05Listening to your system
Listening in stereo
When you select STEREO or DIRECT, you will hear the source through just the front left and right speakers (and possibly your subwoofer depending on your speaker settings). Dolby Digital and DTS multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo.
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Using the Virtual Surround Back mode (VSB)
Selecting this mode allows you to hear a virtual back channel through your surround speakers. For example, you can choose to listen to sources with no surround back channel information (for example, 5.1 encoded material) with emulated 6.1 encoding (VSB ON). Sometimes the material may sound better in the 5.1 format for which it was originally encoded. In this case you can simply switch it off (VSB OFF).
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•While listening to a source, press STEREO/DIRECT (STEREO on the remote control) for stereo playback.
Press repeatedly to switch between:
•STEREO – The audio is heard with your surround settings and you can still use the Midnight, Loudness, and Tone control functions.
•DIRECT – Bypass all effects and surround settings so that the audio remains as close to the source audio signal as possible.
If you switch on Midnight listening, Loud- ness, or the Tone controls when DIRECT is selected, the receiver automatically switches to STEREO.
•Press VSB MODE (front panel) repeat- edly to switch the virtual surround back channel on or off.
Note that this is only possible when you’re listening in surround sound (STANDARD or ADVANCED SURROUND should be selected).
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