Meridian America 562 user manual Contents, User Guide

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Contents
Acknowledgements	3
Introduction	5
About this manual	5
About the 500-Series	5
Unpacking the 562	6
Installing your 562	6
General precautions	6
Customising features	6
Connections	7
Siting	7
Starting off with 562	8
Checking	8
Switching on	8
If there are no lights	8
Standby	8
Basic operation of 562	8
Selecting a source	8
Putting the 562 in standby	8
Coming out of standby	8
Adjusting the volume	9
Muting the sound	9
Changing the display	10
Advanced operation using the
Remote Control	11
Balance control	11
Operation summary	12
On the 562 front panel	12
With the Remote Control	12
Customising 562, an overview	13
Restoring default settings	13
Type: an overview	13
Config: an overview	13
Gain: an overview	14
How to customise 562	15
Customising, general procedure	15
Customising using Type	16
Customising using Config	18
How to use Config	18
Setting up sources	21
Customising using Gain	23
How to use Gain	23
Setting the sensitivity for
analogue inputs	24
Audio connections	25
Analogue audio connections	25
Digital audio connections	25
Communications connections	26

To connect to other Meridian
500 Series equipment	26
Connecting digital recorders;
CDR, DAT or DCC	27
Connecting analogue tape
recorders	27
Making recordings	27
Using D600, DSP5000 or D6000
speakers with 562	28
200 Mode digital speakers	29
500 Mode digital speakers	30
Additional technical information	31
Understanding input sensitivity
in a digital preamplifier	31
Clipping and overload	31
How to get the best out of LP	31
Specification	33
Help!	34
Standby point not lit	34
Audible hiss at high volume
settings	34
Poor sound quality	34
Hum on LP inputs	34
Hum on other inputs	34
Communications not working
between 562 and other
Meridian products	35
Radio interference	35
Cleaning	35
Maintenance & Service	35
Guarantee	36
Index	37
Notes	39

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