Meridian America 598 User Manual download pdf (Page 10)

Introduction

DVD-Video

The multi-channel soundtracks on DVD-Video discs are

encoded and compressed, using the Dolby Digital, MPEG, or

DTS encoding systems. The 598 DVD Audio Player uses

mathematically precise digital signal processing (DSP) to decode

the soundtrack into discrete channels. The video is processed

using broadcast-quality video circuitry, with the ability to

reproduce both PAL and NTSC video formats and to convert

between them if the television or video display is not capable of

displaying both formats.

Audio CDs

Because the CD catalogue is so comprehensive, CD will be the

major source of music enjoyment for many years. In designing

the 598 DVD Audio Player no compromises have been permitted

in reproducing conventional audio CDs. The 598 uses triple

buffering to remove the timing variations that typically occur with

reading data from an audio CD, resulting in an extremely clear

and authoritative sound.

The 598 can also play DTS CDS. The DTS bitstream is provided

on the digital outputs for subsequent decoding.

MP3 audio CDs

The 598 DVD Audio Player can also play CD-ROMs containing

directories of MP3 audio files. This provides a convenient way of

archiving record collections to achieve up to 10 times the

capacity of a conventional CD where sound quality is not of

primary importance.

MP3 discs can be created from a computer using appropriate

MP3 encoding software and a CD-ROM writer. Generate the

MP3 files with a data rate of at least 128Kbits per second. Group

the tracks into folders to create separate albums on the disc. Do

not create folders within folders.

Tracks and albums are played in the order in which they are

recorded onto the CD-ROM.

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