Pioneer VSX-52TX Using the surround back channel, Extended mode, 05Listening to your system, Neo

05Listening to your system

Using the surround back channel

• Press EXTENDED MODE (front panel) repeatedly

(Extended mode)

to cycle the surround back channel options.

Each press cycles through the options as follows:

• Default setting: Extended ON

• Extended ON – 6.1 or 7.1 decoding is always used

You can have the receiver automatically use 6.1 or 7.1

(for example, a surround back channel will be

decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for example, Dolby

generated for 5.1 encoded material)

Digital EX or DTS-ES), or you can choose to always use

• Extended AUTO – Automatically switches to 6.1 or

6.1 or 7.1 decoding (for example, with 5.1 encoded

7.1 decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for example,

material). With 5.1 encoded sources, a surround back

Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES)

channel will be generated, but the material may sound

• Extended OFF – Maximum 5.1 playback

better in the 5.1 format for which it was originally

encoded (in which case, you can simply switch the

Extended mode off).

Note

The table below indicates when you will hear the

• You must have surround back speakers connected

surround back channel when playing various kinds of

(and set to LARGE or SMALL in the Speaker Setting on

sources. (

=Sound plays through surround back

page 44) and the Surround back speaker setting on

speaker(s))

page 38 must be set to Normal (SB) to hear the

surround back channel.

• You can’t use the surround back channel with

CONTROL

MULTI

MIDNIGHT/

MULTI

DIALOG

MULTI CH

SIGNAL

EXTENDED

TUNER

TUNING/

ACOUSTIC

SPEAKERS

EDIT

STATION

BAND

MPX LOUDNESS

TONE EQ

ENHANCEMENT

IN

SELECT

MODE

TUNER

JOG

JOG

headphones, the STEREO / DIRECT mode.

SYSTEM

MULTI ROOM

MCACC

VIDEO2 INPUT

SETUP

RETURN

CONTROL

ON/OFF

SETUP MIC

MULTI JOG

• You can’t hear the surround back channel with DTS

PHONES

MULTI JOG

96kHz/24 bit or PCM 96/88.2kHz sources.

DIGITAL IN

S-VIDEO

VIDEO

L AUDIO

R

Extended

Standard / THX

Advanced

Type of source

Multichannel

Stereo sources

mode

surround

sources

2Pro Logic II x 2 Pro Logic

Neo:6

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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