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Owner’s manual RSX-1067 Surround Sound Receiver SURROUND SOUND RECEIVER RSX-1067 VOLUME TUNER TAPE VIDEO1 VIDEO2 VIDEO3 VIDEO4 VIDEO5 DOLBY MULTI PL /3ST Neo 6 INPUT MUTE ZONE TUNING BAND STANDBY DIRECT MONO MEMORY...
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> 10 cm > 4 in SURROUND SOUND RECEIVER RSX-1067 > 10 cm > 10 cm VOLUME TUNER TAPE VIDEO1 VIDEO2 VIDEO3 VIDEO4 VIDEO5 DOLBY MULTI PL /3ST Neo 6 INPUT MUTE ZONE > 4 in > 4 in TUNING BAND STANDBY DIRECT...
If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception, Rotel. Use caution when moving the unit in a stand or rack to avoid injury which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, try to cor- from a tip-over.
RSX-1067 Surround Sound Receiver 1: Controls and Connections SURROUND SOUND RECEIVER RSX-1067 VOLUME TUNER TAPE VIDEO1 VIDEO2 VIDEO3 VIDEO4 VIDEO5 DOLBY MULTI PL /3ST Neo 6 INPUT MUTE ZONE TUNING BAND STANDBY DIRECT MONO MEMORY 20 21 FRONT L REAR L CB 1 CENTER Manufactured under license from Digital...
RSX-1067 Surround Sound Receiver 3: Connecting the Speakers SUBWOOFER INPUT FRONT L REAR L CB 1 CENTER Manufactured under license from Digital FRONT L REAR L CB 1 CENTER 1 SUB 1 Theater Systems, Inc. US Pat. No. 5,451,942, 5,956674, 5,974,380, 5,978,762, and other world-wide patents issued and pending.
English 4: Connecting the TV FRONT L REAR L CB 1 CENTER Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems, Inc. US Pat. No. 5,451,942, FRONT L REAR L CB 1 CENTER 1 SUB 1 5,956674, 5,974,380, 5,978,762, and other world-wide patents issued and pending. SURROUND SOUND RECEIVER "DTS"...
RSX-1067 Surround Sound Receiver 6: Connecting a VCR FRONT L REAR L CB 1 CENTER Manufactured under license from Digital FRONT L REAR L CB 1 CENTER 1 SUB 1 Theater Systems, Inc. US Pat. No. 5,451,942, 5,956674, 5,974,380, 5,978,762, and other SURROUND SOUND RECEIVER world-wide patents issued and pending.
English 8: Connecting an Audio Recorder FRONT L REAR L CB 1 CENTER Manufactured under license from Digital FRONT L REAR L CB 1 CENTER 1 SUB 1 Theater Systems, Inc. US Pat. No. 5,451,942, 5,956674, 5,974,380, 5,978,762, and other world-wide patents issued and pending.
RSX-1067 Surround Sound Receiver 10: Connecting a DVD-A or SACD Player FRONT L REAR L CB 1 CENTER Manufactured under license from Digital FRONT L REAR L CB 1 CENTER 1 SUB 1 Theater Systems, Inc. US Pat. No. 5,451,942, 5,956674, 5,974,380, 5,978,762, and other SURROUND SOUND RECEIVER world-wide patents issued and pending.
English 12: On-Screen Menus SYSTEM STATUS MAIN MENU LISTEN:Tuner VID INPUT:Video 1 INPUT SPEAKER RECORD:Source DELAY TEST TONE MODE:Dolby Digital SUB SETUP ZONE 2 INPUT:Coaxial 2 OTHER DEFAULT VOLUME:65 CONTOUR ZONE 2:Off SPEAKERS:FL CNT SUB FR EXIT CB1 CB2 CONTOUR SETUP INPUT SETUP SPEAKER SETUP LISTEN:CD...
REM IN Jacks ..........18 MUTE Buttons ........22 IR OUT Jacks ..........18 DEVICE/INPUT Buttons ..22 About Rotel ......... 14 Computer I/O ........... 18 D-SLT Button ..........22 Getting Started ........14 REC Buttons ........22 Making Connections ......18 Key Features ...........
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Dolby Pro Logic IIx RDS and RBDS Tuning ......32 Troubleshooting ........44 6.1 and 7.1 Channel Surround ......26 DISP Button ..........33 Rotel XS Specifications ........45 6.1 and 7.1 Channel Surround ......26 PTY Button ..........33 Audio .............. 45 DSP Music Modes ..........
