Meridian F80 - Manuals

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1 Getting star ted Welcome to the Meridian F80!Your F80 is a combined CD and DVD player, FM/DAB receiver, and sound system in a single convenient unit.This chapter explains how to set up your F80 in six simple steps. 1

2 Welcome 1 Unpack the F80 Your F80 is supplied with the following components: Power cord.Rod antenna.DAB-optimised coil antenna.Wire antenna.F80 remote control.This User Guide. If any of these items are missing please contact your supplier. We recommend you retain the packaging in case you need to ...

3 3 Connect an antenna The F80 includes an internal antenna, and in areas of strong reception this will be sufficient to receive a good signal on the DAB and FM wavebands. If you do not achieve good results with the internal antenna, you may use one of the external antennas supplied, or connect anot...

4 4 Connect power Plug one end of the power cord supplied with the F80 into the power connector on the back panel. Connect the other end to a wall socket. • • 5 Listen to the radio Press the Home key, marked . The Home menu will be displayed: Aux Adjust Radio Disc Press the key labelled Radio . When...

5 6 Play a CD Press the Home key, marked . The Home menu will be displayed: Aux Adjust Radio Disc Press the key labelled Disc . Inser t a CD in the slot, label uppermost, and gently push it into the slot until it is drawn into the drive: The CD will star t playing automatically. Adjust the volume by...

8 Operating the F80 from the front panel You operate your F80 using the keys below the display. These change function depending on what you’re doing, as shown by the labels on the bottom line of the display. Displaying the Home keys Whatever you're doing, you can always display the Home keys. Press ...

9 Selecting the disc player To select the disc player Press Disc . For more information about playing audio CDs and DVDs see Playing discs, page 15. • Selecting external inputs To select an external input Press Aux . You can then select one of the external inputs: Aux 1 , Aux 2 , Aux 3 , or Optical ...

10 General functions Changing the volume and muting the sound You can adjust the volume between 0dB and 99dB in precise steps of 1dB, where 9dB is equivalent to doubling the loudness. To change the volume Turn the volume knob to the right of the F80. The display shows the current source and volume s...

11 Operating the F80 with the remote control You can operate the most impor tant functions of the F80 with the remote control. Select the disc source Change the volume Change the displayed information Step between external inputs Switch to standby Next station (radio) Next track/chapter (disc) Previ...

12 12 Connecting to the F80 This section shows how to connect external devices to your F80. Connecting an antenna Connect up to two external antennas for the radio to Antenna 1 or Antenna 2. For more information see Connect an antenna , page 3. • Connecting to a television or video display Connect t...

13 13 Connecting headphones or the optical output To connect headphones Plug headphones (equipped with a 3.5mm mini jack plug) into the Optical Out/Headphones socket. To connect to the digital output Connect the Optical Out/Headphones socket to an optical input on a digital recorder or digital surro...

16 Playing discs To see the disc options press followed by Disc . Playing a disc To insert a disc Inser t the disc, label uppermost, into the drive, under the standby light. The top left of the display shows the type of disc: CD (audio CD), DVD, or MP3/WMA, followed by the bit rate (44.1k or 48k). T...

17 Stepping between tracks To step to the start of the next track While the disc is playing: Press ] . To step to the start of the current track While the disc is playing: Press [ . To select a track While the disc is playing: Press [ or ] until the display shows the track number you want to play. W...

18 Playing discs (continued) The second row of disc functions allow you to repeat a disc, and scan through a disc. To see the second row of disc options press . Rever ting to normal play To revert to normal play after scanning Press ± . Play resumes from the point you reached. • Repeating a disc To ...

19 Scanning through a disc To scan at faster than normal speed Press { for reverse or } for forward. Each time you press the key the speed steps between 2X, 4X, 8X, 16X, and 32X, as shown at top right of the display. The display shows { or } followed by the track time: } 2:26 { > Repeat ( } 44k1 ...

