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Owner’s manual

RSX-03

Surround Sound Receiver

STANDBY

BAND

RSX-03

TUNING

VIDEO2

PHONO

2CH

VIDEO1

MULTI

INPUT

TAPE

DSP

VIDEO3

MUTE

VIDEO4

REC

TUNER

DTS

Neo:6

CD

DOLBY

PLII/3ST

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Summary of Contents for RSX-03

Page 1: ...Owner s manual RSX 03 Surround Sound Receiver STANDBY BAND RSX 03 TUNING VIDEO2 PHONO 2CH VIDEO1 MULTI INPUT TAPE DSP VIDEO3 MUTE VIDEO4 REC TUNER DTS Neo 6 CD DOLBY PLII 3ST ...

Page 2: ...with international directives on the Re striction of Hazardous Substances RoHS in electrical and electronic equipment and the disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE The crossed wheelie bin symbol indicates compliance and that the products must be appropriately recycled or processed in accordance with these directives ...

Page 3: ...or splash ing Do not place objects ﬁlled with liquids such as vases on the unit Do not allow foreign objects to get into the enclosure If the unit is exposed to moisture or a foreign object gets into the enclosure immediately dis connect the power cord from the wall Take the unit to a qualiﬁed service person for inspection and necessary repairs Read all the instructions before connecting or operat...

Page 4: ...nd Receiver 1 Controls and Connections OFF ON POWER STANDBY BAND RSX 03 TUNING VIDEO2 PHONO 2CH VIDEO1 MULTI INPUT TAPE DSP VIDEO3 MUTE VIDEO4 REC TUNER DTS Neo 6 CD DOLBY PLII 3ST DIGITAL INPUT Y PR PB 2 1 2 1 L R L R 1 35 ...

Page 5: ...EAT SLOW GOTO A B INPUT 1 INPUT 2 RECORD TV VCR INPUT 3 ASPECT DISP OUTPUT POP PIP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 X ON OFF SMT MUTE C M S R ENT FRQ DIRECT MENU GUIDE TUNE PRESET FM MONO BAND CTR SUB SUR SEARCH SEARCH OSD CD DISC2 DISC1 DISC3 DISC4 DISC5 PROG RANDOM REPEAT DISC DISC DISPLAY AUDIO ZOOM SBTITLE ANGLE DISP TAPE2 PHONO TONE D SLT EQ DYN REC ZONE SUR 2CH PL M 5CH 7CH PL C CH VOL POWER SMART MEM...

Page 6: ...6 RSX 03 Surround Sound Receiver 3 Connecting the Speakers SUBWOOFER INPUT OFF ON POWER DIGITAL INPUT Y PR PB 2 1 2 1 L R L R ...

Page 7: ...7 English 4 Connecting the TV 5 Connecting Cable Satellite or HDTV OFF ON POWER DIGITAL INPUT Y PR PB 2 1 2 1 L R L R OFF ON POWER DIGITAL INPUT Y PR PB 2 1 2 1 L R L R ...

Page 8: ...RSX 03 Surround Sound Receiver 6 Connecting a VCR 7 Connecting a CD Player CDR Recorder and Turntable OFF ON POWER DIGITAL INPUT Y PR PB 2 1 2 1 L R L R OFF ON POWER DIGITAL INPUT Y PR PB 2 1 2 1 L R L R ...

Page 9: ...9 English 8 Connecting an Audio Recorder 9 Connecting a DVD Player OFF ON POWER DIGITAL INPUT Y PR PB 2 1 2 1 L R L R OFF ON POWER DIGITAL INPUT Y PR PB 2 1 2 1 L R L R ...

Page 10: ... RSX 03 Surround Sound Receiver 11 Connecting AM and FM antennae 10 Connecting a DVD A or SACD Player OFF ON POWER DIGITAL INPUT Y PR PB 2 1 2 1 L R L R OFF ON POWER DIGITAL INPUT Y PR PB 2 1 2 1 L R L R ...

