Choosing The Input Signal; Using Surround Back Channel Processing; Using The Virtual Surround Back Mode - Pioneer VSX-1016TXV-K Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to your system

Choosing the input signal

You need to hook up a component to both analog and
digital inputs on the receiver to select between input
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signals.
THX STANDARD
MULTI OPE AUTO SURR
SHIFT EFFECT/CH SEL
RECEIVER
• Press SIGNAL SEL (SIGNAL SELECT ) to select the
input signal corresponding to the source component.
Each press cycles through the options as follows:
• AUTO – This is the default setting. The receiver
selects the first available signal in the following
order: DIGITAL; ANALOG.
• ANALOG – Selects an analog signal.
• DIGITAL – Selects an optical or coaxial digital signal.
When set to DIGITAL or AUTO, 2 DIGITAL lights with
Dolby Digital decoding, DTS lights with DTS decoding,
and WMA9 Pro lights to indicate decoding of a WMA9
Pro signal.

Using surround back channel processing

• Default setting: SBch 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 (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 surround
back channel processing off).
Note
1 • This receiver can only play back Dolby Digital, PCM (32 kHz to 96 kHz), DTS (including DTS 96 kHz/24 bit) and WMA9 Pro digital signal formats. With
other digital signal formats, set to ANALOG (the MULTI CH IN and TUNER functions are all fixed to ANALOG).
• You may get digital noise when a LD or CD player compatible with DTS is playing an analog signal. To prevent noise, make the proper digital connec-
tions (page 15) and set the signal input to DIGITAL.
• Some DVD players don't output DTS signals. For more details, refer to the instruction manual supplied with your DVD player.
2 • You can't use the Virtual Surround Back mode with headphones, or with the THX, XM HD Surround, STEREO or 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 37.
• Depending on the input signal and the listening mode, the Virtual Surround Back mode may not be effective.
ADV.SURR STEREO
ACOUSTIC EQ SIGNAL SEL
The table below indicates when you will hear the
surround back channel when playing various kinds of
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sources. ( =Sound plays through surround back
speaker(s))
TV
DVD
CD CD-R
SLEEP
SR+
DIALOG E
• Press RECEIVER then press SBch (SBch
PROCESSING) repeatedly to cycle the surround back
channel options.
Each press cycles through the options as follows:
• SBch ON – 6.1 or 7.1 decoding is always used (for
example, a surround back channel will be generated
for 5.1 encoded material)
• SBch AUTO – Automatically switches to 6.1 or 7.1
decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for example,
Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES)
• SBch OFF – Maximum 5.1 playback

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.
The table indicates when you will hear the virtual
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surround back channel. (
channel is active)
• Press RECEIVER then press SBch (SBch
PROCESSING) 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)
DVR 2
DVR1 TV CTRL
XM RADIO
TUNER RECEIVER
ANALOG
SB ch
ATT
DIMMER MIDNIGHT/
LOUDNESS
PHASE S.RETRIEVER
=Virtual surround back
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