Page 3 - Notice; FCC Information; Important Safety Instructions
Notice The COMPUTER I/O connection should be handled by authorized person only. FCC Information This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for aClass B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limitsare designed to provide reasonable protection against harm...
Page 5 - English
5 English 2: RR-1050 Remote POWER LEARN EDIT / CLONE LANG PAGE 1/2 CLEAR RESET PRELOAD SCAN PTY P-TUN TP DISP TAPE2 PHONO TONE D-SLT EQ DYN REC ZONE SUR+ 2CH PL C PL M 5CH 7CH S R C M - + UP DWN ENT POWER MACRO AUD CD TUN DEVICE / INPUT TAPE EXT V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 TA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +10 0 X M MUTE DIS...
Page 8 - Surround Sound Receiver
8 RSX-1056 Surround Sound Receiver 6: Connecting a VCR 7: Connecting a CD Player/CDR Recorder S-VIDEO VIDEO COMPOSITE LINE OUT REC IN LINE OUT REC IN AUDIO RIGHT LEFT REC IN RIGHT LEFT LINE OUT Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems, Inc. US Pat. No. 5,451,942, 5,956674, 5,974,380, ...
Page 9 - : Connecting an Audio Recorder
9 English 8: Connecting an Audio Recorder 9: Connecting a DVD Player Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems, Inc. US Pat. No. 5,451,942, 5,956674, 5,974,380, 5,978,762, and other world-wide patents issued and pending. "DTS" and "DTS Digital Surround" are registered t...
Page 12 - Contents; CONNECTIONS
12 RSX-1056 Surround Sound Receiver Contents Boxed numbers refer to RSX-1056 illustration.Boxed letters refer to RR-1050 illustration. Important Safety Instructions ................. 3 1: Controls and Connections ............................... 4 2: RR-1050 Remote ......................................
Page 14 - About Rotel; Key Features
14 RSX-1056 Surround Sound Receiver About Rotel A family whose passionate interest in musicled them to manufacture high fidelity compo-nents of uncompromising quality founded Rotel40 years ago. Through the years that passionhas remained undiminished and the family goalof providing exceptional value ...
Page 15 - Placement; Allow a minimum of 10 cm or 4; not; CD Inputs
15 English Placement Place the RSX-1056 on a solid, level surfaceaway from sunlight, heat, moisture, or vibra-tion. Make sure that the shelf can support theweight of the unit. Place the RSX-1056 close to the other com-ponents in your system and, if possible, on itsown shelf. This will make initial h...
Page 16 - Video Inputs & Outputs
16 RSX-1056 Surround Sound Receiver VIDEO 1–5 Audio Inputs Five pair of RCA inputs, labeled VIDEO IN 1– 5, provide connections for left/right analogaudio signals from five additional source com-ponents. These inputs have correspondingvideo inputs and are used for VCRs, satelliteTV tuners, DVD player...
Page 17 - VIDEO 1–5 S-Video Inputs; TV Monitor Outputs; ZONE OUT Video Output; Digital Inputs
17 English VIDEO 1–5Composite Video Inputs Five inputs accepts standard composite videosignals from source components using stan-dard 75 ohm RCA video cables. VIDEO 1–3Composite Video Outputs Three RCA jacks, labeled COMPOSITE OUT1–3, provide connections for sending compos-ite video signals for reco...
Page 18 - Other Connections
18 RSX-1056 Surround Sound Receiver NOTE : When using digital connections, you should also make the analog audio input con-nections described previously. The analogconnection is necessary to record to an ana-log recorder in some circumstances or forZONE 2 operation Digital Outputs The RSX-1056 has t...
Page 19 - Making Connections; CD Player
19 English Making Connections CD Player See Figure 7 Connect the left and right analog outputs fromthe CD player to the AUDIO IN jacks labeledCD (left and right). Optional: Connect the digital output of the CD player to any of the Optical or Coax digitalinputs on the RSX-1056. Use the INPUT SETUPscr...
Page 20 - Speakers; Redirect Feature; Connecting a Subwoofer; To hook up power amplifiers,
20 RSX-1056 Surround Sound Receiver The MULTI inputs are analog bypass inputs,passing signals directly through to the VolumeControl and preamp outputs, bypassing all ofthe digital processing. The RSX-1056 providesan optional bass redirect feature that dupli-cates the seven main channels and passes t...
