About how digital audio formats are output
Setting
Only the primary audio (the
main sound for movies, etc.)
is output. The secondary
Method of
audio and interactive audio
conversion
are not output.
Output
terminal(s)
HDMI OUT
terminal
Audio type
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital
Plus
Plus
Dolby
Dolby TrueHD
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
PCM 7.1ch
AAC
AAC
SACD (DSD)
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 PCM 2-channel audio for output.
3. When Resolution is set to 480p, or when it is set to Auto and the connected device supports only 480i/480p, the DSD multi-
channel audio of SACDs is output in PCM multi-channel even if HDMI Audio Out is set to Bitstream (page 40).
4. When HDMI Audio Out is set to Bitstream or Reencode, sound does not produced (page 42).
5. Depending on the settings, for DSD multi-channel audio, 2 channels are output on the front left and right.
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 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
PCM 5.1ch
Dolby Digital
PCM 7.1ch
Dolby Digital
PCM 7.1ch
DTS Digital
PCM 5.1ch
Surround
DTS Digital
PCM 7.1ch
Surround
DTS Digital
PCM 7.1ch
Surround
2
PCM 7.1ch
PCM 2 ch
2
2
PCM 2 ch
AAC
3
4
PCM 5.1ch
PCM 2 ch
PCM
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 Dolby Digital
2
PCM 2 ch
DTS Digital
Surround
Dolby Digital Dolby Digital
2
AAC
4
PCM 5.1ch
PCM 2 ch
Reencode
1
AUDIO
DIGITAL OUT
OUTPUT
terminal
terminal
2 ch
DTS Digital
Surround
2
AAC
4
PCM 2 ch
2 ch
07
2
5
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