•Five LARGE speakers and sub- woofer: This system requires no bass re- direction. All five speakers play the nor- mal bass recorded in their respective chan- nels. The subwoofer plays only the LFE channel bass. Depending on the soundtrack, there may be minimal use of the LFE channel, so the subwoofer would be under utilized. Meanwhile the normal bass places higher demands on the capa- bilities of the other speakers and the am- plifiers driving them.
•LARGE front, center, surround speakers, no subwoofer. The normal bass from the front, center, and surround channels is played in its respective speak- ers. With no subwoofer, the LFE bass is re- directed to all five LARGE speakers. This places significant demands on these speak- ers and their amplifiers, as they must play their own normal bass plus the very demand- ing LFE bass.
•All SMALL speakers and subwoofer. The normal bass from all channels is redi- rected to the subwoofer, which also plays the LFE channel. The subwoofer handles ALL of the bass in the system. This configu- ration provides several benefits: deep bass is played by the speaker most suited to do so, the main speakers may play louder with less distortion, and the need for amplifier power is reduced. This configuration should be used with bookshelf-size or smaller main speakers. It should also be considered in some cases with floorstanding front speak- ers. This configuration is advantageous when driving the system with moderate power amplifiers.
•LARGE front speakers, SMALL cen- ter and surround speakers, and a subwoofer. The normal bass from the SMALL center and surround speakers is re- directed to the LARGE front speakers and the subwoofer. The LARGE front speakers play their own normal bass plus the redi- rected bass from the SMALL speakers and LFE bass. The subwoofer plays the LFE bass plus the redirected bass from all of the other channels. This might be an appropriate con- figuration with a pair of very capable front speakers driven by a large power ampli- fier. A potential disadvantage with mixed
LARGE and SMALL configurations is that the bass response may not be as consis- tent from channel to channel as it might be with the all SMALL configuration.
NOTE: As an alternative configuration with a satellite/subwoofer package as the front speakers, follow the speaker manufacturer’s instructions, connecting the high-level inputs of the powered subwoofer directly to the front speaker outputs of the RSP-1098 and con- necting the satellites to the subwoofer’s own crossover. In this arrangement, the speakers would be classified as LARGE and the sub- woofer setting would be OFF for all surround modes. No information is lost during play- back because the system redirects bass infor- mation to the front LARGE speakers. While this configuration ensures proper satellite speaker operation by using the speaker’s own crossovers, it has some disadvantages in terms of system calibration and would generally not be the preferred configuration.
Speaker Setup
SPEAKER SETUP
FRONT:Large
CENTER:Large
SURROUND:Large
CENTER BACK:Large1
SUBWOOFER:Yes
ADVANCED:Enter
MAIN MENU
The SPEAKER SETUP menu is used to config- ure the RSP-1098 for use with your specific loudspeakers and to determine the bass man- agement configuration as described in the previous overview. The menu is accessed from the MAIN menu.
The following speaker options are available:
FRONT SPEAKERS (small/large): Use the LARGE setting to have the front speakers play low bass (full-range). Use the SMALL setting to redirect normal bass away from these speak- ers to a subwoofer (high-pass filtered).
CENTER SPEAKER(S) (large/small/
none): Use the LARGE position (not available with SMALL front speakers) to have the cen- ter speaker play low bass (full-range). Use the SMALL position if your center channel speaker has limited low frequency capability, or if you prefer that the bass be sent to the subwoofer (high-pass). Select the NONE setting if your system does not have a center channel speaker
(the surround modes will automatically divide all center channel information equally between the two front speakers, creating a phantom center channel).
SURROUND SPEAKERS (large/small/
none): Select the LARGE setting (not avail- able with SMALL front speakers) to have the surround speakers play low bass (full-range). If your rear speakers have limited bass capa- bility or if you would prefer that the bass go to a subwoofer, use the SMALL setting (high- pass). If your system has no rear surround speak- ers, select the NONE setting (surround chan- nels are added to the front speakers so none of the recording is lost).
CENTER BACK SPEAKER(S) (large1/
large2/small1/small2/none): Some systems have one or two additional center back surround speakers. Select the LARGE settings (not available with SMALL front speakers) to have your center back speaker(s) play low bass. Use LARGE 1 if you have one center back speaker (6.1) or LARGE 2 (7.1) if you have two center back speakers (7.1). If your cen- ter back speakers have limited bass capabil- ity or if you would prefer that the bass go to a subwoofer, use the SMALL setting (SMALL1 for one speaker, SMALL2 for two speakers). If your system has no center back speakers, select the NONE setting. With center back speakers, the Rotel XS eXtra surround, Dolby Digital EX, DTS-ES, Dolby Pro Logic II, DTS Neo:6 or other decoders will provide center back signals for any surround mode.
SUBWOOFER (yes/no/max): The YES set- ting is the standard setting if your system has a subwoofer. If your system does not have a subwoofer, select NO. Select the MAX setting for maximum bass output with normal bass being duplicated by both the subwoofer and any LARGE speakers in the system.
ADVANCED: Speaker configuration is gener- ally a global setting for all surround modes and need only be done once. However, for special circumstances, the RSP-1098 provides the option of setting the speaker configuration independently for each of four surround modes. Select the ADVANCED line on the menu and press ENTER to go to the ADVANCED SPEAKER SETUP menu described in the following sec- tion.
