User manual ROTEL RD-1001

[. . . ] Take the unit to a qualified service person for inspection and necessary repairs. Read all the instructions before connecting or operating the component. Heed all warnings and safety information in these instructions and on the product itself. For example, do not place the unit on a bed, sofa, rug, or similar surface that could block the ventilation slots. [. . . ] The delay time setting also appears in the ON-SCREEN DISPLAY (see below). In general, longer delay time settings will tend to create the illusion of a larger acoustic space, although if overdone, the effect can be exaggerated and unnatural. Delay times also may need to be adjusted depending on the relative distance from the listening position to the front and rear speakers. As a general rule, your attention should never be drawn to the surround speakers as a primary sound source, particularly when listening to music. If you are closer to the rear speakers, increasing the delay time may prevent this problem. The four DELAY TIME choices for each surround mode are: STEP 1 NONE 15 ms NONE STEP 2 NONE 20 ms 5 ms STEP 3 NONE 25 ms 10 ms STEP 4 NONE 30 ms 15 ms MASTER VOLUME Controls 29 A pair of buttons which duplicate the function of the front panel volume control. Press VOLUME DOWN to reduce the volume and press VOLUME UP to increase the volume. The VOLUME UP/DOWN buttons are also used in making certain system configuration settings. SELECTOR Buttons 34 A group of ten buttons which duplicate the function of the LISTENING SOURCE SELECTOR buttons on the RD-1001 front panel. Select any input source by pressing the appropriate button. The labels on the remote buttons match the front panel buttons, except that the button labelled PHONO/LD corresponds to the front panel DVD input button and the button labelled AUX 1 corresponds to the front panel AUX input button. The remote buttons labelled AUX 2 and TAPE 2 are not used with the RD-1001. 5. 1 Button 39 Duplicates the 5. 1 CH button on the front panel. Selects the 5. 1 Channel input, overriding any other sources. MUTE Button (remote only) 31 STEREO: DOLBY PRO LOGIC: DOLBY DIGITAL: Push this button once to reduce the output levels to zero ­ to turn the sound off. These screens are available at any time by pressing the ON-SCREEN MENU button on the remote control to activate the first screen. Push the button a second time to go to the second screen (OUTPUT BALANCE). Push the button a third time to cancel the ON-SCREEN DISPLAY. OUTPUT BALANCE Screen OUTPUT BAL L/F 0dB S/L 0dB INPUT 0dB CEN 0dB SUB 0dB R/F 0dB S/R 0dB S MONO MAIN Screen INPUT: S MODE: C DELAY: S DELAY: DYNAMIC: VIDEO 1 COAX 1 DOLBY DIGITAL 5ms 15ms NONE The OUTPUT BALANCE screen provides a temporary adjustment to the relative output levels of each speaker in the system. Unlike the BALANCE CHECK calibration procedure, the changes made on this screen are temporary. They change the output balance only for the current source input and only until a different source is selected, when the settings will revert to the system-wide default established during the BALANCE CHECK calibration. SPEAKER OUTPUT LEVELS: The main portion of the screen consists of labels for each of the speakers in the system, along with an output level setting. The screen above shows ALL possible speakers as would appear in a full system in Dolby Pro Logic mode. Depending on your system configuration and surround mode setting, you will see a smaller complement of speakers. For example, in STEREO mode, you will only see FRONT speakers (and the SUBWOOFER, if your system is configured for a subwoofer). To adjust the output of your speakers: VOLUME: ­40db ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ The MAIN menu provides status information and configuration options for the source inputs and other system parameters. Some of the items shown above will not be available for all surround modes. [. . . ] Thus, the decision you need to make when confronted with a choice of LARGE or SMALL is whether or not you want the particular speaker to play the deep bass information or whether your would prefer that the deep bass information be sent to the subwoofer. If you have invested in a robust subwoofer for your system, you might very well decide to send all of the bass to it, regardless of how capable the other speakers in the system may be. In this case, you would tell the RD-1001 that all of your speakers are SMALL, without regard to how big they may actually be. An alternative configuration for setting up front SMALL speakers with a subwoofer would be to follow the speaker manufacturer's instructions, wiring the SMALL speakers to the subwoofer's crossover and then connecting the subwoofer directly to the front speaker connection terminals. [. . . ]