Rotel RTC-965 manual

R TC-965 SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER Owner’ s Manual REMOTE SENSOR 1 2 3 4 BACK 5 6 ENTER 7 8 9 0 SUBWOOFER + – REAR + – CENTER + – POWER SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER RTC-965 TREBLE BALANCE STANDBY VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1 TAPE 2 MONITOR TAPE 1 TUNER PHONO VIDEO 3 CD STANDBY VIDEO 4 AUX/ VIDEO 5 SPEAKER MODE MENU DYNAMIC RANGE STEREO 3 ST[...]

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RTC-965 3 Figure 1: Controls and Connections REMOTE SENSOR 123 4 BACK 5 6 ENTER 789 0[...]

SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER RTC-965 4 Figure 2: Remote Control 1 2 3 MOVIE FIL T 4 5 6 5.1 CH 7 8 9 SELECT 10 0 ENTER BACK P AUSE C. DELA Y PLA Y SEL STOP DYNAMIC SEARCH – SEARCH + LIGHT RR-939 MUTE POWER BAND VOL T / V CH CD TUNER VIDEO 4 VIDEO 1 AUX/V5 PHONO M 1 M 2 M 3 M 4 [SHIFT] AUD SA T CD TV T APE VCR DVD CBL VIDEO 2 VIDEO 3 T APE 1 [...]

RTC-965 5 Figure 5: Output Connections[...]

SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER RTC-965 6 SWITCHED 100W MAX VIDEO 3 VIDEO 2 AUX/ VIDEO 5 TV MONITOR VIDEO 4 PHONO CD TAPE1 IN OUT TAPE 2 MON IN OUT AUX 5 4 3 2 VIDEO DIGITAL INPUT GND FRONT CENTER PREOUT SUB WOOFER PREOUT AM LOOP FM 75 Ω REMOTE EXT IN REAR WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO [...]

RTC-965 7 Figure 7: S-Video Input Connections SWITCHED 100W MAX VIDEO 3 VIDEO 2 AUX/ VIDEO 5 TV MONITOR VIDEO 4 PHONO CD TAPE1 IN OUT TAPE 2 MON IN OUT AUX 5 4 3 2 VIDEO DIGITAL INPUT GND FRONT CENTER PREOUT SUB WOOFER PREOUT AM LOOP FM 75 Ω REMOTE EXT IN REAR WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT T[...]

SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER RTC-965 8 Figure 8: On-Screen Menus SURROUND MODE Mode: DOLBY PRO LOGIC Delay Time CENTER: ____ REAR: 20ms BASS LEVEL: +10dB DOWN–select ENTER/VOL–change BACK-return MENU-screen off TEST TONE Front - L Center 0dB Front - R Rear - R 0dB Rear - L -5dB Subwoofer 0dB DOWN–selection VOLUME–change BACK-return MEN[...]

RTC-965 9 Contents Figure 1: Controls and Connections 3 Figure 2: Remote Control 4 Figure 3: Antenna Connections 4 Figure 4: DB25 Connector Pin Assignments 4 Figure 5: Output Connections 5 Figure 6: RCA Input Connections 6 Figure 7: S-Video Input Connections 7 Figure 8: On-Screen Menus 8 About Rotel _________________________________________ 10 Gett[...]

SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER RTC-965 10 About Rotel A family whose passionate interest in music led them to manufac- ture high fidelity components of uncompromising quality founded Rotel over 30 years ago. Through the years that passion has re- mained undiminished and the family goal of providing exceptional value for audiophiles and music lov[...]

RTC-965 11 Power Switch 1 and Standby Switch 2 43 The RTC-965 has two pushbuttons for powering on and off. The POWER switch completely shuts down all of the circuitry , similar in effect to removing the power cord from the AC outlet. The ST ANDBY switch deactivates the unit, but preserves power to some circuits such as those that store memorized ci[...]

SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER RTC-965 12 5.1 CH Input 15 51 This button overrides all other inputs (both analog and digital) and directly connects an external digital adaptor to the RTC-965’ s MASTER VOLUME control and outputs. This allows the RTC-965 to remain the central controller for even the most advanced audio/ video systems and provide[...]

