Changing the audio mode
The
T V
h as
t wo
a udio
m odes,
a ccessed
b y
n avigating
i n
t he
H ome
s creen
m enu
t o
S ettings
> Audio
>
Audio
m ode:
• Stereo
–
U se
t his
s etting
f or
i nternal
s peakers,
h eadphones,
a nd
e xternal
s tereo
a mplifiers
connected
t hrough
H DMI
• Auto
–
U se
t his
s etting
t o
a utomatically
d etect
t he
b est
a udio
s etting
b ased
o n
t he
a udio
s tream
in
t he
c ontent
y ou
a re
w atching.
I f
y ou
h ave
c onnected
t he
T V
t o
a n
e xternal
D olby
D igital
o r
Dolby
D igital
P lus
c ompatible
a mplifier,
r eceiver,
o r
s ound
b ar
t hrough
H DMI
optical,
t he
T V
a utomatically
s elects
t he
a ppropriate
s urround
s ound
c apabilities
o f
t he
d evice
based
o n
t he
c haracteristics
o f
t he
c urrent
p rogram.
Setting up a digital audio connection
You
c an
c onnect
t he
T V
t o
a n
e xternal
a mplifier,
r eceiver,
o r
s ound
b ar
b y
u sing
e ither
o f
t hese
t wo
connections:
• HDMI
A RC
–
T he
H DMI
on
o ne
o f
i ts
H DMI
simultaneously
a s
a n
i nput
s ource
t o
t he
T V,
i f
n eeded.
T o
u se
t he
A RC
c apability,
y ou
must
c onnect
a n
H DMI
ARC
c onnector
o n
t he
T V.
Y ou
a lso
m ust:
o Be
s ure
y our
H DMI
o Select
t he
a ppropriate
s etting
u nder
S ettings
>
A udio
>
A udio
m ode,
a s
e xplained
i n
"Changing
t he
a udio
m
o Enable
H DMI
A RC
u nder
S ettings
>
S ystem
>
C EC,
a s
e xplained
i n
"
on
p age
• SPDIF
o ptical
–
T he
T V
h as
a n
S PDIF
o ptical
c onnector
t hat
o utputs
a
d igital
a udio
signal.
T o
u se
t he
o ptical
o utput,
c onnect
a
T OSLINK
o ptical
c able
f rom
t he
a mplifier
to
t he
O ptical
o r
S PDIF
c onnector
o n
t he
T V.
Y ou
a lso
m ust:
o Select
t he
a ppropriate
s etting
u nder
S ettings
>
A udio
>
A udio
m ode,
a s
e xplained
i n
"Changing
t he
a udio
m
• Note:
D olby
D igital
P lus
f ormat
i s
o nly
o utput
t hrough
t he
H DMI
After
m aking
t he
r equired
H DMI
ARC
o ption
a nd
s elect
t he
a udio
f ormat
t o
u se.
Note:
I n
m ost
c ases,
A uto
d etect
i s
t he
b est
o ption.
O ther
s ettings
c an
r esult
i n
n o
s ound
w hen
the
c ontent
y ou
a re
v iewing
d oes
n ot
c ontain
t he
a udio
s tream
t ype
y ou
s elected.
®
A RC,
S PDIF
o ptical,
o r
h eadphone
j ack.
®
A udio
R eturn
C hannel
e nables
t he
T V
t o
o utput
d igital
a udio
®
c onnectors.
T he
c onnected
a mplifier
c an
a lso
f unction
®
c able
f rom
y our
a mplifier's
H DMI
®
c able
i s
c ertified
b y
H DMI
ode"
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p age
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o n
p age
®
A RC
o r
S PDIF
o ptical
c onnection,
g o
t o
S ettings
>
A udio
>
S /PDIF
a nd
®
A RC
c onnector
t o
t he
H DMI
®
.
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®
A RC
o r
S PDIF
Enabling
H DMI®
®
A RC
c onnection.
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