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Rotel RB-985 MKII manual

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    RB-985 MKII FIVE CHANNEL POWER AMPLIFIER AMPLIFICA TEUR DE PUISSANCE À CINQ CANAUX FÜNFKANAL-ENDSTUFE AMPLIFICA TORE DI POTENZA A CINQUE CANALI ET AP A DE POTENCIA DE CINCO CANALES Owner’ s Manual Guide d’utilisation Bedienungsanleitung Manuale di Istruzioni Manual de Instrucciones POWER MULTI CHANNEL POWER AMPLIFIER RB-985 MKII PROTECTION F/[...]

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    CAUTION: TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, MA TCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG T O WIDE SLOT . INSERT FULL Y . APPLICABLE FOR USA, CANADA OR WHERE APPROVED FOR THE USAGE A TTENTION: POUR EVITER LES CHOCS ELECTRIQUES, INTRODUIRE LA LAME LA PLUS LARGE DE LA FICHE DANS LA BORNE CORRESPONDANTE DE LA PRISE ET POUSSER JUSQU AU FOND. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT [...]

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    Figure 1: Controls and Connections Commandes et prises Bedienelemente und Anschlüsse Controlli e collegamenti Controles y Conexiones POWER MUL TI CHANNEL POWER AMPLIFIER RB-985 MKII PROTECTION F/L CTR F/R R/L R/R 1 3 2 SURROUND Manufactured under license from Lucasfilm Ltd. Lucasfilm and THX are registered trademarks of Lucasfilm Ltd. CAUTION RISK[...]

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    Figure 2: Preamp Input and Speaker Output Connections Prises d’entrée du préamplificateur et prises de sortie des enceintes Anschlußdiagramm (Cinch-Eingänge und Lautsprecher) Collegamenti di ingresso dal preamplificatore e delle uscite dei diffusori. Conexiones de la Señal de Entrada y Salidas a las Cajas Acústicas OUTPUTS R L FRONT SURROUN[...]

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    About Rotel A family whose passionate interest in music led them to manufac- ture high fidelity components of uncompromising quality founded Rotel over 30 years ago. Through the years that passion has re- mained undiminished and the family goal of providing exceptional value for audiophiles and music lovers, regardless of their budget, is shared by[...]

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    Getting Started Thank you for purchasing the Rotel RB-985 MKII Power Amplifier . When used in a high-quality music or home theater system, it will provide years of musical enjoyment. The RB-985 MKII is a high-power , five-channel power amplifier , providing the highest level of audio performance. Discrete output devices, a massive power supply, pr [...]

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    Speaker Connection Speaker Selection We r ecommend using loudspeakers with a nominal impedance of 4 ohms or higher with the RB-985 MKII. Y ou should exercise some caution in driving multiple pairs of speakers in parallel configura- tion, because the effective impedance the amplifier sees is cut in half. For example, when driving two pair of 8 ohm s[...]

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    Route the wire from the RB-985 MKII to the speakers. Give your - self enough slack so you can move the components enough to al- low access to the speaker connectors. If you are using dual banana plugs, connect them to the wires and then plug into the backs of the binding posts. The hexagonal thumbscrews of the binding posts should be screwed in all[...]

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    Français 5 T able des matières (les chiffres encerclés sont des renvois aux illustrations) Un mot sur Rotel _____________________________________ 6 Un mot sur le système THX Ultra MC ___________________________________ 6 Préliminaire __________________________________________ 6 Quelques précautions à prendre 6 Positionnement 7 Alimentation e[...]

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    6 AMPLIFICA TEUR DE PUISSANCE À CINQ CANAUX RB-985MKII Un mot sur Rotel Rotel a été fondée il y a trente ans par une famille dont la passion pour la musique l’a amenée a fabriquer des appareils haute fidélité de la plus haute qualité. Cette passion s’est perpétuée au fil des années et notre objectif d’offrir aux audiophiles et aux [...]

