Listening With Acoustic Calibration Eq; Using Surround Back Channel Processing; Using Virtual Surround Back (Vsb) - Pioneer VSX-917V-S/-K Operating Instructions Manual

05 Listening to your system
to the number of channels in the signal.
For analog sources, only Channel Level can
be set. All other digital processing can not
be set.
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 9 or Acoustic Calibration EQ on page 41.
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.
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
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 44. Also, the Surround back speaker setting on page 38 must be
set to Normal (SB) to hear the surround back channel.
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 44 (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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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).
The table below indicates when you will hear
the surround back channel (
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
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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.
The table indicates when you will hear the
virtual surround back channel (
plays through surround speaker(s)).
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