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  • Page 1 Owner’s Manual RDV-1050 DVD Player...
  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    RDV-1050 DVD Player Important Safety Instructions WARNING: There are no user serviceable parts inside. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose the unit to moisture or water. Do not allow foreign objects to get into the enclosure. If the unit is exposed to moisture, or a foreign object gets into the enclosure, immedi- ately disconnect the power cord from the wall.
  • Page 3: Repeat Button

    TV POWER button /NEXT button European Version Only. Select a PAL or NTSC out- Press to turn the RDV-1050 or your TV on or off Skips forward a chapter, title or track. Holding down put signal when the Video Signal Selector switch (standby).
  • Page 4: Display Window

    STANDBY indicator Display Window Shows various indicators and information This indicator is always lit when the power cord II (PAUSE) button about the operation of the RDV-1050 is connected. Pauses playback. Remote sensor PROGRESSIVE indicator (SKIP) buttons Receives the signal from the remote control unit.
  • Page 5: European Version

    DIGITAL OUT VIDEO OUT VIDEO VIDEO SIGNAL SELECTOR COMPONENT CENTER LEFT COAXIAL DVD/AUDIO PLAYER MODEL NO. RDV-1050 REMOTE POWER CONSUMPTION : 16W NTSC PSCN PCM/STREAM INTL RIGHT OPTICAL WOOFER 5,974,380, 5,978,762, and other world-wide patents issued and pending. "DTS" is a registered...
  • Page 6: About Rotel

    40 years ago. Through the years that tions this manual provides valuable informa- The RDV-1050 is one of the most flexible com- tion on various system configurations as well passion has remained undiminished and the...
  • Page 7: Composite Input Tv Connection

    REAR FRONT S-VIDEO use a “Y” cable adapter to connect the two output channels of the RDV-1050 to the single S-video cable input. Yellow S-VIDEO You can improve the sound quality of the sys-...
  • Page 8 Connecting to an Audio Audio Connection Amplifier or Receiver You will get better sound quality if you con- nect the audio outputs of the RDV-1050 to a high quality amplifier or receiver and use com- AUDIO OUT DIGITAL OUT VIDEO OUT...
  • Page 9: Connecting The Power Cord

    This switch is used to select the video output rope. signal when you use the SCART connector to RR-DV96 Remote Control connect the RDV-1050 to the TV. If your TV has Remote/PSCN/INTL Output an RGB or Composite input, set the switch to Signal Selector Switch Installing the Batteries the RGB/COMP position.
  • Page 10: Playable Discs

    • Never touch liquid that has leaked out of Konka Sony a battery. LG (Goldstar) 18 Magnavox Thomson • Do not mix new and old batteries, or bat- The RDV-1050 can also play back the following Mitsubishi Toshiba 08, 14 Mivar Zenith teries of different types. discs:...
  • Page 11: Unplayable Discs

    Unplayable Discs DVD-RAM discs created using a personal computer and which do not comply with The RDV-1050 does not play back discs listed the video recording standard cannot be below. If you try to play back these Proper handling and storage of discs is very played back.
  • Page 12: Getting Started

    5 Press ENTER. The third page is shown, in which the pull-down menu of the ANALOG OUT is already open. When you turn on the RDV-1050 for the first Turning On the RDV-1050 time, the following message appears on the...
  • Page 13: Basic Disc Play

    MENU , or For SVCD/Video CD Press ■ (STOP) Press the numeric buttons to select an item. to stop playback, then The RDV-1050 starts playback of the selected press (PLAY). Basic Disc Play item. To Check Playback Status On Screen Icons...
  • Page 14: Resuming Playback

    Video CD at 1.5 times normal speed. For Audio SVCD/Video CD discs). The remembered po- RESUME STOP. CD discs, the sound is heard intermittently. sition is not lost if the RDV-1050 is turned off. Press (PLAY) . The TV screen shows 1.5x Quick Playback With...
  • Page 15: Screen Saver Function

    Press the numeric buttons specify the number. Examples: To select 5: press 5. To select 23: press +10, +10, then 3. To select 40: press +10, +10, +10, then 10. The RDV-1050 starts playback from the be- ginning of the selection.
  • Page 16: Time Search

    RDV-1050 DVD Player Locating a Scene From the Locating a Position in the 4 Press ENTER. The RDV-1050 starts playback Menu of a SVCD/Video CD Current Title or Track from the specified time. with PBC (Time Search) To dismiss the menu bar press the ON SCREEN button again.
  • Page 17: Changing Playback Order

    Playback stops and the program table is shown. display prompt you to enter the key num- 3 Press ENTER . The program table ap- When the RDV-1050 is playing back an Au- ber. The following box shows on the TV pears. The PRGM indicator lights up dio CD and the program table is not shown, screen.
  • Page 18: Repeat Playback

    Press ■ (STOP) After playing all tracks of the disc, the Press to move RDV-1050 stops the disc and exits the ran- 13 33 When a DVD AUDIO/DVD VIDEO disc is set, and press ENTER . The A-B repeat mode dom playback mode.
  • Page 19: Selecting A Scene Angle

    . Pressing ZOOM causes the the subtitle for several seconds. sampling frequency and quantization bit RDV-1050 to zoom in on the image. At the For DVD VIDEO, the selected language length is shown in the display window. top left of the screen, the information for may be abbreviated on the TV screen.
  • Page 20: To Adjust The Picture Quality (Vfp)

    (With the U.S. version of the bright or dark. Available range: –4 (darkest) The VSS function does not affect the RDV-1050 the Progressive/Interlaced Scan- to +4 (brightest). The dark and bright parts Dolby Digital bitstream signal from the ning mode is changed only if the REMOTE/ of the picture are not changed by this con- DIGITAL OUT jack.
  • Page 21: Dvd Audio

