Description 7
DSP5500 User Guide
Control
The DSP5500s are operated either by commands received from the
Meridian System Remote (MSR) supplied with the loudspeakers, or by
commands received through the communications cables of a Meridian
installation (for example, from the front panel of a 562).
The remote control provides enough keys to allow you to drive a Meridian
installation via the DSP5500s, and this is the method to be preferred.
Note If you have any 200-Series or 600-Series components to connect to
the DSP5500, then the DSP5500s and any 500-Series components must
be operated in 200 mode. See page 29.
Note In a 200-Series or 600-Series system DSP5500 must be set to Type
2 (see page 31) 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 DSP5500 is used in a system
containing 200-Series components the Meridian 209 system handset
should not be used.
General background
The DSP5500 contains unique combinations of technology, and you
should bear the following in mind.
1. Each DSP5500 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 DSP5500, 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 DSP5500 receives the signal from this
source
• whether the source is controllable
3. As a convenience feature, the tone-control settings of DSP5500 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 30 for an overview.
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