Rotel RDV-1050 Troubleshooting

RDV-1050 DVD Player

Connecting to Audio

Equipment with a Digital Input

You can enhance the sound quality by con-

necting the OPTICAL DIGITAL OUTPUT or

COAXIAL DIGITAL OUTPUT of the

RDV-1050 to the digital input of an amplifier,

DAT or MD by using an optional digital cable.

The digital stereo audio signal from a disc is

directly transferred. If you connect the unit to

a Dolby Digital or DTS decoder or an ampli-

fier with built-in decoder by using an optional

digital cable, you can enjoy high-quality sur-

round sound.

When you make the digital connection, also

make the analog connection, because, depend-

ing on the disc type, no audio may be repro-

duced from the DIGITAL OUTPUT.

With the digital connection, the Preference

menu settings for COMPRESSION and DOWN

MIX are disabled. Settings for these items must

be made from the decoder.

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT

DIGITAL SIGNAL CONNECTION:

The Digital Audio Output setting in the Au-

dio Preferences on screen display must be

properly set for the type of output being

used when using an optical or coaxial digi-

tal signal connection. If this preference set-

ting is not done correctly, loud noise may be

generated which can damage the speakers.

Before using the RDV-1050 with a digital

signal connection be sure the proper type of

Digital Audio Output has been selected. See

the Audio Menu information in the Prefer-

ences Setting section of this manual.

Connecting to an Audio

Amplifier or Receiver

You will get better sound quality if you con-

nect the audio outputs of the RDV-1050 to a

high quality amplifier or receiver and use com-

ponent loudspeakers, rather than those built

into the television.

You can connect the front left and right AU-

DIO OUTPUTS of the RDV-1050 to any

high level input (such as AUX, DVD, CD, etc.)

of an amplifier or receiver.

The RDV-1050 also has rear channel left and

right outputs and outputs for a center chan-

nel and a subwoofer. If your receiver, ampli-

fier or surround processor has 5.1 channel in-

puts, you can connect these to the outputs of

the RDV-1050.

Digital equipment

OPTICAL

DIGITAL

AUDIO

RIGHT

LEFT

VIDEO OUTDIGITAL OUT

AUDIO OUT

COMPONENT

VIDEO

S-VIDEOFRONTREAR

PCM/STREAM

COAXIAL

OPTICAL

LEFT

RIGHT

CENTER

SUB

WOOFER

PRPB

White

Red

Optical Digital Cable

Audio Cable

White

Red

White

Optical Connection

Coaxial Connection

Digital equipment

COAXIAL

DIGITAL

AUDIO

RIGHT

LEFT

VIDEO OUTDIGITAL OUT

AUDIO OUT

COMPONENT

VIDEO

S-VIDEOFRONTREAR

PCM/STREAM

COAXIAL

OPTICAL

LEFT

RIGHT

CENTER

SUB

WOOFER

PRPB

White

Red

Audio Cable

White

Red

White

Coaxial Digital Cable

Amplifier or Receiver

VIDEO OUTDIGITAL OUT

AUDIO OUT

COMPONENT

VIDEO

S-VIDEOFRONTREAR

PCM/STREAM

COAXIAL

OPTICAL

LEFT

RIGHT

CENTER

SUB

WOOFER

FRONT

RIGHT

LEFT

REAR

RIGHT

SUBWOOFER

CENTER

LEFT

Red

White

Red

White

Red

Audio Connection

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Troubleshooting

Power

Power does not come on.

•Power plug is not inserted securely. Plug in

securely.

Operation

“REGION CODE ERROR!” is shown

on the TV screen.

•Region code of the inserted disc does not

match the RDV-1050. Check the region code

of the disc printed on the disc jacket.

The RDV-1050 does not work.

•Microcomputer malfunction due to lightning

or static electricity. Turn off the power and

unplug the power cord, then connect the

power cord again.

•Moisture condensation caused by a sudden

change of temperature or humidity. Turn off

the power, then turn it on a few hours later.

