Using The Surround Back Channel (Extended Mode) - Pioneer VSX-815-S/-K Operating Instructions Manual

Listening to your system
Using the surround back channel
(Extended mode)
• Default setting: EXT. 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 the Extended mode off).
Extended
Type of source
Dolby Digital EX/
DTS-ES/WMA9 Pro
encoded multi-
channel source with
6.1/7.1ch surround
Dolby Digital/DTS/
WMA9 Pro encoded
multichannel source
Dolby Digital/WMA9
Pro/DTS encoded
stereo source; other
digital stereo source
Analog 2-channel
(stereo) source
* Excluding WMA9 Pro format
Note
1 • You must have surround back speakers connected (and set to LARGE or SMALL in the Speaker setting on page 51) and (VSX-
915 only) the Surround back speaker setting on page 46 must be set to SB NORM. to hear the surround back channel.
• You can't use the surround back channel with headphones, or the STEREO / DIRECT or AUTO SURR. modes.
• You can't hear the surround back channel with DTS 96kHz/24 bit sources or PCM 96/88.2kHz sources.
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Multichannel
mode
sources
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
INPUT
FL DIMMER ATT
TUNING
BAND /STATION
Illustration shows the VSX-815/915 front panel
• Press EXTENDED MODE (front panel) to
select a surround back channel option.
Press repeatedly to select between:
• EXT. ON – 6.1 or 7.1 decoding is always
used (for example, a surround back
channel will be generated for 5.1 encoded
material)
• EXT. AUTO – Automatically switches to 6.1
or 7.1 decoding for 6.1 encoded sources
(for example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES)
• EXT. OFF – Maximum 5.1 playback
Standard
Stereo sources
2 Pro Logic 2 Pro Logic
II x
EXTENDED ACOUSTIC
SPEAKERS MODE
EQ
TUNER QUICK SYSTEM
EDIT TONE SETUP SETUP RETURN
MULTI JOG
Advanced
surround
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