Description
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D6000 User Guide
D6000 description
You will find it simpler to understand how the D6000 works if you consider
it as a combination of the following components:
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digital preamplifier, to select and control up to four digital sources
directly, and to provide fixed and switched digital output for the other
D6000
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digital audio processor, whose functions include decoding as well as
error detection and correction
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digital signal-processor, dealing with tone controls, digital crossover,
balance and volume
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four precision digital to analogue
∆Σ
converters for bass-mid and
tweeter
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remote control for all functions, including volume, balance, mute and
various tone controls
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controlling computer
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Meridian 500-Series communicator
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Meridian 200- or 600-Series communicator
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3-way active loudspeaker, with six drive units and two 75W and two
100W power amplifiers per speaker
Master and slave speakers
In every room containing D6000s, one speaker is chosen (by means of
either factory setting or user setup) to be in charge of the other Meridian
components in that room. We refer to this as the master speaker. It
controls the functions of the other D6000, and communicates with all the
other Meridian products in the system via the M5-lead provided. The
master speaker is also the one that ‘watches’ the remote control, and
should therefore be placed so that it has the best possible view of the
room, although the connections between the other components of your
system must also be considered.
A normal installation uses two D6000s, one as the master speaker and
the other as a slave.
The master is identified by a red light in the display window.
Left and right
Since the digital audio signal is in stereo format, the D6000s need to be
told which of them is the left speaker and which the right. We refer to the
D6000 which is on the left when viewed from the listening position as the
left speaker.
You are not restricted to having the master speaker on the left. This
choice can be made independently, since it affects the way the cables run
in your installation. As supplied, the D6000s are set up as a left master
and a right slave, as indicated by a spot in the appropriate box on the
back of each speaker, but you can alter this by programming the
speakers.
However, the D6000s are intentionally handed in their physical design.
When installed as intended, the heads have the sloping sides on the
outsides and the gold stripes are on the inside for both speakers.
Control
The D6000s are operated either by commands received from the Meridian
System Remote (MSR) supplied with the loudspeakers, or by commands
