Listening to your system

05

Using the Virtual Surround Back

• Press EXTENDED MODE (front panel) repeatedly

mode (VirtualSB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to cycle the virtual surround back channel options.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each press cycles through the options as follows:

When you’re not using surround back speakers,

• VirtualSB ON – Virtual Surround Back is always used

selecting this mode allows you to hear a virtual surround

(for example, on 5.1 encoded material)

back channel through your surround speakers. For

• VirtualSB AUTO – Virtual Surround Back is

example, you can choose to listen to sources with no

surround back channel information (for example, 5.1

automatically applied to 6.1 encoded sources (for

encoded material) with emulated 6.1 encoding

example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES)

(VirtualSB ON). Sometimes the material may sound

• VirtualSB OFF – Virtual Surround Back mode is

better in the 5.1 format for which it was originally

switched off

 

 

 

encoded. In this case you can have the receiver only

 

 

 

 

apply this effect to 6.1 encoded sources like Dolby Digital

Note

 

 

 

EX or DTS-ES (VirtualSB AUTO), or you can simply

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

switch it off (VirtualSB OFF).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• You can’t use the Virtual Surround Back mode with

The table indicates when you will hear the virtual

headphones, or with the THX or STEREO / DIRECT

surround back channel. (

=Virtual surround back

modes.

 

 

 

channel is active)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• 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 44.

 

 

TUNER

TUNING/

 

MIDNIGHT/

 

ACOUSTIC

 

DIALOG

MULTI CH

SIGNAL

EXTENDED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT

STATION

BAND

MPX LOUDNESS

TONE

EQ

ENHANCEMENT

IN

SELECT

MODE SPEAKERS

 

 

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

 

 

TUNER

MULTI

 

 

 

MULTI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JOG

 

 

 

JOG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MULTI ROOM

 

 

 

 

VIDEO2 INPUT

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

SYSTEM

 

 

MCACC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RETURN

CONTROL

ON/OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SETUP

SETUP MIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The Virtual Surround Back mode cannot be applied

 

 

MULTI JOG

MULTI JOG

 

 

 

DIGITAL IN

S-VIDEO

VIDEO

L AUDIO R

 

 

 

 

PHONES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to sources that do not have surround channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VirtualSB

 

 

 

Standard

 

Advanced

 

 

Type of source

 

 

 

 

 

Multichannel

Stereo sources

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode

 

 

surround

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sources

2Pro Logic II 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/DTS encoded stereo

 

 

 

ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

source; other digital stereo source

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analog 2-channel (stereo) source

 

 

 

ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pioneer VSX-9100TX operating instructions Listening to your system Using the Virtual Surround Back, Mode VirtualSB
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