Meridian America Meridian 518 manual Contents

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Contents

Sales and service in the UK ...................	4
Sales and service in the USA.................	4
Designed & manufactured in the
UK by..................................................	4
Acknowledgements ................................	4
Introduction ............................................	5
About this manual ..................................	5
Conventions used in this
manual ...........................................	5
About the 500-Series ..............................	5
Part 1 .......................................................	6
Unpacking the 518..................................	6
Installing your 518 ..................................	6
General precautions ............................	6
Connections ........................................	6
Siting ...................................................	6
Planning setup of 518 ............................	7
What's inside a 518?..............................	7
Overview as Preamp (Type 0) .............	8
Overview as Resolution
Enhancement Processor
(Type 1)........................................	10
Overview as Mastering
Processor (Type
2)Mastering: overview...................	12
Overview as Multimedia
Processor (Type 2) .......................	12
Customising features ...........................	13
Starting off with 518 .............................	14
Checking ...........................................	14
Switching on ......................................	14
If there is no display...........................	14
Memory .............................................	14
Standby .............................................	14
Basic operation of 518 .........................	14
Operating 518 as a Control Unit
(Type 0) ............................................	15
Selecting a source .............................	15
Adjusting the volume .........................	15
Out ....................................................	15
In 16
Dither ................................................	16
DSP...................................................	17
Display ..............................................	17
Emphasis Light ..................................	18
Clip Display .......................................	18
Software version................................	18
Advanced operation using the
Remote Control ...............................	18

Putting the 518 in Standby ................	18
Coming out of Standby......................	18
Muting the sound...............................	19
Menu Keys........................................	19
Operating 518 as Resolution
Enhancer (Type 1) ...........................	19
Volume control ..................................	19
Gain control ......................................	19
Memory.............................................	20
DSP ..................................................	20
Operation summary .............................	20
On the 518 front panel.......................	20
With the Remote Control ...................	20
Customising 518, an overview ............	21
Restoring default settings ..................	21
Type: an overview .............................	21
Config: an overview...........................	21
How to customise 518 .........................	22
Customising, general procedure ........	22
Customising using Type .....................	23
Customising using Config ..................	24
How to use Config.............................	24
Setting up sources ............................	27
Connections .........................................	29
Digital audio connections...................	29
Communications connections ............	30
To connect to other Meridian
500 Series equipment ..................	30
Part 2.....................................................	31
Mastering Processor............................	31
Description ...........................................	32
518 as a Mastering or
Multimedia Processor (Type
2) ......................................................	32
Meridian 500 Comms warning ...........	32
Emphasis Light .................................	32
Selecting a source.............................	32
Gain control ......................................	32
Memory.............................................	33
DSP ..................................................	33
Display..............................................	33
Clip Display .......................................	34
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Making Recordings ..............................	35
Transfer to editor .................................	36
Transfer to the final carrier..................	36
Noise shaper characteristics...............	37
518 Operating Background .................	38

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