Meridian America DSP5000 User Manual

In Normal operation, the settings you have made will be retained and
cannot be changed without going back to Setup.

The frequency balance of a loudspeaker is changed, particularly in the
low-frequency regions, according to its proximity to walls or boundaries.
The DSP5000 is designed as a floor-standing system, so one boundary –
the floor – is nominally fixed. The DSP5000's response is also optimised
for a rear air-space of about 30cm behind the cabinet.

In certain circumstances, it will not be possible to pull the loudspeakers
out into the room, and they will have to stand with their backs to the wall.

DSP5000 has adequate DSP power to correct for the gross effects of
‘wall-mounting’. Of course, no signal-processing will remove the more
rapid echo from a nearer boundary, and such reflections will to some
extent disturb the depth of the stereo image.

In Setup, new menu entries appear, which allow a listening choice
between boundary-position settings and these can be made
independently for a left–right pair (or left + right + surrounds) and for a
centre.

This menu will appear on any master DSP5000 which is in Setup – even if
it is a centre channel and even if there is no left or right DSP speaker.

 Note When DSP5000 is a master this menu operates the boundary
settings for any DSP5000 or DSP5000C in the system which is configured
to be left or right. D6000 ignores this menu.

To change the system boundary setting:

1. Press the 

w

 or  

e

 menu key until the wall cursor display shows. The

master display will momentarily show

This allows you to ask the DSP5000 what its wall setting is without
changing it.

To change the setting:

1. Make sure that you can see the wall cursor display on the master:

2. Press either the 

n

 or  

s

  menu key. The display will change to

and the sound will change in balance.

3. Press either the 

n

 or 

s

 menu key. The display will change to

and the sound will change in balance. This setting may be better for
corner or under-TV positions

In this menu you are also offered two choices for use with associated
subwoofers: