Rose electronics RA180 User manual

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-WithGalliumNitrideAmpli󽗉erbuiltin
IntegratedAmpli󽗉erRA180

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HiFi ROSE Products HiFi ROSE Products
▪FlagshipNetworkStreamer
▪NetworkStreamer+DAC
▪High-techDACdesignforpuresoundwithlownoiseandlowdistortion
▪High-ResolutionMusicPlaybackavailable(DSD512,PCM32bit/768kHz)
▪AFemtoClockprovidesUltraPrecision
▪TheSpecialLinearPowerSupplyCon󽗉gurationminimizeselectricalnoise
▪ClassADAmpli󽗉erwithnextgenerationGaNFET
▪MultiOutputComponent
▪DesignedtoplayuptotheSuperTwitterRealm
▪BalancedPowerSupply
▪PHONOAmpli󽗉erwithVariableEQ
Connectivity Bluetooth,DLNA,Airplay,SpotifyConnect,RoonReady
Design430*300*110mm/11kg/14.9”Wideviewingangletouchscreen/Color:Black,Silver
Design430*350*110mm/16.7kg/HighPurityAluminum/Color:Silver
High Performance Network Streamer RS150 Series
Integrated Ampli󽗉er - With Gallium Nitride Ampli󽗉er built in RA180
Hi-Res DSD 
PCM 
In/Out
Port
Digital In 

Digital Out 

Analog In 
Analog Out 
In/Out
Port
HDMI Out 
USB Audio In 
USB Audio Out 
Network
Connection
Ethernet 
Wi-Fi 
Bluetooth 
In/Out
Port
Analog In 
Analog Out 
Speaker
Stereo(A/B) 
Stereo(A), BTL(B) 
BTL(A/B) 
Complete HiFi Network Streamer RS250
▪ReferenceGradeAll-in-OneNetworkStreamer
▪NetworkStreamer+DAC
▪High-ResolutionMusicPlaybackavailable(DSD512,PCM32bit/768kHz)
▪AFemtoClockprovidesUltraPrecision
▪TheSpecialLinearPowerSupplyCon󽗉gurationminimizeselectricalnoise
Connectivity Bluetooth,DLNA,Airplay,SpotifyConnect,RoonReady
Design278*202*76mm/3.2kg/8.8”Wideviewingangletouchscreen/Color:Silver
Hi-Res DSD 
PCM 
In/Out
Port
Digital In 
Digital Out 
Analog In 
Analog Out 
HDMI Out 
In/Out
Port
Headphone Out 
USB Audio In 
USB Audio Out 
Network
Connection
Ethernet 
Wi-Fi 

Bluetooth 
HiFi Network Streamer RS201 Series
Connectivity Bluetooth,DLNA,Airplay,SpotifyConnect,RoonReady
Design278*202*76mm/2.3kg/8.8”Wideviewingangletouchscreen/Color:Silver
▪ReferenceGradeAll-in-OneNetworkStreamer
▪NetworkStreamer+DAC+AMP
▪Built-inHigh-PerformancePowerAmpli󽗉er(50W*2ch)
▪High-ResolutionMusicPlaybackavailable(DSD256,PCM32bit/384kHz)
▪AFemtoClockprovidesHighPrecision
▪Digitalequipment,PreAmpli󽗉erconnectionavailable
▪Awardedtheworld’sthreemajordesignawards(Reddot,GOODDESIGN,PIN-UP)
Hi-Res DSD 
PCM 
In/Out
Port
Digital In 
Digital Out 
Analog In 
Analog Out 
HDMI Out 
In/Out
Port
Headphone Out 
USB Out 
AMP AMP 
Network
Connection
Ethernet 
Wi-Fi 

