Meridian Audio DSP5000C manual

MERIDIAN DSP5000C USER MANUAL Meridian A udio Ltd 14 Clifton Road Huntingdon Cambridgeshire PE18 7EJ England Tel (0) 480 52144 Telex 32577 (MERIDN) Fax (0) 480 459934 Meridian America Inc 3800 Camp Creek Parkway Building 2400 Suite 112 Atlanta GA 30331 USA Tel (404) 344-7111 Fax (404) 346-7111 Version 1: 500 mode compatible with MSR, Surround, 2-ro[...]

2 DSP5000C User Guide Contents Introduction ............................................ 5 About this manual .................................. 5 DSP5000C description ........................... 6 Master and slave speakers .................. 6 Centre, left, right and surround ............ 6 Control ................................................. [...]

3 DSP5000C User Guide Maintenance & service ......................... 50 Guarantee ............................................. 51 Appendix 1 DSP5000C types ............... 52 Type 1 setup, Meridian 500 series system using 562 ............... 52 Type 2 setup, Meridian CD as preamp (via 607), 204 connected ..................................... [...]

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Introduction 5 DSP5000C User Guide Introduction Congratulations on choosing the DSP5000C – the world’s first DSP centre-channel loudspeaker. We are confident that it will give a quality to your music that is unprecedented, and bring years of listening pleasure. This manual will enable you to get the most from it. The DSP5000C is a sophisticated[...]

Description 6 DSP5000C User Guide DSP5000C description You will find it simpler to understand how the DSP5000C works if you consider it as a combination of the following components: • digital preamplifier, to select and control up to two digital sources directly, and to provide fixed and switched digital output for other speakers • digital audi[...]

Description 7 DSP5000C User Guide Control The DSP5000C is operated either by commands received from the Meridian System Remote (available from your dealer), or by commands received through the communications cables of a Meridian installation (for example, from the front panel of a 565, 562 or 501). The remote control provides enough keys to allow y[...]

Using DSP5000C 8 DSP5000C User Guide Unpacking the DSP5000C In the pack you should find: • 1 DSP5000C digital active speaker complete with grilles • 4 self-adhesive rubber feet to protect furniture • DSP5000C user manual (this manual) • Getting going sheet • 1 power cord suitable for your territory • composite system cable M5 (phono + D[...]

Using DSP5000C 9 DSP5000C User Guide Installing your DSP5000C General precautions Before carrying out any installation, you should ensure that the DSP5000C is marked with the correct voltage for your local AC supply. Should this not be the case, do not proceed, but contact your dealer. As a general rule, you should not make any connections to the D[...]

Using DSP5000C 10 DSP5000C User Guide Calibration and Test are intended only for use by the factory or by service engineers. Connections You will need to make four types of connection to the DSP5000C: • digital audio • communications • master – slave • AC power Digital audio connections will need to be made to other components in your sys[...]

Using DSP5000C 11 DSP5000C User Guide As a Left – Right or a Surround pair The locations chosen for a pair of DSP5000Cs are crucial to getting the best possible acoustic result. For two-channel stereo, the two speakers should ideally be equidistant from the main listening position, and the same distance apart. Since it has a horizontal format, th[...]

Using DSP5000C 12 DSP5000C User Guide Starting off with DSP5000C First install the DSP5000C, using the information in the Getting going sheet. When it has been used for a while, you may wish to change the setup in order to fine-tune it to your requirements. To achieve this, refer to the setup section of this manual, beginning on page 28 . Checking [...]

Using DSP5000C 13 DSP5000C User Guide Standby The entire Meridian system is designed to be left connected to AC power at all times. • The Standby state ensures that the components operate at maximum efficiency from the moment when you start listening. It is perfectly safe and consumes a negligible amount of power. However, when you are not going [...]

