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Audio Setup Menu, Pcm Down-sampling, Digital Output, Dynamic Range Control, Stereo Downmix

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SETUP MENU (CONTINUED) AUDIO SETUP MENU: To enter the Audio Setup menu, while no disc is inserted or disc is in the Stop mode, if not already at the Setup screen press the HOME/SETUP button, select Settings using the Navigation (π,†) buttons and then press the Navigation (®) button. Select Audio using the Navigation (π,†) buttons and then press the Navigation (®) button. PCM DOWN-SAMPLING While in the Audio Setup menu, select PCM Downsampling using the Navigation (π,†) buttons, then press the Navigation (®) button to enter. Select the desired option using the Navigation (π,†) buttons, then press the ENTER button. 48KHz: Select this if your A/V Receiver or Amplifier is NOT capable of handling 96 KHz signals. When this choice is made, this unit automatically converts any 192 KHz and 96 KHz signals to 48 KHz so your system can decode them. 96KHz: Select this if your A/V Receiver or Amplifier is NOT capable of handling 192 KHz signals. When this choice is made, this unit automatically converts any 192 KHz signals to 96 KHz so your system can decode them. NOTE: Check the documentation for your A/V Receiver or Amplifier to verify its capabilities. IMPORTANT: This setting will not do anything if you are connected via HDMI. NOTE: If you do not have a surround sound receiver connected to the unit, you should leave the PCM downsampling at 48 KHz, and proceed to the next setup menu item. This is true regardless of whether the audio is connected to the TV with HDMI or the analog stereo outputs. DIGITAL OUTPUT PCM Stereo: Select if you do not have an audio receiver connected or the audio receiver connected is not a 5.1/7.1 channel receiver. Bitstream HD: Select and this unit will send Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD Advanced Digital Out bitstreams over HDMI. If your player is not connected to a compatible HDMI receiver (for example, if connected directly to the TV or if connected to an audio receiver using an optical cable), a compatible audio signal is automatically sent over the HDMI and optical connections. With this setting, Blu-ray audio is limited to the soundtrack for the main movie. Bitstream Mixed: Sends a mixed (PIP audio and movie audio) DTS audio stream over the HDMI and optical connections. This mode is primarily intended for use when you want to hear both PIP audio and the movie audio. Bitstream Legacy: Sends a DTS or Dolby Digital bitstream from the disc over the HDMI and optical connections. Blu-ray audio is limited to the soundtrack for the main movie. PCM 5.1: Sends a PCM audio signal of up to 5.1 channels over the HDMI connection and up to 2 channels over the optical connection. PCM 7.1: Sends a PCM audio signal of up to 7.1 channels over the HDMI connection and up to 2 channels over the optical connection. NOTE: 7.1 CH Digital Output is available for HDMI only. STEREO DOWNMIX DYNAMIC RANGE CONTROL Reproducing 5.1 channels of audio through a lesser number of speakers requires a process called downmixing. Downmixing combines the Left, Right, Center, Left Surround, and Right Surround channels in a somewhat logical manner to drive stereo or mono speakers. Auto: Select for the unit to automatically select the downmix. Stereo (LoRo): Choose this setting when playing DVDs; two channels of signals will be output from the left and right soundtrack. When playing CDs, a stereo signal will be output to the speakers. Surround Encoded LT/RT: Choose this setting if the original movie on the disc was recorded in the Pro Logic Dolby Digital format. Dynamic Range Control allows the unit to make the loud parts of a movie's audio track quieter than it would be in the theatre, without making the dialog of the actors any quieter. This would be useful, for instance, when you want to watch a movie in the evening when others might be sleeping. NOTES: This setup menu item has no effect unless: • The device playing the disc's audio (TV or surround audio receiver) is connected to the BD player's analog audio outputs; OR • You have selected "Bitstream Mixed" in the BD player's Audio Setup menu. When Dynamic Range Control is set to OFF, movie soundtracks are played with the standard dynamic range. When movie soundtracks are played at low volume or from smaller speakers, you can set Dynamic Range Control to ON. Your player applies appropriate compression to make low-level content more intelligible and prevent dramatic passages from getting too loud. Selecting the Auto setting turns on the Dynamic Range Control for all BD movie soundtracks except Dolby TruHD. If you have selected a TruHD track on the BD disk, the "auto" selection tells the BD player to only turn on dynamic range control if information embedded in the TruHD sound track tells it to do so. 34

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SETUP MENU (CONTINUED)
AUDIO SETUP MENU:
To enter the Audio Setup menu, while no disc is inserted or disc is in the Stop mode, if not already at the Setup screen press
the HOME/SETUP button, select Settings using the Navigation (
π
,
) buttons and then press the Navigation (
®
) button.
