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Using the Virtual Surround Back mode
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 DTS-ES.
1
The table indicates when you will hear the virtual
surround back channel (
=Virtual surround back
channel is active).
• Press
SBch
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
1 • You can’t use the Virtual Surround Back mode when the headphones are connected to this receiver or when any of the stereo, Front Stage Surround
Advance, Auto level control stereo or Stream Direct mode is selected.
• You can only use the Virtual Surround Back mode if the surround speakers are on and the SB setting is set to NO in the Speaker Setting on page 48.
• The Virtual Surround Back mode cannot be applied to sources that do not have surround channel information.
Type of source
SBch
Processing /
Virtual SB
mode
Standard
Advanced
surround
Multichannel
sources
Stereo sources
2
Pro Logic IIx
2 Pro Logic Neo:6
Dolby Digital EX/DTS-ES 5.1 ch
sources with 6.1 ch flagged
ON
AUTO
Dolby Digital/DTS/SACD and DVD-
Audio 5.1 ch sources
ON
AUTO
Dolby Digital/DTS/PCM/SACD/WMA9
Pro and DVD-Audio stereo sources
ON
a
AUTO
b
Analog 2-channel (stereo) sources ON
a
AUTO
b
DTS-HD Master Audio/DTS-HD/Dolby
Digital Plus/Dolby TrueHD/WMA9 Pro
encoded and PCM 6.1 ch/7.1 ch
sources
ON
c
AUTO
c
Dolby Digital Plus/Dolby TrueHD/
WMA9 Pro encoded and PCM 5.1 ch
sources
ON
c
AUTO
c
DTS-HD Master Audio/DTS-HD/
DTS-EXPRESS encoded 5.1 ch
sources
ON
d
c
AUTO
d
c
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