About How Digital Audio Formats Are Output - Pioneer BDP-450 Operating Instructions Manual

About how digital audio formats are output

07
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)
Audio type
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital
Plus
Dolby TrueHD Dolby TrueHD
DTS Digital
Surround
DTS-HD High
Resolution Audio
DTS-HD
Master Audio
PCM
4
MPEG-2 AAC
SACD (DSD)
7
DVD-Audio
1. If there is no secondary audio or interactive audio, depending on the disc the signals may be output without being re-encoded.
2. BDP-150 only.
3. For multi-channel audio, the sound is converted into 2-channel audio for output.
4. Only for ASEAN and Taiwan models.
5. When Resolution is set to 480I or 480P, or even when it is set to Auto, if the connected device does not support 480i/480p, the DSD audio
of SACDs is output in two channels, front left and front right (page 41).
6. When HDMI Audio Out is set to Bitstream, the sound is not output (page 42).
7. BDP-450 only.
8. When the connected device has two channels (front left and right), with DVD Audio discs prohibiting downmixing, the multi-channel audio
signals are output as two channels (front left and right).
9. Digital sound is not output for discs on which downmixing is prohibited.
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 480I or 480P, as well as
when set to Auto if the connected device only supports 480i/480p.
• 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.
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En
Bitstream
HDMI OUT DIGITAL OUT
terminal terminal
Dolby Digital Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital
Plus
Dolby Digital
DTS Digital DTS Digital
Surround Surround
DTS-HD High
Resolution DTS ES 6.1 ch
Audio
DTS-HD
DTS ES 6.1 ch
Master Audio
3
PCM 7.1ch
PCM 2 ch
MPEG-2 AAC MPEG-2 AAC
5 6
DSD 5.1ch PCM 2 ch
8 3, 9
PCM 5.1ch PCM 2 ch
PCM
The primary audio, secondary
audio and interactive audio are
converted into PCM audio and
output simultaneously.
HDMI OUT DIGITAL OUT
terminal terminal
PCM 5.1ch
PCM 7.1ch
PCM 7.1ch
PCM 5.1ch
3
PCM 2 ch
PCM 7.1ch
PCM 7.1ch
PCM 7.1ch
PCM 5.1ch
6
PCM 5.1ch
PCM 2 ch
8 3, 9
PCM 5.1ch PCM 2 ch
Re-encode
The primary audio, secondary
audio and interactive audio are
converted into PCM audio then
converted again into Dolby
Digital audio or DTS audio and
1
output simultaneously.
HDMI OUT DIGITAL OUT
terminal terminal
Dolby Digital Dolby Digital
DTS 5.1ch DTS 5.1ch
Dolby Digital Dolby Digital
MPEG-2 AAC MPEG-2 AAC
6
PCM 5.1ch
PCM 2 ch
8 3, 9
PCM 5.1ch PCM 2 ch
AUDIO
OUTPUT
2
terminal
3
2 ch
6
2 ch
2 ch