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Owner’s Manual
RSX-1055
Surround Sound Receiver
SURROUND SOUND RECEIVER RSX-1055
POWER
VOLUME
12 3 4 5 TUNING BAND CD TUNER TAPE VIDEO1 VIDEO2 VIDEO3 VIDEO4 VIDEO5
DOLBY DTS MULTI DYNAMIC
6 7 8 9 0 DIRECT MONO MEMORY 2CH PLII/3ST NEO 6 DSP INPUT RANGE ZONE REC
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Notice The COMPUTER I/O connection should be handled by authorized person only. 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. This equipment generates, uses and can radi- ate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction, may cause h
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NOTE TO CATV SYSTEM INSTALLER: Call the CATV system or antenna Important Safety Instructions installer’s attention to Article 820-40 of the NEC. This provides guidelines for proper grounding and, in particular, specifies that the cable ground WARNING: There are no user serviceable parts inside. Refer shall be connected to the grounding system of the building, as close to the all servicing to qualified service personnel. point of cable entry as practical. See installation diagram. WARNING: To red
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RSX-1055 Surround Sound Receiver 4 1: Controls and Connections 1 2 3 4 5 6 SURROUND SOUND RECEIVER RSX-1055 POWER VOLUME 12 3 4 5 TUNING BAND CD TUNER TAPE VIDEO1 VIDEO2 VIDEO3 VIDEO4 VIDEO5 DOLBY DTS MULTI DYNAMIC 6 7 8 9 0 DIRECT MONO MEMORY 2CH PLII/3ST NEO 6 DSP INPUT RANGE ZONE REC 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 COMPONENT VIDEO SPEAKERS IN MONITOR CENTER SURROUND FRONT/CB 12V TRIG MULTI INPUT 1 2 OUT OUT L L/1 1 2 ANTENNA CB1 Y ZONE FRONT L REAR L
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5 2: RR-969 Remote AUD TV SAT VCR DVD A CD TUN AV 1 AV 2 AV 3 123 POWER L M 456 B CH VOL N 789 INPUT O BAND MUTE +10 0 X P GUIDE MENU PLAY CD DISC1 DISC2 DISC3 DISC4 DISC5 CM Q UP CD TUN PH TAPE1 TAPE2 OSD C R TRACK V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 - ENT + D PROGRAM RANDOM REPEAT DISC DISC+ PAUSE STOP S PREV CH E SETUP AUDIO ANGLE SUBTITLE TITLE DWN S R T FILTER EXT IN ZONE PRESET SUR + SEARCH – SEARCH + SHIFT PTY TA TP DISPLAY ZOOM CLEAR MODE CONDITION TV/VCR TV/VCR DVD PIP PIP SWAP SWAP POS POS ANT ANT MODE MO
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RSX-1055 Surround Sound Receiver 6 3: Outputs LEFT REAR RIGHT REAR SUBWOOFER LEFT FRONT CENTER RIGHT FRONT SPEAKERS COMPONENT VIDEO IN MONITOR CENTER SURROUND FRONT/CB 12V TRIG MULTI INPUT 1 2 OUT OUT L L/1 1 2 Y ANTENNA CB1 ZONE FRONT L REAR L OUT ZONE REM EXT REM CENTER IR CB L S.C. OFF R CR SOFTWARE IR OUT UPGRADABLE ON 1 2 FRONT R REAR R SUB PREOUT DIGITAL INPUT COAXIAL FRONT CB1 REAR SUB1 CTR1 DIGITAL 1 2 OUPUT R R/2 OPTICAL S-VIDEO IN S-VIDEO OUT L 1 2 COMPUTER 1 234513 2 I/O R COAXIAL OP
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7 4: Source Connections DVD Y L S-VIDEO CR COMPONENT VIDEO R COMPOSITE CB AUDIO DIGITAL VIDEO OUTPUT OUTPUT OUTPUTS ROTEL RSX-1055 SPEAKERS COMPONENT VIDEO CENTER SURROUND FRONT/CB IN MONITOR 12V TRIG MULTI INPUT 1 2 OUT OUT L L/1 1 2 Y ANTENNA CB1 ZONE FRONT L REAR L OUT ZONE REM EXT REM CENTER IR CB L S.C. OFF R CR SOFTWARE IR OUT UPGRADABLE ON 1 2 FRONT R REAR R SUB PREOUT DIGITAL INPUT COAXIAL FRONT CB1 REAR SUB1 CTR1 DIGITAL 1 2 OUPUT R R/2 OPTICAL S-VIDEO IN S-VIDEO OUT L 1 2 COMPUTER 1 23
