steves got it right in one -- the left surround back channel is the active output when the 950 is set up for 6.1. In the speaker configuration screen, the surround back speakers can be set to "LB/RB" (7.1), "BS(LB)" (6.1, with left back as the output), or "NONE" (5.1).

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