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Receiver Capabilities
Can decode DTS
Can decode Dolby
Digital
Can decode Dolby
Digital Plus
I want the highest-
fidelity movie
soundtrack audio
possible
Set to ‘Bistream
Legacy’ for disks with
DTS soundtracks.
Set to ‘Bistream
Legacy’for disks with
Dolby digital
soundtracks.
Set to PCM 5.1 or PCM
7.1 for disks without
Dolby sound tracks
(depending on the
number of speakers
connected to your
surround receiver)
Set to ‘Bistream Legacy’for
disks with DD+
soundtracks.
Set to PCM 5.1 or PCM
7.1 for disks without Dolby
Digital plus sound tracks
(depending on the number
of speakers connected to
your surround receiver)
I want to hear the
directors commentary
on the BD disk
--OR—
I want to set this menu
item once and then
forget it
Set the output to
‘Bistream Mixed’
Set to ‘Bistream mixed’ if your receiver also supports
DTS.
Otherwise, set the output to PCM 5.1 or PCM 7.1
(depending on the number of speakers connected to
your surround receiver) instead.
NOTE
: To achieve the best audio quality, you must also use the set up menu on the disk to set
the highest quality audio track supported by the receiver.
NOTE
: Setting the digital output to ‘Bitstream HD’ means that only the primary digital audio
track (the movie soundtrack) will be sent to the sound receiver via the digital outputs.
Director’s commentary will not be heard when the digital output is set to ‘Bitstream HD’.
NOTE
: If you have a 5.1/7.1 audio system and the receiver does not support bass management
(setting the cutoff frequency of the subwoofer and the ‘size’ of the other speakers), you
may want to consider using multichannel analog outputs from the BD player in order to
benefit from the bass management capabilities of the BD player.
6.
If you have read this far, your multichannel (5.1/7.1 channel) audio receiver is connected to the
BD player via HDMI
Set the digital output based on the table below
Receiver Capabilities
Can decode DTS-
HD
Can decode
Dolby TrueHD
Can’t decode
DTS-HD or Dolby
TrueHD
I want the highest-
fidelity movie
soundtrack audio
possible
Set to Passthru for
disks with DTS-HD
soundtracks.
Set to DTS re-
encode otherwise
Set to Passthru for
disks with Dolby
TrueHD
soundtracks.
Set to DTS re-
encode otherwise
Go back to the
table in question 5
to decide.
I want to hear the
directors
commentary on
the BD disk
--OR—
I want to set this
menu item once
and then forget it
Set the output to DTS re-encode
