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Owner’s manual

RSX-1056

Surround Sound Receiver

2CH

DOLBY

PLII/3ST

DTS

Neo 6

DSP

MULTI
INPUT

MUTE

REC

ZONE

CD

TUNER

TAPE1

SURROUND SOUND RECEIVER  RSX-1056

STANDBY

VIDEO1

VIDEO2

VIDEO3

VIDEO5

VIDEO4

6

7

8

9

0

DIRECT

MEMORY

MONO

1

2

3

4

5

TUNING

VOLUME

BAND

Summary of Contents for RSX-1056

Page 1: ...round Sound Receiver 2CH DOLBY PLII 3ST DTS Neo 6 DSP MULTI INPUT MUTE REC ZONE CD TUNER TAPE1 SURROUND SOUND RECEIVER RSX 1056 STANDBY VIDEO1 VIDEO2 VIDEO3 VIDEO5 VIDEO4 6 7 8 9 0 DIRECT MEMORY MONO 1 2 3 4 5 TUNING VOLUME BAND ...

Page 2: ... cm 4 in 10 cm 4 in 2CH DOLBY PLII 3ST DTS Neo 6 DSP MULTI INPUT MUTE REC ZONE CD TUNER TAPE1 SURROUND SOUND RECEIVER RSX 1056 STANDBY VIDEO1 VIDEO2 VIDEO3 VIDEO5 VIDEO4 6 7 8 9 0 DIRECT MEMORY MONO 1 2 3 4 5 TUNING VOLUME BAND ...

Page 3: ...de Refer all servic ing to qualified service personnel WARNING To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock do not expose the unit to moisture or water Do not allow foreign objects to get into the enclo sure If the unit is exposed to moisture or a foreign object gets into the enclosure immediately disconnect the power cord from the wall Take the unit to a qualified service person for inspection an...

Page 4: ...ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Dolby Pro Logic Surround EX and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboraties Licensing Corporation SURROUND SOUND RECEIVER MODEL NO RSX 1056 POWER CONSUMPTION 450 WATTS 2 1 3 2 1 4 3 5 IN OUT VIDEO OUT DIGITAL INPUT DIGITAL OUT VIDEO IN TAPE CD ZONE OUT COMPOSITE IN 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 1 S VIDEO IN S VI...

Page 5: ... 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 X M MUTE DISC 2 DISC 1 CD DVD DISC 3 DISC 4 DISC 5 PROG RANDOM REPEAT DISC DISC DISPLAY AUDIO ANGLE SBTITLE ZOOM RESUME REPEAT A B GOTO SLOW INPUT 1 INPUT 2 INPUT 3 TV VCR RECORD CH VOL ON OFF FRQ DIRECT TUNE PRESET BAND FM MONO GUIDE MENU OSD CTR SUR SUB SEARCH SEARCH WAITING LEARN EDIT REPT CLONE LOADING RECEIVER TRANSMITTER WAITING LEARN EDIT REPT CLONE LOADING RECEIVER TRANSMIT...

Page 6: ...Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Dolby Pro Logic Surround EX and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboraties Licensing Corporation SURROUND SOUND RECEIVER MODEL NO RSX 1056 POWER CONSUMPTION 450 WATTS 2 1 3 2 1 4 3 5 IN OUT VIDEO OUT DIGITAL INPUT DIGITAL OUT VIDEO IN TAPE CD ZONE OUT COMPOSITE IN 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 1 S VIDEO IN S VIDEO OUT 2 1 3 SOFTWARE UPGR...

Page 7: ... REAR R FRONT R SUB 2 CENTER 2 CB 1 REAR L FRONT L CENTER CB 2 REAR R FRONT R SUB L R MON OUT MON OUT ZONE OUT COMPOSITE OUT Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems Inc US Pat No 5 451 942 5 956674 5 974 380 5 978 762 and other world wide patents issued and pending DTS and DTS Digital Surround are registered trademarks of Digital Theater Systems Inc Copyright 1996 2000 Digital Thea...

Page 8: ... ZONE REM IN CB 1 REAR L FRONT L SUB 1 CENTER 1 CB 2 REAR R FRONT R SUB 2 CENTER 2 CB 1 REAR L FRONT L CENTER CB 2 REAR R FRONT R SUB L R MON OUT MON OUT ZONE OUT COMPOSITE OUT Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems Inc US Pat No 5 451 942 5 956674 5 974 380 5 978 762 and other world wide patents issued and pending DTS and DTS Digital Surround are registered trademarks of Digital ...

