Listening to your system | 05 |
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)).
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•Press RECEIVER then press SB ch (SB ch PROCESSING) repeatedly to cycle the surround back channel options.
Each press cycles through the options as follows:
•SBch ON – 6.1 or 7.1 decoding is always used (for example, a surround back channel will be generated for 5.1 encoded material)
•SBch AUTO – Automatically switches to 6.1 or 7.1 decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for example, Dolby Digital EX or
•SBch OFF – Maximum 5.1 playback
Using the Virtual Surround Back mode
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 (=Virtual surround back channel is active).
•Press RECEIVER then press SB ch (SB ch PROCESSING) repeatedly to cycle the virtual surround back channel options.
Each press cycles through the options as follows:
•VirtualSB ON – Virtual Surround Back is always used (for example, on 5.1 encoded material)
•VirtualSB AUTO – Virtual Surround Back is automatically applied to 6.1 encoded sources (for example, Dolby Digital EX or
•VirtualSB OFF – Virtual Surround Back mode is switched off
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a. Only applicable when using the Virtual Surround Back mode. b. Excluding the WMA9 Pro format.
c. Not applicable when using the Virtual Surround Back mode.
Note
1• You can’t use the Virtual Surround Back mode when the headphones are connected to this receiver or when any of the THX, XM HD Surround, stereo, Front Stage Surround Advance or Stream Direct mode is selected.
•You can only use the Virtual Surround Back mode if the surround speakers are on and the Surr Back setting is set to NO in the Speaker Setting on page 40.
•Depending on the input signal and the listening mode, the Virtual Surround Back mode may not be effective.
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