About The Audio Output Settings - Pioneer Elite BDP-94HD Operating Instructions Manual

08 Initial Setup menu

About the audio output settings

The table below shows how the audio settings you make in the Initial Setup menu (page 41) affect the output to the analog (2ch/5.1ch), digital
and HDMI outputs with various types of disc/files.
Disc audio format
BD-ROM
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital plus
Dolby TrueHD
DTS
DTS-HD
Linear PCM 7.1ch
Linear PCM 5.1ch
Linear PCM 2ch
DVD-Video Dolby Digital
DTS
MPEG
Linear PCM
*1
2 Channel or 5.1 Channel setting (see Audio Output Mode on page 43).
*2 
Dolby Digital PCM or DTS
*3
Dolby Digital or DTS setting (see Dolby Digital Out and DTS Out on page 42).
*4
PCM or Auto setting (see HDMI Audio Out on page 42).
*5
Only the independent substream is output.
*6
Only the Dolby substream is output.
*7
Only the core substream is output.
*8
If the HDMI device you are using is not compatible with these compressed formats, the signal is output as linear PCM.
*9
If the connected HDMI device is compatible with fewer channels of Linear PCM audio than this player, the output will be adjusted to be compatible with the HDMI device.
*10
Outputs 2ch downmix PCM when the sampling rate is 192 kHz.
*11
Even if there is interactive audio, interactive audio is not mixed.
*12
Interactive audio is not mixed when the sampling rate is 192 kHz or 96 kHz.
*13
When the video output of HDMI is 480i or 480p, output sampling rate is automatically downsampled to 48 kHz.
*14
Dolby Digital sound is output.
*15
DTS sound is output.
Note
• Output sampling rate is 48 kHz through the digital audio outputs.
• MPEG audio is always output as linear PCM.
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Analog outputs
*1
2ch
2ch downmix PCM 5.1ch PCM
2ch downmix PCM 5.1ch PCM
*14 2ch downmix PCM 5.1ch PCM
2ch downmix PCM 5.1ch PCM
*15 2ch downmix PCM 5.1ch PCM
2ch downmix PCM 5.1ch downmix PCM
2ch downmix PCM
5.1ch PCM
2ch PCM 2ch PCM
2ch downmix PCM 5.1ch PCM
2ch downmix PCM 5.1ch PCM
2ch PCM 2ch PCM
2ch PCM 2ch PCM

PCM setting (see Dolby Digital Out and DTS Out on page 42).
Digital outputs
*1 *2
5.1ch PCM convert
2ch downmix PCM
Dolby Digital
2ch downmix PCM
Dolby Digital
2ch downmix PCM
Dolby Digital
2ch downmix PCM
DTS
2ch downmix PCM
DTS
2ch downmix PCM 2ch downmix PCM
*10 2ch downmix PCM 2ch downmix PCM
2ch PCM 2ch PCM
2ch downmix PCM Dolby Digital
2ch downmix PCM DTS
2ch PCM 2ch PCM
2ch PCM 2ch PCM
HDMI output
*3 *4
Bitstream PCM
*11 *9
5.1ch PCM
*5, 11 *9
7.1ch PCM
*6, 11 *9
5.1ch PCM
*11 *9
5.1ch PCM
*7, 11 *9
5.1ch PCM
*9, 12,13
7.1ch PCM
*9, 10,12
5.1ch PCM
*12
2ch PCM
*9
5.1ch PCM
*9
5.1ch PCM
2ch PCM
2ch PCM
*4
Auto
*8, 11
Dolby Digital
*5, 8, 11
Dolby Digital
*6, 8, 11
Dolby Digital
*8, 11
DTS
*7, 8, 11
DTS
*9, 12,13
7.1ch PCM
*9, 10,12
5.1ch PCM
*12
2ch PCM
*8
Dolby Digital
*8
DTS
2ch PCM
2ch PCM