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RCD-12 Stereo Compact Disc Player
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 and later discarded, it is especially important for
a manufacturer to do all it can to engineer products that have a minimum
negative impact on landfill sites and water tables.
At Rotel, we are proud to do our part. We have reduced the lead content
in our electronics by using special ROHS solder, while our new Class D
(not digital) amplifiers are up to five times more efficient than our legacy
designs and still deliver power and performance. These products run
cool, give minimum wasted energy, are good for the environment and
give better sound too.
Finally, we have printed this brochure on recycled paper stock.
While we understand that these are small first steps, they are still important
ones. And we continue to pursue new methods and materials for a cleaner
and greener manufacturing process.
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-12
Simply stated, the RCD-12 is designed to do one thing—deliver the most
detailed, nuanced sound from every disc. Whether it is a conventional
CD, or an MP3 or WMA encoded disc, the RCD-12 will faithfully
reproduce all that is recorded on the disc. While the RCD-12 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 RCD-12 will deliver.
That said, the RCD-12 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 RCD-12 will deliver the highest level of audio performance.
Contents
Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Figure 1: Controls and Connections
4
Figure 2: RR-D98 Remote Control
4
Figure 3: Connections
5
About Rotel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
About the RCD-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
A Few Precautions
7
Placement
7
Control Identification
7
AC Power and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
AC Power Input
e
7
Power Switch
1
A
and POWER Indicator
2
7
Output Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Analog Outputs
-
7
Digital Output
=
7
OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Infrared Remote Control
3
8
Display
5
8
Disc Loader Slot
4
8
EJECT Button
6
Q
8
PLAY Button
7
M
8
STOP Button
8
F
8
PAUSE Button
9
N
8
TRACK Buttons
0
L
8
DIRECT ACCESS Buttons
B
8
SEARCH Button
B
8
Additional Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rotel-Link
q
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
12V Trigger Connection
w
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Remote Control Advanced Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Power Indicator Is Not Lit
10
Fuse Replacement
10
NO SOUND
10
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
