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Meridian 586 DVD Player
user guide
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Sales and service in the UK Meridian Audio Ltd Stonehill Sales and service in the USA Stukeley Meadows Cambs PE18 6ED Meridian America Inc Designed and England 3800 Camp Creek Parkway manufactured in the UK by Building 2400 Tel (01480) 52144 Suite 122 Fax (01480) 459934 Atlanta Digital Gramophone and Wireless Ltd GA 30331 Stonehill World Wide Web Stukeley Meadows http://www.meridian-audio.com Tel (404) 344 7111 Cambs Fax (404) 346 7111 PE18 6ED Part no: 586US/2 England Copyright © 1997 Digit
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Preface Contents Introduction 1 Introduces the 586 DVD Player, and provides an overview of the other products Using the DVD player 7 available in the Meridian 500 Series. The Meridian 500 Series ........................ 2 Provides step-by-step instructions on how to operate the DVD player, using either the Sample configurations ........................... 3 Advanced features 19 Specification and accessories ............... 6 front panel or the DVD remote. DVD remote .............................
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Setting default options 33 Explains how to set up the default options using the DVD player’s Setup Menu. Configuring the DVD player 47 Setting default options ........................... 34 Selecting the audio settings .................. 36 Explains how to configure the DVD player Selecting the function settings .............. 39 to suit the other equipment in your system. Setting up the DVD Selecting the display settings ................ 42 player 53 Choosing standard settings .................
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Introduction A single DVD video disc can contain a whole motion picture, complete with multi-channel sound and many other features such as subtitles and related information. The picture quality is close to that of the film’s original format, and it does not suffer from the degradations of quality experienced with analogue storage. The DVD format also supports a range of audio formats, including recordings with multi-channel sound or at higher resolutions or sampling rates than can be provided on
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The Meridian 500 Series The Meridian 500 Series is a unique system of digital, analogue, 500 Series communications and video components designed to meet the demand for absolute quality, ease of use, and lasting value. The Meridian 500 Series includes a sophisticated communications link to ensure that any configuration of units will The flexibility of the Meridian 500 Series is such that you can work together as a fully integrated system. assemble a system as simple or as complex as you need, whi
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Introduction Sample configurations Stereo music/video system Meridian Analogue Theatre A500 A500 M60 M60 M60C Television Television 586 502 541 586 556 555 The 586 DVD Player provides a two-channel analogue audio The 586 DVD Player is also ideal for use with the Meridian 541 output, normally encoded in Dolby Surround, to allow direct Surround Controller to decode movie soundtracks to the connection to an analogue pre-amplifier such as the 502 loudspeakers in a multi-channel surround system. Anal
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Meridian Digital Theatre™ DSP5000 DSP5000 DSP5000 DSP5000 DSP5000C Television 586 565 The Meridian 586 DVD Player provides a digital audio output, The Meridian 565 Digital Surround Processor can decode Dolby making it ideal for use with the 565 Digital Surround Processor Digital (AC-3), MPEG Surround, DTS Audio, and Dolby Surround as the heart of a Meridian Digital Theatre system. soundtracks. 4 Introduction
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Introduction Multimedia system DSP6000 DSP6000 504 Satellite Television 508 Video recorder 586 562V 565 The Meridian 562V Multimedia Controller is the ideal control unit In addition it provides Precision Delta Sigma analogue to digital for use as the heart of a versatile multimedia system, giving conversion, for conventional analogue sources such as the 504 flexible control of video, digital audio, and analogue audio Stereo FM Tuner and video or television sound. sources. It provides direct digi
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Specification and accessories Specification Video outputs Composite video. S-Video. THD Less than -93dBFS. Component (Y, Pr, Pb). Noise Less than -93dBFS. Communications Two 5 pin 240° DIN sockets. Mechanism Dual-lens pickup with red laser. Consumption 20VA. Formats DVD, CD. Available accessories Conversion 20-bit Delta Sigma. The following accessories are available from your dealer: Display 12-character dot-matrix display for title, chapter, track, or time. m Power cord Europe. Finish Black tex
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Using the DVD player This chapter provides a summary of the functions of the DVD player in order to identify the controls which you will use to operate the unit. It also describes the basic aspects of using the DVD player to play DVD video discs and audio CDs. Unless otherwise specified, each function is available from the front panel or the DVD remote. In addition, if you have the Meridian System Remote you can use this to operate all the basic functions of the DVD player.
