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MERIDIÅN TWO ROOM PLUS SYSTEM Meridian Audio Ltd 14 Clifton Road Huntingdon Cambridgeshire PE18 7EJ England Tel (0) 1480 52144 Fax (0) 1480 459934 Meridian America Inc 3800 Camp Creek Parkway Building 2400 Suite 112 Atlanta GA 30331 Tel (404) 344-7111 Fax (404) 346-7111 “Boothroyd|Stuart Meridian ”, MERIDIÅN and...
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Two-Room Plus Guide Meridian Two-Room plus System. Meridian Two-Room plus is an easy to install system which gives listening and control in two or more rooms. Only standard Meridian 500 Series components are needed. This manual describes some systems and explains the options available.
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Two-Room Plus Guide All-Analogue Systems A typical analogue Two-Room System is shown in figure 1. Audio for the second room is taken from the Tape Output of the 501, via long phono-phono leads, to the Tape 1 input of the 551. The communications connection needed is a long 500 Comms lead between the Comms sockets of the remote 551 and the main system.
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THIRD ROOM MAIN ROOM Tape 1 Comms TYPE 8 Figure 2: ANALOGUE TWO-ROOM PLUS SYSTEM PHONO-PHONO LEAD SPEAKER WIRE 500 COMMS LEAD The Comms connection is ‘daisy-chained’ from room to room, while the audio for each room is connected by a separate lead back to the Tape Output of the control unit in the main room.When three or more rooms are installed, the control units in the...
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DSP5000 DSP5000 S5 LEAD THIRD ROOM Tape 1 Comms Figure 3: TWO-ROOM PLUS SYSTEM TYPE 8 ANALOGUE PHONO LEAD SPEAKER WIRE 500 COMMS LEAD DIGITAL PHONO LEAD The other rooms may contain 501s or 551s. These should be set to TYPE 8 if three or more rooms are needed.
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Two-Room Plus Guide An All Digital System Figure 4 shows a system with two pairs of Digital Active Loudspeakers connected to a 562. This system is very easy to install and provides exceptional sound quality. The master DSP5000s are connected with M5 leads to the 562. The digital audio for the main room is connected to the Main digital output and the second room to the Tape digital output.
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Two-Room Plus Guide Distributing Video If the control unit in the main room is a 501V or a 562V, AV installations may also have composite video routed to other rooms. Selecting a source in a secondary room will then select the picture as well as the sound. The composite VCR outputs of the main room control unit should be wired along with the comms and audio connections so that pictures from the VCR or Laser Disc in the main room may be viewed elsewhere in the house.
Two-Room Plus Guide System Requirements All 500 series components are compatible with Meridian Two-Room plus. Minimum software requirements are shown in the table below. All units should have at least the version shown in whichever room they are. Software version is shown when the Display key is pressed in Standby.
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