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Listening to your system, Using the Virtual Surround Back, mode VSB

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05 Listening to your system Using the Virtual Surround Back mode (VSB) Selecting this mode allows you to hear a virtual 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 (VSB ON). Sometimes the material may sound better in the 5.1 format for which it was originally encoded. In this case you can simply switch it off (VSB OFF) or (VSX-515 model only) have the receiver only apply this effect to 6.1 encoded sources like Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES (VSB AUTO).1 The table indicates when you will hear the virtual surround back channel. • Press EXTENDED MODE / VSB MODE (front panel) to select a virtual surround back channel option. Each press cycles through the options as follows: • VSB ON - Virtual Surround Back is always used (for example, on 5.1 encoded material) • VSB AUTO - (VSX-515 model only) Virtual Surround Back is automatically applied to 6.1 encoded sources (for example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES) • VSB OFF - Virtual Surround Back mode is switched off Type of source Dolby Digital EX/ DTS-ES encoded multichannel source with 6.1ch surround Dolby Digital/DTS encoded multichannel source Dolby Digital/DTS encoded stereo source; other digital stereo source Analog 2-channel (stereo) source VSB mode ON AUTO ON AUTO ON AUTO ON AUTO Standard Multichannel Stereo sources sources 2 Pro Logic II 2 Pro Logic ì ì ì ì ì ì ì Neo:6 ì ì ì ì Advanced surround ì ì ì ì ì ì ì ì Note 1 You can't use the Virtual Surround Back mode with headphones or with the STEREO / DIRECT mode. VSX-415 model only • You can't use the Virtual Surround Back mode if the Speaker setting on page 38 is set to S∗. VSX-515 model only • You can only use the Virtual Surround Back mode if the surround speakers are on and the surround back speaker is set to NO in Speaker setting on page 42. •You can't adjust the surround back channel level when you're listening to the virtual surround back channel. 34 En

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Listening to your system
05
34
En
Using the Virtual Surround Back
mode (VSB)
Selecting this mode allows you to hear a virtual
back channel through your surround speakers.
For example, you can choose to listen to
sources with no surround back channel infor-
mation (for example, 5.1 encoded material)
with emulated 6.1 encoding (
VSB ON
). Some-
times the material may sound better in the 5.1
format for which it was originally encoded. In
this case you can simply switch it off (
VSB OFF
)
or
(VSX-515 model only)
have the receiver only
apply this effect to 6.1 encoded sources like
Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES (
VSB AUTO
).
1
The table indicates when you will hear the
virtual surround back channel.
•
Press
EXTENDED MODE
/
VSB MODE
(front panel) to select a virtual surround back
channel option.
Each press cycles through the options as
follows:
•
VSB ON
– Virtual Surround Back is always
used (for example, on 5.1 encoded
material)
•
VSB AUTO
–
(VSX-515 model only)
Virtual
Surround Back is automatically applied to
6.1 encoded sources (for example, Dolby
Digital EX or DTS-ES)
•
VSB OFF
– Virtual Surround Back mode is
switched off
Note
1
You can’t use the Virtual Surround Back mode with headphones or with the
STEREO
/
DIRECT
mode.
VSX-415 model only
• You can’t use the Virtual Surround Back mode if the
Speaker setting
on page 38 is set to
S
∗
.
VSX-515 model only
• You can only use the Virtual Surround Back mode if the surround speakers are on and the surround back speaker is set to
NO
in
Speaker setting
on page 42.
•You can’t adjust the surround back channel level when you’re listening to the virtual surround back channel.
Type of source
VSB
mode
Standard
Advanced
surround
Multichannel
sources
Stereo sources
2
Pro Logic
II
2
Pro Logic
Neo:6
Dolby Digital EX/
DTS-ES encoded
multichannel source
with 6.1ch surround
ON
¹
¹
AUTO
¹
¹
Dolby Digital/DTS
encoded
multichannel source
ON
¹
¹
AUTO
¹
Dolby Digital/DTS
encoded stereo
source; other digital
stereo source
ON
¹
¹
¹
¹
AUTO
¹
¹
Analog 2-channel
(stereo) source
ON
¹
¹
¹
¹
AUTO
¹
¹