INTRODUCTION
PREFACE
Typical specification
Drives
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Audio outputs
The 800 is supplied as standard with digital or analogue outputs, or both:
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Signal processing
800 uses Meridian's proprietary DSP software to provide the following
powerful features:
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Video outputs
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Video inputs
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Controls, etc.
Front-panel facia controls for:
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Internal ATAPI/IDE drive, with space for a second drive.
6-channel (multichannel) digital outputs, normal or encrypted, PCM or
compressed.
2-channel (auxiliary) digital output, normal or encrypted, PCM or
compressed.
6-channel analogue output, balanced and unbalanced.
Upsampling/downsampling.
FIFO and error correction.
Resolution enhancement.
MLP decoding.
HDMI output, providing video for HDMI-compatible displays, plus
two-channel audio.
Analogue progressive component video.
Composite, S-video, or interlaced component video.
NTSC or PAL.
16:9 or 4:3 letterbox/pan-scan.
Black level option for NTSC.
Picture controls for aspect ratio, picure position (progressive only),
brightness, contrast, and hue (NTSC only).
2 composite, 2 S-video, and 1 interlaced component video input.
Analogue video sources converted internally to a common
broadcast-resolution standard digital video format.
Open, Play, Stop, Pause, Previous, Next, and Off.
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