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RSX-03

Surround Sound Receiver

STANDB Y

BAND

RSX -03

TUNI NG

VIDE O2

PHON

VIDE O

MULT

INPU T

TAPE

DSP

VIDE O

MUT

VIDE O

TUNE

Neo: 6

DOLB

PLII /3S

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Owner’s manual RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver RSX-03 STANDBY TUNING BAND PHONO CD TUNER TAPE VIDEO1 2CH DOLBY PLII/3ST DTS Neo:6 DSP MULTI INPUT VIDEO2 VIDEO3 VIDEO4 MUTE REC
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�� This symbol means that this unit is double insulated. An earth or ground connection is not required. Rotel products are designed to comply with international directives on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) in electrical and electronic equipment and the disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE).
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Notice Important Safety Instructions The COMPUTER I/O connection should be handled by authorized person only. WARNING: There are no user serviceable parts inside. Refer all servicing to qualiﬁed service personnel. FCC Information This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver 4 1: Controls and Connections � � 1 RSX-03 STANDBY TUNING BAND � � � �� DIGITAL INPUT �� CD TUNER TAPE VIDEO1 2CH DOLBY PLII/3ST DTS Neo:6 DSP � �� PHONO VIDEO4 MULTI INPUT MUTE REC � �� 1 �� VIDEO3 VIDEO2 �� 2 � ��
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English 5 2: RR-1060 Remote POWER 1 4 2 5 3 ON 6 CH 7 8 LIGHT 0 FRQ DIRECT TUNE PRESET VOL X SMT BAND GUIDE MENU C M � CTR OSD � � CD SEARCH+ � S R � SUB SUR TAPE EXT DEVICE / INPUT V1 V2 V3 V4 6 7 8 9 0 FRQ DIRECT SEARCH- TUN 5 +10 � TUNE PRESET � � V5 FM MONO BAND � RR-1060 � � VOL � SMART SMT GUIDE MUTE � MENU C M CTR OSD SEARCH- � � SEARCH+ S R SUB SUR DISC1 DISC2 DISC3 DISC4 EQ DYN REC ZONE SUR+ DISC- DISC+ PROG
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RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver 6 3: Connecting the Speakers SUBWOOFER INPUT �� DIGITAL INPUT �� 1 �� 2 � �� L L R R �� 2 �� Y �� 1 � � ��
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English 7 4: Connecting the TV �� DIGITAL INPUT �� 1 �� 2 � �� L L R �� 1 �� 2 �� Y R �� PB P
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RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver 8 6: Connecting a VCR �� DIGITAL INPUT �� 1 �� 2 � �� L L R �� 1 �� 2 �� Y R ��
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English 9 8: Connecting an Audio Recorder �� DIGITAL INPUT �� 1 �� 2 � �� L L R �� 1 �� 2 �� Y R ��
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RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver 10 10: Connecting a DVD-A or SACD Player �� DIGITAL INPUT �� 1 �� 2 � �� L L R �� 1 �� 2 �� Y R ��
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English 11 12: On-Screen Menus ��
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RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver Contents 12 Video Inputs & Outputs ......................... 16 Boxed numbers refer to RSX-03 illustration. Boxed letters refer to RR-1060 illustration. VIDEO 1–4 Composite Video Inputs .............16 COMPOSITE Video Output ............................16 Important Safety Instructions .................. 3 VIDEO 1–4 S-Video Inputs ..........................16 1: Controls and Connections .................................4 S-VIDEO Video Output 2: RR-1060 Remote ....
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English 13 FRQ DIRECT Button ......................................21 FM MONO Button ........................................21 TUNE Button PRESET Button P-TUN Button ..............................................21 SCAN Button ................................................21 RDS/RBDS Buttons ......................................21 Automatic Surround Modes .................... 25 SETUP Manually Selecting Surround Modes ....... 25 Menu Basics .........................................
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RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver About Rotel A family whose passionate interest in music led them to manufacture high ﬁdelity components of uncompromising quality founded Rotel over forty years ago. 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.
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English 15 CONNECTIONS Connecting the RSX-03 to your system is straightforward. Each of the source components in the system is connected to the RSX-03 inputs with a pair of standard RCA cables for analog audio, a video connection (composite, S-Video, or Component Video), and an optional digital audio cable (coax or optical). NOTE: The RSX-03 can only decode digital surround formats (such as Dolby Digital and DTS) when a digital input signal is available.
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RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver 16 Preamp Outputs VIDEO 1–4 S-Video Inputs A group of three RCA analog audio outputs sends the RSX-03’s line level output signals to external ampliﬁers and powered subwoofers. These outputs are variable level, adjusted by the RSX-03 volume control. These three connectors provide output for CENTER BACK 1 & 2 (or FRONT LEFT & RIGHT) and a SUBWOOFER. Four inputs, labeled S-VIDEO IN 1–4 accept S-Video input signals from source components.
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English 17 NOTE: Only digital signals from source components are available at these outputs. Analog signals cannot be converted and are not available at the digital outputs. Other Connections AC Input Your RSX-03 is conﬁgured at the factory for the proper AC line voltage in the country where you purchased it (USA: 120 volts/60Hz AC or CE: 230 volts /50 Hz AC ). The AC line conﬁguration is noted on a decal on the back of your unit.
