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 46) and the Surround back speaker setting on page 40 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

 

 

 

WMA9 Pro encoded multichannel

ON

source

 

AUTO

 

 

 

Dolby Digital/DTS/PCM encoded stereo

ON

source

 

AUTO

 

 

 

WMA9 Pro encoded stereo source

ON

 

 

 

AUTO

 

 

Analog 2-channel (stereo) source

ON

 

 

 

AUTO

 

 

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Pioneer VSX-1015TX operating instructions Type of source Extended Mode Standard / THX

VSX-1015TX specifications

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