Meridian America DSP8000 - Manual (Page 18)

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Setting up
the DSP8000
loudspeakers
To connect three or more DSP loudspeakers in a Meridian surround system
BNC
COMMS
DSP8000 loudspeaker – Main R
Meridian Surround Processor
MERIDIAN
SPEAKERLINK
MERIDIAN
COMMS
DIGITAL
INPUT OUTPUT
DSP8000 loudspeaker – Main L
DSP loudspeaker – Centre (master)
RJ45 lead
Digital/BNC lead
BNC T-piece Other DSP
loudspeakers
Digital/BNC lead
DIGITAL OUTPUTS
INPUT OUTPUT INPUT OUTPUT
MERIDIAN
SPEAKERLINK
MERIDIAN
COMMS
DIGITAL
INPUT OUTPUT INPUT OUTPUT INPUT OUTPUT
MERIDIAN
SPEAKERLINK
MERIDIAN
COMMS
DIGITAL
INPUT OUTPUT INPUT OUTPUT INPUT OUTPUT
Use the Comms part of a Digital/BNC lead to
connect the BNC COMMS socket on the Meridian
Surround Processor to the DSP loudspeaker you
have chosen as the master (typically the centre).
Use the audio part of the Digital/BNC lead to
connect the appropriate digital output on the Meridian
Surround Processor to the master DSP loudspeaker.
Connect each pair of DSP loudspeakers to the
appropriate digital output on the Meridian Surround
Processor, and to the BNC COMMS output from the
master DSP loudspeaker, using a Digital/BNC lead.
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Link each pair of DSP loudspeakers together using
RJ45 leads, as shown in the illustration.
If your system includes more than three DSP
loudspeakers use BNC T-pieces to distribute the
Comms to successive pairs of loudspeakers.
Configure the centre DSP Loudspeaker as M.Coax,
the Main L DSP8000 as S.Coax, and the Main R
DSP8000 as S.RJ45; see
To choose master or slave
and the primary connector, page 24.
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