Using DSP5000C 14 DSP5000C User Guide Basic operation of DSP5000C Note DSP5000C is factory set for the most common installation, one using the full features of a Meridian 500-Series CD player and 565 Digital Surround Processor. For a Centre, we call this a Type 6 installation. For more details, see Appendix 1 on page 52 . Selecting sources To switc[...]

Using DSP5000C 15 DSP5000C User Guide Display DSP5000C displays information to help you operate it. Display information can include: • master indication – red light in the window • digital ‘overload’ – flashing yellow light in the window • blank display, in which the speaker only illuminates the display when you use the remote control[...]

Using DSP5000C 16 DSP5000C User Guide 1 Here 1 is the number of the track currently playing on the disc. If the disc includes significant index points, the display will be like this: 3.4 3.4 here means track 3, index point 4. In theory, with the right disc, we could see displays of track and index up to 99.99. Index point 1 is never displayed. Whil[...]

Using DSP5000C 17 DSP5000C User Guide Mute To mute the sound: 1. Press Mute The display now shows that the sound is ‘attenuated’: Att. To demute (restore the sound level): 1. Press Mute The Mute key toggles between mute and demute. The system may also be demuted by selecting another source, or adjusting the volume. The menu system The DSP5000C [...]

Using DSP5000C 18 DSP5000C User Guide perhaps to compensate for a non-central listening position or a highly asymmetric layout. This is certainly not the case. Stereo sound is dependent upon time differences between the signals from the channels. To get the best out of a normal stereo system, you should be in the correct position in relation to the[...]

Using DSP5000C 19 DSP5000C User Guide Tilt control Tilt controls are combination controls that slope the frequency response of the system slowly over the frequency range to make the sound brighter or dimmer. They are less crude than conventional tone controls. The responses of the tilt control in DSP5000C are shown in Appendix 4 on page 58 . To rev[...]

Using DSP5000C 20 DSP5000C User Guide in 565). This has been done specifically to allow you to tonally match the centre to the left and right main pair which may have a different sound. Bass control The bass control allows you to adjust the bass response in the room. The responses of the bass control in DSP5000C are shown in Appendix 4 on page 58 .[...]

Using DSP5000C 21 DSP5000C User Guide Phase explained The phase function controls the absolute phase of the digital conversion and is used to compensate for recordings which are out of phase. Experiment with the sound of the setting. If you are not sure, set it to positive phase. Axis To adjust the axis: 1. Press the w or e menu key until the axis [...]

Using DSP5000C 22 DSP5000C User Guide • tilt to 0.0 • balance to middle You cannot store settings in Normal mode. See page 39 . Recalling settings The settings stored in the DSP5000C can be recalled at any time. When the display is normal (i.e. not a tone cursor): 1. Press Store The DSP5000C will respond with rEc. Tip You can now compare the st[...]

Operation 23 DSP5000C User Guide Controlling a Meridian CD player Use of handset to control CD You are advised to operate the system with the MSR. Playing a disc On the MSR, the following keys operate the Meridian CD: To start a disc 1. Press Play To stop the disc 1. Press Stop To make the disc pause 1. Press Pause The Pause indication on the Merid[...]

Operation 24 DSP5000C User Guide To select a track by number, press the appropriate number key or keys. For example, to select track 6 1. Press 6 The DSP5000C will respond with the display – 6 To engage this selection, press Play or wait for a short time. To select track 15 1. Press 1 followed by 5 The DSP5000C will show – 15 Again, press Play [...]

Operation 25 DSP5000C User Guide C. 6 Press Play to action a programmed sequence. Use with 504, 204 or 604 FM tuner When a 204 or 604 is the system tuner, it can be controlled by the MSR but only if the DSP5000Cs are set up in 200 mode (for example by selecting Type 2. A 504 tuner can operate in both 200 and 500 modes. Select the tuner with Radio .[...]