Unpacking • Rotel XS (eXtended Surround) automatically All of us at Rotel, thank you for buying this Remove the unit carefully from its packing. Find ensures proper decoding and optimum product and hope it will bring you many years the remote control and other accessories.
NOTE CD Inputs inputs, and 12V trigger connections for remote tape decks, simply omitting the correspond- turn-on of other Rotel components. A left/right pair of RCA analog audio inputs ing video connections. for connecting a CD player. : Do not plug any system component...
RSX-1067 Surround Sound Receiver Video Inputs & Outputs Speaker Outputs VIDEO 1–5 Composite Video Inputs The RSX-1067 has seven built-in amplifiers, two for the front (right and left), one for the center These connections are used for connecting Five inputs accepts standard composite video channel, and two for the rear surround speakers video signals to and from the RSX-1067.
English VIDEO 1–3 sign the COAXIAL 1 digital input connector : When a video input or inputs are se- NOTE Component Video Inputs to the VIDEO 1 source and the OPTICAL 2 lected for progressive mode on the Other digital input to the VIDEO 3 source. Options menu, the conversion from compos- Component Video connections split the video ite or S-Video to Component Video output is...
IR sensor. In See Figure 7 is activated, a 12 volt DC signal is sent to the addition, the IR OUT can be hard-wired to Rotel Connect the left and right analog outputs from amplifiers to turn them on. When the RSX-1067...
English Cable, Satellite, or HDTV Tuner VCR or Digital Video Recorder the digital processing. The RSX-1067 provides an optional bass redirect feature that dupli- cates the seven main channels and passes them See Figure 5 See Figure 6 through an analog 100 Hz low pass filter, TV tuner connections can be made to the VIDEO VCR connections can be made to the VIDEO creating a summed mono subwoofer output...
For example, you might use a high-per- terminal on the RSX-1067. formance separate Rotel stereo power ampli- Make sure that you have each output connected Route the wires from the RSX-1067 to the speak- fier to drive the front speakers and then redi- to the correct amplifier channel (front right, left ers.
English Front Panel Overview buttons that appear in its LCD display). To avoid OPERATING THE RSX-1067 duplication, we provide only basic informa- tion about using the RR-1050 to operate the The following is a brief overview of the con- Considering its large number of features, set- RSX-1067 in this manual.
RSX-1067 Surround Sound Receiver STANDBY Button D-SLT Button TONE Button POWER Button Press this button to change the digital input This button on the remote is used for tempo- The front panel STANDBY button and the re- associated with the current source input. rary Contour adjustments.
English Basic Operations TUNING Buttons Volume Adjustments The TUNING buttons (labeled CH UP/DOWN The listening volume of the RSX-1067 can be on the remote control) provide three different This section covers the basic operating con- adjusted from the front panel or the remote. tuning functions, depending on the mode of trols of the RSX-1067 and the remote.
RSX-1067 Surround Sound Receiver Overview of All of the source inputs can be customized using To select a source for Zone 2: Press the the ON-SCREEN DISPLAY configuration menus ZONE button and then press one of the IN- Surround Formats to accept either analog signals or digital sig- PUT buttons within 10 seconds.
English Dolby Digital DTS Neo:6 : Many DVDs have a Dolby Digital 2.0 NOTE matrix soundtrack as the default, which should In 1992, a digital recording system, called The RSX-1067 features a second type of DTS be decoded with Pro Logic II. The Dolby Digi- Dolby Digital, was first used in the film indus- surround sound decoding: DTS Neo:6.
Several of these formats (stan- puts, there is a special stereo mode that by- systems. The key benefit of Rotel XS is that it dard PCM, Dolby Digital, and DTS 5.1 can passes ALL of the RSX-1067’s digital process-...
Dolby Digital Surround EX discs the front panel provide manual selection of Dolby Pro Logic IIx or Rotel XS processing can surround mode that are not automatically de- be configured to be automatically active in all...
DTS 2.0 chan- channel downmix, DD 5.1 channel, DD Sur- the +/– buttons to select the Music or Cin- nel downmix, DTS 96, or DTS 96 with Rotel round EX center back processing, DD with ema options.
English Digital Stereo discs • To select DTS Neo:6 mode for 2- • To select Stereo or Analog bypass (PCM, MP3, and HDCD) channel digital recordings. You can mode for 2-channel analog record- also step through the DTS options (Neo:6 ings.