RTC-965 13 Note: As a general rule, the DSP modes provide more exagger - ated ambience effects than playing the same recording in PRO LOGIC mode, which provides a subtle ambience synthesis on mu- sical recordings. Y ou may prefer PRO LOGIC as your “everyday” setting, experimenting with the more spectacular DSP modes for particular recordings or[...]

SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER RTC-965 14 T o tune to a previously memorized station, just press the preset number on the NUMERIC keypad. For example, to tune to preset 3, press the 3 button. T o tune to preset 15, press the 1 button and then press the 5 button. Note: If the TUNER is not already the selected INPUT SOURCE, se- lecting a station p[...]

RTC-965 15 Things become a little more complex in systems with a subwoofer . For example, the system will generally not redirect bass informa- tion away from a LARGE speaker to the subwoofer . Thus, the de- cision you often need to make when faced with a choice of LARGE or SMALL is whether you want the particular speaker to play the deep bass or wh[...]

SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER RTC-965 16 Note: Many functions duplicate the RTC-965 front panel controls and are listed here only for your reference. Please refer to the previous Front Panel Controls section of this manual if you need additional information. T o operate the RTC-965 with the remote, make sure that the AU- DIO mode is active by p[...]

RTC-965 17 Rear Panel Connections: Overview The RTC-965 provides rear panel connections for five video sources, three audio sources, and a phono input for use with a turntable. These connections include standard RCA audio inputs and outputs, composite video inputs and outputs, S-V ideo inputs and outputs, plus digital inputs (coaxial/RCA jack and o[...]

SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER RTC-965 18 VIDEO 2 – 5 Inputs 32 These four sets of audio/video inputs allow connection of four ad- ditional video components such as a play-only VCR, DVD player , LaserDisc player , or DSS satellite receiver . Connect the RCA analog audio outputs of the first video compo- nent to the left and right RCA analog au[...]

RTC-965 19 Rear Panel Antenna Connections The RTC-965 requires two antennas to receive radio signals, one for AM and one for FM (MW and LW in some countries). Most us- ers will get acceptable reception using the indoor antennas which are supplied with the RTC-965. Instructions for hooking up these antennas follow . Note: If you are located a consid[...]

SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER RTC-965 20 Navigation Buttons 41 46 49 50 52 53 PLA Y SEL P AUSE C. DELA Y STOP DYNAMIC SEARCH – SEARCH + BAND T / V CH GUIDE RECALL MENU PRE CH SURROUND + ON SCREEN TRACK – TRACK + DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 3 PROG DISC 4 DISC 5 DISC 6 TIME [REVIEW] CLEAR [SCAN] RANDOM [REPEAT] >10 OPN/CLS SUR-DELAY UP DOWN 1 2 3 M[...]

RTC-965 21 INPUT SELECTOR Menu INPUT SELECTOR Video: DVD Audio: TUNER Video REC: DVD Audio REC: TUNER 5.1Ch Input: OFF Input Source: AUTO DOWN–selection ENTER–change BACK-return MENU-screen off The INPUT SELECTOR menu provides status information and con- figuration options for the source inputs. This screen is available from the MAIN menu. The [...]

SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER RTC-965 22 TEST TONE Menu TEST TONE Front - L Center 0dB Front - R Rear - R 0dB Rear - L -5dB Subwoofer 0dB DOWN–selection VOLUME–change BACK-return MENU-screen off This menu is used to set equal volume levels for all speakers (front, center , rear , and subwoofer) for proper surround sound re- production. T o [...]

RTC-965 23 R TC-965 Specifications Audio T otal Harmonic Distortion: <0.03% Intermodulation Distortion (60 Hz: 7 kHz): <0.03% Frequency Response (line level): 10 Hz - 70 kHz, ± 3 dB Signal to Noise Ratio (IHF “A” weighted): 92 dB (Stereo) 70 dB (Dolby Digital) Input Sensitivity/Impedance Line Level: 200 mV/47 kohms Phono Input: 3.5 mV/47[...]

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