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
•
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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