Meridian MConfig Installation Guide

M ERIDIAN CONFIGURATION PROGRAM GUIDE

Running the Configuration Program • Click Start , point at All Programs , Meridian , then click Configuration Program : T h e Welcome

Quick tour6 Starting a configuration To start creating a configuration from the Welcome page: • Click the Next link in the Breadcrumb Trail

Quick tour7 Products: Adding a controller The controller is defined as the product that selects sources and controls the volume for the system; i

Advanced tips Adding products by dragging them from the Resource Bar The most flexible way of adding products is to drag an appropriate icon from

Changing the value of a property • Click the value of the property. • Choose an option from the drop-down list: If it is a numeric property you

The following dialogue box allows you to specify the card type and, when appropriate, the position of the jumper identifying the card: Removing a

Quick tour11 The next step is to add the sources in your system. For this Quick tour we will assume a satellite receiver is required. • Click the in

Advanced tips Showing a list of the recommended connections • Click the Details… button in the Connection Wizard dialogue box. This shows the

• Choose the MSR+ key from the MSR+ key drop-down list: Showing and hiding connections You can choose whether or not source connections are dis

Making a multichannel connection If you are connecting a product with multichannel outputs, such as a G98DH DVD Player, to a digital surround contr

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Quick tour15 The next step is to add the speakers in your system. • Click the insert a speaker link in the Information Bar. The Insert Speaker

Quick tour16 • Click the Ye s button. • Click G57 on the Amplifier type drop-down list, and click the OK button to add the amplifier: Th

Advanced tips Adding a speaker by dragging it from the Resource Bar • Drag an icon from the Speakers tab of the Resource Bar (to the left of t

Soft keys Quick tour18 T h e Soft keys page allows you to customise the soft keys for each of the G Series products in the system, starting

Advanced tips Changing the soft key layout • Drag a soft key, or pair of keys, from the left-hand pane onto the set of soft keys you want to edit

Advanced tips Meridian digital surround controllers allow you to define three different speaker layouts for use with different types of material:

If there is one subwoofer in the layout, and you have specified the front speakers as Small , the subwoofer will be used for the bass and LFE. If th

Speaker distances T h e Speaker distances page gathers information about the relative positions of the full-range speakers in your system,

Quick tour23 Speaker calibration The Speaker calibration page allows you to calibrate the speakers attached to your controller while listen

Advanced tips Specifying the serial port • Click the Options… button on the Pre-calibration store page to display the Comms Port tab o

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Quick tour25 Room correction T h e Room correction page runs the Meridian Room Correction procedure. This is optional and you can skip this s

Advanced tips The Preset Properties pane shows the name and value of each of the preset properties: Some properties apply globally to all pre

Changing the preset mapping The Preset Mapping pane shows the default DSP preset selected for each source and each audio format. • Click the pr

Tuner presets Quick tour28 For each product in your system that includes a radio tuner, a Tuner presets page allows you to define the legend displ

Quick tour29 Store settings This page stores the settings to the controller: • Connect the serial cable. For more information see To conn

Quick tour30 Finish The Finish page confirms that you have successfully completed the configuration of your system. Save a copy of your config

Roomcorrection31 Room Correction Introduction The Meridian Room Correction procedure creates a set of one or more room correction profiles matched

Room correction32a test signal is presented to each loudspeaker and measured at the microphone to determine how the room response affects the sound fr

Auto Build Room correction33 This section explains how to create a basic room correction using default settings. The room should be as you wo

Room correction34 • If you are using a G68 Digital Surround Controller connect the SPL meter or microphone to the analogue input A8 (L). • If you are

ContentsiiiContentsGetting started 1Explains how to install the Meridian Confi guration Program, and gives a general overview of its key features.Over

Room correction35 Each preset will be assigned the profile designed for the layout used with the preset. The wizard creates profiles called Mus, Log,

Room correction36 T h e Measurements tab shows a list of the measurement sets you have created. Each measurement set shows the channels measure

Room correction37 You can then set different Profile settings for each plot: You can select one of the following three graph types by clicking th

Room correction38 Low frequency response Shows the loudspeaker-room response to a low frequency sine wave, swept between 0 and 250Hz. The ideal lo

Room correction39 The following dialogue box allows you to select which channels you want to repeat: • Select the channels you want to repeat. • C

Room correction40 The Profiles tab shows a list of the profiles that have been calculated, together with the number of filters used for each profil

Room correction41 After building the filters for a profile you can edit the filters numerically or graphically to adjust their parameters, or change t

Room correction42 To view the filters graphically • Select Graphical : To edit a filter • Select the filter you want to edit by clicking on th

Room correction43 Bandwidth • Drag one of the sides of the filter, or press c< or c>: To add a filter • Click the Add button on the

Room correction44 This section describes how to change the room correction or configuration settings of the digital surround controller at a later dat

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Room correction45measurements and profiles and store these to the digital surround controller, the old profiles will be overwritten. • Change the set

Room correction46 This section gives suggested solutions to typical problems that may occur when using Meridian Room Correction. If problems still per

Room correction47 Repeated measurements due to poor SNR Measurements are retried until the SNR is acceptable or the maximum number of retries has bee

Room correction48 Loudspeaker is running in a non-linear range The effects of a loudspeaker running in a non-linear range is most easily observed in

Running the Meridian Control Window • Click Start , point to Programs , Meridian , then click Control Window : The Meridian Control Window

To send a command to the product • Click the corresponding button on the Control Window. The bar above the buttons shows the response from the prod

ControlWindow51 The Command tab lists all the available commands under four headings: Source , General , Function + MSR keys , and Preset : To

ControlWindow52

Index53AAuto Build room correction 33BBass management page 20Breadcrumb trail 5Ccalibration, speaker 23cards, 800 seriesadding 9displaying proper

Index54Pprinting connections 17products, displaying properties 8Products page 3, 6properties, displaying or changing 8Qquick tour 5Rrequirements

Getting started1 Getting started This chapter explains how to install the Meridian Configuration Program, and gives a general overview of its key fe

Getting started2 Benefits of using the Meridian Configuration Program Configuring your system with the Meridian Configuration Program offers several

Breadcrumb TrailInformation BarToolbarTabs to add new productsResource BarControllerSourcesSpeakers Getting started3 The Products page The follo

Getting started4 Requirements To use the Meridian Configuration Program you need: • A computer running Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT 4, ME, or XP. • 10