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DVD remote 1 OPEN/CLOSE 11 POWER 1 Opens or closes the drawer. Switches to standby. 2 SUBTITLE ON/OFF 12 DISPLAY 2 11 Turns subtitles on or off. Displays on-screen information. 3 12 3 SETUP 13 MENU Displays the disc menu. Displays the Setup Menu. 4 13 4 TITLE 14 < > A V Displays the Title Menu. Let you highlight options on menus. 14 15 ENTER 5 RETURN Selects a highlighted menu option. Exits from a menu. 16 SUBTITLE 6 ANGLE 5 15 Changes the viewing angle. Changes the subtitle language. 16 17 AUDI
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Using the DVD player DIMMER ZOOM 3D 22 ZOOM 27 SLOW 22 27 Enlarges a portion of the picture. Selects slow-motion play. 23 28 24 DIMMER ZOOM 3D 29 23 DIMMER 28 3D 25 30 No action. No action. 24 REPEAT 29 A-B RPT Selects a repeat play mode. Repeats a selection. 26 25 MEMORY 30 CLEAR Allows you to programme a Clears a special play mode. 31 selection. 31 T 26 Number keys Enters a title number. Allows you to select a title, chapter, or track by number. BOOTHROYD STUART 9
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Front panel 1 Open Opens and closes the disc drawer. 2 > (Play) Display Plays a selected chapter/ track. 3 * (Stop) Stops the disc. BOOTHROYD STUART DVD 1-017 586 4 = (Pause) Open > *= Display [ ] Off DVD Player Pauses the disc. 5 Display Selects the information displayed. 6 [ (Previous) Drawer 12345678 Selects the previous chapter/track. 7 ] (Next) Selects the next chapter/ track. 8 Off Switches to standby. 10 Using the DVD player
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Using the DVD player Playing a disc During normal use the DVD player should be left in the standby l Place your disc, label side up, over the hub, as shown below. state. This uses a negligible amount of electricity, but ensures that the components of the DVD player operate at maximum IMPORTANT: Ensure that the disc is correctly seated on the efficiency from the moment you start playing a disc. disc spindle before closing the drawer. If you are not going to use the DVD player for a period of seve
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To play the disc To switch to standby l Press > (front panel) or PLAY (remote). l Press Off (front panel) or POWER (remote). The display will show the title and chapter, or track number: . The display will show: 1-017 For example, on chapter 17 of title 1: If you have other Meridian 500 Series equipment connected to the DVD player, these units will also switch to standby. To restart the current chapter or track If a disc is currently playing, switching to standby will stop the l
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Using the DVD player Locating a specific title, chapter, or track Normally, DVD video discs are divided into one or more titles, To play starting from a particular and the titles are subdivided into chapters. Audio CDs are chapter or track divided into tracks. l Press ] or [ (front panel) or SKIP Õ or Ó (remote) to step The DVD player allows you to play an entire disc, or start playing through the track numbers until the display shows the track from any chapter or track number. While a disc is p
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To locate a title or chapter/track by To locate a specific location within a number title l Press T (remote) or • (Meridian System Remote) to highlight l Press T (remote) twice until the TIME display appears: the title or track number, and enter the number you want: l Enter the time using the number buttons: l If you also want to specify a chapter number press V (remote) or • (Meridian System Remote) to highlight the chapter number, and enter the number of the chapter you want: l Press > (PLAY).
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Using the DVD player Stopping, pausing, and resuming play You can stop or pause a disc, and then resume play at the same To step forward frame by frame position. If you are playing a DVD video disc you can step forward, frame To stop play by frame, while it is paused: l Press * (STOP). l Press = (front panel) or PAUSE/STEP (remote). The display will return to chapter To continue after pausing -- 1-001 or track 1: l Press > (PLAY). To resume after stopping l Press LAST PLAY (remote only). Pro
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Disc information You can display information about a disc on the front panel or To display disc information on screen on-screen display. l Press DISPLAY (remote). To change the front panel display For a DVD video disc this shows the following information: l Press Display (front panel or Meridian System Remote). Status Each time you press Display, the display will step between the Current title following options: Time Current remaining chapter of current Display Example title* Playback Title and
