ROTEL RDV-1050 - Manual (Page 12)

12 RDV-1050 DVD Player
Getting Started
Turning On the RDV-1050
With the TV/DVD switch 1 set to DVD, press
the DVD POWER button 17 on the RR-DV96.
Or press the STANDBY button on the front
panel. The display window will light indicat-
ing the RDV-1050 is “on”. The STANDBY in-
dicator is always lit when the power cord is
connected to the wall outlet.
The opening display appears on the TV screen.
The following messages may appear at the
bottom of the opening display.
• NOW READING (The RDV-1050 is read-
ing the disc information.)
• REGION CODE ERROR! (The region code
of the DVD VIDEO disc does not match the
RDV-1050. The disc cannot be played.)
• OPEN
• CLOSE
• NO DISC
NOTE: Even if you turn off the RDV-1050
it is not disconnected from the AC power
source as long as it is connected to the wall
outlet. This state is called standby mode. In
this state, the unit consumes a very small
amount of power.
NOTE – Invalid Operation Icon:
With some discs the RDV-1050 may not be
able to perform certain operations. For ex-
ample, some discs may not allow rapid ad-
vance/reverse or slow motion playback.
When you press a remote control or front
panel button if the RDV-1050 cannot per-
form the operation the
Invalid Opera-
tion icon appears on your TV screen.
Operations are occasionally unacceptable
even if it is not displayed.
Initial Setup
When you turn on the RDV-1050 for the first
time, the following message appears on the
TV screen.
EXECUTE DVD PLAYER SETUP?
BASIC PICTURE/AUDIO SETTING
YES - PRESS ENTER NO - CANCEL
You can set the display language, TV moni-
tor type and digital output before using the
RDV-1050, by using the following procedures.
1 Press ENTER 35 . The first page of the DVD
PLAYER SET UP display appears. The pull-
down menu of the ON SCREEN LAN-
GUAGE is already open.
ON SCREEN LANGUAGE options
2 Press / 32 14 to select the desired
language. You can select the on-screen lan-
guage for the preference displays, etc. from
among ENGLISH, FRENCH and GERMAN.
3 Press ENTER. The second page is shown.
The pull-down menu for the MONITOR TYPE
is already open.
4 Press / to select the desired monitor
type. For a normal (conventional) TV, se-
lect 4:3 LB or 4:3 PS. For a wide-screen TV,
select 16:9 NORMAL or 16:9 AUTO.
5 Press ENTER. The third page is shown, in
which the pull-down menu of the ANALOG
OUT is already open.
6 Press / to select a desired analog output
signal type. Set this item correctly when you
play back a DVD VIDEO disc recorded with
surround multichannel audio.
• When connecting to a surround decoder,
select 2-CH DOLBY SURROUND.
• When connecting to a stereo amplifier/re-
ceiver or TV, select 2-CH STEREO.
• When connecting the unit’s 5.1-channel
output, select MULTI CHANNEL. Note that
you can perform fine tuning for your speak-
ers when MULTI CHANNEL is selected.
7 Press ENTER. The third page is shown. The
pull-down menu of the DIGITAL AUDIO
OUTPUT is already open.
8 Press / to select a desired digital out-
put signal type. If you connect the RDV-1050
to an external surround decoder or D/A
converter set this as needed.
• When connecting to a Dolby Digital decoder,
select DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM.
• When connecting to a DTS decoder, select
STREAM/PCM.
• When connecting to other digital devices,
select PCM ONLY.
9 Press ENTER. The TV screen returns to the
opening display.
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VIDEO (NORMAL): select when playing
back a video source disc with few movements.
VIDEO (ACTIVE): select when playing back
a video source disc with a lot of movement.
FILM: select when playing back a film source
disc.
AUTO: select when playing back a disc con-
taining both video and film source materials.
The RDV-1050 recognizes the picture type (film
or video source) of the current disc accord-
ing to the disc information. Normally, select
this option.
Screen Saver
You can turn the screen saver ON or OFF.
Setting options: ON, OFF
MP3 and WMA/JPEG
The RDV-1050 can play MP3/WMA and JPEG
files recorded on a CD-R/CD-RW disc. How-
ever, if a disc contains both MP3/WMA and
JPEG files, you can only play files of the type
selected in this menu.
Setting options: MP3 & WMA, JPEG
MP3 & WMA: when selected, only MP3/
WMA files can be played back.
JPEG: when selected, only JPEG files can be
played back.
