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About Rotel
Our story began over 50 years ago. Over the decades, we have received
hundreds of awards for our products and satisfied hundreds of thousands
of people who take their entertainment seriously – like you!
Rotel was founded by a family whose passionate interest in music led them
to manufacture high-fidelity components of uncompromising quality. Through
the years, that passion has remained undiminished and the family goal of
providing exceptional value for audiophiles and music lovers, regardless
of their budget, is shared by all Rotel employees.
Rotel’s engineers work as a close team, listening to, and fine tuning, each
new product until it reaches their exacting musical standards. They are
free to choose components from around the world in order to make that
product the best they can. You are likely to find capacitors from the United
Kingdom and Germany, semiconductors from Japan or the United States,
while toroidal power transformers are manufactured in Rotel’s own factory.
We all have concerns about our environment. And, as more and more
electronics are produced it is especially important for a manufacturer to do all
it can to engineer products that have a minimum impact on the environment.
At Rotel, we are proud to do our part. We have reduced the lead content
in our products by using special lead-free ROHS solder and components.
Our engineers continually strive to improve power supply efficiency without
compromise to quality. When in standby mode Rotel products use minimal
power to meet global Standby Power Consumption requirements.
The Rotel factory is also doing their part to help the environment through
constant improvements to product assembly methods for a cleaner and
greener manufacturing processes.
All of us at Rotel thank you for buying this product. We are sure it will bring
you many years of enjoyment.
About the RCD-1572
Simply stated, the unit is designed to do one thing—deliver the most detailed,
nuanced sound from every disc. The unit will faithfully reproduce all that is
recorded on the disc. While the unit was under development, the design team
went far beyond the usual measurable technical performance characteristics.
Listening panels spent hundreds of hours fine tuning the audio performance,
choosing the components that produced the best sound, that would “release
the emotion in the music”. Whatever the artist and recording engineers put
on the disc, the unit will deliver.
That said, the unit does feature some impressive hardware. The digital-
to-analogue converter is a state of the art DAC from the world renowned
British manufacturer, Wolfson. This very high performance stereo DAC is
specifically designed for audio applications such as CD, DVD, and home
theatre systems. All this, combined with Rotel’s Balanced Design, ensures the
unit will deliver the highest level of audio performance. When used in a high-
quality audio system, your Rotel CD player will provide years of enjoyment.
Contents
Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Figure 1: Controls and Connections
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Figure 2: RR-D99 Remote Control
5
Figure 3: Analog RCA Outputs Connection
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Figure 4: Balanced Outputs Connection
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Figure 5: Digital Output Connection
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Figure 6: Rotel Link and 12V Trigger Connections
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Important Notes
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About Rotel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
About the RCD-1572 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
A Few Precautions
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Placement
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Control Identification
12
AC Power and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
AC Power Input
i
12
Power Switch and Power Indicator
1
A
12
12 Volt Trigger Connection
u
12
Output Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Analog Outputs
w
12
Digital Output
e
13
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Infrared Remote Control
=
13
Display
5
13
Disc Tray
q
13
Transport Control Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
EJECT Button
7
E
14
PLAY Button
6
E
13
STOP Button
8
E
13
PAUSE Button
9
E
13
TRACK Buttons
-
J
13
DIRECT ACCESS Buttons
D
13
SEARCH Buttons
0
F
13
Additional Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
PROGRAM Button
G
14
RANDOM Button
3
G
14
REPEAT Button
2
G
14
TIME Button
4
G
14
RS232 Connector
r
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rotel Link
t
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
EXT REMOTE IN Jack
y
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rotel Control Advanced Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
MENU Button
H
15
DIM Button
C
15
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Power Indicator Is Not Illuminated
15
Fuse Replacement
15
No Sound
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Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