RSX-1067 Surround Sound Receiver Other Settings Contour/Tone Settings Like the speaker settings, this is a temporary adjustment that overrides the permanent de- The contour controls (available on the front fault setting for a video source until a differ- panel and the remote control) can be used to Speaker Level ent input source is selected or the unit is turned make a temporary change the high or low fre-...
English Cinema EQ • Preset scan tuning automatically scans : Select the PRESET tuning mode by press- NOTE through the memorized station presets, ing the PRESET button on the remote or toggle The EQ button (remote only) activates or de- playing each for 5 seconds.
FM signals. panel activates the TUNER. If using the NU- Less signal strength is required for clean mono The Rotel RSX-1067 is equipped with RDS (Ra- MERIC buttons on the remote, first manually reception than for stereo reception.
If the zone. It can also be programmed to op- button. current station is not broadcasting an RDS erate Rotel source components via the signal, the display will show “NO PTY RSX-1067's IR OUT jack. TA Button DATA”.
RSX-1067 Surround Sound Receiver Controlling Zone 2 3. Following 10 seconds with no commands, SETUP from the Main Room the RSX-1067 reverts to normal operation. To change the Zone 2 volume: The RSX-1067 features two types of informa- You can control Zone 2 from the main room tion displays to help operate the system.
English Menu Basics System Status Main Menu SYSTEM STATUS MAIN MENU LISTEN:Tuner Navigation Buttons VID INPUT:Video 1 INPUT SPEAKER DELAY TEST TONE RECORD:Source The following remote control buttons are used MODE:Dolby Digital SUB SETUP ZONE 2 OTHER DEFAULT INPUT:Coaxial 2 to navigate the OSD menu system: VOLUME:65 CONTOUR...
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(labeled 1, 2, and ZONE2) that of CINEMA or MUSIC settings. DTS Neo:6 supply a 12V DC signal to turn on Rotel com- 1. Press the +/– buttons on the remote to decoding offers a choice of CINEMA or MUSIC ponents and other components as needed.
English Multi Input Setup Dolby Pro Logic II (x) no center width spreading and all of the center channel information is sent to the center INPUT SETUP DOLBY PRO LOGIC II(X) speaker. The maximum setting of 7 shifts all LISTEN:Multi Input of the center channel signal to the left and VID INPUT:Video 1 MODE:Music...
RSX-1067 Surround Sound Receiver Configuring Four typical examples of the many possible LARGE and SMALL configurations is that system configurations illustrate the principles the bass response may not be as consis- Speakers and Audio behind bass management: tent from channel to channel as it might be with the all SMALL configuration.
NONE setting. With center back lect a customized high-pass crossover frequency master setting from the SPEAKER SETUP menu. speakers, the Rotel XS eXtra surround, Dolby for the front, center, surround, and surround This setting will ONLY take effect with Dolby Digital EX, DTS-ES, Dolby Pro Logic II, DTS back speakers.
RSX-1067 Surround Sound Receiver Subwoofer Setup Test Tone the subwoofer for that mode) and a range of adjustments from -9dB to +9dB and MAX SUBWOOFER SETUP TEST TONE (+10dB). A setting of 0dB means that the speci- LEFT:+ 1dB fied surround mode will use the master sub- CROSSOVER:100hZ CENTER:- 1dB DOLBY DIGITAL:...
English Contour Setup Calibration with an SPL meter: Remember the setting of the master volume con- trol used during this calibration. To play a Dolby Calibrating the system with an SPL meter, rather CONTOUR SETUP Digital or DTS soundtrack at the reference vol- than by ear, provides more precise results and ume level, simply return to that volume setting.
RSX-1067 Surround Sound Receiver Miscellaneous Settings With the DIRECT setting, the unit is fully acti- Change settings on the OTHER OPTIONS menu vated when AC power is applied and the rear by highlighting the desired line using the UP/ panel POWER button is ON; however, it may DOWN buttons and using the +/–...
12V DC signal +/– buttons to change the setting to YES. Press To change the FRONT REDIRECT setting: to turn on Rotel components and other com- the ENTER button to store the new USER DE- Place the highlight on the FRONT REDIRECT ponents as needed.
RSX-1067 Surround Sound Receiver OSD menus are not displayed on TV MORE INFORMATION Monitor. • Go to Setup menus and configure OSD menus to be displayed on the TV monitor. Troubleshooting • In some PAL systems, the menus may not be displayed unless there is an active video The unit does not turn on.
1.0 volt All specifications are accurate at the time of printing. Rotel reserves the right to make improve- ments without notice. Rotel and the Rotel HiFi logo are registered trademarks of The Rotel Co, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
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