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MERIDIAN DSP5000 USER MANUAL
Meridian Audio 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 4: 500 mode compatible with MSR
Surround, 2-room and Meridian Digital
Theatre: July 1994
Author: J R Stuart
"Boothroyd|Stuart Meridian", MERIDIÅN and
Meridian Digital Theatre are registered
trademarks of Meridian Audio Ltd
©
Meridian Audio Ltd
1993, 1994

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  • Page 1 MERIDIAN DSP5000 USER MANUAL Meridian Audio 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...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Customising DSP5000: an overview ... 29 Restoring default settings ... 29 Storing preferred tone settings ... 29 How to customise DSP5000 ... 30 Customising: general procedure ... 30 Type: an overview ... 30 Config: an overview... 30 Setup: an overview... 31 Customising using Type ...
  • Page 3 Guarantee ...54 Appendix 1 DSP5000 types ...55 Type 1 setup, Meridian 500 series system using 562 ...55 Type 2 setup, Meridian CD as preamp (via 607), 204 connected...56 Type 3 setup, 601, 201, 603 or 562 as preamp via 607, Meridian CD and 204 connected...56...
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  • Page 5: Introduction

    This manual will enable you to get the most from them. The DSP5000 is a sophisticated product. You should therefore read all the supplied documentation before fully installing the DSP5000, particularly if you intend to customise its functions.

  • Page 6: Dsp5000 Description

    Since the digital audio signal is in stereo format, the DSP5000 needs to be told if it is a centre, or on the left or right. We refer to the DSP5000 which is on the left when viewed from the listening position as the left speaker.

  • Page 7: Control

    DSP5000, then the DSP5000s and any 500-Series components must be operated in 200 mode. See page 30. Note In a 200-Series system DSP5000 must be set to Type 2 (see page 32) and the MSR must be configured to Option 3 (see MSR User Guide).

  • Page 8: Meridian System Remote (Msr)

    Fitting the feet It is easiest to fit the feet with the speakers upside down, before removing the inner carton or foam packing. Each DSP5000 needs four feet, fitted as follows: 1. Find the eight screw-in spikes, and the lock nuts, foot caps and wrench provided.
  • Page 9 Installation Note Additional MSRs can be obtained from your dealer if you would prefer to have more than one. DSP5000 User Guide...

  • Page 10: Installing Your Dsp5000

    DSP5000, see Customising DSP5000: an overview, on page 29, describes your Customising options in detail. By the time you have set up DSP5000 according to your DSP5000: an needs, you will be aware of how the alternative choices available to you overview, on can differ from the standard configurations.

  • Page 11: Connections

    If it does, the DSP5000 may not ‘see’ your commands from the MSR. No harm will be done to the DSP5000; it will simply be inconvenient.

  • Page 12: Starting Off With Dsp5000

    1. Switch on the power to the sources, but for now do not start them playing. 2. Turn on the power switch at the rear of the master DSP5000. A small point on the display should now be illuminated: 3. Turn on the power switch at the rear of the slave DSP5000. A small...

  • Page 13: Starting The Dsp5000

    MSR would not control it. Note The response of the DSP5000 to commands will be slower if it is set up to expect a Meridian component when one is not connected. If non- Meridian components are used, the DSP5000 should be set up accordingly.

  • Page 14: Basic Operation Of Dsp5000

    The other input keys on the MSR (e.g. LP, Tape 1, Video and Tape 2) operate in a similar way in Type 1: The LP input of a Meridian 562 is engaged. The D1 input of the DSP5000 is selected. The display shows The Tape 1 input of a Meridian 562 is engaged.

  • Page 15: Display

    Changing the display The DSP5000 has several display modes. To change the display: 1. Press Display The master DSP5000 will cycle through the five display options, which are: source + volume number (convenient legends which you have chosen are displayed) blank track number for CD;...