Page 21 - AM Antenna; FM Antenna; Front Panel Overview; Remote Sensor; Remote Control Overview
21 English are two CENTER jacks, use either jack for asingle center channel or both if you have twocenter channels. In six or seven channel sys-tems, you will make one or two additionalconnections for center back speaker(s). Thesejacks are labeled CB1 and CB2. Use CB1 fora single center back channel...
Page 23 - Basic Operations
23 English Surround Mode Buttons Five buttons on the remote (2CH, PLC, PLM,5CH, 7CH) and four buttons on the front panel(2CH, DOLBY PLII/3ST, DTS/Neo 6, DSP) allowdirect selection of certain surround modes. Thefunction of these buttons varies depending onthe type of recording being played. See theMa...
Page 24 - Muting the Sound; Selecting Inputs; Input Buttons; To select a source for LISTENING:; To select a source for RECORDING:; Selecting Digital Inputs
24 RSX-1056 Surround Sound Receiver Volume Adjustments The listening volume of the RSX-1056 can beadjusted from the front panel or the remote. Front Panel: Rotate the front panel VOLUME knob clockwise to increase the volume, coun-terclockwise to decrease. Remote: Press the VOL UP button to increase ...
Page 25 - Dolby Digital
25 English Overview ofSurround Formats To get the best per for mance from yourRSX-1056, it helps to understand the manysurround sound formats available today, toknow which decoding process to use for aparticular recording, and how to select it. Thissection provides basic background informa-tion abou...
Page 26 - Other Digital Formats
26 RSX-1056 Surround Sound Receiver DTS Neo:6 The RSX-1056 features a second type of DTSsurround sound decoding: DTS Neo:6. Thisdecoding system is similar to Dolby Pro LogicII and is designed for playback of any 2-channelstereo recording, either matrix-encoded or not.The Neo:6 decoder can be used wi...
Page 27 - HDCD
27 English HDCD ® : This system uses higher bit rates and a variety of enhancements to improve the sonicperformance compared to standard audio CDs.These discs, labeled HDCD, can be playedon standard CD players. However, when thedigital signal is decoded using an HDCDdecoder like that in the RSX-1056...
Page 29 - MPEG Multichannel discs; Digital Stereo discs; Analog Stereo
29 English • On a 6.1/7.1 system with a DTS-ES disc. Press the SUR+ button on the re- mote, then use the +/– buttons to stepthrough three optional modes: DTS 2.0channel downmix, DTS 5.1, or DTS-ES6.1ch/7.1ch playback. On the front panel,press the DTS Neo:6 button while playinga DTS source to step th...
Page 30 - Other Settings; Speaker Level; Group Delay; MAX
30 RSX-1056 Surround Sound Receiver NOTE : In addition to the options that follow, you can select Pro Logic II Cinema, Pro LogicII Music, Pro Logic IIx Cinema, Pro Logic IIxMusic, 5-channel stereo, or 7-channel stereoby pressing one of the surround mode but-tons on the remote (PLC, PLM, 5CH, 7CH). •...
Page 31 - Contour/Tone Settings; Cinema EQ; Tuner Controls; BAND Buttons
31 English Contour/Tone Settings The contour controls (available on the remotecontrol) can be used to make a temporarychange the high or low frequency content atthe frequency extremes. Adjustments to thecontour settings are temporary; they remainin effect only until a different source input isselect...
Page 32 - MEMORY Button; SCAN Button
32 RSX-1056 Surround Sound Receiver NOTE : Several indicators in the front-panel dis- play assist tuning. A large display shows thetuned frequency. A TUNED indicator lightswhen a sufficiently strong signal is received.A ST indicator lights when a stereo FM signalis received. MEMORY Button The MEMORY...
Page 33 - RDS and RBDS Tuning; DISP Button; TP Button
33 English RDS and RBDS Tuning The Rotel RSX-1056 is equipped with RDS (Ra-dio Data Systems) reception capabilities forEurope and RBDS (Radio Broadcast DataService) capabilities for the United States. Thesebroadcast systems provide additional function-ality to FM radio reception by transmitting en-c...
Page 34 - Zone 2 Operation; same; To turn Zone 2 on or off:
34 RSX-1056 Surround Sound Receiver Zone 2 Operation The RSX-1056 provides Zone 2 multi-roomcapability, allowing you to enjoy music andoperate the system from a second room. Fromthe remote location, you can select a sourcecomponent (independent from the source play-ing in the main room), adjust the ...