Bluetooth 

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Innovative ROSE OS System
Qobuz
EnjoymusicstreamingwithQobuz’s
variousfunctions.SupportforHi-
ResAudio(24bit/192kHz)meansyou
canenjoyhigh-resolutionmusic.
Youcanenjoyhigh-de󽗉nition
videosonYouTube,TIDAL,and
Bugs,andplayvideo󽗉lesin
variousformats.
4K Video
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Enjoymusicstreamingandvideos
withTIDAL’suniquefeatures.
SupportsMQAFullDecoder,soyou
canenjoyhigh-resolutionmusic.
TIDAL
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provided,suchasalarmsand
weatherinformation.
Clock
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ListentovariousInternetradio
channelsfromaroundtheworld.
Keeptrackofyourfavoritechannels.
Radio
Youcanenjoyallcontentand
musiconYouTube.
ROSE Tube
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Roon Ready
ROSEOSisfullycompatiblewithRoon
Core,withRoonReadycerti󽗉cationin
compliancewithallrequirementsofRoon
Labs.YoucanenjoyHiFisoundquality
onyourROSEdevicewiththepowerful
musicmanagementcapabilitiesofRoon.
SpotifyConnectallowsyoutoplay
andwirelesslycontrolSpotifymusic
onyourROSEOSoveranetwork.With
theSpotifyConnectfunction,you
canenjoyavarietyofmusicwithHiFi
soundqualityonyourROSEdevice.
Spotify Connect
HiFiROSEdevicesarecerti󽗉ed
witha‘High-ResolutionAudio’
licensefromtheJAS(Japan
AudioSociety).
Hi-Res Audio
PlayCDsbyconnectingan
externalUSBCD-ROM.
CD Player
RipCDsbyconnectinganexternalUSBCD-
ROMandsavethemonastoragedevice.
CD Ripping
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Listentovariouspodcastsfrom
aroundtheworld.
ROSE Podcast
Premium Media Player RS350
▪CasualAll-in-OneSpeaker
▪NetworkStreamer+DAC+AMP+SPEAKER
▪3-Wayfull-rangespeakercon󽗉guration
▪Playbackofvarious󽗉leformatsavailable(Music,Video,Image)
▪Powerfulsoundplaybackwithdualpassivewooferenginedesign(Patentedtechnology)
Connectivity Wi-Fi,Bluetooth,DLNA,Airplay
RearMicroUSB,USBAType,MicroSD,Headphone
Design364*110*98mm/1.5kg/5”IPStouchpanel/Color:White
HiFi ROSE CD Drive RSA780 Series
RearUSBBType
Design152*152*24mm/0.9kg/Color:Silver
▪USB-isolatorAdoptedtoblockmotionnoise
▪USB-BTypePortAdoptedforHiFiAudio
▪900gweightforCDplaybackwithoutexternalshaking
▪MinimizedMotionNoisebyapplyingInsulators
▪ProvidesCDRippingFeatures
HiFi Media Player RS301
▪High-endAll-in-OneSpeaker
▪NetworkStreamer+DAC+AMP+SPEAKER
▪3-Wayfull-rangespeakercon󽗉guration
▪High-ResolutionMusicPlaybackavailable(DSD256,PCM32bit/384kHz)
▪Powerfulsoundplaybackwithdualpassivewooferenginedesign(Patentedtechnology)
▪Awardedtheworld’sthreemajordesignawards(Reddot,PIN-UP,iF)
Connectivity Ethernet,Wi-Fi,Bluetooth,DLNA,Airplay
RearMicroUSB,USBAType,USBBType,MicroSD,Headphone,AUX
Design360*110*94mm/1.9kg/5”IPStouchpanel/Color:Silver
HiFi ROSE OSSystem
Bugs
Listentohigh-resolutionmusic
onBugs.Easilyconnectsexisting
functions,includinglogin,
playlists,andplayback.
SupportsMQA’sFullDecoder.
Enjoystudiomastering
soundquality.
MQA
Manageyourmusic󽗉lesunder
variouscategories,suchasalbums,
artists,andgenres.Createyourown
playlist.Youcanalsoregisteryour
friendsandshareitwiththem.
Music
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HiFi ROSE Products

