Description 7

Control

The DSP5000C is operated either by commands received from the Meridian System Remote (available from your dealer), or by commands received through the communications cables of a Meridian installation (for example, from the front panel of a 565, 562 or 501).

The remote control provides enough keys to allow you to drive a Meridian installation via a DSP5000C, and this is the method to be preferred.

Note If you have any 200-Series components to connect to the DSP5000C, then the DSP5000Cs and any 500-Series components must be operated in 200 mode. See page 28.

Note 200-mode with DSP5000C is incompatible with the Meridian 565 Digital Surround Processor. See the 565 User Manual.

Note In a 200-Series system DSP5000C must be set to Type 2 (see page

30)and the MSR must be configured to Option 3 (see MSR User Guide). An MSR not set to Option 3 will give very confusing results in a 200- Series system. In all cases where DSP5000C is used in a system containing 200-Series components the Meridian 209 system handset should not be used.

General background

The DSP5000C contains unique combinations of technology, and you should bear the following in mind.

1.Each DSP5000C is controlled by an internal computer. This interprets the commands from the remote control, communicates with other Meridian components, operates the display and supervises the digital audio process.

2.The DSP5000C, in common with other components of the Meridian Multiroom system, uses a technique called ‘source mapping’.

Source mapping allows flexibility in the following attributes of the source:

∙its identity

∙the associated display

∙which key on the MSR calls the source up

∙which physical input of the DSP5000C receives the signal from this source

∙whether the source is controllable

3.As a convenience feature, the tone-control settings of DSP5000C can be restored to your chosen favourite settings for each source. This means that if you want to keep a combination of tone settings you must set these up in the Setup mode. See page 29 for an overview.

DSP5000C User Guide