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Page 1: ...M E R I D I A N G S E R I E S S Y S T E M G U I D E ...

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Page 3: ...aboratories Licensing Corporation Lucasfilm THX and THX Cinema are registered trademarks of Lucasfilm Ltd Surround EX is a jointly developed technology of THX and Dolby Laboratories Inc and is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories Inc All rights reserved Used under authorisation DTS is a registered trademark of Digital Theatre Systems Inc MPEG is a registered trademark of the MPEG organisation Ambison...

Page 4: ...tation 18 More Tuning manually and defining preset stations AM FM band 19 More Defining preset stations and scanning DAB band 20 Display 21 Playing DVD Video discs 23 Explains how to play DVD Video discs on the G Series DVD players Home Playing DVD Video discs 24 More Fast and slow motion playback 25 More Displaying and exiting from menus 26 More Selecting options from a menu 27 More Selecting the...

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Page 6: ... Meridian G Series a range of extremely advanced audio products designed to work together in a single integrated system This System Guide provides information about operating your G Series system whatever the particular combination of units it includes ...

Page 7: ...rtually any other remote controlled device via its learning capability or its extensive on board command library Full configuration of many G Series components may be achieved by running a special set up program on a Windows computer connected to the G Series unit via a serial link Construction Inside the Meridian G Series is as advanced as its appearance suggests G Series components incorporate t...

Page 8: ...e connected directly to a pair of Meridian DSP loudspeakers such as Meridian DSP5200s to create a complete stereo system with no additional components Integrated Analogue System 2ECEIVER BIT 0LAYER 0LAYER ac hij OME ORE z wxy On Off Open Display 3URROUND 0ROCESSOR ac hij OME ORE z wxy On Off Display The G51 Receiver combines an analogue preamplifier with a two channel power amplifier making it ide...

Page 9: ...3URROUND ONTROLLER 6 UDIO 4RANSPORT 30 30 30 30 6 0LAYER 0REAMPLIFIER 4UNER ac hij OME ORE z wxy On Off Open Display 6 0LAYER 0REAMPLIFIER 4UNER 2 6 33 OME ORE 6 On Off Display The G68 Digital Surround Controller can be used with Meridian digital loudspeakers such as DSP8000s and a DSP5500HC centre speaker to provide audiophile quality sound A further two or four speakers such as DSP420 Digital Lo...

Page 10: ...B a s i c u s e 5 Basic use This chapter describes the basic operation of the G Series products using the front panel or MSR ...

Page 11: ...ressing Home to the left of the soft keys You can display additional less frequently needed commands by pressing More to the right of the soft keys The more complex products have several sets of soft keys and pressing More steps between the sets Soft keys To select a command Press More until the command you want is displayed above the soft keys Press the soft key corresponding to the command If yo...

Page 12: ...ISPLAY HANGES THE FRONT PANEL DISPLAY OF THE CURRENT SOURCE OR WITH THE UNCTION 3TORE LEAR OR PROGRAMMING A TUNER OR PLAYER OR WITH THE UNCTION KEY 30 UMBER KEYS OR CONTROLLING A TUNER PLAYER OR 6 PLAYER UNCTION OLD DOWN TO SELECT A SECONDARY COMMAND SHOWN IN BLUE ON SOME KEYS 4RANSPORT KEYS OR CONTROLLING A PLAYER 6 PLAYER OR TUNER B a s i c u s e 7 Using the MSR You can control all of the functi...

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Page 14: ...U s i n g a p r e a m p li f i e r 9 Using a preamplifier This chapter explains how to select sources and control their volume using a preamplifier or receiver ...

Page 15: ...nge the balance the display shows how far you have moved the sound field and the direction To restore centre balance Adjust the balance until the display shows Sources To select a source Either Press the appropriate source key on the MSR Or Press the soft key corresponding to the source You may need to press More until the source you want is displayed Volume To change the volume Turn the volume co...

Page 16: ...er explains how to play audio CDs on your G Series CD player or DVD player The CD player and DVD player will play audio CDs recordable CDs and MP3 CD ROMs except G07 For information about playing DVD Audio discs see Playing DVD Audio discs page 33 ...

Page 17: ...he soft keys for playing CDs With a G91 select the DVD source first Play Skip To play the disc Press To skip to the next track Press while the disc is playing The display shows Stop To stop playback Press Pause Resume To pause playback Press Depending on the current display format the display shows PS or Pause You can change tracks while the disc is paused using or To resume playback Press or Prev...

