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562 User Guide
Unpacking the 562
On opening the carton, you should have found the following parts:
• Meridian 562 Control Unit
• Power cord
• This manual
• Getting going instruction sheet
• 4mm banana plug for turntable grounding
• 500-Series communications lead
If any of these items is missing, please contact your dealer. We suggest
that you retain the packing carefully as it provides maximum protection for
the unit in transit.
Installing your 562
General precautions
Before carrying out any installation, you should ensure that the 562 is
marked with the correct voltage for your local AC supply. Should this not
be the case, do not proceed – but contact your dealer.
As a general rule, you should not make any connections to the 562, or to
any other component in your system, whilst the AC power supply is con-
nected and switched on.
Customising features
The 562 is very flexible. You have the opportunity to significantly custom-
ise its functions. In the end this gives you a preamplifier that exactly suits
you.
The Meridian 562 is not a product that you are likely to use stand-alone,
you are quite likely to be using some other Meridian components and
getting the best out of the system will require a little thought.
The section ‘Customising 562, an overview' on page 13 describes the op-
tions in detail. Obviously, when you have set up 562 to your needs, you
will be aware of the differences from the standard configurations.
We recommend that you first get to know the 562 using one of the stan-
dard setups, and by working through this manual. Do not be afraid later to
experiment with customising – we have given you a simple way to get
back to where you started! (See page 16).
562 as provided has nine standard configurations that we call Type set-
tings. Each Type gives a different set of options; this feature is described
fully on page 16. There are many more than nine possible configurations
for 562, but these were chosen to give good starting points for
customising.
By selecting a Type you automatically reset all custom settings for 562 to
that default.
562 has five operating modes (not to be confused with setup Types):
• Normal
• Standby
• Type
• Config
• Gain
Normal and Standby are the everyday operating modes: the basic operat-
ing instructions refer to these.
For full details of
Type settings and
configuring 562,
see ‘Customising
562, an overview'
on page
13
.