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Digital Audio Out
“Digital Audio Out” is the first item in the left
hand column; make certain that this item is
highlighted, if it is not, then do so using the “Up”
and “Down” navigation keys. To the right will be
a list of individual choices and their current
settings.
Digital Out
The first sub-submenu item is “Digital Out”.
Here there are two choices, either “On” (default)
or “Off”. The current selection will have a small
square next to the selected entry. To change
the entry, press the “Right” navigation to access
the option pane and then using the “Up” and
“Down” navigation keys choose either “On” or
“Off” then press “Select” to indicate your choice.
The proper setting for “Digital Audio” will depend
upon your system. If you have a digital
processor connected to the either the S/PDIF or
AES-EBU (depending upon which module you
have installed) then you will want to select “On”.
If the digital audio output is unused, then set this
output to “Off” in order to reduce any emissions
that would result from an terminated digital
connection.
Dolby Digital Out
The second sub-submenu item is Dolby Digital.
Here there are two choices, either “Dolby Digital”
or “Dolby Digital > PCM”. Using the methods
defined previously, navigate and select the
configuration that is correct for your system.
The decision to use either “Dolby Digital” or
“Dolby Digital > PCM” will depend upon the
capabilities of your digital processor. If your
processor can accept Dolby Digital bit-streams
then select “Dolby Digital” if your processor is
only capable of PCM, then select “Dolby Digital
> PCM”. If uncertain, contact the manufacturer
of your digital processor.
DTS Out
The third sub-submenu item is for DTS. Here,
like with Dolby Digital there are two choices,
either “DTS” or “DTS > PCM”. Again, the correct
choice will depend upon the capabilities of your
digital processor. Using the navigation keys,
select the appropriate choice for your systems
capabilities.
Linear PCM Out
The fourth sub-submenu item is for PCM. Here,
like in the previous examples there are two
choices, either “Down Sample On” or “Down
Sample Off”. The proper choice depends upon
the capabilities of your digital processor. If your
processor can handle medium speed digital
audio sample rates (like 88.2 kS/s or 96 kS/s)
then select “Down Sample Off”. If your
processor is only capable of low speed digital
audio sample rates (44.1 kS/s or 48 kS/s) then
select “Down Sample On”. It should be noted
that this control will also affect ‘Packed PCM’
material like MLP. The disc content and the
protection scheme used by the disc will also
affect the available data for PCM or packed
PCM material. If copy protection is invoked on
the disc, then the data rate will be reduced to
low speed (either 44.1 kS/s or 48 kS/s) with a
maximum word length of 16 bits, regardless of
the setting you choose for the “Down Sample”
option. High speed digital audio (176.4 kS/s and
192 kS/s) is not available from the digital audio
output regardless of its presence on the disc. If
playing a disc with high speed material,
the
digital audio output (either S/PDIF or AES-EBU)
will process the data to either
medium or low
speed depending upon copy protection and the
setting used in this sub-submenu choice, the
lower of the two will prevail.