Meridian Audio 565 manual Layout

Layout

Refers to a particular arrangement of speakers and subwoofers. You can select different layouts for the cinema, music, and 5.1 DSP presets.

LFE

Limit	Mono sub
A DSP parameter that sets the peak-level	A subwoofer which handles all the bass for
limit of the bass signal added to the main	the system. A THX standard subwoofer
loudspeakers.	has a crossover at 80Hz.
Max SPL	Mono surrounds

Glossary

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The Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel which enhances movie soundtracks with sound effects and ambient sounds. It is band limited to 120Hz in a Dolby Digital system.

LFE sub

A subwoofer which, in addition to any bass which it handles from the main channels, plays the full 120Hz bandwidth LFE signal in Dolby Digital, DTS, and MPEG presets.

A DSP parameter that sets the peak-level limit for the LFE channel.

Menus

The flexible system for choosing options and configuring settings in Meridian products. On the 565 the menus are controlled by the <, >, A, and V keys on the front panel or the MSR.

MLP

MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing) is an audio format that increases the amount of information that can be recorded on a CD or DVD, without any loss of quality.

Surrounds which have a common signal steered to them. This may then be decorrelated by the THX process to give more spaciousness.

MPEG

MPEG Surround is a digital encoding system developed by the Motion Picture Expert Group. Like Dolby Digital it provides five full-frequency range channels and an additional Low Frequency Effects (LFE) channel.

MSR

The Meridian System Remote, or handset.