ROTEL RSP-1098 - Manual (Page 38)

38 RSP-1098 Surround Sound Processor
Remember the setting of the master volume con-
trol used during this calibration. To play a Dolby
Digital or DTS soundtrack at the reference vol-
ume level, simply return to that volume setting.
Note that most home theater listeners find this
setting to be excessively loud. Let your own
ears be the judge for deciding how loud to
playback movie soundtracks and adjust the
master volume control accordingly. Regard-
less of your listening levels, using an SPL meter
to calibrate equal levels for all speakers in the
system is strongly recommended.
Delay Setup
DELAY SETUP
LEFT: 12ft 3.6m
CENTER: 11ft 3.3m
RIGHT: 11ft 3.3m
R SURROUND: 6ft 1.8m
R CTR BACK: 8ft 2.4m
L CTR BACK: 9ft 2.7m
L SURROUND: 5ft 1.5m
SUBWOOFER: 5ft 1.5m
MAIN MENU
The DELAY SETUP menu, which is reached from
the MAIN menu, allows you to set the delay
for individual speakers. This ensures that the
sound from each speaker arrives simultaneously
at the listening position, even when the speakers
are not all placed at equal distances from the
listener. Increase the delay to speakers located
closer to the seating area and decrease the
delay to speakers located farther from the
seating area.
The RSP-1098 makes setting the delay time
for each speaker very easy. Simply measure
the distance (in feet or meters) from your seating
position to each speaker in your system. Set
the measured distance in the line for each
speaker. The menu provides a line for each
speaker configured in your system and pro-
vides a range of settings up to 99 feet (30
meters) in 1 foot (0.3 m) increments with each
increment equivalent to an additional delay
of 1ms.
To change a setting, place the highlight on the
desired line using the UP/DOWN buttons and
use the +/– buttons to increase or decrease
the delay setting. To return to the MAIN menu,
press the ENTER button. Press the MENU/OSD
button on the remote to cancel the display and
return to normal operation.
Contour Setup
CONTOUR SETUP
SPEAKER:Front
DEFEAT:On
HF CONTOUR:+5
LF CONTOUR: 0
MAIN MENU
The CONTOUR SETUP menu allows digital
adjustment of the bass and treble response of
each group of speakers in the system. For
example, if your center channel speaker sounds
too bright, you could roll off the extreme high
frequencies.
SPEAKER (front/center/surround/cen-
ter back/all): Select which speaker or group
of speakers to adjust. Selecting ALL permits
adjustment of the entire system as a whole.
DEFEAT (on/off): Selecting the ON setting
defeats the contour adjustment, bypassing the
contour processing entirely for that speaker
or group of speakers.
HF CONTOUR: Adjusts the extreme high fre-
quency slope over a range of -6dB (MIN) to
+6dB (MAX). Negative number settings reduce
the high frequency output; positive number
settings increase it.
LF CONTOUR: Adjusts the extreme low fre-
quency slope over a range of -6dB (MIN) to
+6dB (MAX). Negative number settings reduce
the low frequency output; positive number
settings increase it.
The contour adjustments are designed to work
at the frequency extremes and be relatively
subtle so that they do not have a negative impact
on midrange sounds. We recommend accli-
mating to the sound of the system with the
contour adjustments defeated and then mak-
ing adjustments, if necessary, to address spe-
cific speaker response issues or personal taste.
NOTE : You can also make permanent contour
adjustments using the TONE and UP/DOWN
buttons on the remote. These adjustments are
global, changing the contour settings for all
speakers in the system, regardless of the set-
tings on this menu. See the Contour/Tone
Settings section of this manual for details.
Miscellaneous Settings
Other Options
OTHER OPTIONS
RECORD:Source
TURN ON VOL:Last
MAX VOL:Max
VOL SPEED:Slow
POWER:Standby
LANGUAGE:English
VIDEO:NTSC
MAIN MENU
This OTHER OPTIONS menu, accessed from
the MAIN menu, provides access to a several
miscellaneous settings as follows:
RECORD: Select which source signal to be
sent to the recording outputs by choosing one
of the input sources. The options are: CD, TAPE,
TUNER, VIDEO 1–5, and SOURCE. You can
either select a specific component or select
SOURCE which will send the signal to the
record outputs from whatever source is selected
for listening.
TURN ON VOL: Specifies a default volume
level to be used each time the RSP-1098 is
activated. You can select LAST to have the
RSP-1098 power up with the last previously
used volume setting. Or, you specify a volume
from MIN (full mute) to MAX, in 1 dB incre-
ments. Note that this setting cannot exceed
the MAX VOL established in the next line of
the menu.
MAX VOL: Specifies a maximum volume level
for the RSP-1098. The volume cannot be ad-
justed above this level. Settings range from MIN
to MAX, in 1dB increments.
VOL SPEED: Provides three options for how
rapidly the volume control responds to inputs.
The SLOW setting adjusts the volume 1dB with
each control input. The MID setting adjusts in
2dB increments. The FAST setting adjusts in
3dB increments.