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Meridian 508 20-Bit CD Player
user guide
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Sales and service in the UK Meridian Audio Ltd Stonehill Sales and service in the USA Stukeley Meadows Cambs PE18 6ED Meridian America Inc England 3800 Camp Creek Parkway Designed and Building 2400 manufactured in the UK by Tel (01480) 52144 Suite 112 Fax (01480) 459934 Atlanta Digital Gramophone and Wireless Ltd GA 30331 Stonehill World Wide Web Stukeley Meadows http://www.meridian.co.uk Tel (404) 344 7111 Cambs Fax (404) 346 7111 PE18 6ED England Copyright © 1993–1996 Digital Gramophone and Wi
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Preface Contents Introduction 1 Introduces the 508 20-Bit CD Player, and provides an overview of the other products Using the CD player 7 available in the Meridian 500 Series. The Meridian 500 Series ........................ 2 Provides step-by-step instructions on how Sample configurations ........................... 3 to operate the CD player, using either the Setting up the Specification and accessories ............... 6 front panel or the Meridian System CD player 17 Remote. Describes how to
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Introduction In choosing the 508 20-Bit CD Player you have acquired a component that combines major advances in digital audio and engineering design. The 508 20-Bit CD Player incorporates a three-beam laser CD mechanism, for superb sound quality and disc playability. The precision-engineered turntable combines the advantages of drawer loading with the superior disc clamping normally associated with top loading players. The digital signal is decoded using the latest 20-bit dual-differential Delta
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The Meridian 500 Series The Meridian 500 Series is a unique system of digital, analogue, 500 Series communications and video components designed to meet the demand for absolute quality, ease of use, and lasting value. The Meridian 500 Series includes a sophisticated communications link, to ensure that any configuration of units The flexibility of the Meridian 500 Series is such that you can will work together as a fully integrated system. assemble a system as simple or as complex as you need, pe
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Introduction Sample configurations 508 20-Bit CD Player 500 Compact Disc Transport DSP5000 DSP5000 A500 A500 508 502 500 557 504 504 562 The 508 20-Bit CD Player is an integrated CD transport and The 500 Compact Disc Transport provides a precision digital converter, providing both digital and analogue outputs. output, and can drive DSP5000 Digital Loudspeakers directly. The 508 20-Bit CD Player is ideally suited for use with the A 562 Digital Control Unit can be added to cater for conventional M
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566 20-Bit Digital to Analogue 502 Analogue Controller Converter A500 A500 500 557 566 502 The digital output provided by the 500 Compact Disc Transport The 502 Analogue Controller is a full function preamplifier for use can be decoded by the 566 20-Bit Digital to Analogue Converter with any analogue source, and includes balanced inputs to allow to provide a high-quality audio output for use with a you to take advantage of balanced sources, including the 566 conventional audio preamplifier. The
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Introduction 562V Multimedia Controller DSP6000 DSP6000 Satellite Video Recorder Television 504 LaserDisc 500 562V The 562V Multimedia Controller is the ideal control unit for use conventional analogue sources such as the 504 Stereo FM with the Meridian DSP6000 Digital Loudspeakers. Tuner and video sound. It provides direct digital inputs for digital sources, such as the It also includes video switching for CVBS and S-VHS signals, 500 Compact Disc Transport and LaserDisc sound, together such as
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Specification and accessories Specification Meridian Audio reserves the right to amend product specifications at any time. THD Less than -93dBFS. Available accessories Noise Less than -93dBFS. Mechanism Three-beam laser. The following accessories are available from your dealer: Conversion Dual differential 20-bit Delta Sigma. m Meridian System Remote. Display Eight character dot-matrix display for m Power cord Europe. track, time, and index. m Power cord Canada and USA. Finish Black textured ena
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Using the CD player This chapter provides a summary of the functions of the CD player in order to identify the controls which you will use to operate the unit. It also describes all aspects of using the CD player, beginning with essential instructions such as switching on and loading a disc, to the more advanced functions such as programming. Unless otherwise specified, each function is available from the front panel or the remote.
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Front panel 1 Open Opens and closes the disc drawer. 2 > (Play) Display Plays a selected track, or moves to the next track. 3 ¥ (Stop) Stops the disc. BOOTHROYD STUART Play 14 508 4 = (Pause) Open > ¥= Display [ ] Off 20-Bit CD Player Pauses the disc. 5 Display Selects the information displayed. 6 [ (Previous) Drawer 12345678 Selects the previous track. 7 ] (Next) Selects the next track. 8 Off Switches to standby. 8 Using the CD player
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Using the CD player Switching on and off During normal use the CD player should be left in the standby state. This uses a negligible amount of electricity, but ensures that the components of the CD player operate at maximum efficiency from the moment you start playing a disc. If you are not going to use the CD player for a period of several days you should switch the unit completely off, at the back panel, and disconnect it from the AC power supply. To switch on from standby l Press Open (front
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Playing a disc The CD player allows you to play an entire disc, or start playing To move to the next track from any track. While a disc is playing you can go back to the start of the track or skip to the start of the next track. l Press > (Play). If you have programmed a selection, these functions also work To play starting from a particular track with the selection of tracks you have programmed. For information about programming; see Programming a selection, l Press ] (Next) or [ (Previous) to
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Using the CD player Stopping, pausing, and repeating play You can pause a disc while keeping it spinning, so that you can To continue after pausing resume play instantly. l Press = (Pause) or > (Play). You can also set a disc to play repeatedly, so that when the disc (or selection) has played, it will begin again from the beginning. To continuously repeat a disc This function is only available from the remote. l Press Repeat (remote only). To stop play The Repeat indicator will appear. l Press ¥
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Programming a selection With the remote you can programme a selection of tracks, and To programme by specifying the then play only those tracks you have programmed. tracks you want to play You can programme a selection either by storing the tracks you l Choose the first track you want to play, as described above. want to play, or by clearing the tracks you do not want to play. If you programme a selection by storing the tracks you want to The display will show the track Track 14 hear, you can pl
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Using the CD player To programme by specifying the The Clear label will change to Store to indicate that the track is tracks you do not want to play stored. l Choose one of the tracks you do not want to play, as To remove a track from a selection described above. l Select the track you want to remove, as described above. The display will show the track l Press Clear (remote only). Track 12 number; for example: The Store label will change to Clear to indicate that the track has l Press Clear (rem
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Disc information and scanning To change the display Scanning a disc l Press Display. The scan controls allow you to move quickly to any position on the disc at approximately 20 times normal speed. Each time you press the appropriate key, the display will step between the following display options: During scanning, the sound is muted and the display automatically changes to show the elapsed time for the whole Display Example disc, unless you have already selected one of the other time displays. T
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Using the CD player Using index points In addition to dividing music into tracks, some discs provide To move to an index point index points within each track to allow you to locate individual movements or bars. l Type the number of the track, followed by . and the number of the index point (remote only). For any disc with index points, the CD player’s track display will show the track and index number. For example, to play from track 3, index number 2, press 3.2. With the remote you can use inde
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Changing the absolute phase You can use the remote to change the absolute phase of the analogue output signal, which in some circumstances can give noticeable improvement in realism. To review the phase setting l Press Phase (remote only). Phase + The display will show: To change the phase setting l Press Phase. Phase + The display will show: l Press Phase again. Phase - The display will show: 16 Using the CD player
