Basic Operations; Power And Standby On/Off; Volume Adjustments; Muting The Sound - Rotel RX-1052 Owner's Manual

RX-1052 AM/FM Stereo Receiver
CHARACTER +/– Buttons
The CHARACTER +/– buttons on the remote
have three functions:
They can be used in selecting an input for
recording or remote zones when used follow-
ing a press of the SEL buttons.
They can be used to adjust the TREBLE or
BASS following selection of tone controls
with the ENTER button.
They can be used to select characters in cus-
tom input labels following a press of the LA-
BEL button.

Basic Operations

This section covers the basic operating con-
trols of the RX-1052 and the remote.

Power and Standby On/Off

The rear panel POWER switch on the RX-1052
is a master power switch. The switch must
be in the ON position for the unit to oper-
ate. When it is in the OFF position, the unit
is fully off and cannot be activated from the
front panel or remote control.
In normal operation, the rear panel POWER
switch is always left in the ON position. The
RX-1052 is activated and deactivated using
the front panel STANDBY button or the re-
mote ON/OFF buttons. When activated, the
RX-1052 is fully functional and the front panel
display illuminated. When deactivated, the
unit goes into a standby mode, with minimal
power applied to the microprocessor.
: When the unit has AC power applied
NOTE
and the rear panel POWER switch is on, the
front panel STANDBY LED lights, regardless
of whether the unit is in standby mode or
activated.
The front panel STANDBY button functions as
a toggle switch. Press the button to activate
the unit; press again to put the unit in standby
mode. The ON/OFF buttons on the remote
serve the same function, but provide discrete
ON (active) or OFF (standby) commands.
: When using the Zone 2 – 4 capability
NOTE
of the RX-1052, standby is independent for
the main room and the remote zones. ON/
OFF commands sent from the remote in the
main room will not affect the other zones.
Pressing the ON/OFF buttons on a remote
located in a remote zone will only affect that
zone and not the main room. To turn off all
zones, press and hold the OFF button.
When a remote zone is activated, the Zone
LED on the front panel lights.
There are three available power mode op-
tions, which may be useful in configuring the
RX-1052 for special system configurations.
See the Setting Power Mode topic for addi-
tional details.

Volume Adjustments

The listening volume of the RX-1052 can be
adjusted from the front panel or the remote.
Front Panel: Rotate the front panel VOL-
UME knob clockwise to increase the volume,
counterclockwise to decrease.
Remote: Press the VOL UP button to in-
crease the volume; press the VOL DOWN
button to decrease.
With any input other than the Tuner, the Vol-
ume setting is displayed as two digits follow-
ing the input name:
Example: VIDEO 1 45
When adjusting the volume with the tuner input
selected, the tuning frequency display is tem-
porarily changed to a volume indication:
Example: VOLUME 45
: The VOLUME controls can be used to
NOTE
change the volume in the remote zones from
the main room. Press the SEL button repeat-
edly until the desired zone appears in the
front panel display, then adjust the volume.
After 10 seconds, the VOLUME control re-
verts to normal operation. The default zone
volume is 60.

Muting the Sound

The volume of the RX-1052 can be turned off
or muted. Push the MUTE button on the remote
once to turn the sound off. A MUTE ON in-
dication appears in the front panel display.
Press the MUTE button again or adjust the
volume settings to restore output levels.
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Selecting Speakers

The RX-1052 can drive two pair of speak-
ers, designated as Speaker A and Speaker
B. The pair of SPEAKER buttons on the front
panel (and duplicated on the remote) inde-
pendently control which speaker outputs, if
any, are active. Press the SPEAKER A button
to activate or deactivate the SPEAKER A out-
puts. Press the SPEAKER B button to activate
or deactivate the SPEAKER B outputs.
An LED indicator located to the left of each
button lights when that speaker output is ac-
tivated.
: For private headphone listening, deac-
NOTE
tivate both the SPEAKER A and B outputs.

Tone Adjustments

You can adjust BASS and TREBLE settings
from the front panel or the remote.
From the front panel: Turn the BASS or TRE-
BLE controls clockwise to increase the low
frequencies or high frequencies.
From the remote: Press the ENTER button
repeatedly to select the desired tone adjust-
ment. BASS or TREBLE will appear in the front
panel display. Then, press the CHARACTER
+/– buttons to increase or decrease the se-
lected setting.

Selecting Inputs

Selecting Listening Input

To select any of eight source inputs for listen-
ing (and watching), press one of the INPUT
buttons on the front panel or the remote. On
the front panel the buttons are labeled PHO-
NO, CD, TUNER, TAPE, VIDEO 1, VIDEO 2,
VIDEO 3, and VIDEO 4. On the remote, the
buttons are labeled PHO, CD, TUN, TP, V1,
V2, V3, and V4.
The front-panel display shows the name of
the current listening source selection. The la-
bels for VIDEO sources can be customized
to match your components.
: When the TUNER input button is
NOTE
pressed, the frequency of the currently tuned
station is displayed. Pressing the button again
toggles the display to show the word TUNER
instead of the frequency display.