AUDIO menu
DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT
When you connect the digital output of the
RDV-1050 to an external device equipped with
a digital input, this item must be set correctly.
See “Appendix C: Digital Output Signal Chart”
for details about the relation between the setting
and output signals.
Setting options: PCM ONLY, DOLBY DIGI-
TAL/PCM, STREAM/PCM
PCM ONLY: select when you connect the
DIGITAL OUT jack of the RDV-1050 to the
linear PCM digital input of other audio equip-
ment.
DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM: select when you
connect the DIGITAL OUT jack of the RDV-1050
to the digital input of a Dolby Digital decoder
or an amplifier with a built-in Dolby Digital
decoder. When this option is selected, play-
ing back a disc recorded by the MPEG Mul-
tichannel format outputs a linear PCM digi-
tal signal.
STREAM/PCM: select when you connect the
DIGITAL OUT jack of the RDV-1050 to the
digital input of an amplifier with a built-in DTS,
MPEG Multichannel or Dolby Digital decoder,
or the stand-alone unit of such a decoder.
• With some DVD VIDEO discs that are not
fully copy-protected, a 20 or 24 bit digital
signal may be output.
• A signal recorded with the 96 kHz or higher
sampling frequency is output from the DIGI-
TAL OUT jack with the 48 kHz sampling
frequency.
• When playing a DVD VIDEO or Audio CD
disc with DTS, use a DTS decoder to get cor-
rect signals from your speakers.
ANALOG OUTPUT
To correctly play the audio on a DVD VIDEO
disc recorded with surround multichannel
audio, you must set this item properly according
to your audio system configuration. (This func-
tion does not work when the VSS function is
activated.)
Setting options: 2-CH DOLBY SURROUND,
2-CH STEREO, MULTI CHANNEL
2-CH DOLBY SURROUND: select when
listening to multichannel surround audio with
the analog AUDIO OUT terminals of the
RDV-1050 connected to a surround decoder.
2-CH STEREO: select when listening to con-
ventional two-channel stereo audio with the
AUDIO OUT terminals of the RDV-1050 con-
nected to a stereo amplifier/receiver or tele-
vision set, or in case you want to record the
audio from a DVD VIDEO disc to MiniDisc,
cassette, etc.
MULTI CHANNEL: select when listening to
multichannel surround audio in a system where
the 5.1 audio outputs of the RDV-1050 are
connected to an amplifier equipped with 5.1
channel inputs.
NOTE: With some DVD AUDIO discs, the
track is prohibited from downmixing to 2-
channel stereo audio. With such discs, even
if you select 2-CH DOLBY SURROUND or
2-CH STEREO, the downmixing function
does not work. In this case, MULTI CH ap-
pears on the display window for about 2 to
3 seconds.
D. RANGE CONTROL
This setting provides optimal audio quality from
the analog AUDIO OUT terminals when lis-
tening to DVD VIDEO discs recorded in Dolby
Digital format, at low or middle volume.
Setting options: WIDE RANGE, NORMAL,
TV MODE
WIDE RANGE: when selected, audio is
played back with the widest dynamic range
so that you can enjoy powerful playback sound.
NORMAL: normally, select this option.
TV MODE: select if DVD Video disc sound
level is lower than TV program sound level.
This lets you clearly hear sound at lower vol-
ume levels.
OUTPUT LEVEL
This setting allows you to attenuate the level
of the signal output from the analog AUDIO
OUT terminals of the RDV-1050.
Setting options: STANDARD, LOW
If the sound output from the speaker is dis-
torted, select LOW.
SPK.SETTING menu
This menu can be selected only when ANA-
LOG OUT in the AUDIO preference display
is set to MULTI CHANNEL.
MODE: You can select the speaker configu-
ration type according to your speaker systems.
Setting options: 5.1 CH., EXPERT
5.1 CH.: select when you connect the unit to
a 5.1-channel amplifier and use the front,
surround, center and subwoofer speakers.
EXPERT: Select when you want to adjust the
audio output of the RDV-1050 to match the
characteristics of your speakers. The SIZE, DE-
LAY, and LEVEL setting items are available. See
the “Fine Tuning for Your Speakers” section
that follows for information on how to adjust
these three items.
NOTE: If you connect the digital outputs of
the RDV-1050 to an external Dolby Digital
or DTS decoder, and set DIGITAL AUDIO
OUTPUT in the AUDIO preference display
to STREAM/PCM, the three Expert settings
do not affect the output signal. Adjust the
speaker settings of the external decoder in-
stead.