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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.
4.4.3 PCM Downsampling
You can use this menu item to tell the BD player whether your surround receiver can handle high-
bitrate PCM signals over the SPDIF/TOSlink interface.
To inform the BD player of your surround sound receiver’s PCM capabilities, press the up/down arrow
keys ( ) on the remote until the
PCM Downsampling
choice in the center of the setup screen is
highlighted. Then, press the right arrow key ( ) on the remote until the rightmost portion of the setup
screen is highlighted.
The up/down arrow keys ( ) on the remote can then be used to select the maximum PCM sample rate
output by the BD player.
If you don’t have a surround sound receiver connected to the BD player
,
you should
set the PCM
downsampling to 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, SPDIF, or the analog stereo outputs
If you have a surround sound receiver connected to the BD player, and you have connected to the
surround receiver via the BD player’s analog multichannel audio outputs,
this setting has no effect
on the audio going to the analog outputs of the player.
Set the PCM downsampling to 48 Khz
, and
proceed to the next setup menu item.
If you have a surround sound receiver connected to the BD player, and you have connected to the
surround receiver via the BD player’s HDMI output,
this setting has no effect on the audio going to the
HDMI output of the player.
Set the PCM downsampling to 48 Khz
, and proceed to the next setup menu
item.
If you have a surround sound receiver connected to the BD player via SPDIF (or TOSlink)
, set this
menu item to the maximum PCM sampling rate that your surround receiver can accept (48 Khz or 96
Khz).
If in doubt, consult your surround receiver’s manual or set to 48 KHz .
NOTE
: Incorrectly setting the digital audio output’s PCM sampling rate may result in
unpredictable audio playback.
4.4.4 Dynamic Range Control
Dynamic Range Control
means that you can allow the BD player to make the loud parts of a
movie’s audio track quieter than they 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.
