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Operation
The SA-CD standard is based on Direct Stream Digital
(DSD) technology. This new direct-stream digital
format comprises a 1-bit system that has a digital
sampling frequency that is 64 times higher than that of
conventional audio CD.
There are three types of SA-CD discs: single-layer,
dual-layer and hybrid discs. Each type may contain two
areas of recorded information: a High Quality Stereo
area and a High Quality Multi-channel area.
– A single layer disc can contain both information
areas.
– A dual layer disc can contain both information areas.
Double the information can be stored on the disc,
thanks to the second layer.
– A hybrid disc can contain both information areas, and
also a second, standard CD layer, making it playable
on standard CD players.
Recorded information may vary per area, as indicated in
the disc inlay. You can select areas before or during
playback while you are playing SA-CD via the remote
control or via the On-screen display on your TV.
• SA-CD contains only TRACKS.
• Select tracks using the playlist on the screen or by
pressing the numerical buttons.
• If SA-CD-text is available on the disc, it will be
displayed on the TV screen.
Playing a disc
1 Insert the disc and close the tray.
Playback starts automatically.
➜The TV screen will display the current playing status
and current playing track list in the area.
2 Playback will stop at the end of the disc.
3 To stop playback, press STOP.
• [Analog output] setting in the On-screen menu (Setup ➔
Audio Menu ➔ Analog output) allows you to specify
which area of SA-CD to play automatically when you
insert the disc. When you select [Stereo], stereo area is
selected. When you select the other choices, multi-
channel area is selected.
• If you set the playback area that the disc does not
contain, this unit automatically play the available area
on the disc.
Sound mode – SA-CD playback
You can change the playback area of the SA-CD by
pressing the SOUND MODE button on the remote
control.
Press the SOUND MODE at any time to select the
multi-channel area or the stereo area in the HD layer.
Press the SOUND MODE button when the disc is
stopped to select the CD layer.
Select the area by pressing the SOUND MODE button
repeatedly.
• On hybrid discs (with SA-CD and CD layers), the player
will always start playing the SA-CD layer.
• The SA-CD indicator lights only when the SA-CD layer
is selected.
• You can program the playlist in the same area only.
SA-CD (Super Audio CD)
CD layer that plays on any
CD player
1
2
3
High Density layer containing:
- High Quality DSD Stereo
- High Quality DSD Multi-channel
SA-CD Disc Types
Single layer disc
Dual layer disc
Hybrid layer disc
HD layer HD layer
HD layer
CD layer
SA-CD
<HD layer>
Multichannel area
(if available)
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
TRACK 3
<HD layer>
Stereo area
(if available)
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
TRACK 3
CD layer
(in Hybrid
discs only)
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
TRACK 3