Listening to your system
05
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En
Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB)
When you’re not using surround back
speakers, selecting this mode allows you to
hear a virtual surround back channel through
your surround speakers. You can choose to
listen to sources with no surround back
channel information, or if the material sounds
better in the format (for example, 5.1) for which
it was originally encoded, you can have the
receiver only apply this effect to 6.1 encoded
sources like Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES.
1
The table indicates when you will hear the
virtual surround back channel (
=Sound
plays through surround speaker(s)).
•
Press SB ch (SB ch PROCESSING) to select
a virtual surround back channel option.
Each press cycles through the following:
•
VSB ON
– Virtual Surround Back is always
used (for example, on 5.1 encoded
material)
•
VSB AUTO
– Virtual Surround Back is
automatically applied to 6.1 encoded
sources (for example, Dolby Digital EX or
DTS-ES)
•
VSB OFF
– Virtual Surround Back mode is
switched off
a Excluding WMA9 Pro format
b Only applicable when using the Virtual Surround Back mode.
c Not applicable when using the Virtual Surround Back mode.
Using Midnight and Loudness
The Midnight listening feature allows you to
hear effective surround sound of movies at low
volume levels. The effect automatically adjusts
according to the volume at which you’re
listening. The Loudness listening feature can
be used to get good bass and treble from
music sources at low volume levels.
•
Press MIDNIGHT (MIDNIGHT/LOUDNESS)
to switch between MIDNIGHT, LOUDNESS,
and OFF.
Note
1 • The Virtual Surround Back mode is not effective when using headphones, the Stream Direct, Stereo, Front Stage Surround
Advance mode. It is also unavailable if the surround speaker is set to
NO
in
Speaker Setting
on page 41 (however, the surround
back
speaker
must
be set to
NO
).
• Depending on the input signal and the Listening Mode, the Virtual Surround Back mode may not be effective.
Type of source
SBch
Processing /
Virtual SB
mode
Standard
Advanced
surround
Multichannel
sources
Stereo sources
2
Pro Logic II x
2
Pro Logic
Neo:6
Dolby Digital EX/DTS-ES/
WMA9 Pro encoded
multichannel sources with
6.1ch surround
ON
a
AUTO
a
Dolby Digital/DTS/WMA9 Pro
encoded multichannel
sources
ON
a
AUTO
a
Dolby Digital/DTS/WMA9 Pro
encoded stereo source; other
digital stereo source
ON
a
,
b
a
AUTO
c
a
Analog 2-channel (stereo)
sources
ON
b
AUTO
c
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