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About Rotel | Getting Started |
• Rotel XS (eXtended Surround) automatically |
ensures proper decoding and optimum |
performance from any multichannel digi- |
A family whose passionate interest in music led them to manufacture high fidelity compo- nents of uncompromising quality founded Rotel 40 years ago. Through the years that passion has remained undiminished and the family goal of providing exceptional value for audiophiles and music lovers regardless of their budget, is shared by all Rotel employees.
The engineers work as a close team, listen- ing to, and fine tuning each new product until it reaches their exacting musical standards. They are free to choose components from around the world in order to make that prod- uct the best they can. You are likely to find capacitors from the United Kingdom and Germany, semi conductors from Japan or the United States, while toroidal power transformers are manufactured in Rotel’s own factory.
Rotel’s reputation for excellence has been earned through hundreds of good reviews and awards from the most respected reviewers in the industry, who listen to music every day. Their comments keep the company true to its goal - the pursuit of equipment that is musi- cal, reliable and affordable.
All of us at Rotel, thank you for buying this product and hope it will bring you many years of enjoyment.
“DTS”,
Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”, “Pro Logic”, and the
, HDCD®, High Definition Compatible Digital ® and Pacific Microsonics™ are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Pacific Microsonics, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. HDCD system manufactured under license from Pacific Microsonics, Inc. This product is covered by one or more of the following: In the USA: 5,479,168, 5,638,074, 5,640,161, 5,808,574, 5,838,274, 5,854,600, 5,864,311, 5,872,531, and in Australia: 669114. Other patents pending.
Thank you for purchasing the Rotel
1.A digital surround sound processor for decoding virtually all analog (VHS tapes, etc.) and digital (DVD discs, etc.) surround sound recordings.
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Key Features
•Rotel’s Balanced Design Concept combines advanced circuit board layout, comprehen- sive parts evaluation, and extensive listening tests for superior sound and long term re- liability.
•Dolby® Pro Logic II® decoding (for 5.1, 6.1, and 7.1 channel systems) with improved separation and frequency response for Dolby Surround® matrix encoded record- ings. Can be optimized for Music or Cin- ema sources plus an emulation mode for the original Dolby Pro Logic decoding.
•Automatic Dolby Digital® decoding Dolby Digital® 2.0, Dolby Digital® 5.1, and Dolby Digital Surround EX® recordings.
•Automatic decoding for DTS® 5.1 chan- nel,
•DTS® Neo:6® Surround modes for deriv- ing surround channels for 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 channel systems from
| tal signal on 6.1 and 7.1 channel systems. |
| Always active in any system with center |
| back speaker(s), Rotel XS even works with |
| signals that would not otherwise activate |
| the proper decoding (such as |
| |
| for which there is no extended surround |
| decoder (such as DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital |
| 5.1, and even Dolby Pro Logic II decoded |
| Dolby Digital 2.0 recordings). |
• | Automatic HDCD® decoding for signals from |
| High Definition Compatible Digital® com- |
| pact discs. |
• | Automatic decoding of digital signals from |
| MP3 |
• | Surround modes for playback of surround |
| sound material on 2 channel and 3 chan- |
| nel systems for total compatibility. |
• | Digital and analog input and output con- |
| nections for digital signals, composite video, |
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• | Five |
| livering 75 watts (all channels driven). The |
| two front amplifier channels can be redi- |
| rected to power center back speakers when |
| using a separate stereo amplifier on the |
| front speakers. |
• | AM/FM tuner with 30 station presets, di- |
| rect access tuning, and |
• | RDS (Radio Data Systems) and RBDS (Ra- |
| dio Broadcast Data Service) capability. |
• | Zone 2 output with independent input se- |
| lection and volume adjustments for multi- |
| zone custom installations along with IR- |
| repeater capability for operation from the |
| remote zone. |
• | MULTI Input for outboard adaptor and fu- |
| ture upgradeabilty |
• | User friendly |
| programmable labels for video components. |
| Choice of English or German languages. |
• | Universal learning remote control to oper- |
| ate the |
| nents. |
• | Upgradeable microprocessor software to |
| accommodate future upgrades. |