•The disc does not allow the operation, or

an unplayable disc is inserted. Check and

replace the disc. See the Playable Discs

section.

•The RDV-1050 does not support the play-

back by play list of VR format discs.

LOCK appears in the display window

and the disc tray does not open.

•When you press (OPN/CLS) while

pressing down ■ (STOP) when the

RDV-1050 in standby mode, the tray lock

function is activated. The disc tray cannot

be opened or closed in this state. To release

the LOCK, press while pressing down ■

when the RDV-1050 is in standby mode.

TV cannot be operated with the

remote control unit.

•Set the correct manufacturer code for your

TV. See the “Programming the RR-DV96

Remote to Control a TV” section of this

manual.

•Set the TV - DVD switch

on the remote

control unit to “TV.”

Setting cannot be changed in the

[LANGUAGE] preference display.

•Stop playback and change the setting in the

[LANGUAGE] preference display.

The audio language and subtitle

cannot be changed.

•Only one language is recorded on the disc

currently being played back.

•The disc being played back does not ac-

cept the AUDIO - fs/ Rate

button and

SUBTITLE

button operation. Change the

subtitle using SUBTITLE in the LANGUAGE

preference display.

No subtitle is diplayed.

•No subtitle is recorded on the disc currently

being played back.

•OFF is selected in SUBTITLE in the LAN-

GUAGE preference display. Select the de-

sired language in SUBTITLE.

•Subtitle may not be displayed correctly

during A-B repeat playback.

Picture

Picture is noisy.

•The RDV-1050 is connected to a VCR di-

rectly and the copyguard function is acti-

vated. Connect the RDV-1050 directly to the

TV.

•With some discs, the picture may be blurred

when PICTURE SOURCE is set to FILM or

AUTO. Set PICTURE SOURCE to VIDEO

(NORMAL) or VIDEO (ACTIVE).

Picture is distorted or no picture is

displayed.

•The PAL/NTSC setting does not match your

TV.

No picture is displayed on the TV

screen or the screen is blurred or

divided into two parts.

•US Version - The RDV-1050 is in the pro-

gressive scanning mode but is connected

to a TV via the VIDEO or S-VIDEO jack.

Set the VIDEO SIGNAL SELECTOR on

the rear panel to “INTL” or set it to “RE-

MOTE” and make the Progressive scanning

mode inactive by using the VFP - PROGRES-

SIVE SCAN button

•European Version - The RDV-1050 is

in the progressing scanning mode but is

connected to the TV via the composite

VIDEO, S-VIDEO or SCART connectors. Set

the Remote/NTSC/PAL selector to “RE-

MOTE” and activate the progressive scan-

ning mode by using the VFP-PROGRESSIVE

SCAN button

Audio

DVD VIDEO disc playback sound

level is lower than TV broadcast

sound level.

•Set the D.RANGE CONTROL preference to

TV MODE (see the D. Range Control infor-

mation in the Preferences Setting section).

Analog audio output is distorted.

•Set the OUTPUT LEVEL preference to LOW

(see the Output Level information in the Pref-

erences Setting section).

MULTI CH is shown in the display

window when playing back a DVD

AUDIO disc.

•The track is prohibited from down-mixing

to 2-channel stereo audio. Listen in multi-

channel surround audio.

MP3/WMA

No sound comes out.

•MP3/WMA disc is recorded with the

“packet writing (UDF format).” It cannot be

played.

Files (tracks) are not played in the

recorded order.

•The RDV-1050 plays the files in alphabetic

order. So, the playback order can vary.

WMA files cannot be played back.

•The file is copy protected.

•The file is recorded with a bit rate under

48 kbps. The RDV-1050 does not support

such WMA files.

JPEG

No picture is played back, or the

screen turns black.

•Format of the files is not baseline JPEG. The

unit supports only the baseline JPEG for-

mat.

The preference display cannot be

turned on.

•You cannot turn on the preference display

when a JPEG disc is inserted.