  • Page 16: Volume

    While the CD player is loading a disc (reading the disc’s directory), the DSP5000 will show the directory message: At the end of a CD, the DSP5000 will detect the lead-out track and momentarily display the message 1. With the disc playing, press Display again. You will see a disc time display, counting up as the disc plays.
  • Page 17 Using DSP5000 Note Subjectively one judges a volume increase of 9dB to be equivalent to a doubling of loudness, so each volume number represents about a 11% change in loudness, with nine steps to double loudness. DSP5000 User Guide...

  • Page 18: Mute

    Phase Balance Axis Tip This is also the way to review settings you have made. The DSP5000 will cycle through its menus, displaying the current choice in each one as it goes. In Setup mode, an additional menu item appears for boundary or free bass alignment or choice of subwoofer modes.
  • Page 19 1. Press the w or the e menu key until the balance display shows. The master display will momentarily show This allows you to ask the DSP5000 what its balance setting is without changing it. Note We call this kind of display a cursor – in this case, the tilt cursor.
  • Page 20 Using DSP5000 Note This will also reset the bass and tilt controls. DSP5000 User Guide...

  • Page 21: Tilt Control

    They are less crude than conventional tone controls. The responses of the tilt control in DSP5000 are shown in Appendix 4 on page To review the tilt setting: 1.

  • Page 22: Bass Control

    Bass control The bass control allows you to adjust the bass response in the room. The responses of the bass control in DSP5000 are shown in Appendix 4 on page 61. To adjust the bass: 1. Press the w or e menu key until the bass cursor display shows. The...

  • Page 23: Axis

    An unusual feature of DSP5000 is that the tone control settings for tilt and bass can be stored separately for each source. If, for example, you happen to prefer a tilt setting only when listening to the video source, use Setup to programme the DSP5000 for that setting.

  • Page 24: Recalling Settings

    Using DSP5000 Recalling settings The settings stored in the DSP5000 can be recalled at any time. When the display is normal (i.e. not a tone cursor): 1. Press Store The DSP5000 will respond with rEc. Tip You can now compare the stored settings with the standard ones.

  • Page 25: Controlling A Meridian Cd Player

    1. Press Stop To make the disc pause 1. Press Pause The Pause indication on the Meridian CD will light up. If the DSP5000 master was displaying track or time information, it will display To start it again (‘unpause’) 1. Press Pause To cause a disc to repeat 1.

  • Page 26: Selecting Index Points

    1. Press 1 followed by 5 The DSP5000 will show – Again, press Play or wait for a short time. If you select a track that does not exist on the disc, the DSP5000 will show an error message: Err. Selecting index points To select index points you need to enter both the track and index point by number.

  • Page 27: Use With 504, 204 Or 604 Fm Tuner

    Comms to ‘N.C.’) To select a preset station, e.g. preset 4 1. Press 4 The DSP5000 will show a 'select cursor' display. For 500 mode the display is: For 200 mode the display is: 2. Either press Play or wait for a short time. The tuner will go to preset number 4.

  • Page 28: Operation Summary

    Store Mute n n (red) s s (red) Operation FUNCTION Puts the DSP5000 into Standby mode Selects a source to listen to 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 Starts a CD playing;...

  • Page 29: Customising Dsp5000: An Overview

    Type settings, and you can return to these at any time. Programming is the process of telling the DSP5000 what you want it to do when the MSR is used. It is based round the Type system, which has five different Types;...

  • Page 30: How To Customise Dsp5000

    When customising, you may need to use Type, Config and Setup, in that order, before reverting to Normal. In other cases, you may only need to use Config or Setup. Neither of these modes resets the DSP5000, so you will not necessarily lose any settings you have previously made.

  • Page 31: Setup: An Overview

    Config: control settings In Config, you can make selections that affect the way in which DSP5000 responds to certain keys. The main choices of this kind are: left or right master or slave Multiroom standby option sort of preamplifier or source switch box in the installation Config: sources and inputs In Config you can make decisions about sources, e.g.

  • Page 32: Customising Using Type

    Selecting Types 1. Switch off the DSP5000, using the power switch on the back, and wait for 3 seconds 2. While pressing the 1 key (2 for Type 2, 5 for Type 5) on the remote control, switch the power on again.

