Meridian Audio Stereo System Manuale Utente

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Glossary

Advanced Audio Coding, an audio 

compression system incorporated into the 

MPEG standard and used for encoding 

audio broadcasts in some territories.

A control that changes the phase of the 

signals to all the speakers. Can alter 

the ambience and bass impact for some 

material.

An alternative name for the Dolby Digital 

format.

A music encoding and decoding system 

designed to re-create the original sound 

field using an array of loudspeakers.

A DSP parameter providing dynamic range 

control for Dolby Digital sources.

A digital surround-sound format which 

provides five full-frequency-range channels 

(left, centre, right, left surround, and right 

surround) and an additional Low Frequency 

Effects (LFE) channel which is band-limited 

to 120Hz.

The encoding system used for the 

majority of movies on video and many 

TV broadcasts. Dolby Surround encoded 

material can be replayed with a surround 

decoder connected to an array of 

loudspeakers, which normally include at 

least left, centre, right, and rear surround.

A sound processing option. You can create 

user-defined DSP presets based on the 

built-in presets, and with specific DSP 

parameter values.

Digital Theatre Systems originally produced 

digital audio tracks for motion pictures. 

A version of this format adapted for 

consumer video and audio products is 

referred to as DTS. Like Dolby Digital it 

provides five full-frequency-range channels 

(left, centre, right, left surround, and right 

surround) and an additional Low Frequency 

Effects (LFE) channel.

Digital Versatile Disc, a CD-sized disc with 

nearly 30 times the storage capacity of CD. 

It is capable of storing digital video, high-

quality multichannel audio, or computer 

data.

A DVD disc containing audio tracks in one 

or more of a number of alternative formats 

to provide higher quality or higher capacity 

than CD, and multichannel audio, together 

with the option of still images or video. 

A DVD-Audio disc may also include lower 

quality versions of the material in DVD-

Video format for compatibility with players 

that do not support DVD-Audio.

A DVD containing video titles together with 

one or more soundtracks, menus, and other 

entertainment features.

The standard set of soft keys for a G Series 

product.

The product in a Meridian system that has 

been configured to receive infra-red signals, 

and where appropriate send them to other 

products in the system.

Refers to a particular arrangement of 

speakers and subwoofers. You can select 

different layouts for the Logic, Music, and 

5.1 Movie DSP presets.