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Listening to your system, Using the surround back channel

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05 Listening to your system Using the surround back channel • Default setting: SB CH ON You can have the receiver automatically use 6.1 or 7.1 decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES), or you can choose to always use 6.1 or 7.1 decoding with other sources (for example, 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 surround back channel off. The table below indicates when you will hear the surround back channel when playing various kinds of sources. ì=Sound plays through surround back channel speaker(s) • Press SB CH MODE repeatedly to cycle through the surround back channel options. Each press changes the setting as follows (see the table above for an explanation of each): • SB CH ON - 6.1 or 7.1 encoding is always used (for example, on 5.1 encoded material) • SB CH AUTO - Automatically switches to 6.1 or 7.1 decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES) • SB CH OFF - Surround back channel is switched off Note • You will only hear the surround back channel when you've selected Normal Surround in the Surround back speaker setting on page 50. Changing the speaker system may automatically change this setting (see notes below). • If the surround back speaker is set to NO in Speaker Setting on page 50, or you have selected a Second Zone speaker B setup, you can only use the virtual surround back effect (see next page). • You can't use the surround back channel setting with MULTI CH IN or STEREO/DIRECT. • You can't use the surround back channel featune with or sources over 48kHz when using one of the digital inputs. 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 SB CH mode ON AUTO ON AUTO ON AUTO ON AUTO Surround modes (Basic) Multichannel Stereo sources sources 2 Pro Logic II x 2 Pro Logic NEO:6 ì ì ì ì ì ì ì ì ì ì ì Advanced effects 42 En

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Listening to your system
05
42
En
Using the surround back channel
•
Default setting:
SB CH ON
You can have the receiver automatically use 6.1 or 7.1
decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for example, Dolby
Digital EX or DTS-ES), or you can choose to always use
6.1 or 7.1 decoding with other sources (for example, 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 surround back channel off. The table below
indicates when you will hear the surround back channel
when playing various kinds of sources.
³
=Sound plays
through surround back channel speaker(s)
•
Press SB CH MODE repeatedly to cycle through
the surround back channel options.
Each press changes the setting as follows (see the table
above for an explanation of each):
•
SB CH ON
– 6.1 or 7.1 encoding is always used (for
example, on 5.1 encoded material)
•
SB CH AUTO
– Automatically switches to 6.1 or 7.1
decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for example,
Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES)
•
SB CH OFF
– Surround back channel is switched off
Note
•
You will only hear the surround back channel when
you’ve selected
Normal Surround
in the
Surround
back speaker setting
on page 50. Changing the
speaker system may automatically change this
setting (see notes below).
•
If the surround back speaker is set to
NO
in
Speaker
Setting
on page 50, or you have selected a Second
Zone speaker B setup, you can only use the virtual
surround back effect (see next page).
•
You can’t use the surround back channel setting with
MULTI CH IN
or
STEREO
/
DIRECT
.
•
You can’t use the surround back channel featune
with or sources over 48kHz when using one of the
digital inputs.
Type of source
SB CH
mode
Surround modes (Basic)
Advanced
effects
Multichannel
sources
Stereo sources
2
Pro Logic
II x
2
Pro Logic
NEO:6
Dolby Digital EX/DTS-ES encoded
multichannel source with 6.1ch
surround
ON
³
³
AUTO
³
³
Dolby Digital/DTS encoded
multichannel source
ON
³
³
AUTO
³
Dolby Digital/DTS encoded stereo
source; other digital stereo source
ON
³
³
³
AUTO
³
³
³
Analog 2-channel (stereo) source
ON
³
³
³
AUTO
³
³
³