Rotel RSX-965 owner manual Front Panel Configuration Controls

SURROUND SOUND RECEIVER RSX-965

Several indicators in the front panel display assist tuning. A large display shows the tuned frequency and increases or decreases during tuning. A signal strength indicator shows the strength of the incoming signal. A TUNED indicator lights when a sufficiently strong signal is received. A ST indicator lights when a stereo FM signal is received.

NUMERIC Keypad: Station Presets 5 50

The RSX-965 can store up to 30 station presets for recall at any time using the NUMERIC keypad. To memorize a station:

1.Tune to the desired station, either AM or FM.

2.Press the MEMORY button on the front panel of the RSX-965. A MEMORY indicator will flash for five seconds in the front panel display.

MONO Button 25

The MONO button changes the FM mode from stereo reception to mono reception. In stereo mode, a stereo signal will be heard if the station is broadcasting a stereo signal and there is sufficient signal strength. A stereo indicator will light in the front panel dis- play. In mono mode, a mono signal will be heard even if the station is broadcasting a stereo signal.

Note: Switching to mono mode can be a useful way to improve the reception of weak or distant FM signals. Less signal strength is required for clean mono reception than for stereo reception.

3.While the MEMORY indicator is flashing, press the number of the preset where you wish to store the station frequency. For ex- ample, to memorize the station as preset 3, press the 3 button. To memorize preset 15, press the 1 button followed by the 5 button.

4.A previously stored frequency is erased from memory when a new frequency is memorized for the same preset number.

To tune to a previously memorized station, just press the preset

number on the NUMERIC keypad. For example, to tune to preset 3, press the 3 button. To tune to preset 15, press the 1 button and then press the 5 button.

Note: If the TUNER is not already the selected INPUT SOURCE, se- lecting a station preset will automatically switch to the TUNER in- put and tune the memorized station.

The NUMERIC keypad buttons can also be used for direct access

tuning (see below). In addition, four of the buttons ( / BACK / ENTER) are used in navigating the on-screen menu system.

FREQUENCY DIRECT Button 22

If you know the frequency of the desired station, you may tune it directly using the FREQUENCY DIRECT button and the NUMERIC keypad.

1.Press the FREQUENCY DIRECT button to change the NUMERIC keypad from station preset to Direct Access mode. The station frequency in the front panel display will change to a series of four bars, representing the digits of a station frequency, with the first bar flashing.

2.Enter the first digit of the station frequency using the NUMERIC keypad. The digit will appear in the frequency display and the sec- ond bar will flash. Enter the remaining digits of the frequency.

Note that in FM mode, pressing 1 will enter 10 as the digit in the frequency display. When all of the digits have been entered, the tuner will automatically tune to the displayed station frequency.

Examples:	FM87.50MHz	Press: 8 > 7 > 5 > 0
	FM101.90MHz	Press: 1 > 1 > 9 > 0
	AM1610kHz	Press: 1 > 6 > 1 > 0

Front Panel: Configuration Controls

VIDEO LABEL Button 15

You may customize the labels of the VIDEO INPUT SOURCE but- tons so that the names of your particular components are dis- played in the front panel display and the on-screen display when selected. For example, you could choose to have DVD displayed in place of VIDEO 2. Labels may be up to 9 characters long. Inputs that can be relabelled are VIDEO 1, VIDEO 2, VIDEO 3, VIDEO 4, and AUX/VIDEO 5. To relabel the video inputs:

1.Select the VIDEO INPUT you wish to relabel.

2.Press and hold the VIDEO LABEL button for 3 seconds. The 9 segments of the front panel display turn to bars, each represent- ing one available character. The first bar blinks.

3.Press the TUNING < > buttons repeatedly to step backwards or forwards through the available characters until you find the first letter or character in the desired name. Available characters in- clude the 26 letters of the alphabet, the numbers 0 – 9, and nine special characters. When the desired character is displayed, press the MEMORY button to move to the next character in the display. The next segment in the display will blink.

4.Repeat step 3 above until you have entered all nine characters in the desired video label, including “blanks” for unused charaters. As soon as you press the MEMORY button following the ninth character, the new label will be stored.

SPEAKER MODE Button 13

Home theater speaker systems vary considerably in their size and performance, particularly in their bass output. For this reason, today’s surround sound processors feature elaborate logic which can send thunderous bass information from movie soundtracks to the speaker(s) best able to handle it – subwoofers and/or large speakers. For optimum surround sound performance, it is neces- sary to tell the RSX-965 what speakers your system includes and what type they are.

14