About How Digital Audio Formats Are Output - Pioneer BDP-160 Operating Instructions Manual

About how digital audio formats are output

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)
HDMI OUT
terminal
Audio type
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital
Plus
Plus
Dolby TrueHD
Dolby TrueHD
DTS Digital
DTS Digital
Surround
Surround
DTS-HD High
DTS-HD High
Resolution
Resolution Audio
Audio
DTS-HD
DTS-HD
Master Audio
Master Audio
PCM 7.1ch
PCM
DSD 5.1ch
SACD (DSD)
1. If there is no secondary audio or interactive audio, depending on the disc the signals may be output without being re-encoded.
2. For multi-channel audio, the sound is converted into 2-channel audio for output.
3. 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 35).
4. When HDMI Audio Out is set to Bitstream, the sound is not output (page 36).
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.
Bitstream
The primary audio, secondary
audio and interactive audio are
converted into PCM audio and
output simultaneously.
DIGITAL OUT HDMI OUT
terminal terminal
Dolby Digital PCM 5.1ch
Dolby Digital PCM 7.1ch
Dolby Digital PCM 7.1ch
DTS Digital
PCM 5.1ch
Surround
DTS ES 6.1 ch PCM 7.1ch
DTS ES 6.1 ch PCM 7.1ch
2
PCM 7.1ch
PCM 2 ch
3 4
PCM 5.1ch
PCM 2 ch
PCM 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
output simultaneously.
DIGITAL OUT HDMI OUT
terminal terminal
Dolby Digital
2
PCM 2 ch
DTS 5.1ch
Dolby Digital
4
PCM 5.1ch
PCM 2 ch
1
AUDIO
DIGITAL OUT
OUTPUT
terminal
terminal
Dolby Digital
2
2 ch
DTS 5.1ch
Dolby Digital
4 4
PCM 2 ch 2 ch
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