    English Menu Bar Functions for 2 Press ON SCREEN again. A menu bar for Checking the Sampling DVD AUDIO the type of disc inserted will appear under the status bar. Frequency and Time Mode Selection During playback, selects the time mode shown Quantization Bit Length in the display window and in the status bar.
  • Page 22: Dvd Video

    RDV-1050 DVD Player PAGE Page Selection Subtitle Selection Audio Selection During playback, selects the subtitle language. During playback, selects the subtitle language. During SVCD/Video CD playback, selects the audio channel(s). 1 Open the pull-down window. 1 Open the pull-down window.
  • Page 23: Basic Operations

    Press repeatedly to skip back to the pre- vious chapter/title. • Stop playback by pressing ■ (STOP) NOTES: The RDV-1050 does not support (the ORIGINAL PROGRAM display disap- playback by play list. Various Speed Playback pears). There are two types of commercially...
  • Page 24: Mp3/Wma Disc Playback

    • For MP3 files, we recommend you record 1: When “PG” or “PL” repeat mode is your material at a 44.1 kHz sampling rate, The RDV-1050 can play back MP3 files and selected. using the 128 kbps data transfer rate.
  • Page 25: Direct Selection

    (UDF format)” discs. in the selected group are shown. PEAT . Each time you press REPEAT, the The RDV-1050 does not support the ID3 3 Press to select a de- repeat mode changes as follows. tag and WMA tag.
  • Page 26: About Jpeg Discs

    To See a Specific Picture than 5 minutes except during slide show The RDV-1050 can play back JPEG files on When inserting a JPEG disc, after the disc con- playback. a home recorded CD-R/RW disc. We refer...
  • Page 27: Selecting Preferences

    This section tells you how to change the Pref- 4 Press (PLAY) erence Settings. Read this section when you want to connect the RDV-1050 to a wide-vi- The slide show starts from the specified file. sion TV set, or when you want to otherwise Direct Selection...
  • Page 28: Language Menu

    JAPANESE, language code from AA to ZU. 1050 to a wide-screen (16:9) TV whose as- pect ratio is fixed to 16:9 (the RDV-1050 au- If the disc does not have the selected language, tomatically adjusts the screen width of the the disc’s default language will be used.
  • Page 29: Screen Saver

    STREAM/PCM: select when you connect the D. RANGE CONTROL back a video source disc with few movements. DIGITAL OUT jack of the RDV-1050 to the This setting provides optimal audio quality from digital input of an amplifier with a built-in DTS,...
  • Page 30: Others Menu

    Fine Tuning for Your Speakers 7 Press to select SUB WOOFER or FRONT L/R and press ENTER. You can fine the outputs of the RDV-1050 to RESUME You can select the resume playback mode. See match your speaker system. SUB WOOFER: The low-frequency...
  • Page 31: Limiting Playback By Children

    English 2 Press to move to DELAY Setting the speaker level Limiting Playback 32 14 and press ENTER . The DELAY display You can adjust the output level of each speaker. page appears on the TV screen. by Children 1 Press CHOICE .
  • Page 32: To Change The Settings

    4-digit password. The parental 4 To change the COUNTRY CODE or SET lock is released, and the RDV-1050 starts LEVEL, press ENTER to bring up the asso- playback. If you enter a wrong password,...
  • Page 33: Troubleshooting

    ■ the LOCK, press No picture is played back, or the • US Version - The RDV-1050 is in the pro- when the RDV-1050 is in standby mode. screen turns black. gressive scanning mode but is connected TV cannot be operated with the to a TV via the VIDEO or S-VIDEO jack.
  • Page 34 RDV-1050 DVD Player Glossary Down-mix MPEG Internal stereo mix of multichannel surround MPEG stands for Moving Picture coding Ex- audio by a DVD player. The down-mix sig- perts Group. MPEG is a family of standards Aspect ratio nals are output from stereo output connectors.
  • Page 35: Specifications

    English Specifications VR mode A recording mode which is applied when video signals are recorded onto a DVD-RW or DVD- General RAM disc. This mode allows to edit record- ing; for example, the VR mode enables a DVD AUDIO, DVD VIDEO, DVD-R (Video format), Readable Discs DVD-RW (Video format/VR format), programmed recording and a manual record-...
  • Page 36: Appendix A: Country Code List For Parental Lock

    RDV-1050 DVD Player Appendix A: Country Code List for Parental Lock Andorra Western Sahara Lebanon RW Rwanda United Arab Emirates Spain Saint Lucia Saudi Arabia Afghanistan Ethiopia Liechtenstein Solomon Islands Antigua and Barbuda Finland Sri Lanka Seychelles Anguilla Fiji Liberia...
  • Page 37: Appendix B:table Of Languages And Their Abbreviations

    English Appendix B:Table of Languages and Their Abbreviations When you select the menu, audio or subtitle languages it is sometimes necessary to enter a two-letter language code. Enter one of the codes below to select the corresponding language. Afar Galician Macedonian Samoan Abkhazian...
  • Page 38 The Rotel Co. Ltd. 10-10 Shinsen-Cho Shibuya-Ku Tokyo 150-0045 Japan Phone: +81 3-5458-5325 Fax: +81 3-5458-5310 Rotel of America 54 Concord Street North Reading, MA 01864-2699 Phone: +1 978-664-3820 Fax: +1 978-664-4109 Rotel Europe Dale Road Worthing, West Sussex BN11 2BH...

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