Friends,

I just acquired a HD621 and am trying to reconfigure my system. I have not had to configure my 861 for years, and am experiencing difficulties. Two quick questions.

1. Can you configure the 861 using the new configuration program? When reading through Meridian's documentation on the new configuration program, there are passages that suggest the 800 series cannot be configured using the new program; only the G series can. Is this correct?

I have tried to use the new configuration program and have failed so far. I input all of my new settings using the new program. When I tried to store the new settings to the 861, I received this error message: "Failure during directory read. Product reported bad command."

2. Having failed using the new configuration program, I tried to fetch my existing 861 settings using the Legacy configuration program. The Toshiba laptop I have has a USB interface assigned COM9. The Legacy program cannot use COM9. As far as I can tell, it can only work with COM1-4, or perhaps COM1-8. When I used the Control Panel of the laptop to re-assign COM9 to COM1 or COM2 (COM3-COM8 are "in use"), I still could not complete a successful fetch.

If anyone can give me proper direction, I would greatly appreciate it. Otherwise, I will be calling the dealer and/or Meridian America Tuesday morning.

2-Channel: Mer 800, Wadia 170i, Ipod, Berkeley DAC, Clayton M300 Amps, Martin Logan Spires
Multi-channel: Oppo BDP-83, Mer 800, HD621, Mer 861, Clayton/Rowland/Classe amps, Martin Logan Spires & Stage, Revel Embrace, REL Stentor