Adjusting The Sound - Meridian 3100 Installation And User Manual

Adjusting the sound

To change the treble or bass
The 3100 loudspeakers provide sophisticated treble and bass controls, to allow you
to adjust the broad balance of the system to correct for the acoustics of your
listening room, or for a misbalanced recording.
The controls are more subtle than conventional tone controls, and take advantage
of digital signal processing techniques to provide a more natural adjustment of the
frequency response.
• Press Function < or Function > until the display shows the current treble or bass.
• Press Function A or Function V to change the treble or bass.
The treble control tilts the frequency of the response over the entire frequency
range to make the sound brighter or dimmer. It can be adjusted between ±10db in
0.5dB steps. Normally settings between +1.0 and -2.0 will give the most natural
results.
The bass control allows you to adjust the bass response in the room by ±5dB in 0.5dB
steps. Normally settings between +3.0 and -2.0 will give the most natural results.
To change the absolute phase
You can change the absolute phase of the signal, to compensate for signals which
are out of phase, giving an unnatural-sounding bass.
• Press Function > or Function < until the display shows the current phase.
• Press Function A or Function V to change the phase.
To change the balance or axis
The balance control of the DSP loudspeakers uses digital signal processing to
compensate for an off-centre listening position by delaying and diminishing the
sound in one speaker, thus effectively shifting the speaker's image back.
The axis control allows you to adjust the optimum listening height of the DSP
loudspeakers, like a balance control operating in the vertical plane.
• Press Function < or Function > on the remote until the display shows the
current balance or axis.
• Press Function A or Function V to change the balance or axis.
The display shows the direction and position of the listening position.
There are 32 balance steps in each direction.
The axis can be adjusted between 3 and -2, where 0 corresponds to the axis of the
treble unit. Usually a listener will be below that position, so we recommend settings
of -1 or -2.