Philips 4000 series - Choosing an Audio Format; Turning off the TV Screen While Listening to Music

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Choosing an audio format

AftermakingtherequiredHDMI

ARC,eARC,orS/PDIFopticalconnection,gotoSettings>Audio>

S/PDIFandARCoptionandselecttheaudioformattouse.

ChoosingAutodetectistheeasysolution,andgenerallyprovidesgoodresults.However,ifyouhavea

high‐endsoundsystemandwanttomakesureyou

aregettingthebestsoundqualityavailableinthe

programsyouarewatching,youcanchooseanothersetting.

 Autodetect–Automaticallydetectstheincomingaudioformatandtranscodesittoa

compatibleavailableformatfortheaudiooutput(ARC,eARC,orS/PDIF).

 Autopassthrough–Passesthroughthe

inputaudiototheconnectedreceiverwithout

transcoding,sometimesresultinginbetteraudioqualityespeciallyforhigh‐endaudioformats

suchasthosethattakeadvantageofthehigherbandwidthofeARC,includingDolbyMATand

DolbyDigitalPlus7.1,amongothers.

 PCM‐Stereo–Alwaysoutputspulse‐code

modulatedstereo,regardlessofinputaudioformat.

 DolbyDigital–ConvertsallinputformatstoDolbyDigital.

 DolbyDigitalPlus–Convertsallinp utformatstoDolbyDigitalPlus.

 DolbyDigital–DTS–ConvertsallinputsexceptDTStoDolbyDigital.IfDTSisdetectedandthe

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receiversupportsDTS,passesthroughtheDTSaudiowithoutmodification.

 DolbyDigitalPlus–DTS–ConvertsallinputformatsexceptDTStoDolbyDigitalPlus.IfDTSis

detectedandthereceiversupportsDTS,passesthroughtheDTSaudiowithoutmodification.

Note:DTSaudioformatsaremeantto

beusedwithARC,eARC,orS/PDIFconnectionstoaDTS‐

capablehometheaterreceiver.IfyouuseoneoftheDTSoptionswiththeTVspeakers,youmightnot

hearanyaudio.

Turning off the TV screen while listening to music

CertainmusicchannelsenableyoutoturnofftheTVscreenwhilestreamingmusictoyourTVspeakers,

soundbar,orhometheaterreceiver.

ToturnofftheTVscreenonsupportedchannels:

1. PressSTARtodisplaytheOptionsmenu.

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