I have to say, while this is a great sounding piece of equipment, I find it lacking in several areas. You can't power up/down the unit from the remote, there is no dimmer or off switch for the display, no headphone jack and a lot of the functions such as programming, scanning etc., are not available from the front panel. I have not seen the RCD-1072 up close but in picture that I have seen, it has several more control buttons on the front panel. If the remote were to get lost or damaged, which tend to happen over time, there would be no way to access the funtions availabe through the remote.
How many people here has the 1072 that can give me some info on the switches on the panel on that unit? I am going to take this unit back this weekend and see if I can get a 1072 from another store or order one.