User manual MERIDIAN AUDIO 561568861 SUPPLEMENT

[. . . ] MPEG is a registered trademark of the MPEG organisation. Ambisonic is a registered trademark of Nimbus Records Ltd. Trifield is a trademark of Trifield Productions Ltd. [. . . ] Pro Logic II is available for any two-channel PCM or analogue input. It is not available for two-channel Dolby Digital inputs; if you want to use Pro Logic II with a two-channel Dolby Digital soundtrack from a DVD you should first switch your DVD player to PCM (two-channel) output mode. R Delay S Delay Rear Sides Parameter Steered All Options Steered Rear, Steered Side, Steered All What it changes Which of the four surround channels are generated by steering. 10ms to 25ms* 10ms to 25ms* -30db to +10db -30db to +10db The delay of the rears. The level of the sides. Surround Controller Update Pro Logic II preset parameters The following preset parameters are available for all the Pro Logic II presets: * 0 to 15ms in the PLII Music preset. Three new presets have been added for Pro Logic II: PLII Music, PLII Movie, and PLII THX. 3 PLII Music The PLII Music preset is designed to use the Pro Logic II DSP processing mode to decode music sources. It provides three additional menus to allow you adjust the sound field: Parameter Width Options 0 to 7 What it changes The centre spread, where 0 is full centre and 7 is full left and right. Dimension Surround Controller Update PLII Movie and PLII THX The PLII Movie preset is optimised for theatre listening, and is the recommended choice when decoding Dolby Surround movies. PlI THX is the same as PLII Movie but with the enhancements of THX post-processing, including reequalisation and timbre matching. An additional Pro Logic parameter is provided: Parameter Pro Logic Options Off, On What it changes On selects the original Pro Logic decoding. -3 to +3 The spatial sound field, where -3 puts the balance to the rear of the room and +3 puts it to the front. Panorama No, Yes Extends the front stereo image to include the surround speakers, providing a wrap-around effect new to Pro Logic. 4 THX Surround EX and Meridian EZ THX Surround EX and Meridian EZ are DSP processing modes that are designed to give improved surround imaging with four surround speakers. Both THX Surround EX and Meridian EZ can be used with THX Surround EX encoded material. In addition, Meridian EZ can be used to give improved surround imaging with DTS ES encoded material. Both THX Surround EX and Meridian EZ can also be used with non-encoded material, and often give a good effect depending on the soundtrack. The Digital THX preset now includes an additional preset parameter to allow you to turn on or off the EX post-processing: Surround Controller Update THX Surround EX THX Surround EX allows 5. 1-channel film soundtracks to be encoded with an extra surround channel during the mixing process. [. . . ] The Surround Controller uses the Dialog Normalisation level to adjust the volume level so that the soundtrack is reproduced at the correct absolute level, assuming the system is calibrated to produce 75dB SPL at volume 87. which can be applied to digital audio streams between Meridian components. It has the very important benefit of lowering jitter and improving sound quality. If an input stream has been MHR encoded the stream display will now show an additional MHR indicator. C D MR9k H 6 For example: Surround Controller Update Sources that supply MHR encoded streams include the Meridian The Mix level is an alternative level which you can select by setting the Compression parameter to Mix. [. . . ]