Using Surround Back Channel Processing; Setting The Up Mix Function - Pioneer HTP-710 Operating Instructions Manual

07 Listening to your system
Using surround back channel
processing
• Default setting: SB ON
You can have the system 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
surround back channel processing off).
• With a 7.1-channel surround system, audio
signals that have undergone matrix
decoding processing through surround
back channel processing to which the Up
Mix function is added are output from the
surround back speakers.
SYSTEM
TV CONTROL
INPUT
• Press
repeatedly to cycle the surround back
channel options.
Each press cycles through the options as follows:
• SB ON –
Matrix decoding processing for
generating the surround back component
from the surround component is turned on.
• SB AUTO – Matrix decoding processing for
generating the surround back component
from the surround component is switched
automatically. Matrix decoding processing
is only performed when surround back
channel signals are detected in the input
signals.
• SB OFF – Matrix decoding processing for
generating the surround back component
from the surround component is turned off.
Note
1 • 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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En
S.RETRIEVER
EQ CH SELECT SLEEP
SB CH PHASE
CH
ENTER
, then press SB CH

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.
• 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 below.
• 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
SW
FL
CH
MIDNGIHT
CH
SHIFT
SL
SBL
1 Switch the system into standby.
2 While holding down the FUNCTION on
the front panel, and hold the  STANDBY/ON
for about two seconds.
UP MIX: OFF appears and the Up Mix function
turns off. If you want to turn this function on,
perform steps 1 and 2 again.
• When set to ON, the UP MIX indicator on
the front panel lights.
Up Mix ON
C SW
FR FL
SR SL
SBR SBL
1
C
FR
SR
SBR