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RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver 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 TAPE IN jacks (left and right). Connect the left/right TAPE OUT jacks to the inputs on the audio tape deck. Optional: For a digital recording device, connect the digital output of the recorder to one of the OPTICAL IN or COAXIAL IN digital inputs on the RSX-03.
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English 19 Optional Ampliﬁer 6.1/7.1 channel systems In addition to the ﬁve built-in amplifers, the RSX-03 has a pair of preamp output jacks that allow you to connect an additional stereo ampliﬁer. This ampliﬁer can be used to power up to two additional channels in a 6.1 channel or 7.1 channel system. Or, it can be used in place of the built-in front channel ampliﬁers in a 5.1 channel system. In a 6.1/7.1 channel system, the additional ampliﬁer can be used to drive one or two center back speakers.
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RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver tem. Icons across the bottom of the display show the current surround mode and other special features. Icons at the top of display assist in tuning radio stations and operation of RDS/RBDS features. The FL display can be turned off, if desired. See the MENU button section for instructions. Remote Sensor This sensor receives IR signals from the remote control. Do not block this sensor.
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English 21 EQ Button BAND Buttons RDS/RBDS Buttons This button on the remote is used to turn on and off the Cinema EQ feature, a high-cut ﬁlter useful for older movie soundtracks. Press either of the BAND buttons to toggle between AM and FM reception. Four remote control buttons (DISP, PTY, TP, TA) are used to activate various RDS/RBDS tuning features. See the RDS/RBDS Tuning section of the manual for detailed information.
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RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver Volume Adjustments The listening volume of the RSX-03 can be adjusted from the front panel or the remote. Front Panel: Rotate the front panel VOLUME knob clockwise to increase the volume, counterclockwise to decrease. Remote: Press the VOL UP button to increase the volume; press the VOL DOWN button to decrease. When you adjust the volume, the setting is shown on the TV monitor and/or the front panel display.
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English 23 Dolby Surround Dolby Pro Logic II The most widely available surround sound format for consumer audio/video is Dolby Surround®, available on nearly all commercial VHS tapes, many television broadcasts, and most DVDs. Dolby Surround is the consumer version of the analog Dolby Stereo system ﬁrst introduced in the ﬁlm industry in 1972. It is a matrix-encoding system that records front left, front center, front right, and a mono surround channel into a 2-channel stereo recording.
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RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver 24 taken it one step further and developed the capability to record this extended surround information as a discrete channel in a system called DTS-ES® 6.1 Discrete. Rotel XS 6.1 and 7.1 Channel Surround All of these systems are extensions of the existing Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 digital surround sound formats. Users with one center back speaker (a 6.1 conﬁguration) or two center back speakers (a 7.
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English 25 DTS Music 5.1 Discs: These discs are a variation of audio CDs that include a DTS 5.1 channel recording. The RSX-03 decodes these discs just like a DTS movie soundtrack when played on a CD player or DVD player with a digital output connection. DVD-A music discs: Taking advantage of the increased storage capacity of the DVD disc, new high bit rate multichannel audio recordings are available on DVD-A discs.
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RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver NOTE: DTS, DTS-ES Matrix 6.1, DTS-ES Discrete 6.1, Dolby Digital, MP3, MPEG Multichannel, digital signals are auto-detected and cannot be overridden. However, you can choose to use Dolby Digital Surround EX decoding for any Dolby Digital 5.1 source material. You can also downmix Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS 5.1 recordings for 2-channel playback.
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English 27 • On a 6.1/7.1 system with a DTS 5.1 disc. Press the SUR+ button on the remote, then use the +/– buttons to step through the optional modes: DTS 2.0 channel downmix, DTS 5.1 channel, or DTS with DTS Neo:6 center back processing. Selecting DTS 5.1 forces the center back channel processing off for conventional 5.1 channel playback. You can also repeatedly press the DTS Neo:6 button on the front panel until the desired option is selected. • On a 6.1/7.1 system with a DTSES disc.
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RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver NOTE: In addition to the options that follow, you can select Pro Logic II Cinema, Pro Logic II Music, Pro Logic IIx Cinema, Pro Logic IIx Music, 5-channel stereo, or 7-channel stereo by pressing one of the surround mode buttons on the remote (PLC, PLM, 5CH, 7CH). • To select Stereo or Analog bypass mode for 2-channel analog recordings. Press the 2CH button on the remote to toggle between Stereo (with digital processing) or Analog Bypass (no digital processing) modes.
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English 29 Cinema EQ The EQ button (remote only) activates or deactivates a special CINEMA EQ setting. This equalization may be desirable for playback of movie source material to compensate for the acoustic differences between a commercial cinema and a home theater environment by reducing the high-frequency content. The EQ setting is independent for each source input. Using the button only changes the setting for the currently active source input.
