Checking the audio signal format – Sony DVP-NS38 User Manual

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Sound Adjustments

• When playing in DVD-VR mode: If you connect

to an audio component using the DIGITAL OUT
(COAXIAL) jack and want to switch between the
sound tracks, set “DOLBY DIGITAL” to “D-
PCM” in “AUDIO SETUP” (page 54).

Checking the audio signal
format

You can check the audio signal format by
pressing

(audio) repeatedly during

playback. The format of the current audio
signal (Dolby Digital, DTS, PCM, etc.)
appears as shown below.

When playing a DVD VIDEO

Example:

Dolby Digital 5.1 ch

When playing a DivX video file on a DATA
CD or a DATA DVD

Example:

MP3 audio

About audio signals

Audio signals recorded in a disc contain the
sound elements (channels) shown below.
Each channel is output from a separate
speaker.
• Front (L)
• Front (R)
• Centre
• Rear (L)
• Rear (R)
• Rear (Monaural): This signal can be either

the Dolby Surround Sound processed
signals or the Dolby Digital sound’s
monaural rear audio signals.

• LFE (Low Frequency Effect) signal

Notes

• If “DTS” in “AUDIO SETUP” is set to “OFF,”

the DTS track selection option will not appear on
the screen even if the disc contains DTS tracks
(page 54).

• MPEG audio signals with more than two channels

will appear as shown above (3/2.1, 2/1), but only
the Front (L) and Front (R) signals will be output
from your two front speakers.

1:ENGLISH DOLBY DIGITAL

3 / 2 .1

Rear (L/R)

Front (L/R)
+ Centre

LFE (Low Frequency
Effect)

1:

MP3 128k

Bit rate

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