Operation 26 DSP5000C User Guide Operation summary On the remote control KEY FUNCTION Off Puts the DSP5000C into Standby mode CD, LP etc. Selects a source to listen to Display Cycles the display through: source and volume number blank (display off) preset on tuner; track on CD frequency on tuner; disc time on CD track time on CD Play (green) Starts[...]

Customising DSP5000C: overview 27 DSP5000C User Guide Customising DSP5000C: an overview DSP5000C is a very sophisticated device, with a number of options which allow you to set up exactly the system you need. Programming of DSP5000Cs should take place after you have set up the speakers and sorted out most of the connections. If you first get the sp[...]

Customising DSP5000C: how to 28 DSP5000C User Guide How to customise DSP5000C DSP5000C needs no customising to become operational. Once you have your system established, you may wish to review the customising options by reading Customising DSP5000C: an overview (page 27 ). Customising: general procedure DSP5000C has seven operating modes (not to be[...]

Customising DSP5000C: how to 29 DSP5000C User Guide master/slave, sources and preamplifiers without losing any other settings you may have made. In this mode, the DSP5000C is muted while you make the necessary choices. The choices available in Config are outlined in the following sections. Config : control settings In Config , you can make selectio[...]

Customising using Config 30 DSP5000C User Guide Customising using Type Type is a mode used specifically to restore the entire memory (except the calibration memory) of DSP5000C to one of eight factory-preset configurations. For all eight Types , Type resets the following: • phase to positive • axis to –1 • balance to central (L 0) • tilt [...]

Customising using Config 31 DSP5000C User Guide Choosing centre, left or right If you have Typed the speaker with a 6, then the ‘Cen.y’ option is enabled. This tells the speaker that there is a centre in the system and enables the option to make the DSP5000C into a centre. If you Typed the speaker with a number other than 6 then the ‘Cen.n’[...]

Customising using Config 32 DSP5000C User Guide • source menus Inside Config you can move between them at will. To go to 1. root: press Clear 2. system: press Off 3. source: press a source key – e.g. CD Note In Config , the speaker is silenced. How to use Config 1. Switch off the master DSP5000C, using the power switch on the back, and wait for[...]

Customising using Config 33 DSP5000C User Guide The display looks like this: Cd ?? The first letters tell you which options are available to you, as follows: • 500 tells you that this system operates in Meridian 500-Series mode. All controllable Meridian products must be 500 compatible. Also use this if the DSP5000C is the only controllable pream[...]

Customising using Config 34 DSP5000C User Guide System protocols Multiroom systems have protocols which allow you to define the extent to which any room can interfere with the main system. You can choose to have the DSP5000C ignore the Standby state of the associated preamplifier, looking after its own Standby independently. To select this mode whi[...]

Customising using Config 35 DSP5000C User Guide Source menus The source menus are used to change what happens when you press a key on the MSR (i.e. what the DSP5000C then displays, and which input it selects). These parameters are already set up by the Type chosen as the start Type, but they can be adjusted using the following menus. Source menu 1 [...]

Customising using Config 36 DSP5000C User Guide Source menu 2 options Source menu 2 is used to define which DSP5000C input will be selected for any given source key on the MSR. You get to source menu 2 by using the menu e key while in source menu 1. The display will be like this: cd d1 The first part of the display tells you which key on the MSR yo[...]

Customising using Config 37 DSP5000C User Guide Source menu 4 options Source menu 4 is used only in 500 mode, and to define the Comms address of the source product. You get to source menu 4 by using the menu e key while in source menu 1. The display will be like this: cd 1A The first part of the display tells you which key on the MSR you are settin[...]

Customising using Setup 38 DSP5000C User Guide In Normal operation, the settings you have made will be retained and cannot be changed without going back to Setup . Boundary controls The frequency balance of a loudspeaker is changed, particularly in the low-frequency regions, according to its proximity to walls or boundaries. The DSP5000C is designe[...]

