Connecting The Compact Disc Transport - Meridian 500 User Manual

Connecting the compact disc transport

Back panel
The compact disc transport provides two alternative signal
outputs to allow you to choose the highest-quality method of
connection to your system.
The 500 Compact Disc Transport produces an extremely
low-noise low-jitter electrical digital output, and this is the
recommended method of connection to digital equipment.
The following table lists the equipment which uses each of the
two output types:
DIGITAL OPTICAL AES/EBU
OUTPUT EIAJ
Digital Optical
output output
COMM
(Meridian Comms Only)
AES/EBU Comms
output connections
Use this output To connect to this
Digital Output DSP6000 or DSP5000 Digital
Loudspeakers, a D/A converter, digital
preamplifier, or digital recorder, using
digital cable.
Optical EIAJ A D/A converter, digital preamplifier, or
digital recorder, using optical fibre.
AES/EBU A D/A converter, digital preamplifier, or
digital recorder, using XLR connectors.
OFF
ON
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