ROTEL RSX-965 - Manual (Page 13)

RSX-965
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3 STEREO Button 8
Provides the proper playback of Dolby Pro Logic source material
on systems that have front and center speakers, but lack rear sur-
round speakers. Adds the rear channel signals to the front speak-
ers for a larger, more ambient sound than conventional stereo. An
indicator lights in the front panel display to show that this mode
has been activated.
DSP Button 9
This button activates digital synthesis of four different ambience
modes (MUSIC 1: THEATER, MUSIC 2: HALL, MUSIC 3: STADIUM,
and MUSIC 4: CHURCH) which simulate different acoustic envi-
ronments and are primarily used to recreate ambience when lis-
tening to music sources and/or other sources that lack surround
sound encoding.
These four modes vary in the length and type of delay used for the
rear surround channel signals. Experiment to find a setting which
is most pleasing for a particular recording or broadcast. Press the
button to activate the DSP mode. Each subsequent press of the
button will step forward to the next mode in the following order:
MUSIC 1 > MUSIC 2 > MUSIC 3 > MUSIC 4. An indicator lights in
the front panel display when DSP mode has been activated.
Note: As a general rule, the DSP modes provide more exagger-
ated ambience effects than playing the same recording in PRO
LOGIC mode, which provides a subtle ambience synthesis on mu-
sical recordings. You may prefer PRO LOGIC as your “everyday”
setting, experimenting with the more spectacular DSP modes for
particular recordings or effects.
STEREO Button 10
Activates conventional 2-speaker stereo direct bypass mode with
no surround sound or other processing. This is “pure” stereo, us-
ing the front left and front right speakers only, with no surround
channels and no center channel.
When used with Dolby Digital or DTS source material, the STEREO
button engages a “downmix” feature which combines all of the
available channels and sends them to the front speakers only. The
spatial effects of surround sound are lost, but all of the informa-
tion on the original recording will be heard in 2-channel stereo.
Note 1: We provide the STEREO mode as an alternative for those
who want to hear the recording in its original two-channel form,
as if it were being played over a conventional 2-speaker stereo
system. Conversely, many listeners find that they prefer the addi-
tional ambience from multi-speaker surround sound processing of
2-channel music recordings. We suggest PRO LOGIC mode for
subtle ambience synthesis or the DSP modes for more spectacu-
lar effects. Use the setting that sounds best to you.
DYNAMIC RANGE Button 11 57
Today’s digital sources are capable of extremely high dynamic
range (the difference between the softest and loudest sounds). In
some cases, the available dynamic range may tax amplifiers and/
or speakers. In other cases, it may be desirable to reduce the dy-
namic range, for example, when listening at low volume levels.
Pressing the DYNAMIC RANGE button steps through the three
available dynamic range settings:
• OFF (no compression/full dynamic range)
• MID (moderate compression)
• MIN (maximum compression/minimum dynamic range).
An indicator lights on the front panel display to show the current
selection.
Note: The DYNAMIC RANGE feature is only available in Dolby
Digital. It is inactive at all other times.
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Front Panel: Tuning Controls
The RSX-965 features a digital synthesized AM/FM tuner with 30
station presets. Operation of the tuning functions involves the use
of the numeric buttons immediately to the left of the MASTER
VOLUME knob and five buttons directly below the MASTER VOL-
UME knob as described below.
BAND Button 26 48
The BAND button selects whether the tuner is in AM or FM mode.
Press the button to toggle back and forth between AM and FM. A
corresponding indicator will light at the left portion of the front
panel display to confirm your choice and the currently tuned sta-
tion frequency will be shown.
TUNING Button 27 45
This is a rocker switch used to change the station frequency up or
down. The TUNING button gives you a choice of two tuning meth-
ods: manual and automatic.
To tune manually, press the button quickly and release to in-
crease or decrease the station frequency to the next available
setting, whether or not there is a station broadcasting on that fre-
quency. Use a succession of quick button presses to reach the
desired station.
To tune automatically, press and hold the TUNING button for ap-
proximately one second. An AUTO indicator will appear in the
front panel display and the tuner will begin automatically scan-
ning up or down through the frequencies until the next available
station is detected. If this is not the desired station, repeat the au-
tomatic tuning procedure to find the next station. Weak stations
will be skipped during auto tuning.