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

Listening to your system
The table below indicates when you will hear
the surround back channel ( =Sound plays
through surround back speaker(s)).
• Press SB ch ( SB ch PROCESSING ) to select
a surround back channel option.
Each press cycles through the following:
• SB ON – 6.1 decoding is always used (for
example, a surround back channel will be
generated for 5.1 encoded material)
• SB AUTO – Automatically switches to 6.1
decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for
example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES)
• SB OFF – Maximum 5.1 playback

Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB)

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
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 28 (however, the surround back speaker must be set to NO).
SBch
Processing /
Multichannel
Virtual SB
sources
mode
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
ON
AUTO
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 ( =Sound
plays through surround speaker(s)).
• Press SB ch ( SB ch PROCESSING ) 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 – 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
1
Advanced
surround
Neo:6
a
a
a
a
a
a
05
25
En