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MERIDIAN DSP5000C USER
MANUAL
Meridian Audio Ltd
14 Clifton Road
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire PE18 7EJ
England
Tel (0) 480 52144
Telex 32577 (MERIDN)
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Meridian America Inc
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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-room and Meridian Digital
Theatre: August 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 Version 1: 500 mode compatible with MSR, Surround, 2-room and Meridian Digital Theatre: August 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...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Customising DSP5000C: an overview ... 27 Restoring default settings ... 27 Storing preferred tone settings ... 27 How to customise DSP5000C ... 28 Customising: general procedure ... 28 Type: an overview ... 28 Config: an overview... 28 Setup: an overview... 29 Customising using Type ...
  • Page 3 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...53 Type 3 setup, 601, 201, 603 or 562 as preamp via 607, Meridian CD and 204 connected...53...
  • Page 4 This page intentionally blank. DSP5000C User Guide...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    If you are going to use the DSP5000C in a surround system based on the Meridian 565 Digital Surround Processor, then you should follow specific installation information given in its user guide.

  • Page 6: Dsp5000C Description

    Since the digital audio signal is in stereo format, the DSP5000C needs to be told if it is a centre, or on the left or right. We refer to the DSP5000C which is on the left when viewed from the listening position as the left speaker.

  • Page 7: Control

    Note 200-mode with DSP5000C is incompatible with the Meridian 565 Digital Surround Processor. See the 565 User Manual. Note In a 200-Series system DSP5000C must be set to Type 2 (see page 30) and the MSR must be configured to Option 3 (see MSR User Guide).

  • Page 8: Unpacking The Dsp5000C

    Meridian System Remote (MSR) Note The MSRs can be obtained from your dealer. The MSR uses infra-red transmission to operate the DSP5000C. It uses a PP3 battery. When a key is pressed, an indicating light shows in the window of the MSR.

  • Page 9: Installing Your Dsp5000C

    27 We recommend that you first get to know the DSP5000C by using one of the standard setups, and by working through this manual. Do not be afraid later to experiment with customising – we have given you a simple way of getting back to where you started from! (see page 30).

  • Page 10: Connections

    Calibration and Test are intended only for use by the factory or by service engineers. Connections For details of You will need to make four types of connection to the DSP5000C: making all con- digital audio nections, see communications Connecting master–slave...
  • Page 11 If it does, the speaker may not ‘see’ your commands from the MSR. No harm will be done to the DSP5000C; it will simply be inconvenient.

  • Page 12: Starting Off With Dsp5000C

    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 DSP5000C. A small point on the display should now be illuminated: 3. Turn on the power switch at the rear of any slaves. A small point on...

  • Page 13: Standby

    AC power supply. The memory functions of DSP5000C use EEPROM, which is non- volatile, and therefore has the ability to store your data indefinitely when the power is switched off.

  • Page 14: Basic Operation Of Dsp5000C

    In Type 1, this will select RD on a Meridian 562/5. The speaker displays Here rd means that the source is a radio tuner, and that the DSP5000C expects a Meridian 504 to be connected to the Radio input of the 562/5 and into the communications system.

  • Page 15: Display

    Changing the display The DSP5000C has several display modes. To change the display: 1. Press Display The master DSP5000C 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

    4. Pressing Display again brings you back to the source and volume display. One useful way to set up DSP5000C is to leave the track display on the master, since the 565 or any slave always displays the source and volume.

  • Page 17: Mute

    The balance control in the speaker is only used if you have two DSP5000Cs connected as a conventional stereo pair. If you have set up the DSP5000C as a centre-channel then the balance control is ignored. If the speaker is used with a Meridian 565 Digital Surround Processor, then the balance function is taken over by the 565.
  • Page 18 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.

  • Page 19: Tilt Control

    To recall a tilt setting, use the Store key; see page 22. Tilt explained The tilt control allows you to adjust the broad balance of the DSP5000C to correct for the acoustics of your listening room, or for a misbalanced recording.

  • Page 20: Bass Control

    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. To adjust the bass: 1.

  • Page 21: Axis

    To adjust the axis: 1. Press the w or e menu key until the axis cursor display shows. The master display will momentarily show This allows you to ask the DSP5000C what its axis setting is without changing it. To change the axis: 1.

  • Page 22: Recalling Settings

    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.

  • Page 23: 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 DSP5000C 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 24: Selecting Index Points

    1. Press 1 followed by 5 The DSP5000C will show – Again, press Play or wait for a short time. If you select a track that does not exist on the disc, the DSP5000C 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 25: 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 DSP5000C 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 26: Operation Summary

    Store Mute n n (red) s s (red) Operation FUNCTION Puts the DSP5000C 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 27: Customising Dsp5000C: An Overview

    Type settings, and you can return to these at any time. Programming is the process of telling the DSP5000C what you want it to do when the MSR is used. It is based round the Type system, which has eight different Types;...

  • Page 28: How To Customise Dsp5000C

    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 DSP5000C, so you will not necessarily lose any settings you have previously made.

  • Page 29: Setup: An Overview

    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 selections that affect the way in which DSP5000C responds to certain keys.

  • Page 30: Customising Using Type

    Selecting Types 1. Switch off the DSP5000C, using the power switch on the back, and wait for 3 seconds 2. While pressing the 6 key (or 2 for Type 2, 5 for Type 5 etc.) on the remote control, switch the power on again.

