Panasonic DMR-E500H Operating Instructions Manual page 66

Changing the unit's settings
Tabs
PLAY k1.3 & Audio during Search
Sound
You may hear sound regardless of this setting with some discs.
Dynamic Range Compression [DVD-V] (Dolby Digital only)
Change the dynamic range for late night viewing.
Bilingual Audio Selection
Select whether to record the main or secondary audio type
when:
–Recording or transferring (dubbing) to a DVD-R.
–Recording or transferring (dubbing) sound in LPCM. (➡ below,
"Audio Mode for XP Recording")
–Recording or transferring (dubbing) in MPEG4.
Digital Audio Output
Change the settings when you have connected equipment through this unit's DIGITAL AUDIO OUT terminal (➡ page 10).
≥Press [ENTER] to show the following settings.
PCM Down Conversion
Select how to output audio with a sampling frequency of 96
kHz or 88.2 kHz.
Dolby Digital Select how to output the signal, to output
DTS
MPEG
Audio Mode for XP Recording
Choose the audio type when recording or transferring (dubbing)
with XP mode.
Audio Mode for DV Input
You can select the kind of audio when recording from the unit's
DV input terminal (➡page 47, 48).
Speaker (Analog connection only)
Choose the settings to suit your audio system and listening
environment.
Attenuator
Select "On" if sound is distorted when "Multi-Channel" is
chosen as the speaker setting above.
Display
On-Screen Messages
Choose whether to show status messages automatically.
Grey Background
Select "Off" if you do not want to have the unit show the grey
background when reception is weak.
FL Display
Changes the brightness of the unit's display.
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"Bitstream" so the connected equipment
decodes the signal, or to decode on this
unit and output the signal as "PCM" (2
channel).
[Note]
Not making the proper settings may result
in noise, possibly damage your hearing
and speakers, and digital recording may
not work properly.
Options (Underlined items are the factory presets.)
≥On: Audio is heard during first level search forward.
≥Off: Audio is not heard during search. Quick View (➡page 27)
does not work.
≥On
≥Off
≥M 1
≥M 2
In the following cases, you cannot select the audio on this unit.
Select on the other equipment.
–when recording from an external source onto DVD-R.
–when simultaneously recording MPEG4 from an external
source.
≥On: Signals are converted to 48 kHz or 44.1 kHz. (Choose
when the connected equipment cannot process signals
with a sampling frequency of 96 kHz or 88.2 kHz.)
≥Off: Signals are output as 96 kHz or 88.2 kHz. (Choose when
the connected equipment can process signals with a
sampling frequency of 96 kHz or 88.2 kHz.)
Signals are converted to 48 kHz or 44.1 kHz despite the above
settings if the signals have a sampling frequency of over 96 kHz
or 88.2 kHz, or the disc has copy protection.
≥Bitstream: When connecting to equipment displaying the
Dolby Digital logo.
≥PCM: When connecting to equipment not displaying the Dolby
Digital logo.
≥Bitstream: When connecting to equipment displaying the DTS
logo.
≥PCM: When connecting to equipment not displaying the DTS
logo.
≥Bitstream: When connected to equipment with a built-in
MPEG decoder.
≥PCM: When connected to equipment without a built-in MPEG
decoder.
≥Dolby Digital (➡page 71)
≥LPCM (➡ page 71)
–The picture quality of LPCM recordings may be lower than
that of normal XP mode recordings.
–The audio recording becomes Dolby Digital even if you
selected LPCM when using a recording mode other than XP.
–When recording bilingual broadcast, select the type of audio
in advance from "Bilingual Audio Selection" (➡ above).
≥Stereo 1: Records audio (L1, R1).
≥Stereo 2: Records added audio such as narration (L2, R2)
subsequent to original recording.
≥Mix:
Records both Stereo 1 and Stereo 2.
When recording bilingual broadcast to a DVD-R or recording in
LPCM audio, select the type of audio in advance from "Bilingual
Audio Selection" (➡above).
≥Multi-Channel: When you connect with AUDIO OUT 5.1 ch
terminals (➡page 16).
≥2-Channel:
When you connect with AUDIO OUT terminals.
≥On: Sound may be distorted with some Multi-Channel speaker
settings. Select if this happens.
Audio output from all channels is reduced to –6dB.
≥Off: Select this normally.
Audio output from all channels returns to the original
levels.
≥Automatic
≥Off
≥On
≥Off
≥Bright ≥Dim