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What does that mean? Booklet is of no help. I am seriously hoping it is not changing the DVDA source to 44.1 before sending out the analog outs. Why would it do that? Thanks for any help, I got company coming for dinner, I want to show off DVD Audio. Maybe some new converts?
Follow Ups:
Your player is downsampling the hi-res audio (down to 48/16) for the SP/DIF port only. The digital audio going to the DACs is still hi-res, so you are hearing hi-res from your analog ports.The digital is downsampled because of a flag set on the disc by the content owners so that hi-res audio (1) doesn't go out of an unsecure digital port, (2) conforms to the IEC 958 spec for bandwidth.
Newer DVDA players will support 1394 (Firewire) digital outputs to appropriate receivers.
I had trouble with some answers, too high tech. Yours I followed. :-)
SPDIF (IEC 958) supports 24/48 output. there is no limitation for 16 bit only.
I only use the analog outs (2 only), so I guess I am getting the "good stuff".
The "good stuff" is the DVD-F85. Killer redbook, 6 analog out +2 stereo out.
Which includes HDCD. "Killer" redbook? All I'll say is I was quite surprised at what I heard for the price right out of the box!
I used to own an older model Panasonic DVD-A player. It downsampled to produce a digital output when playing DVD-A discs, however, (I think) it always used the high-resolution data for decoding the analog outputs. I don't think you have to worry about it, but I would explore all the setup menus to be sure.I think the message "PCM-dwnsmple" is merely informing you that the digital output is a downsampled version of the data. If you play a CD or DVD-video, you should not see that message, because the player no longer has to downsample the digital output (for copy protection). Some other brands of DVD-A players turn off the digital output when playing DVD-A. Panasonic chooses to supply a downsampled version through the digital output.
If you are getting multichannel analog output, I think you can be sure the player is not using downsampled data, because the downsampling reduces the signal to stereo. As you say, "why would it do that?" anyway. There would be no reason to design the player to degrade the signal used for producing analog outputs.
Does that change anything of what you wrote?
I just now understood your follow-up question. No, the fact that you are listening in stereo does not change my opinion that the player is using hi-res data to generate the analog outputs, even when a downsampled version is being supplied to the digital output.
-Bobby
Jimby's message is a more technical version of what I said (I think). Anyway, I agree with jimby.
-Bobby
I'm pretty sure what you describe is what the downsample message means. Not sure if it is downsamling to 44.1 or 48.0, but it sounds like the original sample rate of the DVD-A is higher than that. If you have a standalone CDR burner or a DAT deck you could run your DVD player into one of those (digi connection) to confirm if the DVD-A is being downsampled to 44.1 or 48.0.....Is there a command on the DVD player (or remote) to chose LPCM?
that does nothing.
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