Meridian 861 Supplement
Meridian Audio Limited, Stonehill, Stukeley Meadows, Huntingdon, Cambs, PE18 6ED, England
Tel: +44 1480 434334 Fax: +44 1480 432948 Web: http://www.meridian-audio.com
Introduction
The 861 has been designed to give the very highest
sound quality in a wide range of systems and to
provide playback for all the sound formats currently
available.
The technology in 861 is the most advanced; it is also
designed to be flexible in the future. The card-based
construction and use of flash memory for the built-in
software mean that we expect to be able to keep your
system up to date, or to evolve as your requirements
change.
861 Documentation
This 800 Series System Guide is not yet available.
However, the Meridian 800 Series dealers are fully
trained in Meridian surround systems.
This sheet supplements your 861 User Guide and
provides some items you or your dealer need to be
aware of.
Most of the information in this sheet will be in the 800
Series System Guide when it is available. Please
return the enclosed form to register your 861 purchase.
We will send you the System Guide with any updates
as soon as it is ready.
861 Built-in software
The 861 is a very advanced audio computer. The
software that controls 861 and the DSP programs that
process and decode the audio are held in a re-
programmable ‘flash’ memory.
At any time the software inside 861 can be updated
by connecting the 861 to either a personal or laptop
computer – more details are given later in this
supplement.
It is Meridian’s intention to make appropriate software
updates available through its support network.
Software updates may be necessary to allow the
addition of new cards, new DSP functions, to expand
functionality of the whole installation or to correct minor
bugs under warranty.
We recommend that you take the dealer’s advice
about whether or not updates are appropriate to your
application.
Product Configuration Software
The 861 is a sophisticated device that offers a very
large number of options to the installer – and therefore
excellent all-round performance in a wide range of
applications.
Because there are so many things that can be
customised in an 861, we have chosen to use a
computer to assist in setup.
The Meridian Product Configuration Program is an
exciting departure for high-end audio. The advantages
of this approach become obvious as the setup
proceeds – and in particular in the way the setups can
be stored either as User Types or as computer files for
backup.
Types and User Types
All Meridian products use the Type method of resetting
the product back to one of several pre-programmed
factory configurations.
Typing the product clears all settings you may have
made in Calibration or by using the 861 Store or Assign
keys. Typing also re-inserts a suite of previously stored
settings or factory default settings. These settings can
cover a large variety of things – ranging from input and
output assignments, to detailed menu settings for each
format + source combination.
To learn how to use Type, please refer to the 861
User Guide.
If you do not want to lose all the settings in your 861,
they can be first stored as a file in a computer using the
Product Configuration Program described later.
Your dealer may have created one or more User
Types for you. The advantage of this is that you or the
dealer can rapidly switch between a number of pre-
determined options during installation, and you can
have the security of being able to restore the dealer’s
settings at any time. User Types are created and
installed using the Product Configuration Program.
Labeling
The back panel of each 800 Series card typically has
the inputs and output sockets numbered, for example
as D1, D2 etc. Beside each socket there is a white
label area in which you can write the assignment in a
way that helps you remember which is which.
The 861 is supplied with a number of self-adhesive
pre-printed labels so that the inputs and outputs can be
neatly marked to avoid writing on the product itself.
Taking time to fix the labels will help a great deal in
the future – especially if you have more than one card
of the same kind.
The labels can also be safely removed and changed
at a later date.
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