About How Digital Audio Formats Are Output - Pioneer BDP-180 Operating Instructions Manual

About how digital audio formats are output

Setting
Only the primary audio (the
main sound for movies, etc.) is
output. The secondary audio
Method of
and interactive audio are not
conversion
output.
Output
terminal(s)
HDMI OUT
terminal
Audio type
Dolby Digital Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital Dolby Digital
Plus Plus
3
Dolby TrueHD
Dolby TrueHD
DTS Digital DTS Digital
Surround
Surround
DTS-HD High
DTS-HD High
Resolution
Resolution
3
Audio
Audio
DTS-HD
DTS-HD
3
Master Audio
Master Audio
PCM PCM 7.1ch
AAC
AAC
3
SACD (DSD) DSD
1. In case of Quick View (Quick view with audio) or Slow-view play (Slow play with audio), the audio output will be equal to the PCM setting
regardless of any other settings. The LFE channel, however, is not output (5.1  5.0, 7.1  7.0).
2. If there is no secondary audio or interactive audio, depending on the disc the signals may be output without being re-encoded.
3. Quick View (Quick view with audio) or Slow-view play (Slow play with audio) function cannot be performed.
4. For multi-channel audio, the sound is converted into 2-channel audio for output.
5. When Resolution is set to 480p/576p, or even when it is set to Auto, if the connected device does not support 480p or 576p, the DSD
multi-channel audio of SACDs is output in two channels, front left and front right (page 38).
6. When HDMI Audio Out is set to Bitstream, the sound is not output (page 39).
Note
• Depending on the disc, the number of channels may differ.
• Depending on the connected HDMI device, the HDMI output audio and number of channels may differ.
• The HDMI output audio and number of channels may differ when Resolution is set to 480p/576p, as well as when
set to Auto if the connected device only supports 480p or 576p.
• Three types of audio are recorded on BD video discs.
– Primary audio: The main sound.
– Secondary audio: Additional sound added supplementarily, such as comments by directors, actors, etc.
– Interactive audio: Sounds such as clicks heard when operations are performed. The interactive audio differs from
disc to disc.
Bitstream
The primary audio, secondary
audio and interactive audio are
converted into PCM audio and
output simultaneously.
DIGITAL OUT HDMI OUT
terminal terminal
Dolby Digital PCM 5.1ch
Dolby Digital PCM 7.1ch
Dolby Digital PCM 7.1ch
DTS Digital
PCM 5.1ch
Surround
DTS Digital
PCM 7.1ch
Surround
DTS Digital
PCM 7.1ch
Surround
4
PCM 7.1ch
PCM 2 ch
AAC PCM 5.1ch
5 6
PCM 5.1ch
PCM 2 ch
PCM
The primary audio, secondary
audio and interactive audio are
converted into PCM audio then
converted again into Dolby
1
Digital audio or DTS audio and
output simultaneously.
DIGITAL OUT HDMI OUT
terminal terminal
Dolby Digital
4
PCM 2 ch
DTS Digital
Surround
Dolby Digital
AAC
6
PCM 5.1ch
PCM 2 ch
Re-encode
2
AUDIO
DIGITAL OUT
OUTPUT
terminal
terminal
Dolby Digital
2 ch
DTS Digital
Surround
Dolby Digital
AAC
6
PCM 2 ch 2 ch
08
4
6
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En