Operation Manual

Using 518 in Hi Fi Systems 18
518 User Guide
20C16 67
Input/output choice and gain setting, (This example indicates 20 bits of
input and 16 bits of output in consumer format), or
44k1 67
Sampling frequency and gain. If there is no input signal the display
would indicate no lock as follows:
N.L. 67
Emphasis Light
There is a light on the front panel Emph which indicates when the
channel status suggests that the incoming audio is pre-emphasised. It is
not affected by the user's settings on the 518 itself.
Clip Display
Some of the processing modes in 518 deliberately allow you to increase
the overall level of the signal. If the output signal exceeds full scale, the
518:
• clips (saturates) at full code (normally sounding benign on short
overloads), and
• displays a clip message like:
ClipL 89
The clip message will indicate whether the overload occurred on Left,
Right or both.
Clipping in DSP has nothing like the bad sonic consequences of clipping
analogue systems. Normally small amounts of clipping cannot be heard.
Software version
In Standby:
1. Press and hold Display.
The display will show the version number of the microcontroller
software, followed by the DSP version e.g.:
Advanced operation using the Remote Control
Putting the 518 in Standby
1. press Standby on the Remote Control
or
put another Meridian component into Standby.
Coming out of Standby
To start up the 518 from Standby
1. Select a source from the front panel or the Remote Control (MSR).
or
If the 518 is part of a Meridian
system, bring any component out of
Standby. For example start up a Meridian CD-player.
DSP
1.5