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ROSE Connect Remote Application
AdedicatedRemoteAppisprovidedthatallowsuserstoconvenientlycontrolandsmartlymanagetheirROSEdevice.
TheRemoteAppissupportedonvariousplatforms,includingtheiPhone,iPad,Androidphone,andPCs.
Youcansimplyandeasilyplaymusicstoredonyourphoneonyour
ROSEdevice.Enjoyalossless,high-qualitystreamingservice.
Streaming
Youcancreateyourownplaylist.MakeaplaylistonMusicandROSE
TubeandcheckitoutatHome-MyMusic.
Playlist
YoucanfreelyandconvenientlycontrolvariousHiFiROSE
functionswirelessly.
Control


 Youcancontrolavarietyoffunctionsremotelyincluding
Music,ROSETube,TIDAL,Qobuz,Bugs,Radio,Podcasts,
andCDRipping.
ROSEConnectincludestheremotecontrolfunction.
Youcanconvenientlysearchforavarietyofmusicinthe
MediaLibrary.
Youcanshareyourplaylistswithyourfriendsorlistentomusic
recommendedbythem.Communicatewithyourfriendsthrough
music.
Share with Friends
Scanthemusicinyourlocalmemorytoorganizeitintovarious
categories.
Media Library
OWNER’S MANUAL
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HiFi ROSE RemoteApp

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4. Mobile Wi-Fi Settings
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5. Bypass·Power Ampli󽗉er Mode
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
Safety Precautions
1. Warnings
2. Precautions
Components List
Location / Function of Buttons and Ports
1. Front Side of the Product
2. Rear Side of the Product
3. Remote Control
Product Installation
1. Product Design Method and Recommended Installation Location
2. How to Connect the Power Cord
3. How to Properly Connect the Rear Ports and Cables
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1. Bass Control Function of the Preampli󽗉er
2. Treble Control Function of the Preampli󽗉er
3. HPF Control Function of the H/F Crossover
4. Gain Control Function of the H/F Crossover
5. Subsonic ON/OFF Function
6. Phono Equalizer Curve
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 
 



 
 
 󽗉
 
 
󽗉
 

 
 

󽗊󽗈

 

󽗈


Caution
Hot surface
Caution
Hot surface

 

 


 
 
 


Input Source
Selector
Main Volume Front LED
Brightness
Control Switch
Subsonic
Switch
Attenuator
Switch
Source Level Meter
Volume
Level
Indicator
Power Input
Turntable Input
BTL Mode Right Speaker Output Port
Tone Control Function(Preamplifier)
❺
Power
Button/
Status
Display LED
❹
Power
Breaker
Release
Switch
❹
❺
❻
❽ ❾
❻ ❼ ❽
❾
❿ ⓫
❿
⓫ ⓬
⓭
Bypass·Power
Amplifier
Mode Switch
❸
❸ ❸
Speaker
A/B
Selector
❷
Balanced Input
❷
❶
Turntable
Grounding
❶
Phono Amplifier EQH/F Crossover Function
Unbalanced
Input
Turntable Cartridge
Selection Switch
BTL Mode Selection Switch IR Receiver
Port
Ground Port
Subwoofer
Output
BTL Mode Left Speaker Output Port
Operation
Switch
Trigger Input
Terminal
❼

 
 󾖴
 󽗊
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
󽗉󽗉
 
󽗉
󾖴󾖴󾖽󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖺󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖻󾖴󾖴󾖺󾖴󾖴󾖻󾖴󾖺󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖻󾖴󾖺󾖴󾖴󾖴
󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖼
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
 󽗉
󽗉

󾖴󾖴󾖴
󾖸󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖹
  󽗈
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖼

 󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖼
 
󾖴󽗈󾖴󾖻󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖻󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󽗈󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖼󾖴
󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󽗈󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴
󾖴󾖴󾖻󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖼
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󽗉
 
 
󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖼
󾖴󾖴󾖴󽗈󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖺󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴
󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖼
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󽗉

 

