Owners Manual
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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 refer-
ence volume level, simply return to that volume
setting. Note that most home theater listeners
find this setting to be excessively loud. Let your
own ears be the judge for deciding how loud
to playback movie soundtracks and adjust the
master volume control accordingly. Regardless
of your listening levels, using an SPL meter to
calibrate equal levels for all speakers in the
system is strongly recommended.
Delay Setup
The DELAY SETUP menu, which is reached
from the MAIN menu, allows you to set the
delay for individual speakers. This ensures
that the sound from each speaker arrives si
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multaneously at the listening position, even
when the speakers are not all placed at equal
distances from the listener. Increase the delay
to speakers located closer to the seating area
and decrease the delay to speakers located
farther from the seating area.
The RSX-03 makes setting the delay time for
each speaker very easy. Simply measure the
distance (in feet or meters) from your seat
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ing position to each speaker in your system.
Set the measured distance in the line for
each speaker. The menu provides a line for
each speaker configured in your system and
provides a range of settings up to 50 feet
(15meters) in 1 foot (0.3 m) increments with
each increment equivalent to an additional
delay of 1ms.
NOTE: The delay setting for both front speak-
ers should be the same. The delay distance
for the center speaker or subwoofer cannot
be set more than 5 feet shorter than the front
speakers. The difference between the closest
and farthest speakers should not exceed 15
feet. The front speakers must always be the
longest distance. The menu calculates the
required delay and will not allow settings
outside these limits.
To change a setting, place the highlight on the
desired line using the UP/DOWN buttons and
use the +/– buttons to increase or decrease
the delay setting. To return to the MAIN menu,
press the ENTER button. Press the MENU/OSD
button on the remote to cancel the display
and return to normal operation.
Tone Setup
The TONE SETUP menu allows digital adjust-
ment of the bass and treble response of the
front speakers in the system. For example,
if your system sounds too bright, you could
reduce the treble.
DEFEAT (on/off): Selecting the ON setting
defeats the tone adjustment, bypassing the
tone processing entirely for that speaker or
group of speakers.
TREBLE: Adjusts the extreme high frequency
slope over a range of -10dB (MIN) to +10dB
(MAX). Negative number settings reduce the
high frequency output; positive number set
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tings increase it.
BASS: Adjusts the extreme low frequency
slope over a range of -10dB (MIN) to +10dB
(MAX). Negative number settings reduce the
low frequency output; positive number set
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tings increase it.
The tone adjustments are designed to work
at the frequency extremes and be relatively
subtle so that they do not have a negative
impact on midrange sounds. We recommend
acclimating to the sound of the system with the
tone adjustments defeated and then making
adjustments, if necessary, to address specific
speaker response issues or personal taste.
NOTE: You can also make temporary tone ad-
justments using the TONE and UP/DOWN
buttons on the remote. See the Tone Settings
section of this manual for details.
Miscellaneous Settings
Other Options
This OTHER OPTIONS menu, accessed from
the MAIN menu, provides access to several
miscellaneous settings as follows:
RECORD: Select which source signal to be
sent to the recording outputs by choosing
one of the input sources. The options are:
PHONO, CD, TAPE, TUNER, VIDEO 1–4,
and SOURCE. You can either select a specific
component or select SOURCE which will send
the signal to the record outputs from whatever
source is selected for listening.
TURN ON VOL: Specifies a default volume
level to be used each time the RSX-03 is acti
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vated. You can select LAST to have the RSX-03
power up with the last previously used volume
setting. Or, you specify a volume from MIN
(full mute) to MAX, in 1dB increments. Note
that this setting cannot exceed the MAX VOL
established in the next line of the menu.
MAX VOL: Specifies the maximum volume
level for the RSX-03. 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 2dB increments. The FAST setting
adjusts in 3dB increments.
POWER: This setting determines how the
RSX-03 powers up.
With the default STANDBY setting, the unit
powers up in standby mode when AC is ap
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plied and the rear panel POWER button is
ON. The unit must be activated using the