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    Français 7 Remplir et retourner la carte d’enregistrement que l’on retrouve dans la boîte de l’appareil. Conserver aussi la facture d’achat de l’appareil. Cette pièce justificative est nécessaire si l’appareil doit être réparé sous garantie étant donné qu’on y retrouve la date d’achat de l’amplificateur . Positionnement L[...]

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    8 Prises d’entrée 5 [Se reporter au schéma de câblage de la Figure 2.] L ’amplificateur RB-985MKII est doté de prises d’entrée classiques RCA comme celles que l’on retrouve sur presque toutes les composantes audio. REMARQUE: Ne pas brancher les entrées RCA et les entrées DB25 en même temps. (Se reporter à la section suivante). On d[...]

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    9 Français Branchement des enceintes 7 L ’amplificateur RB-985MKII est doté de cinq paires de bor nes de raccordement qui portent un code-couleur et qui sont situées à l’arrière de l’appareil. Ces bornes acceptent les fils nus, les cosses ou les fiches doubles de type banane (sauf dans les pays qui font partie de la Communauté européen[...]

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    10 FÜNFKANAL-ENDSTUFE RB-985 MKII Sicherheits- und Warnhinweise Bitte lesen Sie sich die Bedienungsanleitung vor Gebrauch des Gerätes genau durch. Sie enthält wichtige Sicherheitsvorschriften, die unbedingt zu beachten sind! Bewahren Sie die Bedienungs- anleitung so auf, daß sie jederzeit zugänglich ist. Außer den in der Bedienungsanleitung b[...]

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    Deutsch 11 Die Firma Rotel Die Firma Rotel wurde vor mehr als 30 Jahren von einer Familie gegründet, deren Interesse an Musik so groß war , daß sie beschloß, qualitativ hochwertigste HiFi-Produkte herzustellen und Musikliebhabern ungeachtet ihres Geldbeutels einen außergewöhnlichen W er t zukommen zu lassen. Ein Ziel, das von allen Rotel-Ange[...]

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    12 FÜNFKANAL-ENDSTUFE RB-985 MKII Aufstellung des Gerätes Die RB-985 MKII erwärmt sich während des normalen Betriebs. Die entstehende Wärme kann unter normalen Bedingungen über die Kühlrippen und V entilationsöffnungen abgeführt werden. Die V entilationsöf fnungen an der Oberseite dürfen nicht verdeckt werden. Um das Gehäuse muß ein Fr[...]

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    13 Deutsch Eingangsanschlüsse Cinch-Eingänge 5 [siehe Anschlußdiagramm in Abb. 2] An der Rückseite der RB-985 MKII befinden sich unsymmetrische Cinch-Eingänge, die nahezu an jedem Audiogerät zu finden sind. HINWEIS: Beim Verkabeln und Anschließen sollte die Endstufe generell abgeschaltet sein. DB25-Eingang 6 Neben den Cinch-Eingängen verfü[...]

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    14 Anschließen der Lautsprecher 7 [siehe Anschlußdiagramm in Abb. 2] Die RB-985 MKII verfügt an der Rückseite über fünf Paar farbig gekennzeichnete Anschlußklemmen. An diese Anschlußklemmen können blanke Drähte oder Kabelschuhe angeschlossen werden. Die negativen Anschlüsse sind für alle Kanäle schwarz. Die positiven Anschlußklemmen f[...]

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    Indice (i numeri in grassetto fanno riferimento alle illustrazioni) Alcune parole sulla Rotel _____________________________ 16 A proposito del Sistema THX Ultra ® ________________________________ 16 Per cominciare ______________________________________ 16 Alcune precauzioni 16 Posizionamento 17 Collegamento alla rete e controlli __________________[...]

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    16 AMPLIFICATORE DI POTENZA A CINQUE CANALI RB-985 MKII Alcune parole sulla Rotel Una famiglia, la cui passione per la musica ha spinto a realizzare componenti hi-fi di elevata qualità, fondò la Rotel più di 30 anni fa. Attraverso gli anni la passione è rimasta intatta e l’obbiettivo di offrire prodotti eccezionali agli audiofili e amanti del[...]

