Rotel RDV-1092 Basic Features, DVD Region Codes, Disc Structure, Digital Audio Formats, DVD-Video

DVD Region Codes

DVD-Video discs are encoded with region codes which also appear on the packag- ing:

ALL	1	2	1 2	1	2
				3	4

A disc can only be played if its region code matches the code printed on the back-panel of the RDV-1092.

The RDV-1092 can play discs encoded in either the NTSC or PAL video formats, out- putting the correct video signal as set by the back-panel NTSC/PAL switch.

Disc Structure

Each type of disc has its own organization, allowing you to locate various portions of the program recorded on the disc. Depending on the type of disc, these may be called Titles, Groups, Chapters, or Tracks:

DVD-Video:

Title 1		Title 2
Chapter 1	Chapter 2	Chapter 1	Chapter 2

A DVD-Video disc is comprised of Titles and each Title may be divided into Chapters. For example, a DVD-Video disc may contain sev- eral movies, each with its own Title number, and each movie may be divided into several Chapters. In a DVD-Video karaoke disc, each song usually has its own Title number and does not have Chapters.

DVD-Audio:

Group 1			Group 2
Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 1	Track 2

ADVD-Audio disc contains Groups, with each group divided into Tracks. Some DVD- Audio discs also contain a Bonus Group that can only be played back by entering a Key Number password.

Most DVD-Audio discs include other informa- tion in addition to audio, such as still pictures, movies and text.

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Audio CD:

Track 1 Track 2 Track 3

An Audio CD disc only contains Tracks.

Digital Audio Formats

DVD and CD discs can be encoded with several different digital audio formats. Gen- erally, the type of digital audio encoding is indicated on the disc packaging.

•Dolby Digital. A digital surround format that may contain as many as five discrete audio channels plus an LFE (low frequency effects) channel (referred to as 5.1 chan- nel surround). Particularly for older sound tracks, Dolby Digital may be used for a 2.0 channel stereo sound track with Dolby Surround matrix encoding.

•DTS (Digital Theater Systems). An- other 5.1 channel digital surround format similar to Dolby Digital, but somewhat dif- ferent encoding characteristics. Also plays DTS 96/24 used on DTS music discs.

•MPEG. Another compressed digital for- mat.

•DVD-Audio.A high quality digital format for DVD-Audio with the compression ratio of about 2:1 supporting up to 192kHz sampling rate and 24-bit resolution, al- lowing the PCM signal to be recreated without loss. Some content may only be available at the analog outputs.

•LPCM (Linear PCM). Uncompressed digital audio, the format used on CDs and most studio masters.

•MP3 (MPEG 1, Layer 3). Compressed 2-channel digital audio, a format often used for music on recordable CD-R and CD-RW discs.

Basic Features

This section of the manual covers the basic commands and features need to play a disc in the RDV-1092. Additional features are described in later sections.

ON/OFF Functions

The RDV-1092 has a master POWER switch on the front panel. When this button is in the out position, the unit is off and cannot be

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turned on from the remote. When the front panel POWER button is pressed in, the unit becomes fully activated. With the master POWER button in the ON position, the unit can be activated or put in a standby mode from the remote.

NOTE: In normal use, the front panel POWER button should be left in the IN position.

The remote control has discrete ON and OFF buttons. Press the ON button to activate the unit. Press the OFF button to put the unit into standby mode. The LED above the front panel POWER button lights whenever the POWER button is in the on position. The front panel display is lit when the unit is activated and goes out when the unit is in standby mode.

Pressing the OPEN/CLOSE or PLAY but- ton will also activate the unit from standby mode.

NOTE: The unit can also be activated and put in standby mode based on a control signal (from other Rotel components) at the back panel 12V TRIGGER input.

NOTE: To completely power off the RDV-1092 when away from home for a long period of time, unplug the unit from the AC wall outlet.

There is an auto standby function that can automatically turn the unit off after 60, 90, or 120 minutes. See the System Setup item in the Setup Menu section for selecting the time option or disabling this feature.

Changing Display

Brightness

There are seven stages of brightness for the front panel display plus an OFF option. Press the DIM button on the remote repeatedly to step through the options. The 0 setting is the brightest. The 6 setting is the dimmest. OFF turns off the display. If the display is turned off, press the DIM button once to restore the display to the brightest setting.

NOTE: This button overrides the default bright- ness set in the System Setup item of the Setup menus. When the unit is turned off and then back on, the default setting is restored.