About How Digital Audio Formats Are Output - Pioneer BDP-3120 Operating Instructions Manual

About how digital audio formats are output

Setting
Only the primary audio
(the main sound for
movies, etc.) is output.
Method of The secondary audio
conversion and interactive audio are
not output.
Output
terminal(s)
HDMI
OUT
terminal
Audio type
Dolby
Dolby Digital
Digital
Dolby
Dolby Digital
Digital
Plus
Plus
Dolby
Dolby TrueHD
TrueHD
DTS
DTS Digital
Digital
Surround
Surround
DTS-
DTS-HD High
HD High
Resolution
Resolution
Audio
Audio
DTS-HD
DTS-HD
Master
Master Audio
Audio
PCM
PCM
7.1ch
MPEG-2
MPEG-2 AAC
AAC
1 If there is no secondary audio or interactive audio, depending on the disc the signals may be output
without being reencoded.
2 For multi-channel audio, the sound is converted into 2-channel audio for output.
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.
• 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 HDMI
OUT OUT
terminal terminal
Dolby PCM
5.1ch
Digital
Dolby PCM
7.1ch
Digital
Dolby PCM
7.1ch
Digital
DTS
PCM
Digital
5.1ch
Surround
DTS ES PCM
6.1ch 7.1ch
DTS ES PCM
6.1ch 7.1ch
PCM
2
PCM 2ch
7.1ch
MPEG-2
PCM
5.1ch
AAC
PCM Reencode
The primary audio,
secondary audio and
interactive audio are
converted into PCM
audio then converted
again into Dolby Digital
audio or DTS audio and
output simultaneously.
DIGITAL HDMI
OUT OUT
terminal terminal
Dolby
Digital
2
PCM 2ch
DTS 5.1ch DTS 5.1ch
Dolby
Digital
MPEG-2
AAC
1
DIGITAL AUDIO
OUT OUTPUT
terminal terminal
Dolby
Digital
2
2ch
Dolby
Digital
MPEG-2
AAC
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