Using the surround back channel, Listening to your system 05 – Pioneer VSX-AX5Ai-G User Manual

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Listening to your system

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Using the surround back channel

• Default setting:

SB CH 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 with other sources (for example, 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 surround back channel off. The table below
indicates when you will hear the surround back channel
when playing various kinds of sources.

ì

=Sound plays

through surround back channel speaker(s)

Press SB CH MODE repeatedly to cycle through

the surround back channel options.

Each press changes the setting as follows (see the table
above for an explanation of each):

SB CH ON

– 6.1 or 7.1 encoding is always used (for

example, on 5.1 encoded material)

SB CH AUTO

– Automatically switches to 6.1 or 7.1

decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for example,
Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES)

SB CH OFF

– Surround back channel is switched off

Note

• You will only hear the surround back channel when

you’ve selected

Normal Surround

in the

Surround

back speaker setting

on page 55. Changing the

speaker system may automatically change this
setting (see notes below).

• If the surround back speaker is set to

NO

in

Speaker

Setting

on page 55, or you have selected a Second

Zone speaker B setup, you can only use the virtual
surround back effect (see next page).

• You can’t use the surround back channel setting with

MULTI CH IN

or

STEREO

/

DIRECT

.

• You can’t use the surround back channel feature with

DVD-A, SACD or sources over 48kHz when using one
of the digital inputs (including i.LINK).

SB CH
MODE

Type of source

SB CH

mode

Surround modes (Basic)

Advanced

effects

Multichannel

sources

Stereo sources

2

Pro Logic

II x

2

Pro Logic

NEO:6

Dolby Digital EX/DTS-ES encoded
multichannel source with 6.1ch
surround

ON

м

м

AUTO

м

м

Dolby Digital/DTS encoded
multichannel source

ON

м

м

AUTO

ì

Dolby Digital/DTS encoded stereo
source; other digital stereo source

ON

м

м

м

AUTO

м

м

м

Analog 2-channel (stereo) source

ON

м

м

м

AUTO

м

м

м

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