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RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver The NUMERIC buttons can also be used for direct access tuning (see next section). FRQ DIRECT Button If you know the frequency of the desired station, you may tune it directly using the FREQUENCY DIRECT button and the NUMERIC buttons. 1. Press the FRQ DIRECT button on the remote to change the NUMERIC buttons from station preset to Direct Access mode.
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English 31 NOTE: RDS and RBDS services are only available on FM broadcasts. The features and buttons described below are only operational in FM mode. DISP Button There are five display options when the currently tuned station is broadcasting RDS information and the RDS indicator in the front-panel display is lit. Press the DISP button on the remote to step through the ﬁve display options: 1. Standard FREQUENCY display. 2. PROGRAM SERVICE name. This is typically the station’s call letters, such as BBC1.
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RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver Menu Basics Navigation Buttons The following remote control buttons are used to navigate the OSD menu system: 32 System Status �� The SYSTEM STATUS menu provides a snapshot of the current system settings and a starting point for reaching all other screens and menus.
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English 33 VID INPUT: select the video source to be displayed on the TV monitor with the listening source speciﬁed on the ﬁrst line. Can be VIDEO 1–4 or OFF (no video). Typically, the video source matches the audio from listening source; however a different video input can be selected. For audio only sources (such as a CD player), you would typically specify OFF so that no video is displayed. INPUT LABEL: The eight character labels for the all eight inputs can be customized.
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RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver This conﬁguration may not be ideal for multichannel systems conﬁgured with high-pass speakers, redirecting bass to a powered subwoofer. An option, called LFE REDIRECT, sends the ﬁve main channels directly to the outputs as usual. In addition, it takes a duplicate copy of these seven channels, combines them into mono, and routes them through a 100 Hz analog low-pass crossover to the subwoofer preamp output.
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English 35 large speakers. For optimum performance, you must tell the RSX-03 the number of speakers in your system and how bass should be distributed among them. NOTE: There are two types of bass in a surround system. The ﬁrst is bass recorded in each of the main channels (front, center, and surround). This bass is present in all recordings and soundtracks. In addition, Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 recordings may have a Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel – the .1 channel.
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RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver CENTER BACK SPEAKER(S) (large1/ large2/small1/small2/none): Some systems have one or two additional center back surround speakers. Select the LARGE settings (not available with SMALL front speakers) to have your center back speaker(s) play low bass. Use LARGE 1 if you have one center back speaker (6.1) or LARGE 2 (7.1) if you have two center back speakers (7.1).
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English 37 turns off the subwoofer for that mode) and a range of adjustments from -9dB to +9dB and MAX (+10dB). A setting of 0dB means that the speciﬁed surround mode will use the master subwoofer level. Any other setting is an offset to the master setting. For example, an adjustment of -2db for a particular surround mode means that the subwoofer level will be 2dB quieter than the master subwoofer level when that surround mode is selected.
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RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver bass from the subwoofer, the subwoofer level may be too high. Music can be useful for ﬁne-tuning the subwoofer level as excessive bass is readily apparent. The proper setting will generally work well for music and movie soundtracks. Remember the setting of the master volume control used during this calibration. To play a Dolby Digital or DTS soundtrack at the reference volume level, simply return to that volume setting.
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English 39 front panel STANDBY button or the remote ON/OFF buttons. With the DIRECT setting, the unit is fully activated when AC power is applied and the rear panel POWER button is ON; however, it may be put in standby mode using the front panel STANDBY button or the remote ON/OFF buttons.
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RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver To change the PASSWORD: Place the highlight on the SET NEW PASSWORD line using the UP/DOWN buttons and use the +/– buttons to change the setting to YES. Press the ENTER button. The SET NEW PASSWORD screen appears. �� 40 MORE INFORMATION OSD menus are not displayed on TV Monitor.
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English 41 Hum and Noise In most installations, the RSX-03 will provide extremely quiet operation. However, in any audio/video system with multiple components, there is the potential for hum and noise to be picked up and ampliﬁed by the system. There are two types of hum and noise. The ﬁrst is a higher pitched “interference”, often caused by faulty light dimmer switches or ﬂourescent ﬁxtures. The second is a low pitched 50 Hz or 60 Hz “hum”, usually the result of ground loops.
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