Page 9: ...NT R SUB 2 CENTER 2 CB 1 REAR L FRONT L CENTER CB 2 REAR R FRONT R SUB L R MON OUT MON OUT ZONE OUT COMPOSITE OUT Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems Inc US Pat No 5 451 942 5 956674 5 974 380 5 978 762 and other world wide patents issued and pending DTS and DTS Digital Surround are registered trademarks of Digital Theater Systems Inc Copyright 1996 2000 Digital Theater Systems...

Page 10: ... FRONT L CENTER CB 2 REAR R FRONT R SUB L R MON OUT MON OUT ZONE OUT COMPOSITE OUT 10 Connecting a DVD A or SACD Player MULTICHANNEL ANALOG OUTPUTS FRONT R SUB REAR R CENTER FRONT L REAR L Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems Inc US Pat No 5 451 942 5 956674 5 974 380 5 978 762 and other world wide patents issued and pending DTS and DTS Digital Surround are registered trademarks...

Page 11: ...ER SETUP SPEAKER Front CROSSOVER 100Hz DOLBY Small DTS Small STEREO MPEG Large MUSIC Small SPEAKER SETUP MENU INPUT SETUP LISTEN CD VID INPUT Video 1 INPUT LABEL _______ INPUT Coaxial 2 CINEMA EQ Off 12V TRIGGER 1 DEFAULT MODE Dolby 3 Stereo GROUP DELAY 200ms MAIN MENU INPUT SETUP LISTEN Multi Input VID INPUT Video 1 INPUT LABEL _______ 12V TRIGGER 1 LFE REDIRECT On MAIN MENU INPUT SETUP LISTEN CD...

Page 12: ...s 17 TV Monitor Outputs 17 ZONE OUT Video Output 17 Digital Audio Input Outputs 17 Digital Inputs 17 Digital Outputs 18 Other Connections 18 AC Input 18 Master Power Switch 18 12V TRIGGER Connections 18 REM IN Jacks 18 IR OUT Jacks 18 Computer I O 18 Making Connections 19 CD Player 19 DVD Player 19 Cable Satellite or HDTV Tuner 19 Audio Recorder 19 VCR or Digital Video Recorder 19 DVD A or SACD Pl...

Page 13: ...reo discs PCM MP3 and HDCD 29 Analog Stereo 29 Other Settings 30 Speaker Level 30 Group Delay 30 Dynamic Range 30 Contour Tone Settings 31 Cinema EQ 31 Tuner Controls 31 BAND Buttons 31 TUNING Buttons 31 MEMORY Button 32 NUMERIC Buttons Station Presets 32 DIRECT Button FRQ DIRECT Button 32 MONO Button FM MONO Button 32 TUNE Button PRESET Button P TUN Button 32 SCAN Button 32 RDS and RBDS Tuning 33...

Page 14: ...proper decoding and optimum performance from any multichannel digi tal signal on 6 1 and 7 1 channel systems Always active in any system with center back speaker s Rotel XS even works with signals that would not otherwise activate the proper decoding such as non flagged DTS ES and Dolby Surround EX discs or for which there is no extended surround decoder such as DTS 5 1 Dolby Digital 5 1 and even ...

Page 15: ... been properly made Video cables should have a 75 ohm imped ance The S PDIF digital audio interface stan dard also specifies a 75 ohm impedance and all good digital cables adhere to this require ment Do NOT substitute conventional audio interconnect cables for digital or video signals Standard audio interconnects will pass these signals but their limited bandwidth reduce per formance When making s...

Page 16: ...R 1 2 NOTE Depending on your system configura tion you may use some or all of these con nections For example if you only have one center channel connect it to the CENTER 1 output If you only have one center back chan nel connect it to the CB1 output ZONE 2 Audio Outputs A pair of RCA inputs labeled ZONE OUT sending analog audio signals to an external amplifier for a remote zone These outputs can b...

Page 17: ...s The TV MONITOR outputs of the RSX 1056 send the video signal to your TV monitor Three types of video output connections are provided RCA composite video S Video and Com ponent Video The composite video output only sends signals from composite video inputs to the TV moni tor The S Video output only sends signals from S Video video inputs to the TV The Compo nent Video output converts signals from...

Page 18: ...specific input sources are activated See the Input Setup and Zone 2 Setup menus in the Setup section of this manual for details REM IN Jacks Two 3 5 mm mini jacks labeled ZONE and EXT receive command codes from an indus try standard infrared receivers Xantech etc used when the IR signals from a hand held remote control cannot reach the front panel IR sensor EXT The EXT jack is used with an outboar...

Page 19: ...ideo input source used above For example if you use the Video 4 inputs above assign the digital input to the VIDEO 4 input Audio Recorder See Figure 8 Connect the left and right analog outputs from an audio tape deck to the AUDIO IN jacks labeled TAPE IN left and right Connect the left right AUDIO OUT TAPE OUT jacks to the inputs on the audio tape deck Optional For a digital recording device con n...

