Rotel RSX-1056 Dolby Digital 5.1 discs, Dolby Digital Surround EX discs, Dolby Digital 2.0 discs

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NOTE: DTS, DTS-ES Matrix 6.1, DTS-ES Dis- crete 6.1, DTS 96/24, Dolby Digital, MP3, MPEG Multichannel, HDCD (96kHz), and PCM 2-channel (96kHz) digital signals are auto-detected and cannot be overridden. However, you can choose to use Dolby Digi- tal Surround EX decoding for any Dolby Digi- tal 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-channel (non 96kHz) digital signals can be over- ridden to Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby 3-Ste- reo, DTS Neo:6, Music 1 – 4, 5CH Ste- reo, 7CH Stereo, and Stereo.

•Dolby Digital 2-channel Stereo can be over- ridden to Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby 3-Ste- reo, and Stereo.

The following topics describe in detail the manual surround mode options available for each type of recording:

Dolby Digital 5.1 discs

Dolby Digital Surround EX discs

Dolby Digital decoding is auto-detected and cannot be overridden. You may, however, select a 2 channel downmix of 5.1 channel record- ings. In a 6.1ch or 7.1 ch system, you can also choose Dolby Surround EX, Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music, Dolby Pro Logic IIx Cinema (7.1ch only), or Rotel XS processing for cen- ter back channels.

NOTE: In addition to the options that follow, you can press the 2CH button on the front panel or the remote to toggle between 2-chan- nel downmix and multichannel playback.

•On a 5.1 system. Press the SUR+ but- ton on the remote, then press the +/– but- tons to change between DD 5.1 channel or DD 2.0 channel downmix playback.

•On a 6.1 system. Press the SUR+ but- ton on the remote, then use the +/– but- tons to step through five options: DD 2.0 channel downmix, DD 5.1 channel, DD Sur- round EX center back processing, DD with Pro Logic IIx Music center back process- ing or DD with Rotel XS center back pro- cessing. You should typically select Surround EX or discs that are labeled Dolby Digital Surround EX. For standard 5.1 channel discs, Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music or Rotel XS processing will provide a more diffuse

surround effect than the more highly local- ized Dolby EX decoding and will probably be the better 6.1 channel options for non- Surround EX discs. Selecting DD 5.1 forces the center back channel processing off for conventional 5.1 channel playback. You can also repeatedly press the DOLBY PLII/ 3ST button on the front panel until the de- sired center back channel option is selected.

•On a 7.1 system. Press the SUR+ but- ton on the remote, then use the +/– but- tons to step through six optons: DD 2.0 channel downmix, DD 5.1 channel, DD Sur- round EX center back processing, DD with Pro Logic IIx Music center back process- ing, DD with Pro Logic IIx Cinema back channel processing, or DD with Rotel XS center back processing. You should typi- cally select Surround EX or discs that are labeled Dolby Digital Surround EX. For standard 5.1 channel discs, Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music or Rotel XS processing will pro- vide a more diffused surround effect than the more highly localized Dolby EX decod- ing and may be the better 7.1 channel options for non-Surround EX discs. Select- ing DD 5.1 forces the center back chan- nel processing off for conventional 5.1 channel playback. You can also repeatedly press the DOLBY PLII/3ST button on the front panel until the desired center back chan- nel option is selected.

NOTE: When playing any Dolby Digital source, you can select one of three dynamic range control settings. See the Dynamic Range topic in the Other Settings section of this manual.

Dolby Digital 2.0 discs

Dolby Digital decoding is auto-detected and cannot be overridden. You may, however, select 2-channel playback, 5.1 channel playback with Pro Logic II matrix surround, 6.1/7.1 chan- nel playback with Pro Logic IIx matrix surround, or Dolby 3-Stereo playback.

•On a 5.1 system. Press the SUR+ but- ton on the remote, then use the +/– but- tons to step through four optons: DD 2.0 channel, DD with Pro Logic II Cinema matrix surround, DD with Pro Logic II Music ma- trix surround, or Dolby Digital 3 channel stereo. You can also repeatedly press the 2CH button on the front panel or the re- mote to select the same options.

•On a 6.1/7.1 system. Press the SUR+ button on the remote, then use the +/– but- tons to step through four optons: DD 2.0 channel, DD with Pro Logic IIx Cinema matrix surround, DD with Pro Logic IIx Music matrix surround, or Dolby Digital 3 chan- nel stereo. You can also repeatedly press the 2CH button on the front panel or the remote to select the same options.

•To select Cinema or Music options in Pro Logic II or Pro Logic IIx modes. Press the SUR+ button twice while in Pro Logic II or Pro Logic IIx modes. Then, use the +/– buttons to select the Music or Cin- ema options.

NOTE: When playing any Dolby Digital source, you can select one of three dynamic range control settings. See the Dynamic Range topic in the Other Settings section of this manual.

DTS 5.1 discs

DTS 96/24 discs

DTS-ES 6.1 discs

DTS decoding is auto-detected and cannot be overridden. You may, however, select a 2 channel downmix of 5.1 channel recordings or add Rotel XS center back processing for 5.1 channel discs.

NOTE: In addition to the options that follow, you can press the 2CH button on the remote to toggle between 2-channel downmix and multichannel playback.

•On a 5.1 system. Press the SUR+ but- ton on the remote, then press the +/– but- tons to change between DTS 5.1 channel or DTS 2.0 channel downmix playback.

•On a 6.1/7.1 system with a DTS 5.1 disc. Press the SUR+ button on the remote, then use the +/– buttons to step through the optional modes: DTS 2.0 channel down- mix, DTS 5.1 channel, DTS with Rotel XS center back processing, DTS with Pro Logic IIx Music center back processing, or DTS with Pro Logic IIx Cinema center back pro- cessing (available only for 7.1 channel systems). Selecting DTS 5.1 forces the center back channel processing off for conven- tional 5.1 channel playback. You can also repeatedly press the DTS Neo:6 button on the front panel until the desired option is selected.