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RCD-1520 Stereo Compcat Disc Player
About Rotel
Our story began nearly 50 years ago. Over the decades, we have
received hundreds of awards for our products and satisfied hundreds
of thousands of people who take their entertainment seriously - like
you!
Rotel was founded by a family whose passionate interest in music
led them to manufacture high-fidelity components of uncompromising
quality. 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.
Rotel’s 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, semiconductors from Japan or
the United States, while toroidal power transformers are manufactured
in Rotel’s own factory.
We all have concerns about our environment. And, as more and more
electronics are produced and later discarded, it is especially important
for a manufacturer to do all it can to engineer products that have a
minimum negative impact on landfill sites and water tables.
At Rotel, we are proud to do our part. We have reduced the lead
content in our electronics by using special ROHS solder, while our new
Class D (not digital) amplifiers are up to five times more efficient than
our legacy designs and still deliver power and performance. These
products run cool, give minimum wasted energy, are good for the
environment and give better sound too.
Finally, we have printed this brochure on recycled paper stock.
While we understand that these are small first steps, they are still
important ones. And we continue to pursue new methods and
materials for a cleaner and greener manufacturing process.
All of us at Rotel thank you for buying this product. We are sure it will
bring you many years of enjoyment.
About the RCD-1520
Simply stated, the RCD-1520 is designed to do one thing—deliver
the most detailed, nuanced sound from every disc. Whether it is a
conventional CD, or an MP3 or WMA encoded disc, the RCD-1520
will faithfully reproduce all that is recorded on the disc.
While the RCD-1520 was under development. The design team
went far beyond the usual measurable technical performance
characteristics. Listening panels spent hundreds of hours fine tuning
the audio performance, choosing the components that produced the
best sound, that would “release the emotion in the music”. Whatever
the artist and recording engineers put on the disc, the RCD-1520 will
deliver.
Contents
Important Safety Instructions .......................................2
Figure 1: Controls and Connections 3
Figure 2: RR-D97 Remote Control 3
Figure 3: Analog Outputs 4
Figure 4: Digital Outputs 4
Important Notes 4
About Rotel ....................................................5
About the RCD-1520 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
A Few Precautions 7
Placement 7
Control Identification 7
AC Power and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
AC Power Input
[
7
Power Switch and Power Indicator
1
and Remote On and Off Buttons
A
7
Output Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Analog Outputs
y
8
Digital Output
u
8
12 Volt Trigger Input
p
8
EXT REMOTE IN Jack
o
8
Computer I/O Connector
i
.......................................8
Infrared Remote Control
8
8
Display
5
8
Disc Slot
=
8
Transport Control Buttons ..........................................9
PLAY Button
qE
9
STOP Button
wD
9
PAUSE Button
eL
9
TRACK Buttons
rtM
9
DIRECT ACCESS Buttons
F
9
SEARCH Buttons
7K
9
EJECT Button
6N
9
Additional Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PROGRAM Button
2J
9
REVIEW Button
3I
10
CLEAR Button
H
10
RANDOM Button
4O
10
REPEAT Button
9B
10
SCAN Button
0C
10
TIME Button
-G
10
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Power Indicator Is Not Lit 11
Fuse Replacement 11
No Sound 11
Specifications ..................................................11