user manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Important Safety Instructions
 - 1: Controls and Connections
 - 2: RR-1070 Remote Control
 - 3: Connecting the Speakers
 - 4: Connecting the TV
 - 5: Connecting a Cable, Satellite, or HDTV set-top box
 - 6: Connecting a VCR
 - 7: Connecting a CD Player/CDR Recorder
 - 8: Connecting an Analog Audio Tape Recorder
 - 9: Connecting AM and FM antennae
 - 10: Parental Lock Country Codes
 - About Rotel
 - Getting Started
 - Features
 - Audio Features
 - Other Features
 - Supplied Accessories
 - A Few Precautions
 - Placement
 - CONNECTIONS
 - Notes on connections
 - Cable selection
 - Video Connections
 - Digital Audio
 - Making Connections
 - Connecting Speakers
 - Connecting a Subwoofer
 - Connecting the TV Monitor
 - Setting the PAL/NTSC Switch
 - Connecting a Cable, Satellite, or HDTV Set-top Box
 - VCR or Digital Video Recorder
 - CD Player/CDR Recorder
 - Audio Tape Recorder
 - AM Antenna
 - FM Antenna
 - AC Input
 - OPERATING THE RSDX-02
 - Front Panel Overview
 - STANDBY Button
 - DVD Drawer
 - Input Buttons
 - VOLUME Control
 - DVD Audio LED
 - INPUT AG/DG Button
 - SURROUND ON/OFF Button
 - SURROUND MODE Button
 - LCD Display
 - DVD Transport Buttons
 - SETTING Button
 - ADJUST button
 - MEMORY Button
 - CONTROL Buttons
 - Remote Sensor
 - Remote Control Overview
 - Programming the RR-1070 MENU Button
 - Using the RR-1070 ROTEL Button
 - Changing Pages PAGE Buttons
 - POWER Button
 - VOLUME Buttons
 - CHANNEL Buttons
 - HOME Button
 - MUTE Button
 - Basic Operations
 - Power On/Off
 - SLEEP Timer
 - Volume Adjustments
 - Muting the Sound
 - Changing Display Brightness
 - Selecting Source Inputs
 - Selecting an Input from the Front Panel
 - Selecting an Input from the Remote
 - Changing Input Name
 - Selecting Digital or Analog Inputs
 - Selecting the Digital Signal
 - Attenuating Analog Inputs
 - Activating Record Mode
 - Surround Modes
 - Dolby Surround Dolby Pro Logic II
 - Dolby Digital
 - DTS 5.1
 - All-Channel Stereo
 - DSP
 - Surround Off
 - Manually Selecting Surround Modes
 - Surround Sound On/Off
 - Selecting a Surround Sound Mode
 - Tuner Controls
 - Selecting FM/AM
 - Tuning from the Front Panel
 - Tuning from the Remote
 - Storing/Tuning Station Presets from the Front Panel
 - Storing/Tuning Station Presets from the Remote
 - Changing the FM MODE
 - DVD PLAYER
 - About Discs
 - Disc Formats
 - DVD Region Codes
 - Disc Structure
 - Digital Audio Formats
 - Playing DVDs
 - Inserting a Disc
 - Playing a Disc
 - Stopping Disc Playback
 - Pause/Still Frame
 - Skip forward/back
 - High Speed Play
 - Slow Speed Play
 - On-Screen Display (OSD)
 - Time Display
 - Advanced Features
 - Progressive Scan (NTSC only)
 - Zoom
 - Selecting a Scene Angle
 - Selecting Subtitles
 - Selecting Audio Tracks
 - Setting Video Picture Adjustments (VFP)
 - Still Pictures on DVD-A Disc
 - Playing Specific Selections
 - Find Scenes from a DVD Menu
 - Find a Scene from a Video CD/SVCD Menu
 - Selecting a Title/Group
 - Entering a Scene Number
 - Find a Location with Time Search
 - Repeat Play
 - Random Play
 - Program Play
 - MP3 and JPEG files
 - Control Menu
 - Additional JPEG features
 - SETUP
 - Quick Setup
 - Comprehensive Setup
 - Setup Procedure
 - Subwoofer Setting (SUBWFR)
 - Speaker Settings (FRNT SP, CNTR SP, SURR SP)
 - Delay Settings (FRNT D, CNTR D, SURR D)
 - Crossover Frequency Setting (CROSS)
 - LFE Attenuation Setting (LFE)
 - Dynamic Range Compression (D.COMP)
 - Digital Input Assignment (DGT)
 - Automatic Surround Mode (AUTO SR)
 - Quick Setup
 - Video Output Mode (VOUT)
 - Sound Adjustments
 - Setup Procedure
 - Front Speaker Balance (BAL)
 - Tone Adjustments (BASS and TREBLE)
 - Speaker Levels (SUBWFR, CENTER, SURR L, SURR R)
 - DSP Effect LEVEL (EFFECT)
 - Subwoofer Audio Position (AUDIO POS)
 - CHOICE MENU SYSTEM
 - Using the Choice Menus
 - Language Menu
 - Menu Language
 - Audio Language
 - Subtitle
 - On Screen Language
 - Picture Menu
 - Monitor Type
 - Picture Source
 - Screen Saver
 - MP3/JPEG
 - Audio Menu
 - L/R Balance
 - Bass
 - Treble
 - LFE Attenuation
 - Dynamic Range Compression
 - Speaker Setting Menu
 - Size
 - Level
 - Distance
 - Crossover
 - Return to Initial
 - Others Menu
 - Resume
 - On-Screen Guide
 - Auto Standby
 - Parental Lock
 - To Change Parental Lock Settings
 - Playback with Parental Lock
 - Specifications
 
 

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English
NOTE
: The CH+/– hard buttons on the remote
duplicate the function of the TRACK 
buttons when operating the DVD player.