  • Page 33: Customising Using Config

    When you are happy with your left/right and master/slave choices for this speaker: 1. Switch off the DSP5000, using the power switch on the back 2. After a second, switch the DSP5000's power on again Note Ensure that you have set the two speakers to opposite settings. One must be left, the other right;...

  • Page 34: How To Use Config

    Note In Config, the speaker is silenced. How to use Config 1. Switch off the master DSP5000, using the power switch on the back, and wait for 3 seconds 2. While pressing the 0 key on the remote control, switch the power on again.
  • Page 35 500 tells you that this system operates in Meridian 500-Series mode. All controllable Meridian products must be 500 compatible. Also use this if the DSP5000 is the only controllable preamplifier connected (i.e. the source keys on the MSR will only select between the two inputs of the DSP5000).

  • Page 36: Surround System Options

    Choose ‘y’ if you are using a DSP speaker with centre-channel features as a centre. Source menus The source menus are used to change what happens when you press a key on the MSR (i.e. what the DSP5000 then displays, and which input it selects). Customising using Config menu keys.
  • Page 37 ‘phantoms’ of the same type, e.g. CD = ‘rd’ and Radio = ‘rd’. Source menu 2 options Source menu 2 is used to define which DSP5000 input will be selected for any given source key on the MSR. Customising using Config...
  • Page 38 For 200 mode only, this tells the DSP5000 that the source is a Meridian 232 controlling a CD changer. In 500 or 200 mode this tells the DSP5000 that the source is like a Laserdisc player. Some laserdiscs carry digital subcode (chapter, time etc.) that can be displayed by the speaker.

  • Page 39: Completing Config

    How to use Setup Note It is not necessary to make any adjustments to the slave for Setup. 1. Switch off the master DSP5000, using the power switch on the back, and wait for 3 seconds 2. While pressing the Store key on the remote control, switch the power on again.

  • Page 40: Boundary Controls

    Using the system boundary control for a left-right pair This menu will appear on any master DSP5000 which is in Setup – even if it is a centre channel and even if there is no left or right DSP speaker.

  • Page 41: Centre-Channel Options

    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 menu settings.

  • Page 42: Centre-Channel Options

    Connecting DSP5000 Four types of connection must be made to the DSP5000: power (see page 12) digital audio (see page 45) communications (see page 46)
  • Page 43 D1 The first digital input, using a coaxial cable D2 The second digital input, using a coaxial cable D OUT A digital output which is selected by the DSP5000 to pass on a signal to the other DSP5000. This means that the slave only needs to have one digital input connected.
  • Page 44 Phono lead, about 6m long. 2. Connect one DIN plug to the Comms Input socket and the accompanying phono plug to the D1 socket on the slave DSP5000. 3. Connect the other end to the Comms Output socket and the D OUT socket of the master.

  • Page 45: Digital Audio Connections

    RF interaction with your system. Unscreened cables for digital connections may cause illegal levels of RF interference. The DSP5000 has two coaxial digital inputs, D1 and D2. The M5- and S5- leads provided, which will be sufficient for the great majority of installations, connect to the D1 input and the D OUT output.

  • Page 46: 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 DSP5000 as a D600 or D6000 for communication purposes. The following sections describe the major points. If you have a Meridian 500-Series only system For example;...
  • Page 47 3. Connect a second digital audio lead (not provided) between the D2 input of the master DSP5000 and the digital output of the 607 4. Connect the SP5 adapter to the DIN plug at the far end of the M5-lead (from the master) 5.

  • Page 48: Rs232 Connection

    (The P-lead supplied with the 200-Series will work, but the CD5 is preferred) 5. Configure the DSP5000 and 500-Series item for 200 mode (see page If you are using no other Meridian equipment 1 Connect the DSP5000's D1 and D2 digital inputs to appropriate digital...

  • Page 49: Specification

    2 x 160mm polypropylene high-efficiency long- throw custom drivers Meridian 25mm piston in short horn: aluminium dome with silver voice-coil. Constructed from fine veneered MDF 210 x 900 x 295mm 32 kg each 100–125; 200-230; 210–250V AC 50–60Hz 20VA standby; 300VA max DSP5000 User Guide...

