ROTEL RTC965 - Manual (Page 14)

SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER RTC-965
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To tune to a previously memorized station, just press the preset
number on the NUMERIC keypad. For example, to tune to preset 3,
press the 3 button. To tune to preset 15, press the 1 button and
then press the 5 button.
Note: If the TUNER is not already the selected INPUT SOURCE, se-
lecting a station preset will automatically switch to the TUNER in-
put and tune the memorized station.
The NUMERIC keypad buttons can also be used for direct access
tuning (see below). In addition, four of the buttons (
/ BACK /
ENTER) are used in navigating the on-screen menu system.
FREQUENCY DIRECT Button 20
If you know the frequency of the desired station, you may tune it
directly using the FREQUENCY DIRECT button and the NUMERIC
keypad.
1. Press the FREQUENCY DIRECT button to change the NUMERIC
keypad from station preset to Direct Access mode. The station
frequency in the front panel display will change to a series of four
bars, representing the digits of a station frequency, with the first
bar flashing.
2. Enter the first digit of the station frequency using the NUMERIC
keypad. The digit will appear in the frequency display and the sec-
ond bar will flash. Enter the remaining digits of the frequency.
Note that in FM mode, pressing 1 will enter 10 as the digit in the
frequency display. When all of the digits have been entered, the
tuner will automatically tune to the displayed station frequency.
Examples: FM87.50MHz Press: 8 > 7 > 5 > 0
FM101.90MHz Press: 1 > 1 > 9 > 0
AM1610kHz Press: 1 > 6 > 1 > 0
MONO Button 23
The MONO button changes the FM mode from stereo reception to
mono reception. In stereo mode, a stereo signal will be heard if
the station is broadcasting a stereo signal and there is sufficient
signal strength. A stereo indicator will light in the front panel dis-
play. In mono mode, a mono signal will be heard even if the station
is broadcasting a stereo signal.
Note: Switching to mono mode can be a useful way to improve the
reception of weak or distant FM signals. Less signal strength is
required for clean mono reception than for stereo reception.
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Front Panel: Configuration
Controls
VIDEO LABEL Button 16
You may customize the labels of the VIDEO INPUT SOURCE but-
tons so that the names of your particular components are dis-
played in the front panel display and the on-screen display when
selected. For example, you could choose to have DVD displayed in
place of VIDEO 2. Labels may be up to 9 characters long. Inputs
that can be relabelled are VIDEO 1, VIDEO 2, VIDEO 3, VIDEO 4,
and AUX/VIDEO 5. To relabel the video inputs:
1. Select the VIDEO INPUT you wish to relabel.
2. Press and hold the VIDEO LABEL button for 3 seconds. The 9
segments of the front panel display turn to bars, each represent-
ing one available character. The first bar blinks.
3. Press the TUNING < > buttons repeatedly to step backwards or
forwards through the available characters until you find the first
letter or character in the desired name. Available characters in-
clude the 26 letters of the alphabet, the numbers 0 – 9, and nine
special characters. When the desired character is displayed,
press the MEMORY button to move to the next character in the
display. The next segment in the display will blink.
4. Repeat step 3 above until you have entered all nine characters
in the desired video label, including “blanks” for unused charac-
ters. As soon as you press the MEMORY button following the ninth
character, the new label will be stored.
SPEAKER MODE Button 14
Home theater speaker systems vary considerably in their size and
performance, particularly in their bass output. For this reason,
today’s surround sound processors feature elaborate logic which
can send thunderous bass information from movie soundtracks to
the speaker(s) best able to handle it – subwoofers and/or large
speakers. For optimum surround sound performance, it is neces-
sary to tell the RTC-965 what speakers your system includes and
what type they are.
The following configuration instructions refer to LARGE and
SMALL speakers. The size refers more to the bass performance of
the speaker than its physical size. A full-range speaker that has
extended bass response is considered LARGE. A compact
minispeaker with limited bass response or power handling is con-
sidered SMALL.
While understanding the terms LARGE and SMALL is useful, it is
probably more important to understand what these different
speaker types mean in terms of
system performance. This will
help determine how you should configure your system. As a gen-
eral rule, the system will redirect bass information away from
SMALL speakers and send it to the LARGE speakers and/or the
SUBWOOFER in your system.