Page 35 - SETUP; Menu Basics; Navigation Buttons; ENT; System Status
35 English SETUP The RSX-1056 features two types of informa-tion displays to help operate the system. Thefirst consists of simple status displays that appearon the TV screen and/or front panel displaywhenever primary settings (Volume, Input, etc.)are changed. These status displays are self-explanato...
Page 36 - Configuring Inputs; Input Setup
36 RSX-1056 Surround Sound Receiver Main Menu MAIN MENU INPUT SPEAKER DELAY TEST TONE SUB SETUP ZONE 2 OTHER DEFAULT CONTOUR EXIT The MAIN MENU provides access to OSDscreens for various configuration options. MAINMENU is reached by pressing the ENTER buttonfrom the SYSTEM STATUS menu describedabove ...
Page 37 - Multi Input Setup; CINEMA
37 English Two of the default surround mode settingsavailable on this menu offer additional choices.Dolby Pro Logic II decoding offers a choiceof CINEMA or MUSIC settings. DTS Neo:6decoding offers a choice of CINEMA or MUSICsettings. When either Dolby Pro Logic II or DTSNeo:6 is selected with this m...
Page 38 - only
38 RSX-1056 Surround Sound Receiver no center width spreading and all of the centerchannel information is sent to the centerspeaker. The maximum setting of 7 shifts allof the center channel signal to the left andright speakers, essentially muting the centerspeaker and maximizing the soundfield width...
Page 39 - Speaker Setup; Advance Speaker Setup
39 English LARGE and SMALL configurations is thatthe bass response may not be as consis-tent from channel to channel as it mightbe with the all SMALL configuration. NOTE : As an alternative configuration with a satellite/subwoofer package as the frontspeakers, follow the speaker manufacturer’sinstru...
Page 40 - Subwoofer Setup
40 RSX-1056 Surround Sound Receiver cess the ADVANCED SPEAKER SETUP menu,the current master crossover point will be shownon this line. Change the value of this line onlyif you want the current speaker to have a dif-ferent crossover point. For example, if yourmaster crossover is set to 80Hz, but you ...
Page 41 - Test Tone; Calibration with an SPL meter:; Delay Setup
41 English Test Tone TEST TONE LEFT:+ 1dB CENTER:- 1dB RIGHT:+ 2dB R SURROUND:+ 5dB R CTR BACK:+ 2dB L CTR BACK:+ 2dB L SURROUND:+ 4dB SUBWOOFER:+ 9dB MAIN MENU This menu uses filtered pink noise test tonesto set equal volume levels for all speakers (leftfront, center, right front, right surround, c...
Page 42 - Miscellaneous Settings; Other Options; STANDBY
42 RSX-1056 Surround Sound Receiver Contour Setup CONTOUR SETUP SPEAKER:Front DEFEAT:On HF CONTOUR:+5 LF CONTOUR: 0 MAIN MENU The CONTOUR SETUP menu allows digitaladjustment of the bass and treble response ofeach group of speakers in the system. Forexample, if your center channel speaker soundstoo b...
Page 43 - Zone 2 Setup; Default Setup; To change the TUNER setting:
43 English Change settings on the OTHER OPTIONS menuby highlighting the desired line using the UP/DOWN buttons and using the +/– buttons tostep through the available settings. To returnto the MAIN menu, press the ENTER button.Press the MENU/OSD button on the remoteto cancel the display and return to...
Page 44 - MORE INFORMATION; Troubleshooting
44 RSX-1056 Surround Sound Receiver To memorize USER DEFAULT settings: Many of the current configuration settings canbe stored as a USER DEFAULT, which can beactivated at any time from this menu screen.To save the current settings as a USER DEFAULT,place the highlight on the SET USER DEFAULTline usi...
Page 45 - Specifications; Audio; AM Tuner; General
45 English Specifications Audio Continuous Amplifier Power(five channels driven) 75 watts/ch (20-20k Hz, <0.05% THD, 8 ohms) Continuous Amplifier Power(two channels driven) 100 watts/ch (1kHz, <1.0% THD, 8 ohms, DIN) Total Harmonic Distortion <0.09% Intermodulation Distortion (60 Hz:7 kHz) ...
