Meridian America DSP5000 - Manual (Page 23)

Using DSP5000 23
DSP5000 User Guide
Experiment with the sound of the setting. If you are not sure, set it to
positive phase.
Axis
To adjust the axis:
1. Press the
w
or
e
menu key until the axis cursor display shows. The
master display will momentarily show
A. 0
This allows you to ask the DSP5000 what its axis setting is without
changing it.
To change the axis:
1. Make sure that you can see the axis cursor display on the master:
A. 0
2. Press either the
n
or
s
menu key. For example, if you press the
display will change to
A. 1
All DSP5000s in the installation take on the same axis setting as the
master. This is essential for correct stereo.
Axis explained
The axis control allows you to adjust the optimum listening height of the
DSP5000 speakers. This means that you should be able to use the axis
function to bring the image more clearly into focus for different listening
heights. It changes the focus of the stereo image, not its perceived
position. You could think of it as a balance control operating in the vertical
plane.
The axis can be adjusted between 3 and –2, covering a range of listening
positions from standing eight feet from the speakers to sitting on the floor
at the same distance. Nominally 0 corresponds to on-tweeter-axis
listening; usually a listener will be below that position, so we recommend
that you start with –1 or –2.
Storing settings
In Setup mode you can store settings for:
•
tilt – overall frequency balance
•
bass
•
boundary alignment (wall or free-standing)
•
phase
•
axis
An unusual feature of DSP5000 is that the tone control settings for tilt and
bass can be stored separately for each source. If, for example, you
happen to prefer a tilt setting only when listening to the video source, use
Setup to programme the DSP5000 for that setting. You can then recall the
setting by pressing Store while listening to the video source in Normal
mode.
At any time, you can use the Clear key to restore the following factory
settings :
•
bass to 0.0
•
tilt to 0.0
•
balance to middle
You cannot store settings in Normal mode. See page 41.