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Using surround back channel processing
• Default setting: SB ON
You can have the receiver automatically use 6.1 decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for example, Dolby Digital EX or
switch surround back processing off).1
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 speakers).
•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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Note
1You can’t use the surround back channel with headphones, the STEREO / DIRECT mode, or if the surround back speaker is set to NO in Speaker Setting on page 42. Also, the Surround back speaker setting on page 36 must be set to Normal (SB) to hear the surround back channel.
2• You 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 42 (however, the surround back speaker must be set to NO).
•Depending on the input signal and the Listening Mode, the Virtual Surround Back mode may not be effective.
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