20 Playing DVDs When you play a DVD three additional rows of functions allow you to navigate the DVD menus and choose DVD options.To see the additional DVD functions press . Displaying DVD menus DVDs generally provide a Top Menu, which provides access to the contents of the disc. Many DVDs also prov...

21 Selecting items on menus To select a highlighted menu item Press Enter . To return from a menu Press Return . This will exit from the menu without selecting an option. • • Changing DVD options Press ) to display the row of functions for changing DVD options: 2 3:56 Angle Subtitle ( Audio 48k DVD ...

24 Listening to DAB radio To see the radio options press , Radio , followed by if you have saved presets. To select the DAB waveband press Band until the top left of the display shows DAB . Selecting the band To select the band Press Band . The radio steps between the wavebands DAB, FM, and AM. The ...

25 Changing the display To change the DAB information Press 2 . This steps through the following options: Normal display BBC Radio 2 ^ Station Band ` ( ) DAB |_ Station name (Long Ser vice Label) and signal strength indicator. Detailed display BBC Radio 2 ^ Station BBC National DAB Stereo Band ` ( )...

26 Using presets You can save up to 16 preset stations across all bands so you can select them with a single key press.Press to display the preset names. When you have defined at least one preset, the preset keys will be displayed first when you select the radio. Selecting a preset To select a prese...

27 On FM or AM it will be labelled with the frequency if no name is available: BBC Radio 2 3 4 1 88.90 ( ) DAB |_ The preset saves the band, frequency, and any audio settings. Note : If you move location, you will need to resave presets for stations that are on a different frequency in the new locat...

28 Listening to FM or AM The F80 also provides the FM and AM wavebands. Selecting the band To select the band Press Band . The radio steps between the wavebands DAB, FM, and AM. The current band is shown at top left of the display. • Tuning to a station On FM and AM you have the choice of Tune or St...

32 Adjusting the clock To set the time Press Clock to display the CLOCK menu.Press Time . The clock shows the current time, and prompts you to adjust the hours: 12:39:00 ^ Next ` Set Adjust hours ¬ TIME Press ` or ^ to set the hours to the correct time.Press Next . In a similar way you can adjust th...

33 Adjusting the location The second row of options on the AUDIO menu allow you to optimise the sound for the location of the F80, and adjust the stereo image width. To adjust the location Press to display the second row of the AUDIO menu. - Location + Width ¬ AUDIO Table Width 3 Press Location to s...

34 Setting up the F80 The SETUP menus allow you to configure your F80 to suit your preferences.To display the SETUP menus press , Adjust , Setup . Radio The RADIO SETUP menu allows you to choose which antenna is used for each band, and choose which bands are active. To set up the antennas The F80 pr...

35 Disc The SETUP DISC menu allows you to set up the default aspect ratio for playing DVDs. Aspect ¬ SETUP DISC LB To set the aspect ratio Press Aspect to specify the default aspect ratio as LB (letterbox 4:3), PS (Pan & Scan 4:3), or 16:9. • Aux The SETUP AUX menu allows you to set up the label...

36 Setting up the F80 (continued) The second row of SETUP menus allow you to configure more advanced features of the F80.To display the second row of SETUP menus press from the first row. Display The SETUP DISPLAY menu allows you to choose how the F80 display behaves. Blank Dimming ¬ SETUP DISPLAY N...

37 Outputs The SETUP OUTPUTS menu allows you to mute the speakers when using the headphone output. Headphone ¬ SETUP OUTPUTS Mute Set Headphone to Mute to mute the speakers when headphones are connected, or No Mute to leave the speakers active when using the headphone output. • System The SETUP SYST...

39 Index A alarm setting 10unsetting 10 antennae cable 3coil 3connecting 3, 12external 3telescopic rod 3wire 3 AUDIO menu 32, 33auxiliar y input labels 35 B bass, adjusting 32brightness, adjusting 33BRIGHTNESS menu 33 C CLOCK menu 32coil antenna 3components 2 D DAB 24 scanning for stations 4, 27 dat...