Listening Source Selector Buttons; Recording Source Selector Buttons; Surround Sound Mode Led Indicators; Tone Controls - Rotel RSP-980 Owner's Manual

RSP-980
After proper calibration, a THX system set to the "OdB~ mark will
reproduce undistorted peak levels as high as W5 dB SPL. This
matches the conditions under which the soundtrack was origi¬
nally mixed and insures that you will hear things exactly as the
director and sound engineers intended.
Please remember that the '0 dB~ mark is thus a reference and
not a requirement. You may well feel that a soundtrack played at
this level is far too loud, especially for late evening viewing.
Please feel free to lower the volume to a more peaceful level
whenever you wish. The relative channel-to-channel balance
(and hence the soundtrack's sense of spaciousnessi will not
change, only the overall volume will drop. This is one time where
your enjoyment and peace with the neighbors comes before ac¬
curacy!
Listening Source Selector Buttons 0)
These large front panel pushbuttons allow you to directly select
an audio or video input source component such as a CD player,
VCR, etc. Simply push any of these buttons to select the source
connected to the corresponding rear panel inputs. (The handheld
remote has functionally identical buttons.) You will hear this
source and, if you have selected a video source, see its picture
on yourTV monitor.
An LED indicator immediately above each pushbutton lights to
confirm your selection.
Note: Pressing the front panel 5.1CH INPUT button overrides all
other inputs and deactivates the normal input LEDs. To reactive
normal input selection and LED confirmation, deselect the 5.1 CH
INPUT by pressing that pushbutton again. (There is no corre¬
sponding 5.1 CH INPUT pushbutton on the remote controller.)
Recording Source Selector Buttons ^
The RSP-980 allows you to listen to and/or watch one source
while simulaneous recording from a second source to an audio
tape deck. This allows you to listen to a videotape, for example,
while recording a CO. The row of smaller front panel buttons al¬
lows you to select any source for recording. It's signal is routed
to to the rear panel Tape Monitor outputs and has no effect on
the source selected for listenting. LEDs immediately above each
pushbutton light to confirm your selection.
Note: The handheld remote does NOT have corresponding but¬
tons for selecting a second source for recording.
Surround Sound Mode LED Indicators O
The RSP-980 provides 8 different surround sound modes to
accomodate different types of audio and video source material
as described below. These LEDs tell you which surround sound
mode you've selected.
Note: Surround sound mode selections can only be made using
the handheld remote's Surround Mode pushbuttons. There are
no front-panel section buttons.
Here is a brief description of the various surround sound modes.
See the section of'DSP Surround Modes' section of this manual
for a full explanation of when to use the various settings.
2 CH STEREO is a conventional 2-speaker stereo direct bypass
mode with no surround sound or other processing. The Front Left
and Right speakers are on, all other speakers (including
subwoofer) are off.
MONO sends all information to the center channel speaker if
you've selected "Normar or "Wide" center mode or to the main
Lett and Right speakers if you've selected "Phantom" center
mode. (See section XXX for more information.) All other speak¬
ers (including subwoofer) are off.
MUSIC 1, MUSIC 2, MUSIC 3. and MUSIC 4 provide successively
more expansive soundfields and are primarily used to recreate
ambience when listening to music sources. Music 1 is the most
intimate while Music 4 produces the reverberation and time de¬
lay characteristics typical of an outdoor arena. Experiment to de¬
termine which mode best matches your chosen source. All
speakers are on in all Music modes.
Note: These modes are labeled differently on the RSP-980's On-
Screen Display than the LEDs. However, all processing param-
eters are identical.
Front Panel LED
On-Screen Display
MUSIC 1
MUSIC
MUSIC 2 JAZZ
MUSICS CONCERT
MUSIC 4 STADIUM
DOLBY PRO LOGIC provides proper playback processing for any
Dolby Surround encoded source, whether it be a music CD, vid¬
eotape, videodisc, conventional stereo TV broadcast, or satellite
broadcast. (Look for the QQI DomumouMol looo on the nackaoR
or program.) Dolby Pro Logic processing and playback through a
properly calibrated system will preserve the directionality, ambi¬
ance, and spatial effects intended by the source's producers.
THX CINEMA adds special circuits developed by Lucasfilm, Ltd.
to enhance signals already processed by the RSP-980's Dolby
Pro Logic decoder. These circuits include Re-Equalization, Tim¬
bre Matching, Decorrelation, and Bass Management. (See Sec¬
tion XXX for further explanation.)
Tone Controls O
Bass and Treble controls increase and decrease the audio
signal's low and high frequency content. Rotate each one clock¬
wise to increase output in the respective frequency range and
counterclockwise to reduce it. The center "detent" removes
each control from the audio path for maximum signal integrity.