Rotel owner manual Contents About Rotel, About the RCD-1520

6RCD-1520 Stereo Compcat Disc Player

Contents			About Rotel
Important Safety Instructions		2	Our story began nearly 50 years ago. Over the decades, we have
Figure 1: Controls and Connections		3	received hundreds of awards for our products and satisfied hundreds
Figure 2: RR-D97 Remote Control		3	of thousands of people who take their entertainment seriously - like
Figure 3:	Analog Outputs	4	you!
Figure 4:	Digital Outputs	4
Important Notes		4	Rotel was founded by a family whose passionate interest in music
About Rotel		. 5	led them to manufacture high-fidelity components of uncompromising
About the RCD-1520		6	quality. Through the years, that passion has remained undiminished
Getting Started		7	and the family goal of providing exceptional value for audiophiles
A Few Precautions		7	and music lovers, regardless of their budget, is shared by all Rotel
Placement	7		employees.
Control Identification		7
AC Power and Control		. 7	Rotel’s engineers work as a close team, listening to, and fine tuning,
AC Power Input [		7	each new product until it reaches their exacting musical standards.
Power Switch and Power Indicator 1and Remote On and Off Buttons A		7	They are free to choose components from around the world in order to
Output Connections		. 8	make that product the best they can. You are likely to find capacitors
Analog Outputs y		8	from the United Kingdom and Germany, semiconductors from Japan or
Digital Output u		8	the United States, while toroidal power transformers are manufactured
12 Volt Trigger Input p		8	in Rotel’s own factory.
EXT REMOTE IN Jack o		8
Computer I/O Connector i		8	We all have concerns about our environment. And, as more and more
Infrared Remote Control 8		8	electronics are produced and later discarded, it is especially important
Display 5		8	for a manufacturer to do all it can to engineer products that have a
Disc Slot =		8	minimum negative impact on landfill sites and water tables.
Transport Control Buttons		. 9
PLAY Button qE		9	At Rotel, we are proud to do our part. We have reduced the lead
STOP Button wD		9	content in our electronics by using special ROHS solder, while our new
PAUSE Button eL		9	Class D (not digital) amplifiers are up to five times more efficient than
TRACK Buttons rtM		9	our legacy designs and still deliver power and performance. These
DIRECT ACCESS Buttons F		9	products run cool, give minimum wasted energy, are good for the
SEARCH Buttons 7K		9	environment and give better sound too.
EJECT Button 6N		9	Finally, we have printed this brochure on recycled paper stock.
Additional Features		. 9
PROGRAM Button 2J		9	While we understand that these are small first steps, they are still
REVIEW Button 3I		10
CLEAR Button H		10	important ones. And we continue to pursue new methods and
RANDOM Button 4O		10	materials for a cleaner and greener manufacturing process.
REPEAT Button 9B		10	All of us at Rotel thank you for buying this product. We are sure it will
SCAN Button 0C		10
TIME Button -G		10	bring you many years of enjoyment.

Troubleshooting		. . . .	. . . .	.	. . .	.	. . .	.	.	11
Power Indicator Is Not Lit										11
Fuse Replacement										11
No Sound										11
Specifications	. . .	. . . .	. . . .	.	. . .	.	. . .	.	.	11

About the RCD-1520

Simply stated, the RCD-1520 is designed to do one thing—deliver the most detailed, nuanced sound from every disc. Whether it is a conventional CD, or an MP3 or WMA encoded disc, the RCD-1520 will faithfully reproduce all that is recorded on the disc.

While the RCD-1520 was under development. The design team went far beyond the usual measurable technical performance characteristics. Listening panels spent hundreds of hours fine tuning the audio performance, choosing the components that produced the best sound, that would “release the emotion in the music”. Whatever the artist and recording engineers put on the disc, the RCD-1520 will deliver.