Introduction - Players And Formats - Audiolab 8000AP User Instructions

Introduction - Players and Formats

DVD Players
There are many DVD players on the market and very many
formats - more are added all the time, some useful, many not.
Your existing DVD player will support many formats but
almost certainly not all. Equally the Audiolab 8000A supports
the vast majority of formats but again, not all although every
popular format is supported including most High Definition
and audiophile formats. Before using the 8000AP please
read your DVD and other digital player handbooks to
ascertain which formats your player will support.
A Note on High Definition Players
Blu-Ray and HD-DVD (BD/HD) players will offer some or
all of the following formats:
Linear PCM - up to 8 channels of uncompressed audio
(LPCM), BD
Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround sound.
DTS Digital Surround 5.1 channel surround sound
DTS-HD
DTS-HD Master
Dolby Digital Plus
Dolby True HD
The 8000AP is HDMI 1.2a compliant and HDMI 1.3
compatible and will in most circumstances allow you to enjoy
all of the above formats.
Cycling the processor's Mode Key will display all the formats
available with the current combination of player and disc. In
other words the formats available at any time will depend
both on the format support built into your player
actual disc you are playing.
To play uncompressed Linear PCM : Set your BD/HD player
to output PCM (typical player settings are 'Auto' or PCM)
From the disc, select either the LPCM , Dolby True HD or
DTS-HD Master Audio sound track.
Note. Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio are
"lossless compressed audio formats" In other words they are .
uncompressed Linear PCM (LPCM) tracks 'zipped up' rather
like a .zip file on a computer. The built in codec in your
BD/HD player will "un-zip" the file and pass the
uncompressed LPCM stream on to the 8000AP .
Audiolab 8000AP Supported Formats
The 8000AP features four types of input: Stereo Analogue:
5.1 analogue: SPDIFdigital (optical and coaxial): HDMI.
All these inputs (with the exception of 5.1 analogue) have
processing options. The following lists detail the various
options that can be applied to the various inputs. It should be
stressed that in the case of digital sources, the more esoteric
formats are all optional - all DVD discs offer basic multi-
channel processing and the 8000AP caters for all of those.
Analogue Inputs
Encoded Format
Analogue 2.0
(None or ProLogic)
Analogue 5.1
Pass through
HDMI Inputs
Encoded Format
PCM 2 Channel
and the
PCM 3-8 Channel
SPDIF
Decoding Options
Default in Bold
Stereo
PLIIx Movie/Music
DTS NEO:6 Cinema/Music
None
Decoding Options
Default in Bold
Stereo
PLII(x) Movie/Music
Multi-Channel
Stereo Downmix
As SPDIF (below)
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SPDIF Digital Inputs - Optical and Coaxial
Decoding Options
Encoded Format
Default in Bold
Dolby Digital 5.x
Dolby Digital EX
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital + PLIIx Movie/Music
5.x + EX
Stereo Downmix
Dolby Digital 5.x
Dolby Digital EX
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital + PLIIx Movie/Music
5.x
Stereo Downmix
Stereo
Dolby Digital
PLII(x) Movie/Music
2.0 + Surround
Stereo
Dolby Digital
PLII(x) Movie/Music
2.0
DTS ES (discrete)
DTS 5.x
DTS ES (discrete)
Stereo Downmix
DTS ES (matrix)
DTS ES (matrix)
DTS 5.x
Stereo Downmix
DTS
DTS
DTS ES (matrix)
Stereo Downmix
DTS 2.0
DTS 2.0
DTS NEO:6 Cinema/Music
DTS 96/24 (5.x)
DTS 96/24
DTS 96/24 Stereo Downmix
Stereo
PCM
PLII(x) Movie/Music
(None or ProLogic)
DTS NEO:6 Cinema/Music
Stereo
HDCD