Beep or "pop" on Rotels ? (1 Viewer)

[Joe]

I listened to a Rotel 1055 today. As I would raise and lower the volume, I would hear an electronic beeping sound each time I pressed the volume button. Is this the infamous "pop" that some 1055/1066 users are complaining about? If not, can you turn that sound off?

 

[Andrew Pratt]

Hmm that's weird mine is silent...is the OSD turned on?

 

[BrentPollard]

I don't think it should do that. The popping that some people have complained about seems to occur when changing surround modes. My 1066 pops when I change from DD to DTS, but since you have to be in the menu when you change I don't find it a big deal. Also the popping on my 1066 is very slight, (no one seems to notice but me).
You may want to have yours checked,

 

[Joe]

The Rotel dealer, for some reason or another, only had the 1055 connected in 2 channel stereo setup so there was no OSD to check out.

They didn't even have the 1066 connected at that.

Brent, is the slight popping sound you hear a electronic beep or does it sound like some sort electrical cracking as if you were connecting a CD player to a reciever while the reciever was on? I can deal with the beep but it is kind of stupid to alert people that they just press the volume button.

 

[BrentPollard]

Does it beep everytime you push any button, if so you can turn it off by pressing the clone button on the remote. No crackling just a simple pop. Again it is very slight, something I've never worried about. I have never noticed any noise when adjusting the volume.

 

[Daniel Mai]

The beep is from the remote itself. Open the lower cover, at the bottom row center button with music symble/CLONE, press it, you'll notice the "music icon" on the lower right handside of your LCD screen disappear. Beep be gone
Luckily, I have not heard the famous popping on my 1066. Although a bit bothered by the bass management problem.
BTW, Andrew it's nice to be an unofficial member of Club Rotel - HTGuide is a very informative site for Rotel users. Thanks!

 

[Levesque]

Daniel is right on! The beep can come from the remote. First thing I disabled when I got my Rotel.

Brent.
My RSP-1066 never pop when I change the surround mode, or from DD to DTS. I know some units are doing this. Must be really annoying!

 

[BrentPollard]

Actually on mine it's not that bad, as I said it's very slight and only in the setup menu. To tell you the truth I may never have noticed if it hadn't been for that Damn Rotel Popping Thread over at HT Guide. I think some of those poor Outlaw 950 owners have more of a problem that we do. You know what?l I'm gonna go do some experimenting here right away and check it out again and give you guys an update.

 

[Joe]

Thanks for the input.

I also noticed a hissing sound coming from the speakers connected to the 1055. At 7 -12 inches away from the speaker, with no music playing, I could hear the hiss. Is this common for the 1055/1066?

As a comparison, my rotel 1080 amp and rotel stereo preamp is dead silent.

 

[BrentPollard]

I have no hiss on mine. Try hooking up your 1080 to power your mains. As to the popping issue.