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Meridian America Meridian 518 Acknowledgements, Sales and service in the UK, Sales and service in the USA, Designed & manufactured in the UK by

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Sales and service in the UK

Meridian Audio Ltd

Stonehill

Huntingdon

Cambs. PE18 6ED

England

Tel (0) 480 52144

Fax (0) 480 459934

Sales and service in the USA

Meridian America Inc.

3800 Camp Creek Parkway

Building 2400, Suite 112

Atlanta, GA 30331

Tel. (404) 344-7111

Fax (404) 346-7111

Designed & manufactured in the UK by

Digital Gramophone & Wireless Ltd

Stonehill

Huntingdon

Cambs. PE18 6ED

England

Copyright © 1992,1993,1995 Digital Gramophone & Wireless Ltd

Acknowledgements

Trademarks etc.

BoothroydStuart Meridian and Meridian are registered trademarks of

Meridian Audio Ltd.

Super Bit-Mappingis a trademark of Sony Corp.

Testers

The processing in 518 has been beta tested in a 618 version over some three years. Thanks in particular to Tony Faulkner (Green Room Productions), David Chesky (Chesky Records), Tom Jung (DMP Recording), David Smith (Sony Classical), Peter McGrath (Audiophon, HM) and John Atkinson (Stereophile Magazine).

A list of their current 618 recordings is available from Meridian Audio on request.

Designers

The 518 design team included Phil Boddy, Richard Hollinshead, Duncan

Smith, Bob Stuart and Rhonda Wilson.

Author: J R Stuart

518 User Guide

Contents

Page Contents Page Sales and service in the UK Sales and service in the USA Designed & manufactured in the UK by Acknowledgements Introduction About this manual Conventions used in this manual About the 500 Series Unpacking the Installing your General precautions Connections Siting Planning setup of What's inside a 518 Overview as Preamp (Type 0) Page Overview as Resolution Enhancement Processor (Type 1) Page Overview as Mastering Processor (Type 2) Overview as Multimedia Processor (Type 2) Customising features Starting off with Checking Switching on If there is no display Memory Operating 518 as a Control Unit (Type 0) Selecting a source Adjusting the volume Out Dither Page Emphasis Light Clip Display Software version Advanced operation using the Remote Control Putting the 518 in Standby Muting the sound Menu Keys Operating 518 as Resolution Enhancer (Type 1) Volume control Gain control Operation summary Customising 518, an overview Restoring default settings Type: an overview Config: an overview How to customise Customising, general procedure Customising using Type Customising using Config How to use Config Page Page Setting up sources Page Connections Digital audio connections Communications connections To connect to other Meridian 500 Series equipment Mastering Processor Description 518 as a Mastering or Multimedia Processor (Type 2) Meridian 500 Comms warning Page Making Recordings Transfer to editor Transfer to the final carrier Noise shaper characteristics 518 Operating Background Page Simple rules for using Specification Help Standby point not lit Audible hiss at high volume settings No output with Meridian 565, DSP speaker or DAC No time display with Meridian DSP speaker Cleaning Maintenance & Service Appendix 1 – Noise Shapes Page Page Appendix 2 – Hints on Mastering with noise-shaping Page Appendix 3 – RS232 Appendix 4 –ResolutionEnhancement Jitter and de-jittering Dynamic-range Dynamic-rangeoptimisation with Gain Dynamic-rangeoptimisation with Pre-emphasis Page Page DAC enhancement by using high-frequencydither DAC or channel enhancement by word-lengthmatching Index Page Notes