Page 11: ...11 English 12 On Screen Menus ...

Page 12: ...o Output 16 VIDEO 1 2 Component Video Inputs 16 TV Monitor Outputs 16 Digital Audio Input Outputs 16 Digital Inputs 16 Digital Outputs 16 Other Connections 17 AC Input 17 Master Power Switch 17 12V TRIGGER Connections 17 EXT REM IN Jacks 17 Computer I O 17 Making Connections 17 Turntable 17 CD Player 17 DVD Player 17 Cable Satellite or HDTV Tuner 17 Audio Recorder 18 VCR or Digital Video Recorder ...

Page 13: ...olby Digital 2 0 discs 26 DTS 5 1 discs DTS ES 6 1 discs 26 MPEG Multichannel discs 27 Digital Stereo discs PCM MP3 and HDCD 27 Analog Stereo 27 Other Settings 28 Speaker Level 28 Dynamic Range 28 Tone Settings 28 Cinema EQ 29 Tuner Controls 29 BAND Buttons 29 TUNING Buttons 29 MEMORY Button 29 NUMERIC Buttons Station Presets 29 FRQ DIRECT Button 30 FM MONO Button 30 TUNE Button PRESET Button P TU...

Page 14: ...r decoding such as non ﬂagged Dolby Surround EX discs or for which there is no extended surround decoder such as DTS 5 1 Dolby Digital 5 1 and even Dolby Pro Logic II decoded Dolby Digital 2 0 recordings DTS Neo 6 Surround modes for deriv ing surround channels for 5 1 6 1 or 7 1 channel systems from 2 channel stereo or matrix surround recordings Can be opti mized for Music or Cinema sources Automa...

Page 15: ...und mode options Alter natively there is an analog bypass surround mode that routes 2 ch and Multi Input analog signals directly to the Volume control and out puts bypassing the digital processing entirely for pure analog stereo PHONO Inputs A left right pair of RCA analog audio in puts for connecting a turntable and phono cartridge CD Inputs A left right pair of RCA analog audio inputs for connec...

Page 16: ...d by a separate 75 ohm video cable with RCA connectors Two sets of inputs labeled COMPONENT VIDEO IN 1 2 accept Component video signals from source components TV Monitor Outputs The TV MONITOR outputs of the RSX 03 send the video signal to your TV monitor Three types of video output connections are provided RCA composite video S Video and Component Video The composite video output only sends signa...

Page 17: ...g operating codes from the computer via a hard wired RS 232 serial connection In addition the RSX 03 can be updated using special software from Rotel The COMPUTER I O input provides the neces sary network connections on the rear panel It accepts standard RJ 45 8 pin modular plugs such as those commonly used in 10 BaseT UTP Ethernet cabling For additional information on the connections cabling soft...

Page 18: ...manual for details TV Monitor See Figure 4 Connect the TV MONITOR output to the cor responding input on your television monitor using composite video S Video and or Component Video cables NOTE The RCA composite video output only sends signals from RCA composite video source inputs to the TV monitor The S Video output only sends signals from S Video source inputs to the TV Speakers See Figure 3 The...

Page 19: ...g one wire to each terminal It does not matter which wire attaches to which terminal but make sure that the connections are solid and that the two wires do not touch You may need to rotate or otherwise reorient the antenna to ﬁnd the best position NOTE To use an outdoor antenna connect its 300 ohm twin conductor wire to the terminals in place of the loop antenna FM Antenna See Figure 11 The RSX 03...

Page 20: ...The rear panel master POWER switch must be in the ON position for the remote standby function to operate ON OFF Buttons The power ON and OFF buttons on the remote provide discrete ON and OFF commands to activate the unit or put it in standby mode The rear panel master POWER switch must be in the ON position for the remote standby function to operate VOLUME Knob VOLUME Buttons The buttons on the re...

