Pioneer DV-58AV Owner's Manual - Page 32

07 Chapter 7 Initial Settings menu Using the Initial Settings menu The Initial Settings menu provides audio and video output settings, parental lock settings, and display settings, among others. If an option is grayed out it means that it cannot be changed at the current time. This is usually because a disc is playing. Stop the disc, then change the setting. 1 Press HOME MENU and select 'Initial Settings'. Initial Settings 2 Use the cursor buttons and ENTER to select the setting and option you want to set. All the settings and options are explained on the following pages. Digital Audio Out settings Note • In the table below, the default option is marked with a •. • The Digital Audio Out settings only need to be set if you have connected the digital output of this player to an AV receiver, or other equipment. • Check the operating instructions supplied with your other equipment to see which digital audio formats it's compatible with. • Some settings, such as TV Screen, Audio Language and Subtitle Language may be overridden by the DVD disc. Often these settings can also be made from the DVD disc menu. • The HDMI Out and HDMI Color settings only need to be set if you connected this player to an HDMI-compatible component using the HDMI connector. • The Digital Audio Out and Speakers settings cannot be set if the player is connected to an HDMI-compatible component using the HDMI connector. Additionally, these settings may be changed automatically. Setting HDMI Out Digital Out Dolby Digital Out DTS Out Linear PCM Out MPEG Out 32 En Option What it means LPCM (2CH) Set if your monitor or device only accepts stereo input. On this setting multichannel audio is downmixed to 2 channels for stereo linear PCM output. LPCM (5.1CH) Set if the monitor or device you have connected using HDMI is compatible with Liner PCM multichannel formats. All audio signals are output as linear PCM 5.1 format. (Use this setting if you want to decode all streams by a player.) Auto • Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG and SACD sources are processed according to how they were encoded, and linear PCM sources are heard as is. Off No HDMI audio output. Choose this option when you want to change the Digital Audio Out and Speakers settings. On • Digital audio is output from the digital outputs. Note that there is no digital output when playing SACDs and some DVD-Audio discs regardless of this setting. Off No digital audio output. Dolby Digital • Dolby Digital encoded digital audio is output when playing a Dolby Digital DVD disc. Dolby Digital > PCM Dolby Digital audio is converted to PCM audio before being output. DTS • DTS encoded digital audio is output when playing a DTS disc. (Noise will be output if your amplifier/receiver is not compatible with DTS audio.) DTS > PCM No digital audio is output when playing a DTS disc.DTS audio is converted to PCM audio before being output. Down Sample On • 96 kHz digital audio is converted to 48 kHz for digital output. Note that High sampling rate DVD-Audio discs (192 kHz or 176.4 kHz) automatically output downsampled audio through the digital outputs. Down Sample Off 96 kHz digital audio is output as is at 96 kHz. MPEG > PCM • MPEG encoded digital audio is converted to PCM audio for digital output. MPEG MPEG encoded digital audio is output as is.