Input Source
Selector
Main Volume Front LED
Brightness
Control Switch
Subsonic
Switch
Attenuator
Switch
Source Level Meter
Volume
Level
Indicator
Power Input
Turntable Input
BTL Mode Right Speaker Output Port
Tone Control Function(Preamplifier)
❺
Power
Button/
Status
Display LED
❹
Power
Breaker
Release
Switch
❹
❺
❻
❽ ❾
❻ ❼ ❽
❾
❿ ⓫
❿
⓫ ⓬
⓭
Bypass·Power
Amplifier
Mode Switch
❸
❸ ❸
Speaker
A/B
Selector
❷
Balanced Input
❷
❶
Turntable
Grounding
❶
Phono Amplifier EQH/F Crossover Function
Unbalanced
Input
Turntable Cartridge
Selection Switch
BTL Mode Selection Switch IR Receiver
Port
Ground Port
Subwoofer
Output
BTL Mode Left Speaker Output Port
Operation
Switch
Trigger Input
Terminal
❼
  󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖺󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖼
  󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖸󾖹󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖺󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖼

 󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󽗉󾖴󾖴󾖴󽗉󾖴󾖺󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖸󾖴󾖹󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖼
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󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖺󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖺󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴
󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖼
  󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖺󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴
󾖴󾖴󾖼
 
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󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖼
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 󾖴󾖴󾖸󾖽󾖹󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖺󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴
󽗈󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖼󾖴󾖺󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖻󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴
󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖼
  󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖺󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖼
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󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󽗉󾖼󾖴󾖸󽗉󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖹
 
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 󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖺󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴
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  󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖼󾖴󾖼󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖺󾖴
󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖻󾖴󾖼󾖴󾖸󾖴󾖻󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖼󾖹
  󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖻󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖼
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 
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 
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󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖸󾖺󾖴󾖴󾖺󾖴󾖺󾖴󽗉󾖺󾖴󾖼󾖹󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴
󾖻󾖴󾖼
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󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖼
  
   󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖴󾖼

 

  󽗈
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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
 
❷
❹
❻
❽
❿
❶
❸
❺
❼
❾


 

 
RA180
❶ ❷
Concentric Plug
RA180
❶ ❷
Concentric Plug
 󽗉


 
 
 


 󽗉
 󽗊
 󽗊
25mm
25
mm
25mm
25mm 450mm

 

󽗉
 󽗉
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
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
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 󽗉

 󽗉
1. Ground
3. Cold
2. Hot
Network Player
RA180
UNBALANCED R UNBALANCED LBALANCED LR
CD Player
LINE OUT
R L
Tuner
LINE OUT
R L

 

 󽗉
 

 
RA180
Turntable
RCA OUT
R L
GND
󽗉
 
 



󽗈

RA180
Turntable
RCA OUT
R L
GND

 

 󽗉
 

 
RA180
Turntable
RCA OUT
R L
GND

 
 

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
󽗈

RA180
Turntable
RCA OUT
R L
GND

 

 󽗉
 
LINE IN
RA180
Sub Woofer
FRONT




 󽗉
 
 

 
󽗈
 󽗈
 󽗈
󽗉

 
Full Range-A Right
FULL RANGE
Full Range-A Left
FULL RANGESUPER TWEETER
Super Tweeter-A Right
SUPER TWEETER
Super Tweeter-A Left
Full Range-B Right
FULL RANGE
Full Range-B Left
FULL RANGE
SUPER TWEETER
Super Tweeter-B Right
SUPER TWEETER
Super Tweeter-B Left
RA180

 

 󽗉
 
󽗉

 
󽗉

 
Speaker-B BTL Right Speaker-B BTL Left
FULL RANGE
Speaker-A Left
SUPER TWEETER
Speaker-A Right
FULL RANGE
SUPER TWEETER
FULL RANGE
FULL RANGE
RA180

 

 󽗉
 
󽗉

 
Speaker-A BTL Right
FULL RANGE
Speaker-A BTL Left
FULL RANGE
Speaker-B BTL Right
FULL RANGE
Speaker-B BTL Left
FULL RANGE
RA180

 



 
 

 

 󽗉
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

RA180
 
RA180
 


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 󽗉󽗉
󽗉
 
󽗉󽗉
󽗉
󽗉
󽗉
Caution: 󽗉
󽗉