Listening to your system
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The table below indicates when you will hear the surround back channel ( =Sound plays through surround back speaker(s)).
•Press SB ch (SB ch PROCESSING) to select a surround back channel option.
Each press cycles through the following:
•SB ON – 6.1 decoding is always used (for example, a surround back channel will be generated for 5.1 encoded material)
•SB AUTO – Automatically switches to 6.1 decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for example, Dolby Digital EX or
•SB OFF – Maximum 5.1 playback
Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB)
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
The table indicates when you will hear the virtual surround back channel ( =Sound plays through surround speaker(s)).
•Press SB ch (SB ch PROCESSING) to select a virtual surround back channel option. Each press cycles through the following:
•VSB ON – Virtual Surround Back is always used (for example, on 5.1 encoded material)
•VSB AUTO – Virtual Surround Back is automatically applied to 6.1 encoded sources (for example, Dolby Digital EX or
•VSB OFF – Virtual Surround Back mode is switched off
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aExcluding WMA9 Pro format
bOnly applicable when using the Virtual Surround Back mode.
cNot applicable when using the Virtual Surround Back mode.
Note
1You can’t use virtual surround back with headphones, the STEREO / DIRECT mode, or if the surround speaker is set to NO in Speaker setting on page 28 (however, the surround back speaker must be set to NO).
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