Specifications

Bob Stuart answers Questions about the Meridian 800 V3
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32 What is Halt?
When you press ‘Stop’ the first time, 800 will remember where it is on the disc. When you
next press ‘Play’, it will resume from that position on the disc. 800 will even remember this
position for CD or DVD-Video if you remove the disc and then re-load it (without loading any
different disc).
If you want to start the disc again, press ‘Stop’ twice in succession. You will see the on-screen
icon is different for the Halt and Stop states.
33 How do I know where I am on the disc?
800 provides a variety of information on the front panel: repeated pressings of ‘Display’ on the
front panel or ‘Fn + Display’ on MSR (when used with 861) will rotate through these displays.
Standard displays include System Source and Volume; Title/Group with Chapter/Track and
time; disc type and current audio format.
There is also a lot of status display available on-screen which can be accessed by the ‘OSD’
(‘Fn + Next’) key on the MSR (supplied remote). The information displayed is different for CD,
DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, MP3 and VCD.
34 What are the Advanced Display options?
Advanced displays are available for CD and all DVD and are accessed from the 96 menu
(with the tray open, press ‘9’, ‘6’, ‘Enter’). The default setting is ‘Off’.
On DVD the second OSD bar substitutes a bitrate meter for the Repeat status icons. The
display shows the data rate on the disc in kbits-per-second.
On CD, this OSD display gives information about the state of the disc. When a disc is
damaged, has a manufacturing flaw or is ageing (in the case of CDR), then despite 800’s
advanced reading strategies, occasionally some data will be unrecoverable. In this case, 800
will use an advanced algorithm to interpolate data to provide a smooth presentation. The error
counter shows the number of bytes that were unrecoverable during the current playing
session. See Q. 48.
What does the 800 play…?
35 Will the 800 play CD-R, CD-R/W or DVD-R?
Yes. The drive allows optimal reading of CD-based, CD-R, CD-R/W, DVD-R and DVD media.
36 Will the 800 play hybrid discs?
Yes. The drive allows optimal playback of the CD layer on a hybrid disc that cannot otherwise
be played. For example, 800 will play the CD layer of a hybrid SACD disc but it will play the
DVD-Audio layer of a hybrid DVD.
37 Will the 800 play DVD+ discs?
Yes. A DVD+ disc combines a regular CD on one side with a DVD layer on the other. Such
discs can be played as CDs or flipped to play as DVD. Since these discs are 1.6mm thick
(compared with 1.2mm for standard discs) not all players will accept them. 800 does.
38 Does it play VCD or CVCD?
Yes – very well! This feature provides access to thousands of titles.