Rotel RDV-1050 Getting Started, Initial Setup

RDV-1050 DVD Player

Getting Started

Turning On the RDV-1050

With the TV/DVD switch

set to DVD, press

the DVD POWER button

on the RR-DV96.

Or press the STANDBY button on the front

panel. The display window will light indicat-

ing the RDV-1050 is “on”. The STANDBY in-

dicator is always lit when the power cord is

connected to the wall outlet.

The opening display appears on the TV screen.

The following messages may appear at the

bottom of the opening display.

•NOW READING (The RDV-1050 is read-

ing the disc information.)

•REGION CODE ERROR! (The region code

of the DVD VIDEO disc does not match the

RDV-1050. The disc cannot be played.)

•OPEN

•CLOSE

•NO DISC

NOTE: Even if you turn off the RDV-1050

it is not disconnected from the AC power

source as long as it is connected to the wall

outlet. This state is called standby mode. In

this state, the unit consumes a very small

amount of power.

NOTE – Invalid Operation Icon:

With some discs the RDV-1050 may not be

able to perform certain operations. For ex-

ample, some discs may not allow rapid ad-

vance/reverse or slow motion playback.

When you press a remote control or front

panel button if the RDV-1050 cannot per-

form the operation the Invalid Opera-

tion icon appears on your TV screen.

Operations are occasionally unacceptable

even if it is not displayed.

Initial Setup

When you turn on the RDV-1050 for the first

time, the following message appears on the

TV screen.

EXECUTE DVD PLAYER SETUP?

BASIC PICTURE/AUDIO SETTING

YES - PRESS ENTER NO - CANCEL

You can set the display language, TV moni-

tor type and digital output before using the

RDV-1050, by using the following procedures.

1Press ENTER

. The first page of the DVD

PLAYER SET UP display appears. The pull-

down menu of the ON SCREEN LAN-

GUAGE is already open.

ON SCREEN LANGUAGE options

2Press /

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to select the desired

language. You can select the on-screen lan-

guage for the preference displays, etc. from

among ENGLISH, FRENCH and GERMAN.

3Press ENTER. The second page is shown.

The pull-down menu for the MONITOR TYPE

is already open.

4Press / to select the desired monitor

type. For a normal (conventional) TV, se-

lect 4:3 LB or 4:3 PS. For a wide-screen TV,

select 16:9 NORMAL or 16:9 AUTO.

5 Press ENTER. The third page is shown, in

which the pull-down menu of the ANALOG

OUT is already open.

6Press / to select a desired analog output

signal type. Set this item correctly when you

play back a DVD VIDEO disc recorded with

surround multichannel audio.

•When connecting to a surround decoder,

select 2-CH DOLBY SURROUND.

•When connecting to a stereo amplifier/re-

ceiver or TV, select 2-CH STEREO.

•When connecting the unit’s 5.1-channel

output, select MULTI CHANNEL. Note that

you can perform fine tuning for your speak-

ers when MULTI CHANNEL is selected.

7Press ENTER. The third page is shown. The

pull-down menu of the DIGITAL AUDIO

OUTPUT is already open.

8 Press / to select a desired digital out-

put signal type. If you connect the RDV-1050

to an external surround decoder or D/A

converter set this as needed.

•When connecting to a Dolby Digital decoder,

select DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM.

•When connecting to a DTS decoder, select

STREAM/PCM.

•When connecting to other digital devices,

select PCM ONLY.

9Press ENTER. The TV screen returns to the

opening display.

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VIDEO (NORMAL): select when playing

back a video source disc with few movements.

VIDEO (ACTIVE): select when playing back

a video source disc with a lot of movement.

FILM: select when playing back a film source

disc.

AUTO: select when playing back a disc con-

taining both video and film source materials.

The RDV-1050 recognizes the picture type (film

or video source) of the current disc accord-

ing to the disc information. Normally, select

this option.

Screen Saver

You can turn the screen saver ON or OFF.

Setting options: ON, OFF

MP3 and WMA/JPEG

The RDV-1050 can play MP3/WMA and JPEG

files recorded on a CD-R/CD-RW disc. How-

ever, if a disc contains both MP3/WMA and

JPEG files, you can only play files of the type

selected in this menu.

Setting options: MP3 & WMA, JPEG

MP3 & WMA: when selected, only MP3/

WMA files can be played back.

