Meridian 808.3, User Manual

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Using the preamplifier
features
Selecting a source
The 808.3 responds to the following 12 source keys
on the remote:
CD, Radio, DVD, Aux, Disc, Tape, TV, Cable, Sat,
VCR1, VCR2, and Game.
The CD source usually corresponds to the internal
drive.
The Aux source usually corresponds to the internal
Sooloos interface.
The input associated with each of the sources
depends on how the 808.3 has been set up; for more
information refer to the
Meridian Configuration Program
Guide
.
Your installer may have customised the labels
displayed for each source to suit your other
equipment.
To select a source
Press Source (under the front panel) until the
display shows the source you want, or press the
appropriate source key on the remote; eg
CD
.
The display shows the source and volume setting.
For example, if you select the Radio source:
The display shows:
Radio 65
The 808.3 mutes the sound while you change
source.
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To play music from a Sooloos server
Either:
Press Source (under the front panel) until the
display shows SLS, or press the Aux key on the
remote.
Or:
Select the 808.3 zone from the Sooloos controller.
You can then listen to music streamed from the
Sooloos server.
The volume and mute controls on the Sooloos
controller will operate the 808.3.
To control the Sooloos server
When the SLS source is selected you can control the
Sooloos server from the 808.3 front panel controls.
Press > , = , or * to control playback.
Press [ or ] to step between tracks in the server’s
play queue.
For more information please refer to the
Meridian
Sooloos Network Card Guide .
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