Using The Surround Back; Channel (Sb Ch) - Pioneer VSX-D712 Operating Instructions Manual

05 Playing sources

Using the Surround Back

Channel (SB CH)

• Default setting: SB ON (VSX-D812), SB
OFF (VSX-D712)
You can have the receiver automatically
switch to Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES
decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (SB
AUTO), or you can choose to listen to other
kinds of sources (for example, 5.1 encoded
material) with 6.1 encoding (SB ON). 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 origi-
nally encoded, in which case you can simply
switch the surround back channel off (SB
OFF).
The table indicates when you will hear the
surround back channel.
Type of source
DTS-ES/Dolby Digital
Matrix encoded
multi-channel sources
with 6.1 surround
Dolby Digital/DTS
encoded multi-channel
sources
Dolby Digital/DTS
encoded stereo sources,
Stereo sources
Analog 2-channel
(stereo) source
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En
SB CH
STANDARD
MODE
decoding
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
• Press SB CH MODE (front panel)
repeatedly to cycle the surround back
channel options.
Each press cycles through the options as
follows:
SB OFF
• You can't use the surround back channel
if the Surround back speaker setting on
page 46 is set to SB
D812 only).
• You can't hear the surround back channel
with DTS 96kHz/24 bit sources.
STANDARD
MOVIE/MUSIC/
NEO:6 CINEMA/
PROLOGIC NEO:6 MUSIC
SB ON
SB AUTO
or SB SW (VSX-
ADVANCED SURROUND
All modes