Listening to your system

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT

 

EXTENDED

ACOUSTIC

 

 

 

Using the surround back channel

 

FL DIMMER

SPEAKERS

 

 

 

 

ATT

MODE

EQ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Extended mode)

 

 

BAND

/STATION

EDIT

TONE

SETUP

SETUP RETURN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNING

TUNER

 

 

QUICK

SYSTEM

 

 

• Default setting: EXT. ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MULTI JOG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can have the receiver automatically use 6.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illustration shows the VSX-815/915 front panel

or 7.1 decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for

• Press EXTENDED MODE (front panel) to

example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES), or you

can choose to always use 6.1 or 7.1 decoding

select a surround back channel option.

(for example, with 5.1 encoded material). With

Press repeatedly to select between:

5.1 encoded sources, a surround back channel

EXT. ON – 6.1 or 7.1 decoding is always

will be generated, but the material may sound

used (for example, a surround back

better in the 5.1 format for which it was

channel will be generated for 5.1 encoded

originally encoded (in which case, you can

material)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

simply switch the Extended mode off).1

EXT. AUTO – Automatically switches to 6.1

 

 

 

 

or 7.1 decoding for 6.1 encoded sources

 

 

 

 

(for example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES)

 

 

 

 

EXT. OFF – Maximum 5.1 playback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extended

 

Standard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced

 

Type of source

Multichannel

Stereo sources

 

 

 

 

 

mode

 

 

 

 

surround

 

 

sources 2Pro Logic II x 2 Pro Logic

 

Neo:6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dolby Digital EX/

ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

DTS-ES/WMA9 Pro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

encoded multi-

AUTO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

channel source with

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.1/7.1ch surround

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dolby Digital/DTS/

ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

WMA9 Pro encoded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

multichannel source

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dolby Digital/WMA9

ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Pro/DTS encoded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

stereo source; other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

digital stereo source

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analog 2-channel

ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(stereo) source

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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* Excluding WMA9 Pro format

Note

1• You must have surround back speakers connected (and set to LARGE or SMALL in the Speaker setting on page 51) and (VSX-

915only) the Surround back speaker setting on page 46 must be set to SB NORM. to hear the surround back channel.

You can’t use the surround back channel with headphones, or the STEREO / DIRECT or AUTO SURR. modes.

You can’t hear the surround back channel with DTS 96kHz/24 bit sources or PCM 96/88.2kHz sources.

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VSX-815-S/-K, VSX-915-S/-K specifications

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