Customising using Setup 39 DSP5000C User Guide Centre-channel options The following two adjustments will appear on the master if the ‘Cen.y’ option is selected in Config or if the speaker has been set to Type 6. It appears on the master – whether or not it is a centre. A DSP5000C (or DSP5000) which is configured as a centre responds to these [...]

Customising using Setup 40 DSP5000C User Guide 2. Press Store Limitations of storing Tilt and bass settings are stored by each source independently . Phase, axis and boundary settings are stored for all sources, and the last setting stored is that used for all sources. Connecting DSP5000C Four types of connection must be made to the DSP5000C: • p[...]

Connecting DSP5000C 41 DSP5000C User Guide Routing cables Do not route the DSP5000C cables any nearer to TV or radio antenna cables than is necessary. Try to keep any excess cable lengths coiled up, as far from any tuner or television receiver as possible. Where possible, use a dedicated AC power outlet for each DSP5000C. In any case, try not to us[...]

Connecting DSP5000C 42 DSP5000C User Guide Digital audio connections Note A digital audio connection will be made into the D1 input if you use the M5- and S5-leads supplied as directed in the section starting on page 43 . Digital connections are made to the master DSP5000C: • directly from the digital outputs of up to two sources such as CD, DAT,[...]

Connecting DSP5000C 43 DSP5000C User Guide Communications connections Communications connections are only made to other Meridian equipment. In general, you can follow the instructions given for the other equipment, and view DSP5000C as a DSP5000, D600 or D6000 for communication purposes. The following sections describe the major points. If you have[...]

Connecting DSP5000C 44 DSP5000C User Guide If you are using a Meridian 201 or 603 and a Meridian 200- or 600-Series CD player Unless you have an older M-lead (as opposed to M5 lead) you will need to obtain an SP5 adapter. An M-lead has two DIN plugs at one end and this is the end to connect to the preamplifier. The SP5 adapter allows an M5- lead to[...]

Connecting DSP5000C 45 DSP5000C User Guide If you are mixing Meridian 200- or 600-Series with 500-Series components 1. Connect the digital and analogue audio as described in the previous sections. 2. Locate the DIN plug at the source end of the M5-Lead. Connect it to one of the sockets COMMS on the rear of a 500-Series unit. 3. Connect the 500-Seri[...]

Specification 46 DSP5000C User Guide Specification Digital inputs 32kHz, 44.1kHz or 48kHz. Double PLL locks at 44.1kHz ± 120ppm Cable inputs: D1 –2 IEC958, 75 Ω Digital outputs Copy of the selected input Cable outputs: D Out IEC958, 75 Ω Communication s 200-Comms Via Input and Output connections RS232 Standard 9-pin: 2400b, 8, N, 1 no handsh[...]

Help 47 DSP5000C User Guide Help! Standby point not lit Check the following: 1. There is AC power connected to the socket on the rear of the DSP5000C 2. The power switch on the rear panel of the DSP5000C is turned on If the DSP5000C still will not light up, check any fuses in your power supply and the fuse in the DSP5000C. If these are all intact, [...]

Help 48 DSP5000C User Guide digital audio source and the DSP5000C. Are you using good 75-ohm cable? 2. If clicks occur randomly with the source selected but stopped, the problem may be the result of loss of lock due to gross electrical interference. Find out whether there is an appliance elsewhere in the house causing the disturbance (e.g. central [...]

Help 49 DSP5000C User Guide 201MkIII. To find out which version you have, follow the instructions in the manual supplied with the 201. Version numbers count 1 – 9, then A – Y. If the software in your 201 is earlier than 201.7, your dealer will be able to obtain an up-to-date EPROM and fit it. Operating code can always be updated. 3. Make sure t[...]

Help 50 DSP5000C User Guide Radio interference Note DSP5000C is designed to comply with all relevant international standards concerning local-oscillator re-radiation. Note DSP5000C is a digital audio and computing device which has been de signed to very high standards of electromagnetic compatibility. FCC WARNING : This equipment generates and can [...]

