User manual MERIDIAN 808.3 SIGNATURE REFERENCE CD PLAYER

[. . . ] 808. 3 Signature Reference CD Player User Guide ii Preface Important safety instructions Read the instructions. Install only in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. · Refer all servicing to approved service personnel. WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. [. . . ] Alternatively you can enter the track number using the remote. · Press Store to add the track, or Clear to remove the track. Track 14 · Press Store (remote or under the front panel). The track will change from Track to Store, and all the other tracks will be marked Clear. For example: To clear a programme · Press * (front panel or remote) twice. The display will show: Store 14 You should store the first track for a selection within two seconds, or it will begin to play. Clear Program A programme is automatically cleared if you open the disc drawer, or press Off. 14 Using the 808. 3 Signature Reference CD Player Changing the absolute phase You can use the remote to invert the absolute phase of the analogue output signal, which in some circumstances can give a noticeable improvement in realism. To display the phase setting · Press Phase (Function = on the remote). The display will show: CD + Phase To change the phase setting · Press Phase again. The display will show the new phase setting. For example: CD - Phase 15 Changing the front-panel display The 808. 3 Signature Reference CD Player displays information about the current disc and settings on the 20-character front-panel display. You can adjust the contrast and brightness of the frontpanel display for optimum viewing, and choose what information is displayed. Using the 808. 3 Signature Reference CD Player To change the contrast or brightness · Press > or < (remote), until the display shows the current contrast or brightness. For example: CD Contrast 10 · Press A or V (remote), to change the selected setting. You can change the contrast or brightness between 0 and 15. To change the displayed information · Press Display (remote or under the front panel). Each time you press Display the display will step between the following options: Display option Track and elapsed time Sampling rate, precision, and audio format Blank Initial value in Type 1 1 68:57 CD 44k1 16Bit LPCM If the Diagnostic displays option has been selected, additional diagnostic displays are included. 16 Using the 808. 3 Signature Reference CD Player 17 Using the preamplifier features Using the preamplifier features The 808. 3 Signature Reference CD Player includes a preamplifier, and can act as the controller for up to 11 other sources, and provide an optional volume control for the analogue inputs. This chapter explains how to use these features from either the front panel or the MSR+. 18 Using the preamplifier features Selecting a source The 808. 3 responds to the following 12 source keys on the remote: CD, Radio, DVD, Aux, Disc, Tape, TV, Cable, Sat, VCR1, VCR2, and Game. The CD source usually corresponds to the internal drive. The Aux source usually corresponds to the internal Sooloos interface. The input associated with each of the sources depends on how the 808. 3 has been set up; for more information refer to the Meridian Configuration Program Guide. To play music from a Sooloos server Either: · Press Source (under the front panel) until the display shows SLS, or press the Aux key on the remote. Or: · Select the 808. 3 zone from the Sooloos controller. You can then listen to music streamed from the Sooloos server. The volume and mute controls on the Sooloos controller will operate the 808. 3. Your installer may have customised the labels displayed for each source to suit your other equipment. To control the Sooloos server When the SLS source is selected you can control the Sooloos server from the 808. 3 front panel controls. · Press >, =, or * to control playback. · Press [ or ] to step between tracks in the server's play queue. For more information please refer to the Meridian Sooloos Network Card Guide. To select a source · Press Source (under the front panel) until the display shows the source you want, or press the appropriate source key on the remote; eg CD. The display shows the source and volume setting. [. . . ] Variable output, for use with power amplifiers and analogue loudspeakers. Then after a short delay the display shows the current Type. For example: Type 1 · Press A or V on the front panel to change the Type number. The display shows: Typing, please wait In addition, your installer may have provided one or more named User Types, with settings appropriate to the configuration of equipment when your 808. 3 was installed. You can reset the configuration of the 808. 3 to any of these Types to restore it to the state it was in when it was installed. [. . . ]