Dts Neo:6 Button; Dsp Button; Setting Surround Modes From The Remote Sur+ Button; Speaker Level Adjustment - Rotel RSP-1066 Owner's Manual

RSP-1066 Surround Sound Processor

DTS Neo:6 Button

The DTS Neo:6 ® mode provides advanced
matrix processing to generate 5.1 and 6.1
surround channels from two-channel source
material, much like Dolby Pro Logic II. DTS
Neo:6 can process analog 2 channel sources,
digital 2-channel sources, and matrix encoded
digital 2-channel sources.
DTS Neo:6 features two different decoding
settings, one optimized for music sources and
the other optimized for cinema sources. Press
the DTS Neo:6 button to activate Neo:6 pro-
cessing in the last previously used mode. The
DTS icon lights and the label Neo:6 scrolls in
the FL display followed by "CINEMA" or
"MUSIC" depending on the currently active
mode.
Press the Neo:6 button again to toggle to the
Neo:6 CINEMA mode. You can also change
the Neo:6 mode using the ON-SCREEN MENU
system. Or, you can press the +/– buttons
on the remote after Neo:6 is activated to
change between cinema to music modes:
however, this feature only works when Neo:6
processing is active and the ON-SCREEN
MENU system is not being displayed.
: It is not necessary to press this button
NOTE
when playing a DTS or DTS-ES encoded digi-
tal disc. Activation of the correct decoding
for these discs is automatic, as indicated by
the illumination of the DTS indicator in the
front-panel display.

DSP Button

This button activates digital synthesis of six
ambience modes (MUSIC 1, MUSIC 2, MU-
SIC 3, MUSIC 4, 5CH Stereo, and 7CH Ste-
reo).
• The four MUSIC settings use digital delay
and reverberation effects to simulate pro-
gressively larger acoustic environments.
Typically used to add ambience and a sense
of space when listening to music sources
or other sources that lack surround sound
encoding.
• 5CH Stereo derives surround channels from
stereo source material on a 5 channel sys-
tem (FRONT LEFT/RIGHT, CENTER, and
SURROUND LEFT/RIGHT).
• 7CH Stereo derives surround channels from
stereo source material on a 7 channel sys-
tem (FRONT LEFT/RIGHT, CENTER, SUR-
ROUND LEFT/RIGHT, and CENTER BACK
1/2).
Press the button to activate the DSP mode. Each
press of the button will step forward to the next
mode in the following order: MUSIC 1 >
MUSIC 2 > MUSIC 3 > MUSIC 4 > 5CH Ste-
reo > 7CH Stereo. An indicator lights in the
front-panel display when DSP mode has been
activated.
Setting Surround Modes
from the Remote
SUR+ Button
The SUR+ button on the remote selects the sur-
round modes described in the previous sec-
tion. Each time you press the button, the sur-
round mode cycles to the next setting (2-Ste-
reo > Dolby Pro Logic II > Dolby 3-Stereo >
Music 1 – 4 > 5CH Stereo > 7CH Stereo >
Neo:6 > 2-Stereo) as indicated by the front-
panel display and an ON-SCREEN DISPLAY
indicator. Repeatedly press the button until you
reach the desired setting.
: The following type of source material
NOTE
are generally detected automatically and the
proper decoding activated with no action
required: DTS, DTS-ES Matrix 6.1, DTS-ES Dis-
crete 6.1, Dolby Digital, MP3, HDCD and
PCM 2-channel. Some surround modes may
not be available for all source material.

Speaker Level Adjustment

Selection Buttons

UP/DOWN Buttons

The levels of all channels should be calibrated
using test tones with an ON-SCREEN DISPLAY
menu during the initial setup of the RSP-1066.
You can also make a temporary change in
the relative volume of the center, rear, or sub-
woofer channels using buttons on the remote
control:
1. Press one of the selection buttons on the
remote to select a channel (or pair of chan-
nels) for adjustment. Press the C button
to adjust the CENTER channel. Press the
S button to adjust the SUBWOOFER
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channel. Press the R button
the rear SURROUND or CENTER BACK
channels (each press of the R button toggles
between the SURROUND channels and the
CENTER BACK channels). The selected
speaker and its current setting appear briefly
in the display.
2. Use the UP or DOWN buttons
remote to adjust the output level of the se-
lected channel(s).
3. Repeat the procedure for each channel.
If no level adjustment is made for 5 seconds
after pressing one of the selection buttons, the
levels revert to the default calibrated settings.
: This adjustment is temporary. Selecting
NOTE
a different input or turning the unit off reverts
to the default levels.

DYNAMIC RANGE Button

DWN Button

Digital sources are capable of wide dynamic
range (the difference between the softest and
loudest sounds). In some cases, this may tax
amplifiers and/or speakers. In other cases,
you may want to reduce the dynamic range
when listening at low volume levels. Pressing
the front-panel DYNAMIC RANGE button (or
the DWN button on the remote) steps through
the three dynamic range settings:
• MAX (no compression/full dynamic range)
• MID (moderate compression)
• MIN (full compression/minimum dynamic
range)
A "D. RANGE" indicator in the front-panel dis-
play lights when the dynamic range is not set
to the MAX setting. The new dynamic range
setting appears briefly in the alphanumeric
display when the setting is changed.
: The DYNAMIC RANGE feature is only
NOTE
available in Dolby Digital mode. It is designed
to keep dialog intelligible while adjusting the
loudest and softest sounds.
to adjust
on the