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RSX-1055 Surround Sound Receiver 8 5: Zone 2 Connections CD ROTEL RSX-1055 COMPONENT VIDEO SPEAKERS CENTER SURROUND FRONT/CB IN MONITOR 12V TRIG MULTI INPUT 1 2 OUT 1 OUT L L/1 2 Y ANTENNA CB1 ZONE OUT FRONT L REAR L ZONE REM EXT REM CENTER IR L CB S.C. R OFF CR SOFTWARE IR OUT UPGRADABLE ON 1 2 FRONT R REAR R SUB PREOUT DIGITAL INPUT FRONT CB1 REAR SUB1 CTR1 COAXIAL DIGITAL 1 2 OUPUT R R/2 OPTICAL S-VIDEO IN S-VIDEO OUT L 1 2 COMPUTER 1 234513 2 I/O R CB2 SUB2 CTR2 COAXIAL OPTICAL 3 SURROUND S
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9 6: Antenna COMPONENT VIDEO SPEAKERS IN MONITOR CENTER SURROUND FRONT/CB 12V TRIG MULTI INPUT OUT 1 2 OUT L L/1 1 2 ANTENNA CB1 Y ZONE OUT FRONT L REAR L ZONE REM EXT REM CENTER IR L CB S.C. R SOFTWARE OFF IR CR UPGRADABLE ON OUT 1 2 PREOUT DIGITAL INPUT FRONT R REAR R SUB FRONT CB1 REAR SUB1 CTR1 COAXIAL DIGITAL 1 2 OUPUT R R/2 OPTICAL S-VIDEO IN S-VIDEO OUT L 1 2 COMPUTER 1 234513 2 I/O R CB2 SUB2 CTR2 3 COAXIAL OPTICAL SURROUND SOUND RECEIVER MODEL NO. RSX-1055 CD TAPE VIDEO IN VIDEO OUT POW
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RSX-1055 Surround Sound Receiver 10 7: On-Screen Display Menus INPUT SETUP DTS Neo:6 LISTEN: Video 2 MODE: CINEMA INPUT LABEL: _ _ _ _ _ INPUT: Coaxial 2 SURR MODE: Dolby 3 Stereo SYSTEM STATUS ENT KEY=ENTER ENT KEY=input setup +/– KEY=char +/– KEY=change LISTEN: VIDEO 1 RECORD: Tuner MODE: Dolby Digital 2CH INPUT: Coaxial 1 VOLUME: 45 ZONE: Off INPUT SETUP DOLBY PRO LOGIC II ENT KEY=MAIN MENU OSD KEY=EXIT LISTEN: V
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11 English Surround Controls ...............................17 Digital Source Connections ....................23 Contents Automatic Surround Modes .............................. 17 Digital Inputs ............................................ 23 Boxed numbers refer to RSX-1055 illustration. Manually Selecting Digital Outputs .......................................... 23 Boxed letters refer to RR-969 illustration. Surround Modes .............................................. 17 Output Signal Conne
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RSX-1055 Surround Sound Receiver 12 • Rotel XS (eXtended Surround) automatically About Rotel Getting Started ensures proper decoding and optimum performance from any multichannel digi- A family whose passionate interest in music Thank you for purchasing the Rotel RSX-1055 tal signal on 6.1 and 7.1 channel systems. led them to manufacture high fidelity compo- Surround Sound Receiver. The RSX-1055 is Always active in any system with center nents of uncompromising quality founded Rotel four produc
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13 English Unpacking Programming the RR-969 There are three available power mode options PRELOAD Button for the RSX-1055, selected during setup from Remove the unit carefully from its packing. Find an ON-SCREEN DISPLAY menu. These options the remote control and other accessories. Save The RR-969 is preprogrammed to operate the can be selected to best suit your particular system the box as it will protect the RSX-1055 if you RSX-1055. Should the AUDIO command set configuration. The normal DIRECT
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RSX-1055 Surround Sound Receiver 14 Volume Control FILTER Button All of the source inputs can be customized using the ON-SCREEN DISPLAY configuration menus The VOLUME control adjusts the level of all The FILTER button (remote only) activates or to accept either analog signals or digital sig- output channels. Rotate the front-panel control deactivates a special CINEMA EQ setting. This nals from one of the five assignable digital clockwise to increase the volume, counterclock- equalization may b