  • Page 31: Customising Using Config

    Note Under normal circumstances, you should not switch on the DSP5000C while any key on the MSR is being pressed. If you do this, you may accidentally select a new Type and change any previous programming.

  • Page 32: How To Use Config

    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 3 seconds 2. While pressing the 0 key on the remote control, switch the power on again.
  • Page 33 We recommend trying to set the system using Auto. There may be specific instances when it is necessary to make the speaker ‘Not Controller’. (For example if the DSP5000C is invisible to the handset – e.g. behind a projection screen).

  • Page 34: Surround System Options

    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 while in the system menu: 1.

  • Page 35: Source Menus

    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.
  • Page 36 For 200 mode only, this tells the DSP5000C that the source is a Meridian 232 controlling a CD changer. In 500 or 200 mode this tells the DSP5000C that the source is like a Laserdisc player. Some laserdiscs carry digital subcode (chapter, time etc.) that can be displayed by the speaker.

  • Page 37: 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 DSP5000C, 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 38: Boundary Controls

    Using the system boundary control for a left-right pair This menu will appear on any master DSP5000C which is in Setup – even if it is a centre channel and even if there is no left or right DSP speaker.

  • Page 39: 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 40: Connecting Dsp5000C

    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 DSP5000C to pass on a signal to the another DSP speaker. This means that a slave only needs one digital input connected.
  • Page 41 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 use the same outlet group for any tuner or TV.

  • Page 42: Digital Audio Connections

    RF interaction with your system. Unscreened cables for digital connections may cause illegal levels of RF interference. The DSP5000C 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 43: Communications Connections

    Meridian 607 3. Connect a second digital audio lead (not provided) between the D2 input of the master DSP5000C and the digital output of the 607 4. Locate the DIN plug at the far end of the M5-lead (from the master).
  • Page 44 3. Connect a second digital audio lead (not provided) between the D2 input of the master DSP5000C 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 45: Rs232 Connection

    (The P-lead supplied with the 200-Series will work, but the CD5 is preferred) 5. Configure the DSP5000C and 500-Series item for 200 mode (see page If you are using no other Meridian equipment 1 Connect the DSP5000C's D1 and D2 digital inputs to appropriate...

  • Page 46: 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 DSP5000C User Guide...

  • Page 47: 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 DSP5000C is not in Mute. If it is, you will see this display: Att.

  • Page 48: Meridian Cd Does Not Respond

    DSP5000C system, the speakers and any 500-Series components must be put into 200-mode (normally Type 2). 3. Make sure that the DSP5000C has been set up so that this source is Comms type ‘1C’ – see page 36.

  • Page 49: Dsp5000C Does 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 DSP5000C system, the speakers and any 500-Series components must be put into 200-mode (normally Type 2).

  • Page 50: Radio Interference

    1. Reorient the receiving aerial (or antenna), or route the antenna cable of the receiver as far away as possible from the DSP5000C and its cabling 2. Ensure that the receiver uses well-screened antenna cable 3.

  • Page 51: Guarantee

    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 factory or an agent, and customers are therefore advised to insure the unit.

  • Page 52: Appendix 1 Dsp5000C Types

    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 need to make the other a right slave, or adjust left/right on both speakers.

  • Page 53: Type 2 Setup, Meridian Cd As Preamp (Via 607)

    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 DSP5000C as a left master, so you will need to make the other a right slave, or adjust left/right on both speakers.

  • Page 54: Type 4 Setup, 601 Preamp Or

    The 601 has very comprehensive customisation facilities, and these are covered in its manual. If you are using DSP5000C with a 601, you are advised to study the 601 user guide, bearing in mind that recommendations concerning D6000 apply equally to DSP5000C.

  • Page 55: 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.

  • Page 56: Appendix 3 Calibrate Mode

    4. Switch the power off. You have now set the test slave. If you now turn both speakers on, they will come up in Test mode. To get back to normal user mode: 1. Switch on the power to each speaker with the Clear key pressed Controls Test mode...
  • Page 57 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 DSP5000C off and then on again while pressing Clear. This should bring you back into the normal playing state.

  • Page 58: Appendix 4

    Appendix 4 -2dB -4dB -6dB 10Hz Tilt control responses, showing the steps between +10 and –10 -2dB -4dB -6dB 10Hz DSP5000C bass control, showing 1dB steps between +5 and –5 100Hz 1kHz 100Hz 1kHz Appendix 10kHz 10kHz DSP5000C User Guide...
  • Page 59 -5dB -10dB -15dB -20dB -25dB -30dB -35dB 10Hz 100Hz Relative response of the ‘boundary’ and subwoofer settings Appendix Boundary Sub1 Sub2 Corner 1000Hz 10000Hz DSP5000C User Guide...

  • Page 60: Index

    6 locating, 40 setting, 31 Memory, 13 recalling settings, 39 recalling user settings, 22 setting up, 39 storing settings, 21, 39 user memory explained, Menu background, 17 keys, 17 reviewing settings, 17 root in Config, 31 DSP5000C User Guide...
  • Page 61 15 selection on a CD, 23 Type list of types, 52, 53, 55 overview, 28 selecting, 30 Unpacking DSP5000, 8 Version. see EPROM Volume display, 15 explanation, 16 mode, 34 Wall correction, 29 Warranty, 51 DSP5000C User Guide...

  • Page 62: Notes

    Notes Notes DSP5000C User Guide...
  • Page 63 Notes DSP5000C User Guide...

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