Meridian DSP8000 User Manual page 18

14
Setting up
the DSP8000
loudspeakers
To connect three or more DSP loudspeakers in a Meridian surround system
DSP loudspeaker – Centre (master)
MERIDIAN
SPEAKERLINK
INPUT OUTPUT
Other DSP
loudspeakers
MERIDIAN
SPEAKERLINK
INPUT OUTPUT
• Use the Comms part of a Digital/BNC lead to
connect the BNC COMMS socket on the Meridian
Surround Processor to the DSP loudspeaker you
have chosen as the master (typically the centre).
• Use the audio part of the Digital/BNC lead to
connect the appropriate digital output on the Meridian
Surround Processor to the master DSP loudspeaker.
• Connect each pair of DSP loudspeakers to the
appropriate digital output on the Meridian Surround
Processor, and to the BNC COMMS output from the
master DSP loudspeaker, using a Digital/BNC lead.
MERIDIAN DIGITAL
COMMS
INPUT OUTPUT INPUT OUTPUT
BNC T-piece
DSP8000 loudspeaker – Main R
MERIDIAN DIGITAL
COMMS
INPUT OUTPUT INPUT OUTPUT
RJ45 lead
Meridian Surround Processor
DIGITAL OUTPUTS
Digital/BNC lead
DSP8000 loudspeaker – Main L
MERIDIAN
SPEAKERLINK
INPUT OUTPUT INPUT OUTPUT
• Link each pair of DSP loudspeakers together using
RJ45 leads, as shown in the illustration.
If your system includes more than three DSP
loudspeakers use BNC T-pieces to distribute the
Comms to successive pairs of loudspeakers.
• Configure the centre DSP Loudspeaker as M.Coax,
the Main L DSP8000 as S.Coax, and the Main R
DSP8000 as S.RJ45; see To choose master or slave
and the primary connector , page 24.
BNC
COMMS
Digital/BNC lead
MERIDIAN DIGITAL
COMMS
INPUT OUTPUT