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Listening with Acoustic
Calibration EQ
• Default setting: OFF / ALL CH (after the
Auto MCACC Setup or EQ Auto Setting)
You can listen to sources using the Acoustic
Calibration Equalization set in Automatically
setting up for surround sound (MCACC) on
page 8 or Acoustic Calibration EQ on page 39.
Refer to these pages for more on Acoustic
Calibration Equalization.
• While listening to a source, press
ACOUSTIC EQ.
Press repeatedly to select between:
• ALL CH – No special weighting is given to
any one channel.
• F. ALIGN – All speakers are heard in
accordance with the front speaker settings.
• CUSTOM 1/2 – Custom settings
• EQ OFF – Switches Acoustic Calibration
EQ off.
The MCACC indicator on the front panel lights
when Acoustic Calibration EQ is active.
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Using surround back channel
processing
• Default setting: SB ON
You can have the receiver automatically use 6.1
decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for
example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES), or you
can choose to always use 6.1 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 origi-
nally encoded (in which case, you can simply
switch surround back processing off).
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The table below indicates when you will hear
the surround back channel (
 =Sound plays
through surround back speaker(s)).
• Press SB ch (SB ch PROCESSING) to select
a surround back channel option.
Each press cycles through the following:
• SB ON – 6.1 decoding is always used (for
example, a surround back channel will be
generated for 5.1 encoded material)
• SB AUTO – Automatically switches to 6.1
decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for
example, Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES)
• SB OFF – Maximum 5.1 playback
Using Virtual Surround Back (VSB)
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 (
 =Sound
plays through surround speaker(s)).
• Press SB ch (SB ch PROCESSING) to
select a virtual surround back channel option.
Each press cycles through the following:
• VSB ON – Virtual Surround Back is always
used (for example, on 5.1 encoded
material)
• VSB AUTO – Virtual Surround Back is
automatically applied to 6.1 encoded
sources (for example, Dolby Digital EX or
DTS-ES)
• VSB OFF – Virtual Surround Back mode is
switched off
Note
1 • You can’t use Acoustic Calibration EQ with DVD 5.1ch, Stream Direct mode, WMA9 Pro and it has no effect with head-
phones.
• You can only select SB AUTO when Stream Direct mode is on and the surround back speaker is set to LARGE or SMALL in
speaker settings.
2 You can’t use the surround back channel with headphones, the Stereo, Front Stage Surround Advance mode, or if the surround
back speaker is set to
NO in Speaker Setting on page 42. Also, the Surround back speaker setting on page 36 must be set to
Normal (SB) to hear the surround back channel.
SOUND
RETRIEVER DIALOG ACOUSTIC EQ PHASE
3 • The Virtual Surround Back mode is not effective when using headphones, the Stream Direct, Stereo, Front Stage Surround
Advance mode. It is also unavailable if the surround speaker is set to
NO in Speaker Setting on page 42 (however, the surround
back speaker must be set to NO).
• Depending on the input signal and the Listening Mode, the Virtual Surround Back mode may not be effective.
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