Select Audio using the Navigation (
π
,
) buttons and then press the Navigation (
®
) button.
While in the Audio Setup menu, select PCM Downsampling
using
the
Navigation
(
π
,
)
buttons,
then
press
the
Navigation (
®
) button to enter.
Select
the
desired
option
using
the
Navigation
(
π
,
)
buttons, then press the ENTER button.
48KHz: Select this if your A/V Receiver or Amplifier is NOT
capable of handling 96 KHz signals. When this choice is
made, this unit automatically converts any 192 KHz and 96
KHz signals to 48 KHz so your system can decode them.
96KHz: Select this if your A/V Receiver or Amplifier is NOT
capable of handling 192 KHz signals. When this choice is
made, this unit automatically converts any 192 KHz signals
to 96 KHz so your system can decode them.
NOTE: Check the documentation for your A/V Receiver or
Amplifier to verify its capabilities.
IMPORTANT: This setting will not do anything if you are
connected via HDMI.
NOTE: If you do not have a surround sound receiver
connected
to
the
unit,
you
should
leave
the
PCM
downsampling at 48 KHz, and proceed to the next setup
menu item. This is true regardless of whether the audio is
connected to the TV with HDMI or the analog stereo outputs.
PCM Stereo: Select if you do not have an audio receiver
connected or the audio receiver connected is not a 5.1/7.1
channel receiver.
Bitstream HD: Select and this unit will send Dolby TrueHD
or DTS-HD Advanced Digital Out bitstreams over HDMI. If
your player is not connected to a compatible HDMI receiver
(for example, if connected directly to the TV or if connected
to an audio receiver using an optical cable), a compatible
audio signal is automatically sent over the HDMI and optical
connections. With this setting, Blu-ray audio is limited to the
soundtrack for the main movie.
Bitstream Mixed: Sends a mixed (PIP audio and movie audio)
DTS audio stream over the HDMI and optical connections.
This mode is primarily intended for use when you want to
hear both PIP audio and the movie audio.
Bitstream Legacy: Sends a DTS or Dolby Digital bitstream
from the disc over the HDMI and optical connections. Blu-ray
audio is limited to the soundtrack for the main movie.
PCM 5.1: Sends a PCM audio signal of up to 5.1 channels
over the HDMI connection and up to 2 channels over the
optical connection.
PCM 7.1: Sends a PCM audio signal of up to 7.1 channels
over the HDMI connection and up to 2 channels over the
optical connection.
NOTE: 7.1 CH Digital Output is available for HDMI only.
PCM DOWN-SAMPLING
DIGITAL OUTPUT
Dynamic Range Control allows the unit to make the loud
parts of a movie’s audio track quieter than it would be in the
theatre, without making the dialog of the actors any quieter.
This would be useful, for instance, when you want to watch a
movie in the evening when others might be sleeping.
NOTES: This setup menu item has no effect unless:
The device playing the disc’s audio (TV or surround audio
receiver) is connected to the BD player’s analog audio
outputs; OR
You have selected “Bitstream Mixed” in the BD player’s
Audio Setup menu.
When
Dynamic
Range
Control
is
set
to
OFF,
movie
soundtracks are played with the standard dynamic range.
When movie soundtracks are played at low volume or from
smaller speakers, you can set Dynamic Range Control to
ON. Your player applies appropriate compression to make
low-level
content
more
intelligible
and
prevent
dramatic
passages from getting too loud.
Selecting the Auto setting turns on the Dynamic Range
Control for all BD movie soundtracks except Dolby TruHD. If
you have selected a TruHD track on the BD disk, the “auto”
selection tells the BD player to only turn on dynamic range
control if information embedded in the TruHD sound track
tells it to do so.
Reproducing
5.1
channels
of
audio
through
a
lesser
number of speakers requires a process called downmixing.
Downmixing combines the Left, Right, Center, Left Surround,
and Right Surround channels in a somewhat logical manner
to drive stereo or mono speakers.
Auto: Select for the unit to automatically select the downmix.
Stereo (LoRo): Choose this setting when playing DVDs;
two channels of signals will be output from the left and
right soundtrack. When playing CDs, a stereo signal will be
output to the speakers.
Surround Encoded LT/RT: Choose this setting if the original
movie on the disc was recorded in the Pro Logic Dolby
Digital format.
DYNAMIC RANGE CONTROL
STEREO DOWNMIX