Rotel RSP-1069 Automatic Surround Modes, Manually Selecting Surround Modes

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lution audio can be decoded by the DVD-A

player and the resulting analog signals sent

to the RSP-1069’s MULTI INPUT.

SACD®: This is a proprietary high-resolution

audio standard for use on SACD compatible

disc players. As with high-resolution DVD-A

discs, the bandwidth is too high for today’s

digital connection. Thus, these discs must

be decoded by SACD compatible player,

with the output sent to the RSP-1069’s MULTI

INPUTS.

MP3: MP3 format recordings, often down-

loaded from the Internet, can be played on

portable MP3 players or some disc players that

can read CD-ROM discs. These players can

be connected to the RSP-1069’s digital inputs,

but must output a digital PCM stream.

Automatic Surround

Modes

Decoding of digital sources connected to the

digital inputs is generally automatic, with de-

tection triggered by a “ﬂ ag” embedded in the

digital recording telling the RSP-1069 what

decoding format is required. For example,

when Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS 5.1 channel

surround is detected, the RSP-1069 activates

the proper decoding.

The unit will also detect DTS-ES Matrix 6.1

or DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 discs and activate

DTS-ES® Extended Surround decoding. Dol-

by Digital Surround EX recordings also trig-

ger automatic decoding (although not all

Surround EX DVDs have the necessary ﬂ ag

and may require manually activating Sur-

round EX decoding).

Likewise, a digital input from an HDCD® en-

coded compact disc, a standard CD, or a

DTS 96/24 or DTS-ES 96/24 disc will be

auto-detected and properly decoded to 2CH

stereo operation.

Dolby Pro Logic IIx or Rotel XS processing

can be conﬁ gured to be automatically active

in all 6.1 or 7.1 channel systems conﬁ gured

with center back speaker(s) and will ensure

proper extended surround decoding of all

multichannel digital signals, even those that

might not otherwise trigger the proper ex-

tended surround mode.

In many cases, the RSP-1069 will also rec-

ognize a digital signal with Dolby Surround

encoding (such as the default soundtrack on

many DVDs) and activate Dolby® Pro Logic

II® decoding.

NOTE: A digital signal coming into the RSP-1069

will be recognized and properly decoded.

However, on a DVD with multiple soundtracks,

you must tell the DVD player which one to

send to the RSP-1069. For example, you may

need to use the DVD’s menu system to select

the Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS 5.1 soundtrack

rather than the default Dolby Digital 2.0 Dolby

Surround soundtrack.

Additionally, you can conﬁ gure a default

surround mode for each input using the IN-

PUT SETUP menu (see the Setup section of

this manual). Combined with the auto-de-

tection of Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS, this

default surround setting makes operation

of the RSP-1069 surround modes totally au-

tomatic. For example, if you set Dolby Pro

Logic II movie mode as the default for all of

your video inputs, the RSP-1069 will auto-

matically decode Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS

soundtracks when they are played and use

Pro Logic II matrix decoding for all other re-

cordings. For stereo inputs such as CD and

Tuner, you could select STEREO mode as the

default for 2-channel playback or Dolby Pro

Logic II music mode if you prefer to hear mu-

sic sources in surround sound.

Manually Selecting

Surround Modes

As described in the previous section, the com-

bination of auto-detection of Dolby Digital

and DTS recordings and setting default sur-

round modes for each input during the setup

of the RSP-1069 makes operation of surround

modes totally automatic. For many users, this

automatic surround mode selection will meet

all of their listening needs.

For users who prefer a more active role in set-

ting surround modes, buttons on the remote

and the front panel provide manual selection

of surround mode that are not automatically

detected or, in some cases, to override an

automatic setting.

Manual settings available from the front panel

and/or the remote might be used when you

want to play:

• Standard 2-channel stereo (left/right speak-

ers only) with no surround processing.

• Downmixed 2-channel playback of Dolby

Digital 5.1 or DTS recordings.

• Dolby 3-channel stereo (left/right/center)

of 2-channel recordings.

• 5-channel or 7-channel stereo from 2-

channel recordings.

• One of four modes for DSP concert hall

simulation from 2-channel recordings.

• Dolby Pro Logic II cinema or music mode

matrix decoding of 2-channel record-

ings.

• DTS Neo:6 cinema or music mode matrix

decoding of 2-channel recordings.

• Dolby Digital Surround EX decoding of

Dolby Digital 5.1 channel recordings or

Dolby Digital Surround EX discs that do

not trigger automatic decoding.

NOTE: DTS, DTS-ES Matrix 6.1, DTS-ES Discrete

6.1, DTS 96/24, DTS-ES 96/24, Dolby Digital,

HDCD (96kHz), and PCM 2-channel (96kHz)

digital signals are auto-detected and cannot

be overridden. However, you can choose to

use Dolby Digital Surround EX decoding for

any Dolby Digital 5.1 source material. You

can also downmix Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS

5.1 recordings for 2-channel playback.

• HDCD (non 96kHz) and PCM 2-chan-

nel (non 96kHz) digital signals can be

overridden to Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby

3-Stereo, DTS Neo:6, Music 1 – 4, 5CH

Stereo, 7CH Stereo, and Stereo.

• Dolby Digital 2-channel Stereo can be

overridden to Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby

3-Stereo, and Stereo.

The following topics describe in detail the

manual surround mode options available

for each type of recording: