About The Hdmi Output Settings; Hdmi Output With Dvd-Audio - Pioneer DV-79AVi Operating Instructions Manual

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About the HDMI output settings

The table below shows how the audio settings you make in the HDMI and Audio Output Mode
screens (see HDMI Settings on page 71 and Audio Output Mode on page 74) affect the HDMI
output with various types of disc.
Disc audio format
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital (Karaoke)
Linear PCM
DTS
* 1
MPEG
DVD-Audio (with CPPM)
DVD-Audio (without CPPM)
CD / MP3
DTS CD
Video CD
Super Audio CD
1
*
These formats include DVD-RW discs.
2
*
If the HDMI device you are using is not compatible with these compressed formats, the signal
is output as linear PCM.
3
*
If the connected component is not DVD-Audio (CPPM) compatible, it is not possible to output
CPPM copy-controlled DVD-Audio sources from the HDMI connection (see HDMI output with
DVD-Audio sources below for more on this).
4
* It is not possible to listen to SACDs using the HDMI connection.
5
* Only applicable to discs that have a CD area.
* 1
* 1
SACD Playback
2 ch Area
––– *4
HDMI Audio Setting
Linear PCM
2 ch downmix Dolby Digital
Left / Right Dolby Digital
Left / Right Left / Right
2 ch downmix DTS
Left / Right MPEG
* 3
5.1 ch
5.1 ch
Left / Right
DTS
Left / Right
Multi-ch Area
––– *4
Auto
*2
*2
*2
*2
CD Area
Left / Right *5
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