Page 21: ...he NUMERIC but tons for direct entry of a station frequency in AM FM tuning FM MONO Button The remote control FM MONO button changes the FM mode from stereo reception to mono reception TUNE Button PRESET Button P TUN Button The TUNE PRESET and P TUN buttons on the remote are used to select FREQUENCY tuning or PRESET tuning modes The TUNE and PRESET buttons select the modes directly The P TUN butto...

Page 22: ...sensing See the INPUT MENU section for conﬁguration instructions NOTE In addition to selecting analog or digi tal signals the conﬁguration options also per mit custom labeling and selection of a default surround mode for each of the nine inputs The input source buttons can also be used with the REC button described in the next section to select an analog input source signal to be available at the ...

Page 23: ...one of its digital inputs it activates the proper processing Keep in mind that Dolby Digital is only available from digital sources a DVD a LaserDisc or a Digital TV Cable SAT tuner Also you must connect the source with a digital cable coax or optical to an active digital input on the RSX 03 NOTE Many DVDs have a Dolby Digital 2 0 matrix soundtrack as the default which should be decoded with Pro L...

Page 24: ...and 7 1 channel systems require the use of an additional stereo ampliﬁer with the RSX 03 DSP Music Modes Unlike all of the formats mentioned above the RSX 03 offers four surround modes that are not part of a speciﬁc recording playback system These modes MUSIC 1 4 use digital signal processing that adds special acoustic effects to any signal DSP processing can be used with Dolby Surround recordings...

Page 25: ...o 6 or Rotel XS processing can be conﬁgured to automati cally provide extended surround decoding of selected multichannel digital signals for 6 1 or 7 1 channel systems even with sources that might not otherwise trigger the proper extended surround mode In many cases the RSX 03 will also recognize a digital signal with Dolby Surround encoding such as the default soundtrack on many DVDs and activat...

Page 26: ...discs that are labeled Dolby Digital Surround EX For standard 5 1 channel discs Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music or Rotel XS processing will provide a more diffused surround effect than the more highly localized Dolby EX decoding and may be the better 7 1 channel options for non Surround EX discs Selecting DD 5 1 forces the center back channel pro cessing off for conventional 5 1 channel playback You can...

Page 27: ... 7 1 ch systems 5 channel stereo or 7 chan nel stereo by pressing one of the surround mode buttons on the remote 2CH PLC PLM 5CH 7CH To select any mode for 2 channel digital recordings Press the SUR but ton on the remote then use the but tons to step through the optional modes until the desired mode is displayed To select STEREO mode for 2 chan nel digital recordings Press the 2CH button on the fr...

Page 28: ...hannels each press of the R button toggles between the SURROUND channels and the CENTER BACK channels The selected speaker and its current setting appear brieﬂy in the display 2 Use the UP or DOWN buttons on the remote to adjust the output level of the selected channel s NOTE If no level adjustment is made for 10 seconds the levels revert to the default cali brated settings Dynamic Range Dolby Dig...

Page 29: ...ons The TUNING buttons labeled CH UP DOWN on the remote control provide three different tuning functions depending on the mode of operation In the normal FREQUENCY tuning mode press a TUNING button CH UP DOWN on the remote and release to manu ally jump to the next station frequency regard less of whether or not a station is broadcasting on that frequency For auto frequency search tuning press and ...

Page 30: ...g the P TUN button A PRESET indicator appears in the display when PRESET TUNING is activated SCAN Button This button activates a preset scanning fea ture When you press the button the tuner begins scanning through all memorized sta tion presets playing each for 5 seconds be fore moving to the next To stop the station scanning when the desired station preset is reached press the button again NOTE I...

Page 31: ...ocated for the desired con tent type the tuner will return to the last previously tuned station 5 Cancel the PTY function by pressing any other button NOTE If the currently tuned station is broad casting PTY data a PTY indicator lights in the front panel display TP Button Searches for an RDS station broadcasting trafﬁc information programming 1 Press the TP button The tuner attempts to ﬁnd an RDS ...

