

 

 

 

CD layer3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Super Audio CD

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

 

 

 

 

layer3)

 

 

 

 

A Super Audio CD layer consists of the 2

 

channel area or the multi-channel area.

Information

• 2 channel area: An area in which 2 channel

 

stereo tracks are recorded

 

• Multi-channel area: An area in which multi-

 

channel (up to 5.1 channels) tracks are

 

recorded

 

2 channel area4)

 

channel area4)

 

 

 

 

 

Multi-

Super Audio CD

 

 

layer

1)You can play the CD layer on a conventional CD player.

2)Since both layers are on one side, it is not necessary to turn the disc over.

3)To select a layer, see “Changing a playback layer for a hybrid Super Audio CD” (page 31).

4)To select an area, see “Selecting a playback area for a Super Audio CD” (page 31).

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