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    17 Italiano Posizionamento L ’RB-1090 genera calor e durante il suo nor male funzionamento. Le alette di raffreddamento e le aperture di ventilazione poste sull’amplificatore hanno la funzione di dissipare questo calore. Le fessure di ventilazione sulla parte superiore non devono essere ostruite. V i devono essere almeno 10 cm di spazio attorno[...]

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    18 Collegamenti per i segnali in ingresso 5 (vedere Figura 2 per l’illustrazione dei collegamenti) L ’RB-985 MKII vi of fr e collegamenti in ingr esso di tipo convenzionale RCA , il tipo che si trova su quasi tutti i sistemi audio. Nota: non collegate gli ingressi a entrambi gli ingressi sia RCA che DB25. (V eder e la sezione successiva) Utiliz[...]

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    19 Italiano Collegamento dei diffusori 7 L ’ RB-985 MKII ha cinque coppie di connettori colorati (r osso e nero) sul pannello posteriore. Questi connettori accettano cavi spellati, forcelle, o doppi connettori a banana (ad eccezione dei paesi della Comunità Europea dove non sono consentiti) I connettori negativi per tutti i canali sono neri. Que[...]

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    20 ET APA DE POTENCIA DE CINCO CANALES RB-985 MKII ADVERTENCIA: No hay componentes manipulables por el usuario en el interior del aparato. Cualquier operación de mantenimiento debe ser llevada a cabo por personal cualificado. ADVERTENCIA: Para reducir el riesgo de que se produzca un incendio o una descarga eléctrica, no exponga la RB-985 MKII al [...]

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    Español 21 Acerca de Rotel Rotel fue fundada hace 30 años por una familia cuyo entusiasta interés por la música le condujo a diseñar y construir componentes de Alta Fidelidad sin ningún tipo de compromiso. Esta pasión ha permanecido inalterada durante todo este tiempo, hasta el punto de que el objetivo de los fundadores de la compañía -pro[...]

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    22 ET APA DE POTENCIA DE CINCO CANALES RB-985 MKII Algunas Precauciones Le rogamos que lea cuidadosamente el presente manual de instrucciones. Además de las instrucciones básicas de instalación y puesta a punto de la RB-985 MKII, incluye información de gran valor sobre las diferentes configuraciones que permite el aparato, así como informació[...]

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    23 Español Circuitería de Protección 3 La RB-985 MKII incorpora un circuito de protección térmica que la protege frente a cualquier daño potencial que pudiera producirse en caso de funcionamiento en condiciones extremas o de que hubiese fallos en la misma. Al contrario de lo que sucede en muchos diseños de su clase, la circuitería de protec[...]

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    24 ET APA DE POTENCIA DE CINCO CANALES RB-985 MKII Polaridad y Puesta en Fase La polaridad, es decir la orientación positiva/negativa de las conexiones correspondientes a cada caja acústica y a la unión con el amplificador , debe ser coher ente, de modo que todas las cajas acústicas del sistema estén en fase. Si la polaridad de una conexión e[...]

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    Specifications Continuous Power Output 100 watts/ch (20-20 kHz, < 0.03%, 8 ohms) T otal Har monic Distor tion (20Hz-20kHz, 8 ohms) < 0.03% Intermodulation Distortion (60 Hz : 7 kHz, 4:1) < 0.03% Frequency Response ( ± 0.5 ) 10Hz-80kHz Damping Factor (20-20,000 Hz, 8 ohms) 260 Speaker Impedance 4 ohms minimum Signal to Noise Ratio (IHF A n[...]

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    082 OMRB-985 MKII 033199 The Rotel Co. Ltd. 10-10 Shinsen-Cho Shibuya-Ku T okyo 150-0045 Japan Phone: +81-3-5458-5325 Fax: +81-3-5458-5310 Rotel of America 54 Concord Street North Reading, MA 01864-2699 USA Phone: +1 978-664-3820 Fax: +1 978-664-4109 Rotel Europe Meadow Road Worthing, W est Sussex BN11 2RX England Phone: +44 1903-524-813 Fax: +44 1[...]