  • Page 50: Help

    3. Check that the correct source has been selected, and that this source is running and producing music 4. Check that all interconnections have been made to the correct sockets 5. Check that the DSP5000 is not in Mute. If it is, you will see this display: Att.

  • Page 51: Meridian Cd Does Not Respond

    DSP5000 system, the speakers and any 500-Series components must be put into 200-mode (normally Type 2). 3. Make sure that the DSP5000 has been set up so that this source is Comms type ‘1C’ – see page 38.

  • Page 52: Dsp5000S Do Not Respond

    Note All Meridian products must be in the same mode. 200 or 600-Series products can only work in 200 mode and if you intend to incorporate these in a DSP5000 system, the speakers and any 500-Series components must be put into 200-mode (normally Type 2).

  • Page 53: Cleaning

    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 DSP5000 while it is in transit to the factory or an agent, and customers are therefore advised to insure the unit.

  • Page 54: Guarantee

    The Meridian DSP5000 is guaranteed against defects in material and workmanship for 12 months from the date of purchase. The guarantee is void if the DSP5000 has been subjected to misuse, accident or negligence, or has been in any way tampered with or modified without the written authorisation of DGW Ltd.

  • Page 55: Appendix 1 Dsp5000 Types

    All connections from sources are made to 562 which then sends a single digital feed to the DSP5000s. Type 1 sets the DSP5000 as a left master, so you will need to make the other a right slave, or adjust left/right on both speakers.

  • Page 56: Type 2 Setup, Meridian Cd As Preamp (Via 607)

    DSP5000. It is possible to control one of the previously mentioned CD preamp combinations and a Meridian FM tuner using Type 1. Type 1 sets the DSP5000 as a left master, so you will need to make the other a right slave, or adjust left/right on both speakers.

  • Page 57: Type 4 Setup, 601 Preamp Or

    The 601 has very comprehensive customisation facilities, and these are covered in its manual. If you are using DSP5000 with a 601, you are advised to study the 601 user guide, bearing in mind that recommendations concerning D6000 apply equally to DSP5000.

  • Page 58: 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 DSP5000 as a left master, so you will need to make the other a right slave, or adjust left/right on both speakers.

  • Page 59: Appendix 3 Calibrate Mode

    This shows that you are in Calibrate mode and that the volume level is 65. This mode operates like Test, but two menus are enabled. Logo Input on Control? DSP5000 Appendix Channel selected Left Right Left Right DSP5000 User Guide...
  • Page 60 2. Press the n or s menu key to move in 0.5dB steps over the range ±3.5dB Getting out of Calibrate Once calibration is compete, switch the DSP5000 off and then on again while pressing Clear. This should bring you back into the normal playing state.

  • Page 61: Appendix 4

    Appendix 4 -2dB -4dB -6dB 10Hz Tilt control responses, showing the steps between +10 and –10 -2dB -4dB -6dB 10Hz DSP5000 bass control, showing 1dB steps between +5 and –5 100Hz 1kHz 100Hz 1kHz Appendix 10kHz 10kHz DSP5000 User Guide...
  • Page 62 -5dB -10dB -15dB -20dB -25dB -30dB -35dB 10Hz 100Hz Relative response of the ‘boundary’ and subwoofer settings Appendix Boundary Sub1 Sub2 1000Hz DSP5000 User Guide 10000Hz...

  • Page 63: Index

    6 locating, 43 setting, 33 Memory, 13 recalling settings, 42 recalling user settings, 24 setting up, 42 storing settings, 23, 42 user memory explained, Menu background, 18 keys, 18 reviewing settings, 18 root in Config, 33 DSP5000 User Guide...
  • Page 64 21 Track display of, 15 selection on a CD, 25 Type list of types, 55, 56, 58 overview, 30 selecting, 32 Unpacking DSP5000, 7 Version. see EPROM Volume display, 15 explanation, 17 mode, 36 Wall correction, 31 Warranty, 54...

  • Page 65: Notes

    Notes Notes DSP5000 User Guide...
  • Page 66 Notes DSP5000 User Guide...

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