Page 20: ...Unscrew the binding post collars Place the connector lug or the twisted bare wire around the binding post shaft Turn the collars clock wise to clamp the connector lug or wire firmly in place 1 Connect the front right speaker to the bind ing posts labeled FRONT CB ZONE RIGHT 2 2 Connect the front left speaker to the bind ing posts labeled FRONT CB ZONE LEFT 1 3 Connect the center channel speaker to...

Page 21: ... on and off adjusting volume select ing a source for listening etc Following that is a detailed explanation of surround sound modes and how to configure the RSX 1056 for various types of recordings Finally there are instructions for additional features and Zone 2 operations All of these are features that may be used in normal use The last section of the manual Configuration details options that ma...

Page 22: ...e MUTE button once to turn the sound off An indication appears in the front panel and on screen displays Press the button again to restore previous volume levels NOTE Pressing the volume buttons on the re mote also cancels the muting function DEVICE INPUT Buttons The top row of buttons on the front panel plus the MULTI INPUT button are used to select source inputs for listening viewing These butto...

Page 23: ... The P TUN button toggles between the two modes SCAN Button Preset scan tuning automatically scans through the memorized station presets playing each for 5 seconds Press the SCAN button on the remote to begin preset scanning Press the but ton again to stop the scanning and listen to the desired preset RDS RBDS Buttons Four remote control buttons DISP PTY TP TA are used to activate various RDS RBDS...

Page 24: ...PLAY menu system to use the desired input type analog or digital auto sensing See the INPUT MENU section for configuration instructions NOTE In addition to selecting analog or digital signals the configuration options also permit custom labeling and selection of a default sur round mode for each of the eight inputs The input source buttons can also be used with the REC button described in the next...

Page 25: ... Dolby Digital in newer films in both the film industry and in home theater isDolbyDigital5 1 Insteadofencoding multiple surround channels on a two channel recording Dolby Digital 5 1 records six dis crete channels front left front center front right surround left surround right and a Low Fre quency Effects LFE channel containing ultra low bass signals intended for a subwoofer A Dolby Digital deco...

Page 26: ...r round performance on 6 1 and 7 1 channel systems The key benefit of Rotel XS is that it works at all times with all multichannel digi tal signals even those that might not otherwise activate Dolby Digital EX or DTS ES surround decoding for the center back channel s Al ways available when center back speaker s are configured in the system setup Rotel XS decodes the surround channels and distribut...

Page 27: ...al input from an HDCD en coded compact disc a standard CD a DTS 96 24 disc or MP3 player will be auto de tected and properly decoded to 2CH stereo operation Dolby Pro Logic IIx or Rotel XS processing can be configured to be automatically active in all 6 1 or 7 1 channel systems configured with center back speaker s and will ensure proper extended surround decoding of all multichannel digital signa...

Page 28: ...ing will pro vide a more diffused surround effect than the more highly localized Dolby EX decod ing and may be the better 7 1 channel options for non Surround EX discs Select ing DD 5 1 forces the center back chan nel processing off for conventional 5 1 channel playback You can also repeatedly press the DOLBY PLII 3ST button on the front panel until the desired center back chan nel option is selec...

Page 29: ...5 channel stereo or 7 channel stereo by pressing one of the sur round mode buttons on the remote 2CH PLC PLM 5CH 7CH To select any mode for 2 channel digital recordings Press the SUR button on the remote then use the buttons 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 front panel or remot...

Page 30: ...UND or CENTER BACK channels each press of the R button toggles between the SURROUND channels and the CENTER BACK channels The se lected speaker and its current setting appear briefly in the display 2 Use the UP or DOWN buttons on the re mote to adjust the output level of the se lected channel s NOTE If no level adjustment is made for 10 seconds the levels revert to the default cali brated settings...

Page 31: ...er the number of a memorized station preset Enter the number of the memorized preset using the NUMERIC buttons Preset tuning jumps up down to the next memorized station preset When in PRE SET mode press a TUNING button CH UP DOWN on the remote to select the next station preset Press the PRESET but ton on the remote to select PRESET tuning mode Press the TUNE button on the remote to select FREQUENC...

Page 32: ...ng the NUMERIC buttons The digit will appear in the frequency display and the second bar will flash Enter the remaining digits of the frequency When all of the necessary digits have been entered the receiver will tune to the displayed station frequency Note that entering a station fre quency is slightly different for the USA and Europe In the USA FM87 50MHz Press 8 7 5 FM101 90MHz Press 1 1 9 AM14...

