Owners Manual
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RSX-03 Surround Sound Receiver
CENTER BACK SPEAKER(S) (large1/
large2/small1/small2/none): Some sys
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tems 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). If your
center back speakers have limited bass capa
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bility 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
Neo:6 or other decoders will provide center
back signals for any surround mode.
NOTE: To use center back speakers with
the RSX-03 requires the use of an optional
power amplifier to drive the front or center
back speakers.
SUBWOOFER (yes/no/max): The YES
setting is the standard setting if your system has
a subwoofer. If your system does not have a
subwoofer, select NO. Select the MAX setting
for maximum bass output with normal bass
being duplicated by both the subwoofer and
any LARGE speakers in the system.
ADVANCED: Speaker configuration is gen
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erally a global setting for all surround modes
and need only be done once. However, for
special circumstances, the RSX-03 provides
the option of setting the speaker configura
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tion independently for each of four surround
modes. Select the ADVANCED line on the
menu and press ENTER to go to the AD
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VANCED SPEAKER SETUP menu described
in the following section.
To change a setting on the SPEAKER SETUP
menu, place the highlight on the desired line
using the UP/DOWN buttons and use the
+/– buttons to toggle through the available
settings. To return to the MAIN menu, press
the ENTER button. Press the MENU/OSD but-
ton on the remote to cancel the display and
return to normal operation.
Advance Speaker Setup
In most cases, the standard speaker configura-
tion described above is a global setting and
can be used for all surround modes. However,
the RSX-03 provides the capability to custom
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ize these settings for four different surround
modes: Dolby, DTS, Stereo, and Music. For
example, you could set up the Dolby and
DTS modes for 5.1 channel sound, while the
Stereo mode changes to a 2-speaker setup
with or without a subwoofer.
NOTE: In most systems, the default settings on
this menu will provide the most predictable
results and most users will 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 custom
settings.
DOLBY (large/small/none): Sets the cur
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rent speaker (shown in the first line) to LARGE,
SMALL, or NONE, overriding the master set-
ting from the SPEAKER SETUP menu. This set
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ting will ONLY take effect with Dolby Digital
or Dolby Pro Logic II decoding.
DTS (large/small/none): The same op
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tions described for Dolby above, except these
settings ONLY take effect with DTS and DTS
Neo:6 decoding.
STEREO/MPEG (large/small/none):
The same options described for Dolby above,
except these settings ONLY take effect in STE-
REO surround mode.
MUSIC (large/small/none): The same
options described for Dolby above, except
these settings ONLY take effect with any of
the DSP MUSIC surround modes.
NOTE: When the front speakers are set to
use the master crossover frequency on the
ADVANCED SPEAKER SETUP menu, the sur-
round mode specific “large/small/none” set
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tings are not available for the other speakers.
These speakers will use the setting determined
in the basic SPEAKER SETUP menu.
Subwoofer Setup
The SUBWOOFER SETUP menu allows selec-
tion of the subwoofer crossover frequency
and independent adjustment of subwoofer
level for each surround mode.
CROSSOVER (40Hz/60Hz/80Hz/
100Hz/120Hz/OFF): This setting speci
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fies a low-pass filter for the subwoofer and a
corresponding high-pass filter for all SMALL
speakers in the system at the selected fre
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quency. To adjust the crossover frequency,
highlight the CROSSOVER line using the
UP/DOWN buttons. Then, use the +/– but
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tons to chose the crossover point. The 80Hz
or 100Hz crossover points are the most com-
mon in home theater systems and should be
used unless you have a specific 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.
DOLBY DIGITAL:
DOLBY PLIIx:
DTS:
STEREO/MPEG:
MUSIC:
MULTI INPUT:
These six lines allow you to override the mas
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ter subwoofer level setting as determined on
the TEST TONE menu (see below) for each
specific surround mode. When going to the
SUBWOOFER SETUP menu from the MAIN
menu, the current surround mode is auto
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matically highlighted. Use the +/– buttons
to adjust the subwoofer level for the current
surround mode. The options are OFF (which