LG 42LW5500 Owner's Manual

This function allows you to select your preferred Digital Audio Output.

When Dolby Digital is available, selecting Auto in the Digital Audio Out menu will set SPDIF(Sony

Philips Digital InterFace) output to Dolby Digital.

If Auto is selected in the digital audio out menu when Dolby Digital is not available, SPDIF output will 

be PCM(Pulse-code modulation).

Even if both Dolby Digital and Audio language have been set in a channel which broadcast Dolby

Digital Audio, only Dolby Digital will be played.
Item

Auto

MPEG

Dolby Digital

Dolby Digital Plus

HE-AAC

PCM

Dolby Digital

Dolby Digital

Dolby Digital

PCM

All

PCM

Turns on the internal speaker of the TV when using an external Hi-Fi system. You can use the TV 

speaker as an audio output device even if there is no video input.

 

y

When the

 TV speaker is turned off while the Simplink home theatre is operating, the sound  

 

output automatically switches to the Home theatre speaker, but when the 

 TV speaker is  

 

turned on, the sound output the 

 TV speaker.

 

y

Some menus in 

AUDIO are disabled when  TV speaker is set to Off.

When using an external audio device with the ARC (Audio Return Channel) feature, SPDIF can be 

output using only a High Speed HDMI cable without an additional optical cable.

 

y

Some HDMI cables may not support this mode. (A High Speed HDMI cable is recommended.)

 

y

The ARC mode only works on the HDMI 1 input on the TV.

 

y

Activates the SIMPLINK feature to use this feature.

Option
On

If the device with the ARC feature is turned on, the device speaker is 

automatically used when SIMPLINK is enabled.

Off

Even if the device with the ARC feature is turned on and SIMPLINK is 

enabled, the device speaker is not automatically used.

When different audio types exist in an input signal, this function allows you to select the audio type

you want. 
Mode
Auto

Automatically outputs in the order 

HE-AAC > Dolby Digital+ > Dolby 

Digital > MPEG.(Except for Italy)

Automatically outputs in the order 

HE-AAC > Dolby Digital+ > MPEG 

> 

Dolby Digital.(Only Italy)

HE-AAC, 

Dolby Digital+, Dolby Digital, 

MPEG

Allows users to select the audio type they want.

ex) If 

MPEG is selected, MPEG is always outputted.

      If 

MPEG is not supported, another audio type is set in that order.

If the video and sound are not synced, you can adjust it manually.

(-) setting : Make audio output faster than the default.
(+) setting : Make audio output slower than the default.
Option
AV Sync.

Adjusts the sync of the TV speaker and SPDIF.

TV Speaker

Adjusts the sync of the sound from the TV's internal speaker.

SPDIF (Sony Philips Digital 

InterFace)

Adjusts the sync of the sound from an external speaker connected to 

the digital audio output port.