Page 33: ... as BBC1 If the current station is not broadcasting an RDS signal the display will show NO NAME DATA 3 PROGRAM TYPE This is a description of the station s content from a standardized list of program types in each market If the current station is not broadcasting an RDS signal the display will show NO PTY DATA 4 CLOCK TIME A time and date display broadcast by the station If the current sta tion is ...

Page 34: ...er mode should be set to the factory default STANDBY setting or to the DIRECT setting using the Other Options menu described in the Setup section of this manual Controlling Zone 2 from the Main Room You can control Zone 2 from the main room using front panel or remote control buttons to activate or deactivate Zone 2 change input sources and adjust the volume Controlling Zone 2 from the main room i...

Page 35: ... lists of menu items that appear on the OSD screens Buttons Press to change the current set tings for a selected menu item on OSD screens ENTER Button From the SYSTEM STATUS screen press ENTER to display the MAIN MENU screen From any other OSD screen press ENTER to confirm a setting and return to the MAIN menu System Status SYSTEM STATUS LISTEN Tuner VID INPUT Video 1 RECORD Source MODE Dolby Digi...

Page 36: ...ill automatically revert to the analog input When an ANALOG input is the default the unit will not access a digital signal even though one may be present at the digital input thus the ANALOG setting forces the unit to use an analog signal Assigning a digital input with its auto sensing is generally the preferred con figuration for any source with a digital output NOTE If a source connected to a di...

Page 37: ... passing all of the digital processing There are no crossovers and no bass management there fore whatever signal goes into the subwoofer channel will be sent to the subwoofer preamp output This configuration may not be ideal for multi channel systems configured with high pass speakers redirecting bass to a powered sub woofer An option called LFE REDIRECT sends the seven main channels directly to t...

Page 38: ... or rumble The use of the LFE channel will vary from soundtrack to soundtrack Recordings that are not encoded in Dolby Digital or DTS do not have the LFE channel The following configuration instructions refer to LARGE and SMALL speakers referring more to their desired bass configuration than their physical size Specifically use the LARGE set ting for speakers that you want to play deep bass signal...

Page 39: ... 7 1 if you have two center back speakers 7 1 If your cen ter back speakers have limited bass capabil ity or if you would prefer that the bass go to a subwoofer use the SMALL setting SMALL1 for one speaker SMALL2 for two speakers If your system has no center back speakers select the NONE setting With center back speakers the Rotel XS eXtra surround Dolby Digital EX DTS ES Dolby Pro Logic II DTS Ne...

Page 40: ...r systems and should be used unless you have a spe cific reason to choose a different crossover point based on your specific speakers The OFF setting sends a full range signal to your subwoofer so that you can use its built in low pass filter With the OFF setting a 100 Hz high pass filter is activated for all SMALL speakers in the system NOTE The master crossover point can be over ridden with a cu...

Page 41: ... at the ceiling is easier and probably produces more consistent results Increase the master volume control on the RSX 1056 until the meter reads 75dB 5dB on the meter scale when playing the test tone through one of the front speakers Then use the individual channel adjustments on the TEST TONE menu to adjust each of the individual speakers including the subwoofer to the same 75dB on the SPL meter ...

Page 42: ...annot exceed the MAX VOL established in the next line of the menu MAX VOL Specifies the maximum volume level for the RSX 1056 The volume cannot be adjusted above this level Settings range from MIN to MAX in 1dB increments VOL SPEED Provides three options for how rapidly the volume control responds to inputs The SLOW setting adjusts the volume 1dB with each control input The MID setting adjusts in ...

Page 43: ...ropri ate setting from eight options to have the ZONE 2 trigger output send the turn on signal The options that will activate the Zone 2 trigger are zone 1 zone 2 zone and ALL The options that will disable the Zone 2 trigger are 1 2 1 2 and No Default Setup DEFAULT SETUP TUNER SETTING N America FRONT REDIRECT Front FACTORY DEFAULT No USER DEFAULT No SET USER DEFAULT No MAIN MENU The DEFAULT SETUP ...

Page 44: ... digital output is activated No sound from some speakers Check all power amp and speaker con nections Check Speaker Configuration settings in the Setup menus No video output on TV monitor Make sure that the TV monitor is connected properly Component video outputs can send any type of signal to the TV Com posite video connections can only send video from composite sources and S Video connections ca...

Page 45: ...e Ratio 45dB Input Impedance 75 ohms Output Impedance 75 ohms Output Level 1 0 volt FM Tuner Usable Sensitivity 14 2dBf Signal to Noise Ratio at 65dBf 70dBf Harmonic Distortion at 65dBf 0 03 Stereo Separation 1 kHz 45dB Output level 1 V Antenna Input 75 ohms unbalanced AM Tuner Sensitivity 500 µV m Signal to Noise Ratio 40dBf Output level 500 mV Antenna Input Loop Antenna General Power Consumption...

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