Page 32: ...the current volume setting SPEAKERS highlights the speakers that are currently conﬁgured for the system front right center subwoofer front left surround left center back 1 center back 2 and sur round right No changes can be made using this screen it only provides information To go to the rest of the menus press the ENTER button to go to the MAIN menu Press the MENU OSD button on the remote to canc...

Page 33: ...ic 4 5ch Stereo 7ch Stereo PCM 2 Channel DTS Neo 6 Bypass for analog input only and Stereo NOTE The following types of digital discs or source material are generally detected automatically and the proper decoding acti vated with no action or setting required DTS DTS ES Matrix 6 1 DTS ES Discrete 6 1 Dol by Digital Dolby Digital Surround EX Dolby Digital 2 channel MPEG Multichannel PCM 2 Channel MP...

Page 34: ...peaker to the left and right front speakers widening the perceived soundﬁeld There are eight in cremental settings from 0 to 7 With the default setting of 0 there is no center width spreading and all of the center channel information is sent to the center speaker The maximum setting of 7 shifts all of the center channel signal to the left and right speakers essentially muting the center speaker an...

Page 35: ...stem with moderate power ampliﬁers LARGE front speakers SMALL cen ter and surround speakers and a subwoofer The normal bass from the SMALL center and surround speakers is redirected to the LARGE front speakers and the subwoofer The LARGE front speakers play their own normal bass plus the re directed bass from the SMALL speakers and LFE bass The subwoofer plays the LFE bass plus the redirected bass...

Page 36: ...ll not need to change any settings You should fully understand bass management and have a speciﬁc reason for needing a custom conﬁguration before changing these settings Otherwise skip to the following topic SUBWOOFER SETUP The available settings on the ADVANCED SPEAKER SETUP menu are as follows SPEAKER front center surround center back subwoofer Select the set of speakers to be conﬁgured with cus...

Page 37: ... input except the MULTI INPUT Enter the OSD menu sys tem and select TEST TONE from the MAIN MENU to reach this screen When you enter the TEST TONE menu you will hear a test tone coming from the high lighted speaker Highlight different speakers by moving the cursor to the desired line using the UP DOWN buttons The test tone will shift accordingly to the selected speaker Seated in the normal listeni...

Page 38: ...TUP menu allows digital adjust ment of the bass and treble response of the front speakers in the system For example if your system sounds too bright you could reduce the treble DEFEAT on off Selecting the ON setting defeats the tone adjustment bypassing the tone processing entirely for that speaker or group of speakers TREBLE Adjusts the extreme high frequency slope over a range of 10dB MIN to 10d...

Page 39: ...outputs change ac cording to the REDIRCT setting NOTE Changing the default TUNER SETTING or REDIRECT SETTING can only be done at the same time as restoring the FACTORY DEFAULT settings Therefore we recommend selecting your default TUNER and REDIRECT settings and resetting to the FACTORY DE FAULT settings as the ﬁrst step in conﬁguring the unit before you change or memorize any other conﬁguration s...

Page 40: ...e that the TV monitor is connected properly Component video outputs can only send video from Component video sources to the TV Composite video connec tions can only send video from composite sources and S Video connections can only send video from S Video sources Make sure the NTSC PAL switch is set properly OSD menus are not displayed on TV Monitor Go to Setup menus and conﬁgure OSD menus to be d...

Page 41: ...equired Do not defeat the ground pin on the power cords from any component with a three prong AC plug Speciﬁcations Audio Continuous Ampliﬁer Power ﬁve channels driven 40 watts ch 20 20k Hz 0 05 THD 8 ohms Continuous Ampliﬁer Power two channels driven 50 watts ch 1kHz 1 0 THD 8 ohms DIN Total Harmonic Distortion 0 09 Intermodulation Distortion 60 Hz 7 kHz 0 05 Frequency Response 10 Hz 120 kHz 3dB ...

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