Rotel RSX-1055 owner manual About Rotel, Key Features

RSX-1055Surround Sound Receiver		12
About Rotel	Getting Started

• Rotel XS (eXtended Surround) automatically

ensures proper decoding and optimum

performance from any multichannel digi-

A family whose passionate interest in music led them to manufacture high fidelity compo- nents of uncompromising quality founded Rotel 40 years ago. Through the years that passion has remained undiminished and the family goal of providing exceptional value for audiophiles and music lovers regardless of their budget, is shared by all Rotel employees.

The engineers work as a close team, listen- ing to, and fine tuning each new product until it reaches their exacting musical standards. They are free to choose components from around the world in order to make that prod- uct the best they can. You are likely to find capacitors from the United Kingdom and Germany, semi conductors from Japan or the United States, while toroidal power transformers are manufactured in Rotel’s own factory.

Rotel’s reputation for excellence has been earned through hundreds of good reviews and awards from the most respected reviewers in the industry, who listen to music every day. Their comments keep the company true to its goal - the pursuit of equipment that is musi- cal, reliable and affordable.

All of us at Rotel, thank you for buying this product and hope it will bring you many years of enjoyment.

“DTS”, “DTS-ES Extended Surround”, “DTS ES® Matrix 6.1”, and “DTS ES® Discrete 6.1”, and “DTS Neo:6®”are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”, “Pro Logic”, and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

, HDCD®, High Definition Compatible Digital ® and Pacific Microsonics™ are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Pacific Microsonics, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. HDCD system manufactured under license from Pacific Microsonics, Inc. This product is covered by one or more of the following: In the USA: 5,479,168, 5,638,074, 5,640,161, 5,808,574, 5,838,274, 5,854,600, 5,864,311, 5,872,531, and in Australia: 669114. Other patents pending.

Thank you for purchasing the Rotel RSX-1055 Surround Sound Receiver. The RSX-1055 is four products in one:

1.A digital surround sound processor for decoding virtually all analog (VHS tapes, etc.) and digital (DVD discs, etc.) surround sound recordings.

2.A full-featured audio/video control center for analog and digital source components.

3.A high-quality AM/FM tuner with RDS capability.

4.A 5-channel power amplifier to drive two front speakers (or two center back speak- ers), a center channel speaker, and two rear surround speakers.

Key Features

•Rotel’s Balanced Design Concept combines advanced circuit board layout, comprehen- sive parts evaluation, and extensive listening tests for superior sound and long term re- liability.

•Dolby® Pro Logic II® decoding (for 5.1, 6.1, and 7.1 channel systems) with improved separation and frequency response for Dolby Surround® matrix encoded record- ings. Can be optimized for Music or Cin- ema sources plus an emulation mode for the original Dolby Pro Logic decoding.

•Automatic Dolby Digital® decoding Dolby Digital® 2.0, Dolby Digital® 5.1, and Dolby Digital Surround EX® recordings.

•Automatic decoding for DTS® 5.1 chan- nel, DTS-ES®Matrix 6.1 channel, and DTS-ES®Discrete 6.1 channel digital record- ings.

•DTS® Neo:6® Surround modes for deriv- ing surround channels for 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 channel systems from 2-channel stereo or matrix surround recordings. Can be opti- mized for Music or Cinema sources.

	tal signal on 6.1 and 7.1 channel systems.
	Always active in any system with center
	back speaker(s), Rotel XS even works with
	signals that would not otherwise activate
	the proper decoding (such as non-flagged
	DTS-ES and Dolby Surround EX discs) or
	for which there is no extended surround
	decoder (such as DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital
	5.1, and even Dolby Pro Logic II decoded
	Dolby Digital 2.0 recordings).
•	Automatic HDCD® decoding for signals from
	High Definition Compatible Digital® com-
	pact discs.
•	Automatic decoding of digital signals from
	MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3) players.
•	Surround modes for playback of surround
	sound material on 2 channel and 3 chan-
	nel systems for total compatibility.
•	Digital and analog input and output con-
	nections for digital signals, composite video,
	S-Video, and Component Video.
•	Five built-in amplifier channels, each de-
	livering 75 watts (all channels driven). The
	two front amplifier channels can be redi-
	rected to power center back speakers when
	using a separate stereo amplifier on the
	front speakers.
•	AM/FM tuner with 30 station presets, di-
	rect access tuning, and auto-tuning.
•	RDS (Radio Data Systems) and RBDS (Ra-
	dio Broadcast Data Service) capability.
•	Zone 2 output with independent input se-
	lection and volume adjustments for multi-
	zone custom installations along with IR-
	repeater capability for operation from the
	remote zone.
•	MULTI Input for outboard adaptor and fu-
	ture upgradeabilty
•	User friendly ON-SCREEN DISPLAY with
	programmable labels for video components.
	Choice of English or German languages.
•	Universal learning remote control to oper-
	ate the RSX-1055 and nine other compo-
	nents.
•	Upgradeable microprocessor software to
	accommodate future upgrades.