User manual ROTEL RT-870L

[. . . ] Read all the instructions before connecting or operating the component. Heed all warnings and safety information in these instructions and on the product itself. You must allow 10 cm or 4 inches of unobstructed clearance around the unit. Do not place the unit on a bed, sofa, rug, or similar surface that could block the ventilation openings. [. . . ] Several of these formats (standard PCM, Dolby Digital, and DTS 5. 1 can be decoded by the RT-870L when the DVD player is connected with a digital cable. However, the existing optical and coax digital connection standard does not provide sufficient bandwidth for multichannel high sampling rate MLP recordings. Therefore, DVD-A discs with these high-resolution audio soundtracks must be decoded by a the DVD player and the resulting analog signals sent to the RT-870L's MULTI INPUT. SACD®: This is a proprietary high-resolution audio standard for use on SACD compatible disc players. As with high-resolution DVD-A discs, the bandwidth is too high for today's digital connection. Thus, these discs must be decoded by SACD compatible player, with the output sent to the RPS-1098's MULTI INPUTS. 24 MP3: The RT-870L also features a decoder for the digital MP3 (MPEG1- Audio Layer 3) compression format. MP3 format recordings are available on the Internet and can be played on portable MP3 players or some disc players that can read CD-ROM discs connected to the RT-870L's digital inputs. MPEG Multichannel: The RT-870L can decode MPEG Multichannel digital recordings. Widely used in Europe, this format uses MPEG data compression to record up to 5. 1 channels of discrete digital audio, similar in function to the Dolby Digital and DTS formats. A digital signal coming into the RT-870L 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 RT-870L. 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. NOTE: Automatic Surround Modes Decoding of digital sources connected to the digital inputs is generally automatic, with detection triggered by a "flag" embedded in the digital recording telling the RT-870L what decoding format is required. Rotel XS processing of standard 5. 1 channel discs will provide a more diffuse surround effect than the more highly localized Dolby EX decoding and will probably be the best 6. 1 channel option for non-Surround EX discs. Press the SUR+ button on the remote, then use the +/­ buttons to step through three options: DD 5. 1 channel, DD 2. 0 channel downmix, or Surround EX center back processing. On the front panel, press the MODE button while playing a Dolby Digital source. Select the DD 5. 1 option to force Surround EX off for standard 5. 1 channel playback. NOTE: When playing any Dolby Digital source, · To select Cinema, Music, or Emulation option in Pro Logic II mode. On the front panel, press the MODE button twice while in Pro Logic II mode. Then, rotate the FUNCTION knob to select the option. NOTE: When playing any Dolby Digital source, DTS, DTS-ES Matrix 6. 1, DTS-ES Discrete 6. 1, DTS 96/24, Dolby Digital, MP3, MPEG Multichannel, HDCD (96kHz), and PCM 2-channel (96kHz) 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. NOTE: you can select one of three dynamic range control settings. See the Dynamic Range topic in the Other Settings section of this manual. DTS 5. 1 DTS 96/24 DTS-ES 6. 1 DTS decoding is auto-detected and cannot be overridden. You may, however, select a 2 channel downmix of 5. 1 channel recordings or add Rotel XS center back processing for 5. 1 channel discs. NOTE: In addition to the options that follow, you can press the 2CH button on the remote to toggle between 2-channel downmix and multichannel playback. · HDCD (non 96kHZ) and PCM 2-channel (non 96kHZ) digital signals can be overridden to Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby 3-Stereo, DTS Neo:6, Music 1 ­ 4, 5CH Stereo, 7CH Stereo, and Stereo. · Dolby Digital 2-channel Stereo can be overridden to Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby 3-Stereo, and Stereo. [. . . ] · When progressive scan video from a DVD player is being received at the Component Video inputs, the composite video signal from the DVD player may be corrupted. · Go to Setup menus and configure OSD menus to be displayed on the TV monitor and/or the TFT screen. · In some PAL systems, the menus may not be displayed unless there is an active video signal. · When using progressive scan video signals, make sure that the progressive mode is set to YES in the Display Options setup menu. [. . . ]