Pioneer VSX-515-K Owner's Manual - Page 33

English Deutsch Français Italiano Nederlands Español Listening to your system 05 Using the surround back channel (Extended mode) VSX-515 model only • Default setting: EXT. ON You can have the receiver automatically use 6.1 decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES), or you can choose to always use 6.1 decoding (for example, with 5.1 encoded material). With 5.1 encoded sources, a surround back channel will be generated, but the material may sound better in the 5.1 format for which it was originally encoded (in which case, you can simply switch the Extended mode off).1 • Press EXTENDED MODE (front panel) to select a surround back channel option. Each press cycles through the options as follows: • EXT. ON - 6.1 decoding is always used (for example, a surround back channel will be generated for 5.1 encoded material) • EXT. AUTO - Automatically switches to 6.1 decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES) • EXT. OFF - Maximum 5.1 playback Type of source Standard Extended mode Multichannel Stereo sources sources 2 Pro Logic II x 2 Pro Logic Dolby Digital EX/ ON ì DTS-ES/WMA9 Pro encoded multi- AUTO ì channel source with 6.1/7.1ch surround Dolby Digital/DTS/ ON ì WMA9 Pro encoded multichannel source AUTO Dolby Digital/WMA9 ON ì Pro/DTS encoded stereo source; other AUTO ì digital stereo source Analog 2-channel ON ì (stereo) source AUTO ì Neo:6 ì ì ì ì Advanced surround ì* ì* ì ì * Excluding WMA9 Pro format Note 1 • You can't use the surround back channel with headphones, the STEREO / DIRECT mode, the AUTO SURR. mode, or if the surround back speaker is set to NO in Speaker setting on page 42. • You can't hear the surround back channel with DTS 96kHz/24 bit or PCM 96 kHz sources. 33 En