Using The Virtual Surround Back Mode; Setting The Up Mix Function - Pioneer VSX-919AH-S Operating Instructions Manual

06 Listening to your system
Using the Virtual Surround Back
mode
• Default setting: OFF
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.
• Press SBch 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)
• VirtualSB OFF – Virtual Surround Back
mode is switched off

Setting the Up Mix function

In a 7.1-channel surround system with
surround speakers placed directly at the sides
of the listening position, the surround sound of
5.1-channel sources is heard from the side. The
Up Mix function mixes the sound of the
surround speakers with the surround back
speakers so that the surround sound is heard
from diagonally to the rear as it should be.
Note
1 • You can't use the Virtual Surround Back mode when the headphones are connected to this receiver or when any of
the 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 SB setting is set to NO
or if Front Bi-Amp, Speaker B or ZONE 2 is selected at Surr Back System.
• The Virtual Surround Back mode cannot be applied to sources that do not have surround channel information.
2 • Set to ON regardless of this setting when playing DTS-HD signals.
• May automatically be set to OFF even when set to ON, depending on the input signal and listening mode.
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• Using the Up Mix function is effective when
the speakers in the 7.1-channel surround
system are set up as recommended in the
example on page 17.
• Depending on the positions of the speakers
and the sound source, in some cases it
may not be possible to achieve good
results. In this case, set the setting to OFF.
Up Mix OFF
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1 Switch the receiver into standby.
2 While holding down ENTER on the front
panel, press  STANDBY/ON.
The display shows RESET  NO .
Use TUNE +/– (or / on the remote control)
to select UP MIX ON , and then use
PRESET +/– (or / on the remote control) to
select ON or OFF.
3 Press ENTER to confirm.
• When set to ON, the UP MIX indicator on
the front panel lights.
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