Page 2 - CAUTION; RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
CAUTION: TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, MATCH WIDE BLADEOF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT. INSERT FULLY. APPLICABLE FOR USA, CANADA OR WHEREAPPROVED FOR THE USAGE ATTENTION: POUR EVITER LES CHOCS ELECTRIQUES,INTRODUIRE LA LAME LA PLUS LARGE DE LA FICHEDANS LA BORNE CORRESPONDANTE DE LA PRISE ETPOUSSER JUSQU AU FOND....
Page 3 - Figure 1: Controls and Connections
RTC-965 3 Figure 1: Controls and Connections REMOTE SENSOR 1 2 3 4 BACK 5 6 ENTER 7 8 9 0
Page 4 - SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER RTC-965; Figure 2: Remote Control; Figure 3: Antenna Connections
SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER RTC-965 4 Figure 2: Remote Control 1 2 3 MOVIE FILT 4 5 6 5.1 CH 7 8 9 SELECT 10 0 ENTER BACK PAUSE C. DELAY PLAY SEL STOP DYNAMIC SEARCH – SEARCH + LIGHT RR-939 MUTE POWER BAND VOL T / V CH CD TUNER VIDEO 4 VIDEO 1 AUX/V5 PHONO M 1 M 2 M 3 M 4 [SHIFT] AUD SAT CD TV...
Page 5 - Figure 5: Output Connections
Page 6 - OUTBOARD DECODER; Figure 6: RCA Input Connections
SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER RTC-965 6 SWITCHED 100W MAX VIDEO 3 VIDEO 2 AUX/ VIDEO 5 TV MONITOR VIDEO 4 PHONO CD TAPE1 IN OUT TAPE 2 MON IN OUT AUX 5 4 3 2 VIDEO DIGITAL INPUT GND FRONT CENTERPREOUT SUB WOOFER PREOUT AM LOOP FM 75 Ω REMOTE EXT IN REAR WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELE...
Page 9 - Contents
RTC-965 9 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Contents Figure 1: Controls and Connections 3 Figure 2: Remote Control 4 Figure 3: Antenna Connections 4 Figure 4: DB25 Connector Pin Assignments 4 Figure 5: Output Connections 5 Figure 6: RCA Input Connections 6 Figure 7: S...
Page 10 - About Rotel; Unpacking; Front Panel: Basic Controls
SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER RTC-965 1 0 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ About Rotel A family whose passionate interest in music led them to manufac-ture high fidelity components of uncompromising quality foundedRotel over 30 years ago. Through the years that p...
Page 11 - TAPE MONITOR INPUTS:; Two of the INPUT SOURCE buttons have
RTC-965 1 1 Power Switch 1 and Standby Switch 2 43 The RTC-965 has two pushbuttons for powering on and off. ThePOWER switch completely shuts down all of the circuitry, similarin effect to removing the power cord from the AC outlet. TheSTANDBY switch deactivates the unit, but preserves power tosome c...
Page 12 - VIDEO 1 REC Button; there are no right or wrong settings; PRO LOGIC Button; all; STEREO Button
SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER RTC-965 1 2 5.1 CH Input 15 51 This button overrides all other inputs (both analog and digital) anddirectly connects an external digital adaptor to the RTC-965’sMASTER VOLUME control and outputs. This allows the RTC-965 toremain the central controller for even the m...
Page 13 - Front Panel: Tuning Controls; BAND Button; To tune manually; NUMERIC Keypad: Station Presets
RTC-965 1 3 Note: As a general rule, the DSP modes provide more exagger- ated ambience effects than playing the same recording in PROLOGIC mode, which provides a subtle ambience synthesis on mu-sical recordings. You may prefer PRO LOGIC as your “everyday”setting, experimenting with the more spectacu...
Page 14 - FREQUENCY DIRECT Button
SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER RTC-965 1 4 To tune to a previously memorized station, just press the presetnumber on the NUMERIC keypad. For example, to tune to preset 3, press the 3 button. To tune to preset 15, press the 1 button andthen press the 5 button. Note: If the TUNER is not already the...
Page 15 - MENU Button; RR-939 Remote Control
RTC-965 1 5 Things become a little more complex in systems with a subwoofer. For example, the system will generally not redirect bass informa-tion away from a LARGE speaker to the subwoofer. Thus, the de- cision you often need to make when faced with a choice of LARGEor SMALL is whether you want the...
Page 17 - Rear Panel Connections: Overview; Phono Inputs
RTC-965 1 7 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Rear Panel Connections: Overview The RTC-965 provides rear panel connections for five videosources, three audio sources, and a phono input for use with aturntable. These connections include standard RCA audio inputsand out...
Page 18 - Any of the video source inputs may also be used for an au-; See Figure 4 for DB25 pin assignments.; , connect a standard RCA audio; To hook up the RCA main audio outputs; , connect a standard audio; See Figure 4
SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER RTC-965 1 8 VIDEO 2 – 5 Inputs 32 These four sets of audio/video inputs allow connection of four ad-ditional video components such as a play-only VCR, DVD player,LaserDisc player, or DSS satellite receiver. Connect the RCA analog audio outputs of the first video com...
Page 19 - Rear Panel Antenna Connections; AM Loop Antenna; Rear Panel AC Power Connections; AC Input
RTC-965 1 9 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Rear Panel Antenna Connections The RTC-965 requires two antennas to receive radio signals, onefor AM and one for FM (MW and LW in some countries). Most us-ers will get acceptable reception using the indoor antennas whichar...
Page 20 - Navigation Buttons; DOWN/UP remote control buttons
SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER RTC-965 2 0 Navigation Buttons 41 46 49 50 52 53 PLAY SEL PAUSE C. DELAY STOP DYNAMIC SEARCH – SEARCH + BAND T / V CH GUIDE RECALL MENU PRE CH SURROUND + ON SCREEN TRACK – TRACK + DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 3 PROG DISC 4 DISC 5 DISC 6 TIME [REVIEW] CLEAR [SCAN] RANDOM [REPE...
Page 21 - INPUT SELECTOR Menu; SURROUND MODE Menu
RTC-965 2 1 INPUT SELECTOR Menu INPUT SELECTOR Video: DVD Audio: TUNER Video REC: DVD Audio REC: TUNER 5.1Ch Input: OFF Input Source: AUTO DOWN–selection ENTER–change BACK-return MENU-screen off The INPUT SELECTOR menu provides status information and con-figuration options for the source inputs. Thi...
Page 22 - TEST TONE Menu; Note to Perfectionists:; This calibration will be more accurate if
SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER RTC-965 2 2 TEST TONE Menu TEST TONE Front - L Center 0dB Front - R Rear - R 0dB Rear - L -5dB Subwoofer 0dB DOWN–selection VOLUME–changeBACK-return MENU-screen off This menu is used to set equal volume levels for all speakers(front, center, rear, and subwoofer) for...
Page 23 - RTC-965 Specifications; Total Harmonic Distortion:; Signal to Noise Ratio:
RTC-965 2 3 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ RTC-965 Specifications Audio Total Harmonic Distortion: <0.03% Intermodulation Distortion (60 Hz: 7 kHz): <0.03% Frequency Response (line level): 10 Hz - 70 kHz, ± 3 dB Signal to Noise Ratio (IHF “A” weighted): 92 dB...
Page 24 - SURROUND SOUND TUNER PREAMPLIFIER
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