I have a Rotel RSP-1066, and it does not send a test tone to the subwoofer, so don't worry that you are not hearing one. Try setting your subwoofer setting to MAX instead of just YES. This will make sure that it is being fed a signal regardless of crossover point. Also, are you using one or both of the subwoofer outputs? If just one, then try the other. Another possibility is that the signal is too low for your sub, and the auto signal sensing keeps turning it off. If you can, set your sub to ON versus AUTO. Also, try either using two interconnects, or boost the sub signal up to +3 db or so, to make sure that you are getting a robust signal to the sub.
Good luck, Tom.