Rotel RDV-1060 owner manual Output Mode, Front, Subwoofer, Center Delay, Rear Delay, Test Tone

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OUTPUT MODE	CENTER

To adjust, use the CURSOR buttons to select a setting on the vertical slider control on the

The RDV-1060 can provide fully decoded 5.1 channel surround signals at the multichannel analog audio outputs. Alternatively, the RDV-1060 can “downmix” the 5.1 surround sound signal to a 2-channel signal for output to a stereo TV or audio system. A third alter- native is downmixed 2-channel output with a virtual surround feature that recreates the sur- round sound spaciousness from two speakers.

5.1CH SURROUND: Supplies the full 5.1 channel signal to the analog audio outputs. Use this setting for processors that have 5.1 channel audio inputs. This multichannel out- put can be customized for systems with vari- ous speaker configurations using the speaker settings items on this menu.

2CH STEREO: Downmixes the 5.1 channel signal into an encoded 2-channel surround sig- nal. Use this setting to send the analog audio signal to a 2-channel system or a surround sound decoder that has analog surround pro- cessing (such as Dolby® Pro Logic®), but does not have 5.1 channel analog inputs.

2CH VIRTUAL: Downmixes the 5.1 chan- nel signal to a 2-channel stereo signal with virtual surround sound that creates an expanded sense of spaciousness from 2 speakers. Use this setting to send the analog audio signal to a preamp, TV, or recorder with conventional two-channel stereo input and no surround sound decoding capability.

NOTE: The remainder of the settings on this menu are only available in the 5.1CH SUR- ROUND output mode. The following items are grayed out and have no effect when 2CH STEREO or 2CH VIRTUAL output modes are selected.

FRONT

Use this item to configure the front left and right speaker settings for the analog audio outputs.

LARGE: This setting sends a full-range signal, including low bass, to the front speakers.

SMALL: A high-pass setting that redirects low bass away from these speakers to a subwoofer.

Use this item to configure the center channel speaker settings for the analog audio outputs.

LARGE: This setting sends a full-range signal, including low bass, to the front speakers.

SMALL: A high-pass setting that redirects low bass away from these speakers to a subwoofer.

OFF: Use this setting if your system does not have a center channel speaker. The center chan- nel information is split equally between the two front speakers, creating a phantom center chan- nel.

REAR

Use this item to configure the surround chan- nel speaker settings for the analog audio out- puts.

LARGE: This setting sends a full-range signal, including low bass, to the front speakers.

SMALL: A high-pass setting that redirects low bass away from these speakers to a subwoofer.

OFF: Use this setting if your system does not have surround channel speakers. Surround in- formation from a 5.1 channel recording is downmixed into the front channels.

SUBWOOFER

Use this item to configure the subwoofer set- tings for the analog audio outputs.

PRESENT: Use this setting if a subwoofer is connected to your system. The subwoofer output will carry LFE channel signals from Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 channel DVD-V discs and redi- rected bass from other channels configured as SMALL in the previous settings.

NONE: If your system does not have a sub- woofer, use this setting.

CENTER DELAY

You can delay the signal from the center channel so that it arrives at the listening position at the same time as the sound from the front speak- ers.

Delay times on the menu are specified in mil- liseconds (ms). 1 millisecond of delay is equal to approximately one foot of distance from the speaker to the listener. For example, if your center speaker is 2 feet closer than the front speakers to the listening position, you would add 2 milliseconds of delay to the center speaker.

left side of the menu screen. The available settings range from 1 millisecond to 5 milli- seconds. The “OFF” setting adds no delay.

REAR DELAY

You can delay the signal from the surround channels so that it arrives at the listening po- sition at the same time as the sound from the front speakers.

Delay times on the menu are specified in mil- liseconds (ms). 1 millisecond of delay is equal to approximately one foot of distance from the speaker to the listener. For example, if your surround speakers are 3 feet closer than the front speakers to the listening position, you would add 3 milliseconds of delay to the sur- round speakers.

To adjust, use the CURSOR buttons to select a setting on the vertical slider control on the left side of the menu screen. The available settings range from 3 milliseconds to 15 mil- liseconds. The “OFF” setting adds no delay.

TEST TONE

To assist in the SPEAKER LEVEL setting proce- dure, you can turn on a pink-noise test tone signal that sequentially moves to each speaker configured in the system. While this test tone is playing, use the individual channel level adjustments on the receiver or processor to set equal levels for all channels.

ON: Turns on the test tone signal.

OFF: Turns off the test tone signal.

NOTE: This menu item is only available in the 5.1CH SURROUND output mode and can- not be adjusted in 2CH STEREO or 2CH VIR- TUAL output modes.