Cinema Eq; Tuner Controls; Band Buttons; Tuning Buttons - Rotel RSX-03 Owner's Manual

Cinema EQ

The EQ button (remote only) activates or de-
activates a special CINEMA EQ setting. This
equalization may be desirable for playback of
movie source material to compensate for the
acoustic differences between a commercial
cinema and a home theater environment by
reducing the high-frequency content.
The EQ setting is independent for each source
input. Using the button only changes the setting
for the currently active source input.

Tuner Controls

The RSX-03 features a digital synthesized
AM/FM tuner with RDS capability and 30
station presets. The unit offers a wide range
of tuning options. Here is an overview of
the tuning options (more detailed informa-
tion is provided in subsequent sections of
this manual):
• Manual frequency tuning tunes up or
down to the next station frequency (when
in frequency tuning mode). Press and re-
lease a TUNING button (CH UP/DOWN
on the remote) to tune.
• Direct frequency tuning lets you enter
the desired station frequency digits. Press
the DIRECT button (or the FRQ DIRECT)
button on the remote) and enter the digits
using the NUMERIC buttons.
• Automatic frequency search tun-
ing searches up or down to find the next
receivable broadcast signal. Press and
hold a TUNING button (CH UP/DOWN
on the remote) for at least one second to
search up or down.
• Station preset tuning lets you directly
enter the number of a memorized station
preset. Enter the number of the memorized
preset using the NUMERIC buttons.
• Preset tuning jumps up/down to the
next memorized station preset. When in
PRESET mode, press a TUNING button
(CH UP/DOWN on the remote) to select
the next station preset. Press the PRESET
button on the remote to select PRESET tun-
ing mode. Press the TUNE button on the
remote to select FREQUENCY tuning mode.
Press the P-TUN button on the remote to
toggle between preset and frequency tun-
ing modes.
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• Preset scan tuning automatically scans
through the memorized station presets,
playing each for 5 seconds. Press the
SCAN button on the remote to begin
preset scanning. Press the button again
to stop the scanning and listen to the de-
sired preset.
• RDS (Europe) or RBDS (USA) tun-
ing provides a range of special tuning
and search features based on data codes
encoded with the broadcast signal. See
the RDS section of this manual for detailed
information.
: The RSX-03 comes configured for tun-
NOTE
ing in the market where you purchased it (N.
America or Europe). To change this default
setting, see the information on the DEFAULT
SETUP on-screen menu later in this manual.

BAND Buttons

Press the BAND button to toggle between AM
and FM reception. An indicator in the front-
panel display confirms your choice and the
currently tuned station frequency is shown.

TUNING Buttons

The TUNING buttons (labeled CH UP/DOWN
on the remote control) provide three different
tuning functions, depending on the mode of
operation.
In the normal FREQUENCY tuning
mode, press a TUNING button (CH UP/
DOWN on the remote) and release to manu-
ally jump to the next station frequency, regard-
less of whether or not a station is broadcasting
on that frequency. For auto frequency search
tuning, press and hold the TUNING button
for approximately one second. An AUTO
indicator will appear in the front-panel dis-
play and the tuner will begin scanning up or
down through the frequencies until the next
available signal is detected. If this is not the
desired station, repeat the automatic tuning
procedure to find the next station. Weak sta-
tions will be skipped during auto tuning.
: Select the FREQUENCY tuning mode
NOTE
by pressing the TUNE button on the remote
or toggle between FREQUENCY and PRESET
modes by pressing the P-TUN button.
In the PRESET tuning mode, press a TUN-
ING button (CH UP/DOWN on the remote)
and release to jump to the next memorized
station preset.
: Select the PRESET tuning mode by
NOTE
pressing the PRESET button on the remote or
toggle between FREQUENCY and PRESET
modes by pressing the P-TUN button. A PRE-
SET indicator appears in the display when
PRESET TUNING is activated.
In the RDS PTY search mode, press a
TUNING button (CH UP/DOWN on the re-
mote) to select the desired program type from
the scrolling list in the display. See the section
on RDS tuning for more details.
: Several indicators in the front-panel
NOTE
display assist tuning. A large display shows
the tuned frequency. A TUNED indicator lights
when a sufficiently strong signal is received.
A ST indicator lights when a stereo FM signal
is received.

MEMORY Button

The MEM button on the remote is used with
the NUMERIC buttons to store memorized
station presets. See the next section for de-
tailed instructions.
NUMERIC Buttons:
Station Presets
The RSX-03 can store up to 30 station presets
for recall at any time using the NUMERIC but-
tons on the remote. To memorize a station:
1. Tune to the desired station, AM or FM.
2. Press the MEM button on the remote. A
MEMORY indicator will flash for five sec-
onds in the front-panel display.
3. While the MEMORY indicator is flashing,
press the number of the preset where you
wish to store the station frequency. For ex-
ample, to memorize the station as preset
3, press the 3 button. To memorize preset
15, press the 1 button followed by the 5
button.
4. A previously stored frequency is erased
from memory when a new frequency is
memorized for the same preset number.
To tune to a previously memorized station, just
press the preset number on the NUMERIC but-
tons. 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.
: When using the NUMERIC buttons on
NOTE
the remote, first manually select the tuner in-
put, if not already active.
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