User guide

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Setting default options
The Audio setup menu lets you select the 596 audio settings:
To select the digital audio format
● Highlight Digital format in the Audio setup menu, and press
Enter.
The Digital audio format menu is displayed:
● Press V or A to highlight the format you want, and press
Enter.
Choose Bitstream if you are connecting the 596 DVD Player to
an external digital surround processor.
Choose PCM to use the 596 on-board decoder to provide two
channel PCM audio on the digital output, suitable for feeding to
a digital preamplifier or DSP loudspeakers.
Note: The analogue outputs are not affected by this setting.
Selecting the audio settings