Getting Started; Initial Setup - Rotel RDV-1050 Owner's Manual

RDV-1050 DVD Player

Getting Started

Turning On the RDV-1050
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With the TV/DVD switch set to DVD, press
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the DVD POWER button on the RR-DV96.
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Or press the STANDBY button on the front
panel. The display window will light indicat-
ing the RDV-1050 is "on". The STANDBY in-
dicator is always lit when the power cord is
connected to the wall outlet.
The opening display appears on the TV screen.
The following messages may appear at the
bottom of the opening display.
• NOW READING (The RDV-1050 is read-
ing the disc information.)
• REGION CODE ERROR! (The region code
of the DVD VIDEO disc does not match the
RDV-1050. The disc cannot be played.)
• OPEN
• CLOSE
• NO DISC
NOTE: Even if you turn off the RDV-1050
it is not disconnected from the AC power
source as long as it is connected to the wall
outlet. This state is called standby mode. In
this state, the unit consumes a very small
amount of power.
NOTE – Invalid Operation Icon:
With some discs the RDV-1050 may not be
able to perform certain operations. For ex-
ample, some discs may not allow rapid ad-
vance/reverse or slow motion playback.
When you press a remote control or front
panel button if the RDV-1050 cannot per-
form the operation the Invalid Opera-
tion icon appears on your TV screen.
Operations are occasionally unacceptable
even if it is not displayed.

Initial Setup

When you turn on the RDV-1050 for the first
time, the following message appears on the
TV screen.
EXECUTE DVD PLAYER SETUP?
BASIC PICTURE/AUDIO SETTING
YES - PRESS ENTER NO - CANCEL
You can set the display language, TV moni-
tor type and digital output before using the
RDV-1050, by using the following procedures.
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1 Press ENTER . The first page of the DVD
PLAYER SET UP display appears. The pull-
down menu of the ON SCREEN LAN-
GUAGE is already open.
ON SCREEN LANGUAGE options
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2 Press / to select the desired lan-
guage. You can select the on-screen lan-
guage for the preference displays, etc. from
among ENGLISH, FRENCH and GERMAN.
3 Press ENTER. The second page is shown.
The pull-down menu for the MONITOR TYPE
is already open.
4 Press / to select the desired monitor type.
For a normal (conventional) TV, select 4:3
LB or 4:3 PS. For a wide-screen TV, select
16:9 NORMAL or 16:9 AUTO.
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5 Press ENTER. The third page is shown, in
which the pull-down menu of the ANALOG
OUT is already open.
6 Press / to select a desired analog output
signal type. Set this item correctly when you
play back a DVD VIDEO disc recorded with
surround multichannel audio.
• When connecting to a surround decoder,
select 2-CH DOLBY SURROUND.
• When connecting to a stereo amplifier/re-
ceiver or TV, select 2-CH STEREO.
• When connecting the unit's 5.1-channel
output, select MULTI CHANNEL. Note that
you can perform fine tuning for your speak-
ers when MULTI CHANNEL is selected.
7 Press ENTER. The third page is shown. The
pull-down menu of the DIGITAL AUDIO
OUTPUT is already open.
8 Press / to select a desired digital out-
put signal type. If you connect the RDV-1050
to an external surround decoder or D/A
converter set this as needed.
• When connecting to a Dolby Digital decoder,
select DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM.
• When connecting to a DTS decoder, select
STREAM/PCM.
• When connecting to other digital devices,
select PCM ONLY.
9 Press ENTER. The TV screen returns to the
opening display.