Help 51 DSP5000C User Guide Outside the UK, contact the importing agent for the territory. A list of Meridian agents abroad is available from the above address. No responsibility can be accepted for the DSP5000C while it is in transit to the fac tory or an agent, and customer s are therefore advised to insure the unit. In the USA and Canada, contac[...]

Appendix 52 DSP5000C User Guide Appendix 1 DSP5000C types Type 1 setup, Meridian 500 series system using 562 The Meridian 562 allows simple control and routing of analogue and digital sources. All connections from sources are made to 562 which then sends a single digital feed to the DSP5000Cs. Type 1 sets the DSP5000C as a left master, so you will [...]

Appendix 53 DSP5000C User Guide Type 2 setup, Meridian CD as preamp (via 607), 204 connected The Meridian compact disc player range includes players with built-in preamplifiers, such as the 207 and the 208. To use the analogue inputs of these units, it is necessary to put a 607 (or similar) A/D converter between the fixed output of the preamp secti[...]

Appendix 54 DSP5000C User Guide Type 4 setup, 601 preamp or 201 or 603 as preamp via 607, Meridian CD and 204, CD with direct connection In this Type, the CD player is directly connected to D1, and all other sources are mediated through an external control unit or preamplifier. The output of an analogue preamplifier (201 or 603) will have to be con[...]

Appendix 55 DSP5000C User Guide Type 5 setup, Meridian 500 system not using 562 The CD is connected directly to D1 , all other sources are routed directly or via an A/D converter to D2 . Type 5 sets the DSP5000C as a left master, so you will need to make the other a right slave, or adjust left/right on both speakers. Type 5 500 500, 506, 508 Remote[...]

Appendix 56 DSP5000C User Guide 1L 65 and the red light will be on. 2. Switch the power off. You have now set the test master. 3. Switch on the power supply to the slave speaker only while continuously pressing the Previous key on the MSR 1L 65 4. Switch the power off. You have now set the test slave. If you now turn both speakers on, they will com[...]

Appendix 57 DSP5000C User Guide Controls Test mode Remote key Logo Input on DSP5000C Control? Channel selected CD 1L D1 No Left Radio 1r D1 No Right LP 2L D2 No Left Tape 1 2r D2 No Right Internally generated test signals A number of internally generated test signals are available in Calibrate mode. These include: • one sample width impulse with [...]

Appendix 58 DSP5000C User Guide Appendix 4 Tilt control responses, showing the steps between +10 and –10 DSP5000C bass control, showing 1dB steps between +5 and –5 10Hz 100Hz 1kHz 10kHz -6dB -4dB -2dB 0dB 2dB 4dB 6dB 10Hz 100Hz 1kHz 10kHz -6dB -4dB -2dB 0dB 2dB 4dB 6dB[...]

Appendix 59 DSP5000C User Guide Relative response of the ‘boundary’ and subwoofer settings 10Hz 100Hz 1000Hz 10000Hz - 35dB - 30dB - 25dB - 20dB - 15dB - 10dB - 5dB 0dB 5dB Boundar y Sub1 Sub2 Corner[...]

Index 60 DSP5000C User Guide Index 201,use with, 43 207,use with, 43 208,use with, 43 500- and 200-Series mixed, 45 601 use with, 44 603,use with, 43 Address product, 33 system, 33 Att. display, 17 Autoconfigure, 33 Axis explained, 21 listening, 21 using the control, 21 Balance explained, 17 option in surround, 34 using the control, 17 Bass control[...]

Index 61 DSP5000C User Guide source in Config, 31 source menus in Config, 35 system in Config, 31 Meridian Digital Theatre connecting to, 45 Meridian products,use with other, 43 MSR, 7, 8 Multiroom protocols, 34 Mute and demute, 17 Normal how to get back to, 28 Operating basics, 14 summary, 26 Pause, 23 Phase control, 20 explained, 21 Play, 23 Posi[...]

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