User manual ROTEL RSP-1570

[. . . ] RSP-1570 (RSP-1069) 3U RSP-1570 Surround Sound Processor Owner's Manual Register your product at www. Rotel. com/register 2 RSP-1570 Surround Sound Processor > 10 cm > 4 in > 10 cm > 4 in RSP-1570 (RSP-1069) > 10 cm > 4 in 3U > 10 cm > 4 in 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). The crossed wheelie bin symbol indicates compliance and that the products must be appropriately recycled or processed in accordance with these directives. This symbol means that this unit is double insulated. An earth or ground connection is not required. English 3 Notice The COMPUTER I/O connection should be handled by authorized persons only. Important Safety Instructions WARNING: There are no user serviceable parts inside. WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose the unit to moisture or water. [. . . ] For example, when Dolby Digital 5. 1 or DTS 5. 1 channel surround is detected, the processor activates the proper decoding. The unit will also detect DTS-ES Matrix 6. 1 or DTS-ES Discrete 6. 1 discs and activate DTS-ES® Extended Surround decoding. Dolby Digital Surround EX recordings also trigger automatic decoding (although not all Surround EX DVDs have the necessary flag and may require manually activating Surround EX decoding). Likewise, a digital input from a standard compact disc, a DTS 96/24 disc, or DTS-ES 96/24 disc, will be auto-detected and properly decoded to 2CH stereo operation. Dolby Pro Logic IIx or Rotel XS processing can be configured to be automatically active in all 6. 1 or 7. 1 channel systems configured with 32 RSP-1570 Surround Sound Processor center back speaker(s) and will ensure proper extended surround decoding of all multichannel digital signals, even those that might not otherwise trigger the proper extended surround mode. In many cases, the processor will also recognize a digital signal with Dolby Surround encoding (such as the default soundtrack on many DVDs) and activate Dolby® Pro Logic II® decoding. Additionally, you can configure a default surround mode for each input using the INPUT SETUP menu (see the Setup section of this manual). Combined with the auto-detection of Dolby Digital 5. 1 and DTS, this default surround setting makes operation of the processor's surround modes totally automatic. For example, if you set Dolby Pro Logic II movie mode as the default for all of your video inputs, the processor will automatically decode Dolby Digital 5. 1 and DTS soundtracks when they are played and use Pro Logic II matrix decoding for all other recordings. For stereo inputs such as CD and Tuner, you could select STEREO mode as the default for 2-channel playback or Dolby Pro Logic II music mode if you prefer to hear music sources in surround sound. · Dolby Pro Logic II cinema or music mode matrix decoding of 2channel recordings. · DTS Neo:6 cinema or music mode matrix decoding of 2-channel recordings. · Dolby Digital Surround EX decoding of Dolby Digital 5. 1 channel recordings or Dolby Digital Surround EX discs that do not trigger automatic decoding. Note: DTS, DTS-ES Matrix 6. 1, DTS-ES Discrete 6. 1, DTS 96/24, DTS-ES 96/24 and Dolby 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. · PCM 2-channel (non 96kHz) digital signals can be overridden to Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby 3-Stereo, DTS Neo:6, DSP 1­4, 5CH Stereo, 7CH Stereo, and Stereo. · Dolby Digital 2-channel Stereo can be overridden to Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby 3-Stereo, and Stereo. The following topics describe in detail the manual surround mode options available for each type of recording: Note: A digital signal coming into the processor will be recognized and properly decoded. However, on a DVD with multiple soundtracks, you must tell the DVD player which one to send to the processor. For example, you may need to use the DVD's menu system to select the Dolby Digital 5. 1 or DTS 5. 1 soundtrack rather than the default Dolby Digital 2. 0 Dolby Surround soundtrack. Dolby Digital 5. 1 discs Dolby Digital Surround EX discs 7LNO Dolby Digital decoding is auto-detected and cannot be overridden. You may, however, select a 2-channel downmix of 5. 1 channel recordings. In a 6. 1 or 7. 1 channel system, you can also choose Dolby Surround EX, Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music, Dolby Pro Logic IIx Cinema (7. 1 channel only), or Rotel XS processing for center back channels. Manually Selecting Surround Modes As described in the previous section, the combination of auto-detection of Dolby Digital and DTS recordings and setting default surround modes for each input during the setup of the processor makes operation of surround modes totally automatic. For many users, this automatic surround mode selection will meet all of their listening needs. For users who prefer a more active role in setting surround modes, buttons on the remote and the front panel provide manual selection of surround mode that are not automatically detected or, in some cases, to override an automatic setting. [. . . ] These new audio formats and video features are not available from standard DVD discs or players, even when an HDMI connection is used. This means that components which have earlier versions of HDMI (such as HDMI 1. 1 or HDMI 1. 2) will perform correctly when connected to the HDMI 1. 3 inputs or outputs of the unit. If your DVD player is equipped with HDMI 1. 2a, the HDMI connection will permit the transmission of 1080p (high definition) video signals. When using legacy components that require picture rescaling, it is better to use the monitor scaler to handle any picture resizing. [. . . ]