Listening to your system
Using surround back channel
processing
• 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
(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 surround back channel
processing off).
• With a 7.1-channel surround system, audio
signals that have undergone matrix
decoding processing through surround
back channel processing to which the Up
Mix function is added are output from the
surround back speakers.
RECEIVER
INPUT SELECT
SOURCE
ZONE 2
RECEIVER
ON/OFF
TV CONTROL
INPUT
•
Press RECEIVER, then press SB CH
repeatedly to cycle the surround back
channel options.
Each press cycles through the options as
follows:
• SB CH ON –
Matrix decoding processing for
generating the surround back component
from the surround component is turned on.
• SB CH AUTO – Matrix decoding
processing for generating the surround
back component from the surround
component is switched automatically.
Matrix decoding processing is only
performed when surround back channel
signals are detected in the input signals.
• SB CH OFF – Matrix decoding processing
for generating the surround back
component from the surround component
is turned off.
Note
1 • Set to ON regardless of this setting when playing DTS-HD signals.
• May automatically be set to OFF even when set to ON, depending on the input signal and listening mode.
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CH SELECT
SLEEP
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Setting the Up Mix function
In a 7.1-channel surround system with
surround speakers placed directly at the sides
of the listening position, the surround sound
of 5.1-channel sources is heard from the side.
The Up Mix function mixes the sound of the
surround speakers with the surround back
speakers so that the surround sound is heard
from diagonally to the rear as it should be.
• Using the Up Mix function is effective
when the speakers in the 7.1-channel
surround system are set up as
recommended in the example on page 24.
• Depending on the positions of the
speakers and the sound source, in some
cases it may not be possible to achieve
good results. In this case, set the setting to
OFF.
Up Mix OFF
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SBR
1
Switch the receiver into standby.
2
While holding down the PRESET + on the
front panel, and hold the STANDBY/ON
for about two seconds.
UP MIX: OFF appears and the Up Mix function
turns off. If you want to turn this function on,
perform steps 1 and 2 again.
• When set to ON, the UP MIX indicator on
the front panel lights.
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Up Mix ON
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