Using The Virtual Surround Back - Pioneer VSX-D812 Operating Instructions Manual

06 Playing sources
Using the Virtual Surround
Back mode (VSB)
Selecting this mode allows you to hear a
virtual back channel through your surround
speakers. For example, you can choose to
listen to sources with no surround back
channel information (for example, 5.1
encoded material) with emulated 6.1
encoding (VSB ON). Sometimes the material
may sound better in the 5.1 format for which
it was originally encoded. In this case you can
have the receiver only apply this effect to 6.1
encoded sources like Dolby Digital EX or DTS-
ES (VSB AUTO), or you can simply switch it
off (VSB OFF).
The table indicates when you will hear the
virtual surround back channel.
• Press SB CH MODE (front panel)
repeatedly to cycle the virtual surround
back channel options.
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
40
En
Virtual
Surround
STANDARD
Back mode
decoding
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
Each press cycles through the options as
follows:
VSB ON
VSB OFF
VSB AUTO
• You can't use the Virtual Surround Back
mode if the Speaker setting on page 44 is
set to S .
• You can only use the Virtual Surround
Back mode if the Surround back speaker
setting on page 45 is set to SB or SB SW
(VSX-D812/D912 only).
• You can't adjust the surround back
channel level when you're listening to the
virtual surround back channel.
STANDARD
PL ll MOVIE/
NEO:6 CINEMA/
PL ll MUSIC/
NEO:6 MUSIC
PRO LOGIC
ADVANCED SURROUND
All modes