Pioneer VSX-1017AV-K - Manual (Page 31)

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The table below indicates when you will hear the
surround back channel when playing various kinds of
sources (
 =Sound plays through surround back
speaker(s)).
• Press RECEIVER then press SB ch (SB ch
PROCESSING) repeatedly to cycle the surround back
channel options.
Each press cycles through the options as follows:
• SBch ON – 6.1 or 7.1 decoding is always used (for
example, a surround back channel will be generated
for 5.1 encoded material)
• SBch AUTO – Automatically switches to 6.1 or 7.1
decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for example,
Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES)
• SBch OFF – Maximum 5.1 playback
Using the Virtual Surround Back mode
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.
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The table indicates when you will hear the virtual
surround back channel (
 =Virtual surround back
channel is active).
• Press RECEIVER then press SB ch (SB ch
PROCESSING) 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
TV DVR 1 TV CTRL
CD RECEIVER TUNER iPod
DVD
USB CD-R/TAPE
DVR 2
ANALOG
ATT
MIDNIGHT/
LOUDNESS
DIMMER
SLEEP SB ch
SR+
DIALOG E PHASE S.RETRIEVER
Note
1 • You can’t use the Virtual Surround Back mode when the headphones are connected to this receiver or when any of the THX, 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 Surr Back setting is set to NO in the Speaker Setting on
page 43.
• Depending on the input signal and the listening mode, the Virtual Surround Back mode may not be effective.
Type of source
SBch
Processing /
Virtual SB
mode
Standard / THX
Advanced
surround Multichannel
sources
Stereo sources
2 Pro Logic IIx 2 Pro Logic Neo:6
Dolby Digital EX/DTS-ES/WMA9 Pro encoded
multichannel sources with 6.1 ch surround ON   b
AUTO   b
Dolby Digital/DTS/WMA9 Pro encoded
multichannel sources ON   b
AUTO  b
Dolby Digital/DTS/PCM/WMA9 Pro encoded
stereo sources ON   a,b   b
AUTO  c   b
Analog 2-channel (stereo) sources ON   a  
AUTO  c  
a. Only applicable when using the Virtual Surround Back mode.
b. Excluding the WMA9 Pro format.
c. Not applicable when using the Virtual Surround Back mode.
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