With a DVD-Audio or Audio CD, this feature
also works to find a selection when playback
is stopped. This feature may not work with Video
CD/SVCD discs with the PBC function enabled.
NOTE
: There are other methods of locating
specific selections on a disc, including direct
access with the NUMERIC buttons and using
the On-Screen Menu features. See Playing
Specific Selections for details.
High Speed Play 
The SEARCH     buttons (remote only)
allow you to activate high speed play, either
forward or reverse.
During playback, press and release the
SEARCH 
   buttons to begin video and
audio playback at 2x normal speed, back-
wards or forwards. Each time you press the
button again, the playback speed increases
from to 5x, 10x, 20x, or 60x normal speed
(2x, 5x, 10x, 20x for DVD AUDIO/VCD/
SVCD/CD). Press PLAY 
 to resume normal
playback.
Alternatively, you can press and hold the TRACK
 buttons to increase speed to 5x nor-
mal. If you continue holding the buttons, the
speed will eventually increase to 20x normal
speed. Release the button to return to normal
playback
Slow Speed Play 
For slow motion play, press the PAUSE   but-
ton. Then, press the SEARCH 
   on the
remote to begin slow motion play. Each press
of the button steps through additional speed
options (1/32 speed, 1/16 speed, 1/8 speed,
1/4 speed, 1/2 speed). Press PLAY 
 to re-
sume normal playback. Slow motion reverse
play is only available on DVD-Video discs.
NOTE
: The sound is muted during slow-motion
play. Slow-motion is not available on Audio
CDs.
On-Screen Display (OSD)
P1-D
1. When the DVD input is active, press the
OSD button on Page 2 of the remote to
display a status bar on the TV.
On the top line, the status bar shows the
type of disc being played, the bandwidth,
the current Title/Chapter/Group/Track info,
a time indicator and play status.
2. Press the OSD button a second time and
a new status bar appears with drop down
menu item, selectable by pressing the
CURSOR 
 buttons to move the selec-
tion arrow.
.
3. Once a drop down menu is selected, ad-
justments can be made using the CURSOR
 buttons to step through the available
options.
4. Press the OSD button again to cancel the
status bar display
Time Display   
P1-D
The disc time indicators in the front panel dis-
play and the On-Screen Display can show
several different types of information for DVD-
Audio, Audio CD, and Video CD/SVCD discs.
Options include elapsed time or remaining time
for a single selection (chapter or track) or en-
tire disc (or 
Title
 for DVD-Video). To change
the time display:
1. Press the OSD button on the remote twice.
A display window appears on the TV
screen.
2. Press the CURSOR 
 buttons repeat-
edly to select the TIME field.
3. Press the CURSOR 
 buttons to step
through the available options:
TOTAL: Elapsed disc time
T. REM: Remaining total disc time
TIME: Elapsed playing time of the current
Chapter/Track
REM: Remaining time of the current 
Chap-
ter/Track
Advanced Features
The RSDX-02 provides several advanced fea-
tures for controlling the audio/video content
displayed during playback. These include pro-
gressive scan, zooming, changing the scene
angle on DVD-Video discs, selecting alternate
languages for the audio portion of DVD pro-
grams, and selecting subtitle languages on DVD
programs.
Progressive Scan 
P2-E
(NTSC only)
The RSDX-02 can display either interlaced
(480i) or progressive scan (480p) video, de-
pending on the setting of the Progressive Scan
button.
NOTE
: Progressive Scan only works with HDTV
monitors. Do not activate the Progressive Scan
feature with analog TV monitors. The Progres-
sive Scan feature is only available when using
the Component Video (Y PR PB) outputs with
the RSDX-02 in NTSC mode.
To activate progressive scan, press the
P-SCAN button on Page 2 of the remote while
playback is stopped. The PROGRESSIVE in-
dicator lights in the display. To return to nor-
mal video output, press the button again.
Zoom 
P2-D
P1-D
When playing a video disc, the RSDX-02 can
zoom in to enlarge a section of the picture up
to 64 times its original size. The zoom fea-
ture is available for full-motion video during
playback or for still-frame pictures while the
unit is paused. While zoomed, you can move
the displayed image up, down, left, or right
to view the desired portion of the full image.
To zoom in, press the ZOOM button Page
2 of the remote. Each press of the ZOOM button
changes the size of the picture: 1.8x, 4x, 8x,
16x, 32x, 64x, and back to normal size. An
icon at the top left of the screen shows the cur-
rent magnification.
To move the zoomed-in video image,
press the CURSOR 
 buttons on Page
1 of the remote in the desired direction. The
zoomed image moves up, down, left, or right
to show the desired portion of the full image.
Press PLAY 
 to resume normal playback.










