Pioneer VSX-1015TX Owner's Manual - Page 37

Listening to your system 05 Using the Virtual Surround Back mode (VirtualSB) When you're not using surround back speakers, selecting this mode allows you to hear a virtual surround back channel through your surround speakers. For example, you can choose to listen to sources with no surround back channel information (for example, 5.1 encoded material) with emulated 6.1 encoding (VirtualSB ON). Sometimes the material may sound better in the 5.1 format for which it was originally encoded. In this case you can have the receiver only apply this effect to 6.1 encoded sources like Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES (VirtualSB AUTO), or you can simply switch it off (VirtualSB OFF). The table indicates when you will hear the virtual surround back channel. (ì=Virtual surround back channel is active) TUNER CONTROL TUNER EDIT TUNING/ STATION MULTI JOG SYSTEM SETUP RETURN BAND INPUT ATT MPX MIDNIGHT/ LOUDNESS FL DIMMER TONE ACOUSTIC DIALOG MULTI CH EQ ENHANCEMENT IN MULTI JOG SIGNAL SELECT EXTENDED MODE SPEAKERS MCACC SETUP MIC VIDEO2 INPUT PHONES MULTI JOG DIGITAL IN S-VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R • Press EXTENDED MODE (front panel) 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 DTS-ES) • VirtualSB OFF - Virtual Surround Back mode is switched off Note • You can't use the Virtual Surround Back mode with headphones, or with the THX or STEREO / DIRECT modes. • 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 46. • You can't hear the virtual surround back channel with DTS 96kHz/24 bit, PCM 96/88.2kHz, or WMA9 Pro sources. • The Virtual Surround Back mode cannot be applied to sources that do not have surround channel information. Type of source Dolby Digital EX/DTS-ES encoded multichannel source with 6.1ch surround VirtualSB mode Standard Multichannel Stereo sources sources 2 Pro Logic II 2 Pro Logic ON ì AUTO ì Neo:6 Advanced surround ì ì Dolby Digital/DTS encoded ON ì ì multichannel source AUTO ì Dolby Digital/DTS encoded stereo source; other digital stereo source ON AUTO ì ì ì ì ì ì Analog 2-channel (stereo) source ON ì ì ì ì AUTO ì ì 37 En