Using Virtual Surround Back (Vsb) - Pioneer VSX-516-S/-K Operating Instructions Manual

06 Listening to your system

Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB)

When you're not using surround back speaker,
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.
VSX-516 model only – The table indicates when
you will hear the virtual surround back channel
( =Sound plays through surround speaker).
Type of source
Dolby Digital EX/DTS-ES/
WMA9 Pro encoded
multichannel sources with
6.1ch surround
Dolby Digital/DTS/WMA9 Pro
encoded multichannel
sources
Dolby Digital/DTS/WMA9 Pro
encoded stereo source; other
digital stereo source
Analog 2-channel (stereo)
sources
a Excluding WMA9 Pro format
b Only applicable when using the Virtual Surround Back mode.
c Not applicable when using the Virtual Surround Back mode.
Note
1 • You can't use virtual surround back with headphones, the STEREO / DIRECT mode, or if the surround speaker is set to NO
in Speaker setting on page 38 (VSX-516 model only – however, the surround back speaker must be set to NO).
• Depending on the input signal and the Listening Mode, the Virtual Surround Back mode may not be effective.
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En
1
SBch
Processing /
Multichannel
Virtual SB
sources
mode
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
• Press SB ch PROCESSING / VSB MODE to
select a virtual surround back channel option.
Each press cycles through the following:
• VSB ON – Virtual Surround Back is always
used (for example, on 5.1 encoded
material)
• VSB AUTO (VSX-516 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
Standard
Stereo sources
2 Pro Logic II x 2 Pro Logic
a,b
c
b
c
Advanced
surround
Neo:6
a
a
a
a
a
a