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Using the surround back channel
(Extended mode)
• Default setting:
Extended 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 (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 the
Extended mode 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
speaker(s))
The illustration above shows the VSX-2014i model.
• Press EXTENDED MODE (front panel) repeatedly
to cycle the surround back channel options.
Each press cycles through the options as follows:
•
Extended ON
– 6.1 or 7.1 decoding is always used
(for example, a surround back channel will be
generated for 5.1 encoded material)
•
Extended AUTO
– Automatically switches to 6.1 or
7.1 decoding for 6.1 encoded sources (for example,
Dolby Digital EX or DTS-ES)
•
Extended OFF
– Maximum 5.1 playback
Note
• You must have surround back speakers connected
(and set to
LARGE
or
SMALL
in the
Speaker Setting
on
page 44) and the
Surround back speaker setting
on
page 38 must be set to
Normal (SB)
to hear the
surround back channel.
• You can’t use the surround back channel with
headphones, the
STEREO
/
DIRECT
mode.
• You can’t hear the surround back channel with DTS
96kHz/24 bit or PCM 96/88.2kHz sources.
PHONES
TUNER
CONTROL
TUNER
EDIT
SYSTEM
SETUP
RETURN CONTROL ON/OFF
MCACC
SETUP MIC
DIGITAL IN S
-
VIDEO VIDEO
VIDEO2 INPUT
AUDIOLR
MULTI ROOM
MULTI JOG MULTI JOG
TUNING/
STATION
BAND TONE
ACOUSTIC
EQ
MULTI CH
IN
SIGNAL
SELECT
EXTENDED
MODE
SPEAKERS
MULTI
JOG
MULTI
JOG
PTY
SEARCH
EON
i.LINK
SELECT
MULTI
JOG
MULTI
JOG
Type of source
Extended
mode
Standard / THX
Advanced
surround
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
ìì
AUTO
ìì
Dolby Digital/DTS encoded
multichannel source
ON
ìì
AUTO
ì
Dolby Digital encoded stereo source;
other digital stereo source
ON
ììì
AUTO
ììì
DTS encoded stereo source
ON
ìì
AUTO
ìì
Analog 2-channel (stereo) source
ON
ììì
AUTO
ììì
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