Using the home thx modes, Listening to your system 05 – Pioneer VSX-1015-K User Manual

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Listening to your system

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Dolby Digital EX

– Creates surround back channel

sound for 5.1 channel sources and provides pure
decoding for 6.1 channel sources (like Dolby Digital
Surround EX)

DTS-ES

– Allows you to hear 6.1 channel playback

with DTS-ES encoded sources

DTS Neo:6

– Allows you to hear 6.1 channel playback

with DTS encoded sources

Note

• If the Extended mode (page 36) is switched to

OFF

, or

the surround back speakers are set to

NO

(this

happens automatically if the

Surround back speaker

setting

on page 40 is set to anything but

Normal

(SB)

),

2

Pro Logic IIx

becomes

2

Pro Logic II

(5.1

channel sound).

• In modes that give 6.1 channel sound, the same

signal is heard from both surround back speakers.

Using the Home THX modes

THX and Home THX are technical standards created by
Lucasfilm Ltd. for cinema and home theater sound.
Home THX is designed to make home theater audio
sound more like what you hear in a cinema.

Different THX options will be available depending on the
source and the Extended mode setting (see

Using the

surround back channel (Extended mode)

on page 36 for

more on this).

Press THX to select a THX listening mode.

With two channel sources

, select a matrix-decoding

process for the

THX CINEMA

mode (see

Listening in

surround sound

above for an explanation of each

process):

2

Pro Logic IIx MOVIE+THX

2

PRO LOGIC+THX

• Neo:6 CINEMA+THX

• THX GAMES MODE

With multichannel sources

, you can select (according to

format):

THX CINEMA

– Gives you cinema-quality sound from

your home theatre system using all the speakers in
your setup

2

Pro Logic IIx MOVIE+THX

– Especially suited to

movie sources, this allows you to hear 7.1 channel
playback with 5.1 channel sources (only available
when you’re using two surround back speakers)

THX Surround EX

– Allows you to hear 6.1 or 7.1

channel playback with 5.1 channel sources

THX Select2 CINEMA

– Allows you to hear 7.1

channel playback with 5.1 channel sources

THX MUSICMODE

– Allows you to hear 7.1 channel

playback with 5.1 channel sources

THX GAMES MODE

– Allows you to hear 7.1

channel playback from the output of a video game
console

Note

• You won’t be able to use the THX options with 88.2/

96kHz PCM or DTS 96kHz/24 bit sources, or with the
headphones connected.

• If you only have one surround back speaker

connected,

THX Select2 CINEMA

,

THX

MUSICMODE

and

THX GAMES MODE

are not

available.

• When selecting the Dolby Pro Logic modes above,

the display shows the mode you selected, then after
a few seconds, shows

THX CINEMA

.

RECEIVER CONTROL

SHIFT

THX

SLEEP

DIALOG E

AUTO SURR

STANDARD

ADV.SURR

STEREO

AUDIO

SUBTITLE

MIDNIGHT/

LOUDNESS

SIGNAL

SELECT

EFFECT

/CH SEL

ACOUSTIC

EQ

HDD

CH

CH

DVD

RECEIVER

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