Listening to your system
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Using surround back channel processing
• Default setting:
SBch ON
You can have the receiver automatically use 6.1 or 7.1
decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for example, Dolby
Digital EX or DTS-ES), or you can choose to always use
6.1 or 7.1 decoding (for example, with 5.1 encoded
material). With 5.1 encoded sources, a surround back
channel will be generated, but the material may sound
better in the 5.1 format for which it was originally
encoded (in which case, you can simply switch surround
back channel processing off).
The table below indicates when you will hear the
surround back channel when playing various kinds of
sources (
=Sound plays through surround back
speaker(s)).
•
Press SBch (SBch PROCESSING) repeatedly to cycle
the surround back channel options.
Each press cycles through the options as follows:
•
SBch ON
– 6.1 or 7.1 decoding is always used (for
example, a surround back channel will be generated
for 5.1 encoded material)
•
SBch AUTO
– Automatically switches to 6.1 or 7.1
decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for example,
Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES)
•
SBch OFF
– Maximum 5.1 playback
Using the Virtual Surround Back mode
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 (
=Virtual surround back
channel is active).
•
Press SBch (SBch PROCESSING) repeatedly to cycle
the virtual surround back channel options.
Each press cycles through the options as follows:
•
VirtualSB ON
– Virtual Surround Back is always used
(for example, on 5.1 encoded material)
•
VirtualSB AUTO
– Virtual Surround Back is
automatically applied to 6.1 encoded sources (for
example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES)
•
VirtualSB OFF
– Virtual Surround Back mode is
switched off
SHIFT
STATUS
STATUS
MCACC
S.DIRECT
MULTI OPE
SIGNAL SEL
T.DISP
SBch
STEREO/
F.S.SURR
ADV. SURR
STANDARD
PHASE
THX
RECEIVER
PHOTO
Note
1 • You can’t use the Virtual Surround Back mode when the headphones are connected to this receiver or when any of the
THX
, stereo, Front Stage
Surround Advance or Stream Direct mode is selected.
• You can only use the Virtual Surround Back mode if the surround speakers are on and the
Surr Back
setting is set to
NO
in the
Speaker Setting
on
page 47.
• The Virtual Surround Back mode cannot be applied to sources that do not have surround channel information.
Type of source
SBch
Processing /
Virtual SB
mode
Standard / THX
Advanced
surround
Multichannel
sources
Stereo sources
2
Pro Logic II x
2
Pro Logic
Neo:6
Dolby Digital EX/DTS-ES 5.1 ch sources with
6.1 ch flagged
ON
AUTO
Dolby Digital/DTS and DVD-Audio 5.1 ch
sources
ON
AUTO
c
Dolby Digital/DTS/PCM and DVD-Audio stereo
sources
ON
a
AUTO
b
Analog 2-channel (stereo) sources
ON
a
AUTO
b
DTS-HD Master Audio/DTS-HD/Dolby Digital
Plus/Dolby TrueHD/WMA9 Pro encoded and
PCM 6.1 ch/7.1 ch sources
ON
d
AUTO
d
Dolby Digital Plus/Dolby TrueHD/WMA9 Pro
(44.1 kHz/48 kHz) encoded and PCM 5.1 ch
sources
ON
d
AUTO
c
d
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