Page 18: ...e normal speed Press for reverse or for forward The display shows To scan at eight times normal speed not G07 Press or again The display shows To revert to normal play Press or again or press Play resumes from the point you scanned to To change album on MP3 discs not G07 If you are playing an MP3 disc the fast scan keys change to V and A Press V or A to go to the previous or next album An album is...

Page 19: ...Track to Clear and all the other tracks will be marked Store You should clear the first track for a selection within two seconds or it will begin to play More Programming a selection The G Series CD and DVD players allow you to programme a selection of tracks and then play only those tracks you have programmed You can programme a selection either by storing the tracks you want to play or by cleari...

Page 20: ...k number and elapsed track time Track number and elapsed disc time Track number and remaining track time not G07 Track number and remaining disc time Total number of tracks and total disc time MP3 disc display options The G08 24 bit Upsampling CD Player and G Series DVD players will also play recordable CD ROMs containing folders of MP3 files called albums Press Display to step between the followi...

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Page 22: ...s available with the G01 Control Unit G51 Receiver G68 Digital Surround Controller and G91 DVD Audio Player Controller Tuner The radio tuner provides the FM waveband and a choice of AM LW and MW or DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting not available with G68 It supports RDS Radio Data System on FM to display the station name ...

Page 23: ... DAB band The tuner will select the previous or next service in alphabetical order FM AM band The tuner will scan down or up in frequency until it finds the next station On FM if the station supports RDS the display will show the station name Band To change the band Press Band You can switch between the following bands DAB FM tuner FM VHF DAB AM FM tuner FM VHF MW Medium Wave LW Long Wave AM FM tu...

Page 24: ...een characters Press Store to store the label The display shows Clear To clear the current preset station Press Clear Audio To change the audio setting Press Audio You can select between the following settings G01 G51 FM Mono or Stereo G68 G91 FM Stereo Wide Medium Narrow or Mono Wide Medium and Narrow progressively reduce the stereo width to reduce hiss on noisy stations AM Low Pass Whistle or Fi...

Page 25: ...o show the first unused preset label To select a different preset press or Press Store to store the preset station The display shows To edit the label After storing a preset station the display shows Press Store to edit the label or Return to exit If you selected Store Use V or A to change the flashing character and or to move between characters Press Store to store the label The display shows Cle...

Page 26: ...91 only Note The information displayed depends on the RDS features supported by the selected radio station and may take several seconds to appear DAB band Press Display to step between the following display options Station name Ensemble name Radio text scrolling Program type U s i n g t h e ra d i o t u n e r 2 1 Display ...

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Page 28: ...P l a y i n g DV D V i d e o d i s c s 2 3 Playing DVD Video discs This chapter explains how to play movies on DVD Video discs using the G Series DVD players ...

Page 29: ...e on screen display shows To resume after stopping Press The disc will resume playing from the position where you stopped playback and the on screen display shows To return to the start of the disc Press while the disc is stopped The on screen display shows and the disc is reset to the start Pause To pause playback Press The on screen display shows To step forward frame by frame You can step forwa...

Page 30: ...and slow motion playback More Fast and slow motion playback Play To resume normal speed Press Slow To play DVD Video discs in slow motion Press Slow during playback Each time you press Slow the speed switches between one half one quarter one eighth and one sixteenth normal speed as shown by the on screen display Pause To pause while playing at faster or slower than normal speed Press Fast reverse ...

Page 31: ...w to display these menus Press More while a DVD is playing to display the soft keys for displaying and exiting from menus Return To return from a menu Press Return This will exit from the menu without selecting an option Top To display the Top Menu Press Top Menu To display the disc menu Press Menu Enter To select a highlighted option Press Enter If you selected a title on a DVD Video disc playbac...

Page 32: ...cally appear if the DVD is currently displaying a menu screen for example when a disc is first loaded Menu To move left or right on a menu Press or Menu V A To move down or up on a menu Press V or A Enter To select a highlighted option Press Enter If you selected a title on a DVD Video disc playback will start from chapter 1 of that title If you selected a group on a DVD Audio disc playback will s...

Page 33: ... want to repeat Press Repeat to switch between chapter repeat title repeat and repeat off The current repeat mode is displayed on the on screen display A B To repeat a specific section of a disc Press A B at the beginning of the section you want to play back repeatedly The on screen display shows Press A B again at the end of the section The on screen display shows The DVD player automatically ret...

Page 34: ...ile a DVD is playing to display the soft keys for changing the camera angle and subtitles Angle To select or change the camera angle Press Angle while viewing a scene with multiple camera angles Each time you press Angle the next camera angle is selected after a short delay The camera angle icon on the on screen display shows the current camera angle and the total number of angles available Subtit...