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15 English REC Button Dolby Digital Overview of ZONE Button In 1992, an entirely new digital recording The RSX-1055 can record from any analog system, called Dolby Digital, was first used in Surround Formats source to a VCR or other recorder connected the film industry. Dolby Digital is a recording/ to the VIDEO 1, 2 or 3 outputs or the TAPE To get the best performance from your playback system that uses compression tech- outputs, even while you are listening to a dif- RSX-1055, it helps to und
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RSX-1055 Surround Sound Receiver 16 DTS 5.1 6.1 and 7.1 Surround matrix-encoded surround signals (such as non- flagged DTS-ES and Dolby Surround EX discs) ® DTS (Digital Theater Systems) is an alterna- In 1999, the first Dolby Digital soundtrack was as well as non-matrix digital source material tive digital format competing with Dolby Digital released to theaters with an additional cen- (such as DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, and even in both movie theaters and home theater ter back surround ch
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17 English Manually Selecting • Dolby Digital 2-channel Stereo can be over- Surround Controls Surround Modes ridden to Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby 3-Ste- reo, and Stereo. Four front panel MODE buttons and the SUR+ Automatic Surround Modes button on the remote provide manual selec- The following topics describe the use of each Decoding of digital sources connected to the tion of surround sound settings when you wish of the surround mode buttons in greater detail. digital inputs is generally automa
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RSX-1055 Surround Sound Receiver 18 When the PRO LOGIC II setting is selected, DTS Neo:6 features two different decoding Setting Surround Modes the front-panel display shows that Pro Logic II settings, one optimized for music sources and from the Remote decoding is activated, along with the current the other optimized for cinema sources. Press SUR+ Button mode setting (MUSIC, CINEMA, EMULATION). the DTS Neo:6 button to activate Neo:6 pro- The SUR+ button on the remote selects the sur- cessing
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19 English DYNAMIC RANGE Button • Station preset tuning lets you directly In the PRESET tuning mode, press a DWN Button enter the number of a memorized station TUNING button (CH UP/DOWN on the re- preset. Enter the number of the memorized mote) and release to jump to the next memo- Digital sources are capable of wide dynamic preset using the NUMERIC buttons. rized station preset. Switch between FRE- range (the difference between the softest and QUENCY and PRESET tuning modes by press- loudest so
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RSX-1055 Surround Sound Receiver 20 PRESET Button NOTE: If the TUNER is not already the selected NOTE: The RDS and RBDS features are en- input, pressing a NUMERIC button on the front- tirely dependent on the broadcaster sending The PRESET button on the remote toggles be- panel activates the TUNER. If using the NU- encoded signals. Thus, they will only be avail- tween frequency tuning mode and preset tuning MERIC buttons on the remote, first manually able in markets where RDS or RBDS is imple-
