Dead RR-969 and RSP-1066 comments

[YeeDude]

I picked up my RSP-1066 / RMB-1075 combo yesterday afternoon and started hooking everything up. Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet because I finished hooking up all of the components (and one speaker channel) in the middle of the night. In any case, here are a few comments thus far:

(1) The RR-969 remote control worked fine out of the box by spontaneously stopped accepting any key touch input within a few hours. The LCD is active but pressing any key does nothing. I've already tried pulling the batteries out a couple of time as well as pressing the recessed Reset key, all to no avail. What happens is the remote will actually reset but then only accept one key press before locking up again! I'm going to bring it back to my dealer this afternoon. ARGH!

(2) My RSP-1066 (bought new in sealed factory box-in-box) also came with a display screen that had a few scratches on it and the top left is chipped as well! It's only cosmetic, of course, but I'm concerned that this will be deemed by my dealer as "excessive wear & tear" if I go back within a year to take them up on the full-purchase price trade-in for a RSP-1098. I will, of course, discuss this my dealer as well...

(3) I now see why people want to upgrade to the more recent version of the Firmware because I also can't stand seeing the Record Out Source on the front display. It just seems to make more sense to volume level there to begin with. Had the dealer order the cable for me from Rotel, who told him that it would be send via 2-Day shipping.

That's about it for now.

[Kevin D]

Comments...

1) I've seen a dead 969 out of the box.. Rotel is subbing these remotes out, so quality could vary..

2) Are you sure you've taken the plastic protective cover off the LCD screen?

3) Yup.. But they do seem to have the habit of breaking something else with every upgrade.. Kevin D.

[YeeDude]

(1) Having to slide the cover just to change inputs is also retarded; as is the flimsy feel of the cover itself. Am now debating whether to spend $110 to get my Pronto fixed or a bit more than double and buy a new one outright.

(2) DOH! Didn't think to do that! 8O

(3) Yup!

[Scarp]

Not that it helps fixing your remote, but I picked up my RSP1066 yesterday and got the new RR-1050 with it
Its a huge remote ... I think they looked at Philips for poor usability of remotes (I sold my pronto, bcoz the thing is HUGE and normally Philips does a poor job at making remotes). There is no pc interface on it btw... i saw that they had that feature mentioned on the rotel website.