JPEG: when selected, only JPEG files can be

played back.

AUDIO menu

DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT

When you connect the digital output of the

RDV-1050 to an external device equipped with

a digital input, this item must be set correctly.

See “Appendix C: Digital Output Signal Chart”

for details about the relation between the setting

and output signals.

Setting options: PCM ONLY, DOLBY DIGI-

TAL/PCM, STREAM/PCM

PCM ONLY: select when you connect the

DIGITAL OUT jack of the RDV-1050 to the

linear PCM digital input of other audio equip-

ment.

DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM: select when you

connect the DIGITAL OUT jack of the RDV-1050

to the digital input of a Dolby Digital decoder

or an amplifier with a built-in Dolby Digital

decoder. When this option is selected, play-

ing back a disc recorded by the MPEG Mul-

tichannel format outputs a linear PCM digi-

tal signal.

STREAM/PCM: select when you connect the

DIGITAL OUT jack of the RDV-1050 to the

digital input of an amplifier with a built-in DTS,

MPEG Multichannel or Dolby Digital decoder,

or the stand-alone unit of such a decoder.

•With some DVD VIDEO discs that are not

fully copy-protected, a 20 or 24 bit digital

signal may be output.

•A signal recorded with the 96 kHz or higher

sampling frequency is output from the DIGI-

TAL OUT jack with the 48 kHz sampling

frequency.

• When playing a DVD VIDEO or Audio CD

disc with DTS, use a DTS decoder to get cor-

rect signals from your speakers.

ANALOG OUTPUT

To correctly play the audio on a DVD VIDEO

disc recorded with surround multichannel

audio, you must set this item properly according

to your audio system configuration. (This func-

tion does not work when the VSS function is

activated.)

Setting options: 2-CH DOLBY SURROUND,

2-CH STEREO, MULTI CHANNEL

2-CH DOLBY SURROUND: select when

listening to multichannel surround audio with

the analog AUDIO OUT terminals of the

RDV-1050 connected to a surround decoder.

2-CH STEREO: select when listening to con-

ventional two-channel stereo audio with the

AUDIO OUT terminals of the RDV-1050 con-

nected to a stereo amplifier/receiver or tele-

vision set, or in case you want to record the

audio from a DVD VIDEO disc to MiniDisc,

cassette, etc.

MULTI CHANNEL: select when listening to

multichannel surround audio in a system where

the 5.1 audio outputs of the RDV-1050 are

connected to an amplifier equipped with 5.1

channel inputs.

NOTE: With some DVD AUDIO discs, the

track is prohibited from downmixing to 2-

channel stereo audio. With such discs, even

if you select 2-CH DOLBY SURROUND or

2-CH STEREO, the downmixing function

does not work. In this case, MULTI CH ap-

pears on the display window for about 2 to

3 seconds.

D. RANGE CONTROL

This setting provides optimal audio quality from

the analog AUDIO OUT terminals when lis-

tening to DVD VIDEO discs recorded in Dolby

Digital format, at low or middle volume.

Setting options: WIDE RANGE, NORMAL,

TV MODE

WIDE RANGE: when selected, audio is

played back with the widest dynamic range

so that you can enjoy powerful playback sound.

NORMAL: normally, select this option.

TV MODE: select if DVD Video disc sound

level is lower than TV program sound level.

This lets you clearly hear sound at lower vol-

ume levels.

OUTPUT LEVEL

This setting allows you to attenuate the level

of the signal output from the analog AUDIO

OUT terminals of the RDV-1050.

Setting options: STANDARD, LOW

If the sound output from the speaker is dis-

torted, select LOW.

SPK.SETTING menu

This menu can be selected only when ANA-

LOG OUT in the AUDIO preference display

is set to MULTI CHANNEL.

MODE: You can select the speaker configu-

ration type according to your speaker systems.

Setting options: 5.1 CH., EXPERT

5.1 CH.: select when you connect the unit to

a 5.1-channel amplifier and use the front,

surround, center and subwoofer speakers.

EXPERT: Select when you want to adjust the

audio output of the RDV-1050 to match the

characteristics of your speakers. The SIZE, DE-

LAY, and LEVEL setting items are available. See

the “Fine Tuning for Your Speakers” section

that follows for information on how to adjust

these three items.