Using The Virtual Surround Back Mode - Pioneer VSX-LX60 Operating Instructions Manual

05 Listening to your system

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
surround back channel (
channel is active).
Type of source
Dolby Digital EX/DTS-ES 5.1 ch sources with
6.1 ch flagged
Dolby Digital/DTS and DVD-Audio 5.1 ch
sources
Dolby Digital/DTS/PCM and DVD-Audio stereo
sources
Analog 2-channel (stereo) sources
DTS-HD Master Audio/DTS-HD/Dolby Digital
Plus/Dolby TrueHD/WMA9 Pro encoded and
PCM 6.1 ch/7.1 ch sources
Dolby Digital Plus/Dolby TrueHD/WMA9 Pro
(44.1 kHz/48 kHz) encoded and PCM 5.1 ch
sources
DTS-HD Master Audio/DTS-HD/
DTS-EXPRESS/WMA9 Pro (88.2 kHz/96 kHz)
encoded 5.1 ch sources
Dolby Digital Plus/Dolby TrueHD/WMA9 Pro
(44.1 kHz/48 kHz) encoded stereo sources
DTS-HD Master Audio/DTS-HD/
DTS-EXPRESS/WMA9 Pro (88.2 kHz/96 kHz)
encoded stereo sources
a. Only applicable when using the Virtual Surround Back mode.
b. Not applicable when using the Virtual Surround Back mode.
c. Sound is output from the surround back speakers only when THX Select2 CINEMA, THX MUSICMODE or THX GAMES MODE is selected.
d. Advanced surround mode may not be available depending on the input signal.
Note
1 • You can't use the Virtual Surround Back mode when the headphones are connected to this receiver or when any of the THX, stereo, Front Stage
Surround Advance or Stream Direct mode is selected.
• 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 50.
• The Virtual Surround Back mode cannot be applied to sources that do not have surround channel information.
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=Virtual surround back
SBch
Processing /
Multichannel
Virtual SB
mode
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
• 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)
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• VirtualSB OFF – Virtual Surround Back mode is
switched off
Standard / THX
Stereo sources
sources
2 Pro Logic IIx 2 Pro Logic
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Advanced
surround
Neo:6
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