User manual MERIDIAN AUDIO 561

[. . . ] Meridian 561 Digital Surround Controller u s e r g u id e Meridian 561 Digital Surround Controller User Guide Preface i Sales and service in the UK Meridian Audio Ltd Stonehill Stukeley Meadows Cambs PE18 6ED England Tel (01480) 52144 Fax (01480) 459934 World Wide Web http://www. meridian-audio. com Part no: 561 Copyright © 1995­1998 Digital Gramophone and Wireless Ltd. Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation (Canadian patent 1, 037, 877), Lucasfilm Ltd. (US patents 5, 043, 970; 5, 189, 703; 5, 222, 059), Trifield Productions Ltd, and Nimbus Records Ltd. Dolby, Pro Logic, AC-3, and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. [. . . ] All outputs include the 561 on-screen display. Digital audio inputs The following table gives details of the digital audio inputs: Use this input To connect to this A digital source, such as a CD player, DVD player, digital tape recorder, or digital television tuner. A digital-optical source, such as a LaserDisc player, the 519 Demodulator, or a CD player with no digital-cable output. The digital connections should be made with high-quality 75 screened cable. Suitable cables are available from Meridian. We do not recommend using audio cables, which do not have adequate shielding or the correct impedance, or cables intended for UHF applications, as these do not provide adequate shielding in the 1­30MHz region. Optical connections should be made using a suitable optical fibre supplied by your dealer. When an S-video source is selected the S-video output is also converted to composite and fed to the composite outputs. However, to take advantage of the higher quality available from Setting up the digital surround controller CD/D1, DVD/D2, CDR/D3, Tape2/D4, DTV/D5 LD/01 S-video sources it is recommended that you also connect the S-video output to the television or monitor. Use this output Main Outs (composite) To connect to this The composite video input of a television or monitor. Main Outs (S-video) The S-video input of a television or monitor. The composite VCR Outs output will enable you to record either composite or S-video sources. 52 Analogue audio inputs The following table gives details of the analogue audio inputs: Use this input CD/A1, Radio/A2, Tape1/A3, TV/A4, Cable/A5, VCR1/A6, VCR2/A7 The analogue connections should be made using high-quality screened cable, taking care to connect the left and right channels correctly. To connect to this An analogue source such as a radio tuner, tape recorder, TV tuner, or cable television. Audio outputs The following table gives details of the analogue and digital outputs: Use this output Main 1/2 Centre/Sub 3/4 To connect to this Main left and right speakers. Setting up the digital surround controller Centre speaker and centre or mono subwoofer. Sides/Sub 5/6 Left and right subwoofers, or side left and side right surround speakers. Rear 7/8 Left and right rear surround speakers. To use a Meridian DSP loudspeaker in a particular position connect it to the appropriate digital output. To use a Meridian active loudspeaker, or an analogue speaker in conjunction with a suitable power amplifier, connect the input of the power amplifier to the appropriate analogue output. If the main speakers are analogue, connect them to the Main/Side analogue outputs. If the main speakers are digital, the Main/Side analogue outputs can be used for analogue side speakers. 53 Audio tape and expansion socket outputs The following table gives details of the tape and headphone outputs: Use this output Setting up the digital surround controller Control outputs The following table gives details of the control outputs: Use this output To connect to this Other equipment. On when the 561 is switched on but not in standby. TRIGGER OUT 2 A TV SCART input or motorised screen. The trigger outputs provide 100mA at 9V. They can be configured to other settings; see Configuring the digital surround controller without a computer, page 65. To connect to this A digital tape recorder. An analogue tape recorder or video recorder. TRIGGER OUT 1 DIGITAL Tape Out Tape L, R Room 2 L, R A second tape recorder or a Meridian preamplifier in a second room. Expansion socket * Additional expansion output. * The function of the expansion socket depends on the expansion card fitted. The optional Tape card provides a headphone output. 54 Communications connections The following table gives details of the communications connections: Use this connection COMMS To connect to this Other Meridian 500 Series equipment, and the master digital speaker. RS232 The serial port of a PC, to configure the 561. See Configuring the digital surround controller without a computer, page 65. Setting up the digital surround controller 55 Connecting video To connect to a television or monitor 561 Digital Surround Controller VIDEO OUT Main Outs The 561 adds a text overlay to the video signal from the Mains Outs video outputs, to provide additional information about its operation in the form of a textual on-screen display (OSD). [. . . ] Labour and carriage charges are not covered unless by local agreement. 113 114 Troubleshooting Glossary Absolute phase A control which changes the phase of the signals to all the speakers. Controller The product in a Meridian system that uses the infra-red signals from the remote to control the system. The controller is normally chosen automatically, but the installer can override this. DTS Digital Theatre Systems originally produced digital audio tracks for motion pictures. A version of this format adapted for consumer video and audio products is referred to as DTS Entertainment. Like Dolby Digital it provides five full-frequency range channels (left, centre, right, left surround, and right surround) and an additional Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel. AC-3 An alternative name for the Dolby Digital format. Dolby Digital A digital surround-sound which provides five full-frequency range channels (left, centre, right, left surround, and right surround) and an additional Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel which is band limited to 120Hz. Ambisonic A music encoding and decoding system designed to recreate the original soundfield using an array of loudspeakers. DVD Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc, a CD-sized disc with nearly 30 times the storage capacity of CD. [. . . ]