Center Focus Button (Remote Only); Balance Check (Remote Only); The On-Screen Display_14; Operating Screen - Rotel RSP-980 Owner's Manual

SURROUND SOUND PROCESSOR RSP-980
The DELAY TIME choices for each SRND MODE vary as follows.
The range of options varies, because the length of the delay time
IS one way that the RSP-980 uses to create different effects, par¬
ticularly in the various MUSIC modes.
After approximately 5 seconds, this Initial ID screen will disap¬
pear to be replaced by the main Operating screen which will, in
turn, disappear (providing you do nothing morel within approxi¬
mately 8 seconds.
2 CH STEREO: None. (No surround speakers used)
MONO: Same as above.
MUSIC 1 ("Music"):
MUSIC 2 ("Jazz"):
MUSIC 3 ("Concert"):
MUSIC 4 ("Stadium"):
DOLBY PRO LOGIC:
15,18,22,25, &30 milliseconds (ms).
Same as above.
30,37,45.55 & 65 ms
45,55,65,77, & 95 ms
15,18,22, 25 &30 ms
DOLBY PRO LOGIC/THX:Same as above.
Again, experimentation will show you which settings are best for
your source material, room conditions, and system setup.
Center Focus Button (remote only)
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The Center Focus Button (labelled CTR FCS) Increases or
decreaces the relative relative volume level of the center chan¬
nel speaker in the four MUSIC surround modes. There are two
settings for Center Focus - normal and increased. Push the but¬
ton to increase center channel level, press again to restore nor¬
mal level.
CTR FCS helps to stabilize a very wide left-right image by "col¬
lapsing" it slightly towards the center. Please experiment to find
the optimum setting for your favorite sources. In general, in¬
creased center focus will tend to make singers and lead instru¬
ments more prominent.
The On-Screen Display will show the current Center Focus set¬
ting with either one dot (normal) or two dots (increased) on a line
between the Delay Time and Master Volume indicators.
Note: The Center Focus button is only active when you have one
of the four MUSIC surround modes selected. It has no effect in
the other surround modes.
Balance Check (remote only)
The Balance Check button (labelled BAL CHK) on the remote
control is used during initial calibration of relative speaker vol¬
ume levels for Dolby Surround playback. Generally, it is only
used during Intlal setup of the system and not during normal op¬
eration. See the Calibration Section for full details.
The On-Screen Display
Providing you've connected the RSP-980's monitor output to your
TV and the TV is set to that input, the RSP-980's On-Screen Dis¬
play automatically appears on your TV monitor whenever you
take the RSP-980 out of "Standby" mode. When you do, the first
screen you'll see is simply an ID screen that says:
Once the RSP-980 is fully powered, you will reactivate the Oper¬
ating screen every time you:
•Push any button on the remote controller.
• Change the
Master
Volume setting via the RSP-980's front panel
control.
• Change a Listening input via the RSP-980's front panel
pushbuttons.
Once activated, the Operating screen will remain visible for ap¬
proximately 8 seconds after your last control input.
Display information will appear over a blue background and will
displace whatever video image your monitor was just showing.
If no other video image was present, the display information will
disappearwithin 8 seconds but the blue background will remain.
If another video image was present, both information and back¬
ground will disappearwithin 8 seconds and the RSP-980 will au¬
tomatically restore that image.
Note: You can turn off the On-Screen Display's Operating screen
at any time by pressing the remote controller's ON SCRN button.
Operating Screen
As we've already shown, there are three display screens. Initial
ID, Operating, and Balance Check (or Calibration.) The Initial ID
screen is essentially passive and should not occupy your atten¬
tion for any other reason than reassuring you that the RSP-980 is
still connected to your monitor. You've probably seen the Bal¬
ance Check screen during your initial set-up. (See Section 4 for
more details.)
As shown by the diagram above, the Operating screen contains
the following information:
1) INPUT
2) SRND MODE (Surround Mode)
3) DELAY TIME
4) CTR FCS (Center Focus) - visible only in the four Music modes
5) MASTER LEVEL (numerical indication and bar graph)
INPUT is almost self-explanatory: It simply tells you which of the
six regular inputs (CD, TUNER, LD, VIDEO I, VIDEO 2, or VIDEO 3)
you have selected. When you choose the 5.1 CH INPUT using the
mechanical selector (front panel, bottom right) the Operating
screen will change to show ONLY MASTER LEVEL. This reflects
the fact that the 5.1 CH INPUT goes directly to the Master Level
control and is totally unaffected by any other operating change
you may want to make. The Operating screen will revert to its
normal display mode only when you deselect the 5.1 CH INPUT
by pushing the button once again.