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”, “Surround EX”, 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 RSP-1098 Surround Sound Processor. The RSP-1098 is full-featured audio/video control center for analog and digital source components. It fea- tures digital processing for a wide range of formats including Dolby Surround®, Dolby Digital®, DTS® and HDCD® source material.
Video features
•Front panel widescreen color TFT screen for video or operating menus.
•Wideband 100 mHz video processing for HDTV signals.
•Full complement of composite, S-Video, and Component Video inputs and outputs
•Conversion of composite and S-Video sig- nals to Component Video for output to TV monitor.
Audio features
•Rotel’s Balanced Design Concept combines advanced circuit board layout, comprehen- sive parts evaluation, and extensive listening tests for superior sound and reliability.
•Individual circuit boards grouped by func- tion for maximum signal isolation.
•24-bit/128x oversampling analog-to-digital converters from AKM and Crystal Semicon- ductor 24-bit/192 kHz digital-to-analog converters
•Analog bypass mode for pure 2-speaker stereo with no digital processing.
•Optical and coax digital inputs and out- puts.
•MULTI Input for 7.1 channel analog signals from DVD-A and SACD players. Subwoofer options include .1 channel pass through or bass redirect feature with an analog low- pass filter for a summed subwoofer output from seven channels.
•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.
•Automatic Dolby Digital® decoding for Dolby Digital® 2.0, Dolby Digital® 5.1, and Dolby Digital Surround EX® recordings.
•Dolby® Pro Logic II® decoding for Dolby Surround® matrix encoded recordings. Can be optimized for Music or Cinema sources plus an emulation mode for the original Dolby Pro Logic decoding.
•Automatic decoding for DTS® 5.1 channel, DTS-ES®Matrix 6.1 channel, DTS-ES®Dis- crete 6.1 channel, and DTS 96/24 digi- tal recordings.
•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.
•Automatic decoding for MPEG Multichannel digital recordings.
•Rotel XS (eXtra Surround) automatically en- sures proper decoding and optimum per- formance from any multichannel digital 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).
•Surround modes for playback of surround sound material on 2 channel and 3 chan- nel systems for total compatibility.
•Four DSP Music modes.
Other features
•Multi-zone, multi-source capability with independent input selection and volume.
•User friendly ON-SCREEN DISPLAY (OSD) menu system with programmable labels for all inputs. Choice of languages.
•Learning remote control to operate the RSP-1098 and nine other components.
•Upgradeable microprocessor software to accommodate future upgrades.
•Four assignable 12V trigger outputs for remote turn-on of power amplifiers and other components.