Media Core 600 User Guide
EN Media Core 600 User Guide Important safety instructions • • • • • • • • • • • Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follow all instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with a dry cloth. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.
N EN Media Core 600 User Guide Operating the Media Core 600 To switch on the Media Core 600 Replacing a drive • Briefly press the Power On/Off button on the front panel. The Media Core 600 has two user replaceable hard drives that can be accessed by the front panel doors. The button will be illuminated blue while the unit is starting up, and will then remain illuminated white when it is ready for use. To switch off the Media Core 600 • Briefly press the Power On/Off switch on the front panel.
Media Core 600 User Guide EN Back panel The following diagram gives details of the back panel connections: Zone 2 Zone 4 Zone 6 Sooloos Digital Speaker Analogue Digital Speaker Analogue Digital Speaker Analogue outputs output Link outputs output Link outputs network output Link EXPANSION This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
N Media Core 600 User Guide EN Outputs (Zones 1 to 6) Other connections Use this output To connect to this Use this input To connect to this Analogue Out The line-level inputs of an analogue preamplifier, the input of a power amplifier, or active loudspeakers, using stereo phono leads. Sooloos Network A Meridian Sooloos network. Meridian House Sync In The previous Sooloos unit in a chain.
Media Core 600 User Guide EN Controlling the Media Core 600 This section gives details of the alternative control options for the Media Core 600. You can use any of these control methods simultaneously, and information such as volume and current track is synchronised between them. Sooloos application for iPad, iPhone, or iPod A Sooloos application for the iPad, iPhone, or iPod is available for free download from the Apple Applications Store.
N Media Core 600 User Guide EN Applications The Media Core 600 can provide music to up to six separate locations with individual control over each location, via the SpeakerLink, digital, or analogue output from each zone.
Media Core 600 User Guide EN To connect the Media Core 600 to a Sooloos network To connect to a Meridian Digital Surround Controller • Connect the Network socket on each component to one of the LAN network connections on your Router, using a CAT-5e or CAT-6 cable. You can connect the Media Core 600 to a Meridian Digital Surround Controller, such as the G68. • Make sure the WAN/Internet port on the Router is connected to the rest of your network, or to your Cable/DSL Modem.
N Media Core 600 User Guide EN Synchronising playback The Meridian House Sync connectors on the back panel allow you to synchronise the audio playback of multiple Media Core 600 units, such as when playing the same music throughout multiple zones. Without synchronisation, playback of the same music by different units may drift apart noticeably over a long track. • Connect the House Sync Out from the clock master to the House Sync In of the next unit, and so on to daisy chain all the units together.
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