Meridian America 598 - Manual (Page 10)

Introduction
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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.