Pioneer VSX-1014TX Using the surround back channel Extended mode, 05Listening to your system, Neo

05Listening to your system

Using the surround back channel (Extended mode)

• Default setting: Extended 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

6.1or 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 the Extended mode 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))

TUNER

TUNING/

MIDNIGHT/

ACOUSTIC

DIALOG

MULTI CH

SIGNAL

EXTENDED

SPEAKERS

EDIT

STATION

BAND

MPX

LOUDNESS

TONE

EQ

ENHANCEMENT

IN

SELECT

MODE

TUNER

MULTI

MULTI

CONTROL

JOG

JOG

VIDEO2 INPUT

SYSTEM

RETURN

INPUT

FL

MCACC

SETUP

ATT

DIMMER

SETUP MIC

MULTI JOG

PHONES

DIGITAL IN

S-VIDEO

VIDEO

L

AUDIO

R

•Press EXTENDED MODE (front panel) repeatedly to cycle the surround back channel options.

Each press cycles through the options as follows:

•Extended ON – 6.1 or 7.1 decoding is always used (for example, a surround back channel will be generated for 5.1 encoded material)

•Extended AUTO – Automatically switches to 6.1 or 7.1 decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES)

•Extended OFF – Maximum 5.1 playback

Note

•You must have surround back speakers connected (and set to LARGE or SMALL in the Speaker Setting on page 44) and the Surround back speaker setting on page 38 must be set to Normal (SB) to hear the surround back channel.

•You can’t use the surround back channel with headphones, the STEREO / DIRECT mode.

•You can’t hear the surround back channel with DTS 96kHz/24 bit or PCM 96/88.2kHz sources.

Type of source

Extended

mode

Standard / THX

Multichannel	Stereo sources
sources	2Pro Logic II x 2 Pro Logic	Neo:6

Advanced surround

Dolby Digital EX/DTS-ES encoded	ON
multichannel source with 6.1ch
	AUTO
surround
Dolby Digital/DTS encoded	ON
multichannel source
	AUTO
Dolby Digital encoded stereo source;	ON
other digital stereo source
	AUTO
DTS encoded stereo source	ON
	AUTO
Analog 2-channel (stereo) source	ON
	AUTO

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