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RSX-965
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DSP Button
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This button activates digital synthesis of four different ambience
modes (THEATER, HALL, STADIUM, and CHURCH) which simulate
different acoustic environments and are primarily used to recre-
ate ambience when listening to music sources and/or other
sources that lack surround sound encoding. These five modes
vary in the length and type of delay used for the rear surround
channel signals. Experiment to find a setting which is most pleas-
ing for a particular recording or broadcast. Press the button to ac-
tivate the DSP mode. Each subsequent press of the button will
step forward to the next mode in the following order: THEATER >
HALL > STADIUM > CHURCH. An indicator lights in the front panel
display when DSP mode has been activated.
Note: As a general rule, the DSP modes provide more exagger-
ated ambience effects than playing the same recording in PRO
LOGIC mode, which provides a subtle ambience synthesis on mu-
sical recordings. You may prefer PRO LOGIC as your “everyday”
setting, experimenting with the more spectacular DSP modes for
particular recordings or effects.
STEREO Button
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Activates conventional 2-speaker stereo direct bypass mode with
no surround sound or other processing. This is “pure” stereo, us-
ing the front left and front right speakers only, with no surround
channels, no center channel, and no subwoofer.
When used with Dolby Digital or DTS source material, the STEREO
button engages a “downmix” feature which combines all of the
available channels and sends them to the front speakers only. The
spatial effects of surround sound are lost, but all of the informa-
tion on the original recording will be heard in 2-channel stereo.
Note 1: We provide the STEREO mode as an alternative for those
who want to hear the recording in its original two-channel form,
as if it were being played over a conventional 2-speaker stereo
system. Conversely, many listeners find that they prefer the addi-
tional ambience from multi-speaker surround sound processing of
2-channel music recordings. We suggest PRO LOGIC mode for
subtle ambience synthesis or the DSP modes for more spectacu-
lar effects. Use the setting that sounds best to you.
Note 2: As noted above, the STEREO mode deactivates the
subwoofer and sends all of the bass information to the two front
speakers. While this provides the most “faithful to the original” re-
production, it may not provide sufficient bass impact for some. A
preferred alternative may be to use one of the other surround
modes for 2-channel recordings. It is also possible to connect
your subwoofer to the extra set of preamp outputs (see EXT OUT
connections) instead of the normal SUB outputs. This will allow
you to hear your subwoofer in STEREO mode, at the possible ex-
pense of some “accuracy” in other surround modes.
DYNAMIC RANGE Button
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Today’s digital sources are capable of extremely high dynamic
range (the difference between the softest and loudest sounds). In
some cases, the available dynamic range may tax amplifiers and/
or speakers. In other cases, it may be desirable to reduce the dy-
namic range, for example, when listening at low volume levels.
Pressing the DYNAMIC RANGE button steps through the three
available dynamic range settings:
• OFF (no compression/full dynamic range)
• MID (moderate compression)
• MIN (maximum compression/minimum dynamic range).
An indicator lights on the front panel display to show the current
selection.
Note: The DYNAMIC RANGE feature is only available in Dolby
Digital. It is inactive at all other times.
Front Panel: Tuning Controls
The RSX-965 features a digital synthesized AM/FM tuner with 30
station presets. Operation of the tuning functions involves the use
of the numeric buttons immediately to the left of the MASTER
VOLUME knob and five buttons directly below the MASTER VOL-
UME knob as described below.
BAND Button
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The BAND button selects whether the tuner is in AM or FM mode.
Press the button to toggle back and forth between AM and FM. A
corresponding indicator will light at the left portion of the front
panel display to confirm your choice and the currently tuned sta-
tion frequency will be shown.
TUNING Button
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This is a rocker switch used to change the station frequency up or
down. The TUNING button gives you a choice of two tuning meth-
ods: manual and automatic.
To tune manually, press the button quickly and release to in-
crease or decrease the station frequency to the next available
setting, whether or not there is a station broadcasting on that fre-
quency. Use a succession of quick button presses to reach the
desired station.
To tune automatically, press and hold the TUNING button for ap-
proximately one second. An AUTO indicator will appear in the
front panel display and the tuner will begin automatically scan-
ning up or down through the frequencies until the next available
station is detected. If this is not the desired station, repeat the au-
tomatic tuning procedure to find the next station. Weak stations
will be skipped during auto tuning.