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Because of this, an understanding of your surround-sound receiver’s capabilities is required in
order to properly set up the digital audio outputs of the BD player.
Now that the various types of digital audio codecs have been explained, the next few menu items will be
described in further detail
determine the optimal digital output setting for your A/V setup:
4.4.2 Digital Output
You can tell the BD player what type of digital audio data to output over HDMI, SPDIF, or TOSlink
with this menu item.
To set the type of audio output data that appears on the digital audio outputs (HDMI, SPDIF, or TOSlink),
from the display menu, press the up/down arrow keys ( ) on the remote until the
Digital Output
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 one of the following digital audio
output formats.
-
Bitstream HD,
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Bitstream Legacy,
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Bitstream Mixed,
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PCM 5.1,
-
PCM 7.1
-
PCM Stereo
Setting these outputs correctly depends on whether you have a surround-sound receiver connected to
the BD player, and the capabilities of the surround sound receiver. Answer the questions below to
1.
Do you have a stereo audio receiver or surround-sound receiver connected to your BD
player?
If yes, go to question 2
.
If not,
you should set the output to
PCM stereo
. This is true regardless of whether the audio is
connected to the TV with HDMI or connected to the TV using the analog stereo outputs.
2.
Do you have a multichannel (5.1/7.1 channel) audio receiver connected to the BD player?
If yes, go to question 3
.
If not,
this means that you have an “old-fashioned” stereo receiver connected to the BD player via the
analog audio outputs. The digital output setting has no effect on the audio going to the analog outputs
of the player, so
set the digital audio outputs to PCM stereo
.
3.
Is your multichannel (5.1/7.1 channel) audio receiver connected to the BD player via one of the
digital audio outputs (HDMI, SPDIF, or TosLink)?
If yes, go to question 4
.
If not,
this means that your surround receiver is connected to the BD player via the analog audio
outputs. The digital output setting has no effect on the audio going to the analog outputs of the player,
set the digital audio outputs to PCM stereo
.
4.
Is your multichannel (5.1/7.1 channel) audio receiver connected to more than two speakers?
If yes, go to question 5
.
If no,
set the digital output to PCM Stereo (or buy more speakers).
5.
Is your multichannel (5.1/7.1 channel) audio receiver connected to the BD player via HDMI?
If yes, go to question 6
.
If no,
set the digital output based on the table below
