
Listening to your system
06
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 infor- mation (for example, 5.1 encoded material) with emulated 6.1 encoding (VSB ON). Some- times 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) or
Dolby Digital EX or
The table indicates when you will hear the virtual surround back channel.
•Press EXTENDED MODE / VSB MODE (front panel) to select a virtual surround back channel option.
Each press cycles through the options as follows:
•VSB ON – Virtual Surround Back is always used (for example, on 5.1 encoded material)
•VSB AUTO –
•VSB OFF – Virtual Surround Back mode is switched off
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Dolby Digital EX/ | ON |
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Dolby Digital/DTS | ON |
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Dolby Digital/DTS | ON |
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Analog | ON |
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Note
1You can’t use the Virtual Surround Back mode with headphones or with the STEREO / DIRECT mode.
•You can’t use the Virtual Surround Back mode if the Speaker setting on page 41 is set to S∗.
VSX-515 model only
•You can only use the Virtual Surround Back mode if the surround speakers are on and the surround back speaker is set to NO in Speaker setting on page 48.
•You can’t adjust the surround back channel level when you’re listening to the virtual surround back channel.
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