Meridian DSP5000C User Manual page 18

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 speakers.
When used as a left–right pair, the balance control of the DSP5000C uses
digital signal-processing to delay and diminish the sound in one speaker,
thus effectively shifting the speaker's image back. Thus balance control
compensates, to a certain extent, for an off-centre listening position. If you
sit off-axis, this control will rotate the image.
Note Because the use of the balance control processes the digital signal,
you may hear a slight clicking as the balance is adjusted.
How to use the balance control in a pair of DSP5000C
If you are playing a CD, press Display enough times to get the
permanent display:
cd ##
Here ## represents the volume number. (This will help you to understand
the functioning of the balance control better, but it is not essential).
1. Press the w or the e menu key until the balance display shows. The
master display will momentarily show
L. 0
This allows you to ask the DSP5000C what its balance setting is without
changing it.
Note We call this kind of display a cursor – in this case, the tilt cursor.
DSP5000C uses several cursors to access functions such as tilt, bass,
phase, track selection and preset selection.
To get rid of a cursor, either
wait a few seconds, or
select another cursor, or
hit another (inactive) key
To change the balance setting:
1. Make sure that you can see the balance cursor display on the master:
L. 0
2. Press the n menu key. The display will change to
L. 1
showing that you have moved the balance one volume number towards
the left. After a few moments the display will revert, but you will now see
that the left speaker has a volume number one greater than the right.
3. Press n again. The display will move to
L. 2
To move the sound towards the right:
1. Use the menu s key instead
The balance can be adjusted between ±30 dBs, incremented in 1 dB
steps.
To restore the central condition, press Clear.
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