Changing the integration of the centre

If you have a centre loudspeaker you can adjust its relative loudness, to provide the best integration of the centre with the main left and right speakers.

You can also adjust the relative delay of the centre speaker to give the best perspective between the three front speakers.

Note that these adjustments are not available for the Direct, Stereo, or Mono presets.

To change the relative delay of the centre speaker

Press > or < (remote) until the display shows the current centre depth.

Depth +0.0

For example:

Press A or V (remote) to change the relative depth of the centre speaker.

presets

To change the relative level of the centre speaker

Press > or < (remote) until the display shows the current centre level.

You can change the depth between -2.5ms, which corresponds to moving the centre speaker 2 Qw feet nearer to the listening position, and +5ms, which corresponds to moving it 5 feet further away from the listening position.

Defining your own

Centre+0.0dB￿

For example:

Press A or V (remote) to change the relative level of the centre speaker.

You can change the relative level by ±3dB in 0.5dB steps.

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Meridian Audio 568 manual Changing the integration of the centre, To change the relative delay of the centre speaker

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