Page 35: ...io With correctly authored DVDs the DVD player automatically selects the correct scaling For external inputs or incorrectly authored DVDs you can press the green key on the MSR to cycle through the following options 4x3 Typical VHS and broadcast TV 14x9LB 4x3 picture with black bars top and bottom enclosing a 14x9 image Typically BBC broadcasts in the UK 16x9LB 4x3 picture with black bars top and ...

Page 36: ... time Title number and remaining title time Title number and remaining chapter time Title number and chapter number Total number of titles and total disc time P l a y i n g DV D V i d e o d i s c s 3 1 Display Press Display to step between the following display options ...

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Page 38: ... 3 3 Playing DVD Audio discs The G Series DVD players can also play DVD Audio discs which provide a range of benefits over audio CDs including higher quality audio longer playing times multichannel sound and supplementary images and videos ...

Page 39: ... Audio content can be divided into up to nine groups similar to titles on Video discs Each group can contain up to 99 tracks Groups can be used to separate content like high quality audio from movie sections Alternatively groups might provide the same content in different formats such as multichannel and stereo Some DVD Audio discs may contain hidden groups that require a password for access Follo...

Page 40: ...enu buttons According to the disc these images may be browsable selected from menus or change automatically Press More while a DVD Audio disc is playing to display the soft keys for controlling DVD Audio discs More Controlling DVD Audio discs Play To play at normal speed after fast playback Press Fast Reverse Forward To scan through the disc in reverse or forwards Press or You may hear intermitten...

Page 41: ...psed group time Track number and remaining track time Track number and remaining group time Group and track number Total tracks and total group time P l ay i n g DV D Au d i o d i s c s 3 6 Display Press Display to step between the following display options ...

Page 42: ... t a l s u r ro u n d p ro c e s s i n g 3 7 Digital surround processing This chapter explains how to use the digital surround processing features of your G Series digital surround controller or G91 DVD Player ...

Page 43: ...ish to choose a different DSP preset such as Music or Ambisonics You can also change the default DSP preset assigned to the source see Assign page 40 Press Home to display the soft keys for controlling your digital surround controller On the G91 press More to display the DSP soft key Sources To select a source Either Press More until the source you want to select is displayed Press the key corresp...

Page 44: ... soundtrack and are available if you have four surround speakers in your system Use PLIIx Mus6 or THX Music for music Multichannel music recordings on DVD Audio The following presets are recommended for music recordings containing more than two channels Discrete renders the source channels to your speaker layout with the ultimate precision and transparency Ambisonics is especially designed for mul...

Page 45: ... The display will show the DSP preset assigned to that source For example Press DSP until the display shows the new DSP preset you want to assign For example Press More until you see Assign Press Assign to save the new assignment More Changing DSP parameters Each DSP preset provides a series of parameters that you can vary to customise the behaviour of the preset to your specific requirements For ...

Page 46: ...ers Increasing the delay makes the corresponding speaker sound farther away and reducing it brings the sound closer These are probably the most important parameters in creating a convincing three dimensional sound field Changing the absolute phase The Phase parameter changes the phase of the signal to all speakers This can alter the ambience and bass impact for some material Selecting which surrou...

Page 47: ... level Source audio format and sample rate Other diagnostic displays may appear depending on the configuration of the digital surround controller D i g i t a l s u r ro u n d p ro c e s s i n g 4 2 Display Press Display to step between the following display options ...

Page 48: ... DSP parameter values DTS Digital Theatre Systems originally produced digital audio tracks for motion pictures A version of this format adapted for consumer video and audio products is referred to as DTS Like Dolby Digital it provides five full frequency range channels left centre right left surround and right surround and an additional Low Frequency Effects LFE channel DVD Digital Versatile Disc ...

Page 49: ...Expert Group Like Dolby Digital it provides five full frequency range channels left centre right left surround right surround and an additional Low Frequency Effects LFE channel MSR The Meridian System Remote OSD On screen display which displays information on status or setup on the video output of a DVD player PCM Pulse Code Modulation the method used to encode music digitally as used on CDs and ...

Page 50: ...ns 34 stereo 28 still images displaying 35 DVD Video 23 A B repeat 28 changing the audio soundtrack 28 changing the camera angle 29 displaying DVD menus 26 fast forward reverse 25 pausing 24 playing 24 repeating a title chapter or track 28 DVD Video continued selecting a chapter 24 selecting a track 24 selecting menu options 27 slow motion 25 stopping play 24 DVD player 11 23 33 DVD system 3 F fun...

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