ROTEL RSP-1068 - Manual (Page 14)

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About Rotel
A family whose passionate interest in music led
them to manufacture high fidelity components
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, listening
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 product 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 manu-
factured 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 musical,
reliable and affordable.
All of us at Rotel, thank you for buying this
product and hope it will bring you many years
of enjoyment.
Getting Started
Thank you for purchasing the Rotel RSP-1068
Surround Sound Processor. The RSP-1068 is
full-featured audio/video control center for
analog and digital source components. It
features digital processing for a wide range
of formats including Dolby Surround
® , Dolby
Digital ® , DTS ® and HDCD ® source material.
Video features
• Wideband 100 mHz video processing for
HDTV signals.
• Full complement of composite, S-Video, and
Component Video inputs and outputs
• Conversion of composite and S-Video
signals to Component Video for output to
TV monitor.
Audio features
• Rotel’s Balanced Design Concept combines
advanced circuit board layout, comprehen-
sive parts evaluation, and extensive listening
tests for superior sound and reliability.
• 24-bit/128x oversampling analog-to-digital
converters from AKM and Crystal Semicon-
ductor 24-bit/192 kHz digital-to-analog
converters
• Analog bypass mode for pure 2-speaker
stereo with no digital processing.
• Optical and coax digital inputs and out-
puts.
• MULTI Input for 7.1 channel analog signals
from DVD-A and SACD players. Subwoofer
options include .1 channel pass through or
bass redirect feature with an analog low-
pass filter for a summed subwoofer output
from seven channels.
• Automatic HDCD® decoding for signals
from High Definition Compatible Digital®
compact discs.
• Automatic decoding of digital signals from
MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3) players.
Surround features
• Automatic Dolby Digital ® decoding for
Dolby Digital ® 2.0, Dolby Digital ® 5.1, and
Dolby Digital Surround EX ® recordings.
• Dolby ® Pro Logic IIx ® decoding for Dolby
Surround ® matrix encoded recordings and
for optimum 6.1 and 7.1 channel systems
with any source material. Can be optimized
for Music or Cinema sources.
• Automatic decoding for DTS ® 5.1 channel,
DTS-ES ® Matrix 6.1 channel, DTS-ES ® Dis-
crete 6.1 channel, and DTS 96/24 digital
recordings.
• DTS ® Neo:6 ® Surround modes for deriving
surround channels for 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 chan-
nel systems from 2-channel stereo or matrix
surround recordings. Can be optimized for
Music or Cinema sources.
• Automatic decoding for MPEG Multichannel
digital recordings.
• Rotel XS (eXtra Surround) automatically
ensures proper decoding and optimum
performance from any multichannel digital
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 non-flagged
DTS-ES and Dolby Surround EX discs) or
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).
• Surround modes for playback of surround
sound material on 2 channel and 3 channel
systems for total compatibility.
• Four DSP Music modes.
“DTS”, “DTS-ES Extended Surround”, “DTS ES ® Matrix 6.1”,
and “DTS ES ® Discrete 6.1”, and “DTS Neo:6 ® ”are trade-
marks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.
Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”,
“Pro Logic”, and the double-D symbol are trademarks of
Dolby Laboratories.
, 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.
RSP-1068 Surround Sound Processor