Meridian America 541 Setting up a two-roomsystem

Setting up a two-room system

Setting up sources

The design of the Meridian 500 Series incorporates a powerful two-room capability, making it possible to link systems between two or more rooms.

The most usual configuration is to provide all the sources in the main room. The control unit in the second room can then select any of the sources in the main room, independently of what the main room is listening to, and control the selected source.

The 541 Surround Controller is an ideal choice as the control unit for a second room, and is easy to set up using the two- room configuration option (Type 7). This makes it select all the sources from the main room, and displays information from the current source (such as track number or radio preset) on the front-panel and on-screen displays.

To set up a two-room system

541 Surround Controller			541 Surround Controller
COMMS	VCR	TAPE	COMMS	V1	A4
	OUT	TAPE		IN	A4
	OUT	OUT		IN
		OUT
Third
room	Main room			Second room
	Main room			Second room

●Connect the 541 Surround Controller’s A4 inputs to one pair of the TAPE OUT sockets of the control unit in the main room.

The main room can use a second 541 Surround Controller, a 501, 501V, 562, or 562V Control Unit, or a 551 integrated Amplifier.

●Configure the 541 Surround Controller in the second room to Type 7; see Choosing standard settings , page 36.

●Configure the main room to an appropriate type; eg Type 1.