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Bang & Olufsen Beo4 User Manual

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I N T R O D U C I N G
B E O V I S I O N
A V A N T
Press a button on the Beo4 remote
control – just one!
With majestic elegance, the BeoVision
Avant video system turns towards
you, and the curtains slide open
revealing the picture on the screen. A
unique picture and sound experience
awaits you.
The Beo4 remote control is the key to
the BeoVision Avant video system. It
will take you into a world of
entertainment.
This guide explains how...
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  • Page 1 A unique picture and sound experience awaits you. The Beo4 remote control is the key to the BeoVision Avant video system. It will take you into a world of entertainment.
  • Page 2 This User’s guide explains how to tune and preset your BeoVision Avant and operate the various other functions offered by the system, using the Beo4 remote control. Most of the functions described in this guide are accompanied by a set of buttons which guide you through the operation step-by-step.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    C O N T E N T S 4 Principles of operation 61 BeoVision Avant and AV systems Beo4 and BeoVision Avant, 4 Surround sound, 62 Beo4 operating principles, 5 Audio system and BeoVision Avant, 65 Help to use on-screen menus, 6...

  • Page 4: Beo4 And Beovision Avant

    Avant, it may be a good idea to famil- In the step-by-step operating sequences iarise yourself with the Beo4 principles shown in this guide, the buttons on the Beo4 of operation. and cues in the Beo4 display will be illustrated...

  • Page 5: Beo4 Operating Principles

    *Note: If a cue is mentioned in this guide and you cannot find it in the display on your Beo4 remote control, please refer to Extra functions in Beo4, page 67 in this guide for information about how to add that particular cue or ‘button’.

  • Page 6: Help To Use On-Screen Menus

    Menu guidance function Sometimes, you can call up extra functions …press GO to accept it from a menu by pressing the Beo4 MENU button once more. These extra functions are all described with the relevant menus throughout this guide.

  • Page 7: Advice On Setting Up

    Advice on setting up When you want to start tuning in your Press to call up the main menu MENU Setup then BeoVision Avant, you call up the main 1 Tuning Press to call up the Setup menu menu first, then the Setup menu which Sound If Sat is available Setup will be item Picture...
  • Page 9 T U N I N G A N D P R E S E T T I N G This section contains operations for 10 Tuning in tuning and the presets you (or your Tuning in TV stations, 10 Bang & Olufsen dealer) must Video tape recorder and TV undertake when you set up the stations, 12...

  • Page 10: Tuning In

    T U N I N G Tuning in TV stations Call up the main menu To tune in TV stations, call up the MENU Menu The main menu appears… menu for tuning and find the TV Timer record then tuning menu. You can make the system Timer play Press to call up the Setup menu, if TV list...
  • Page 11 *Note: In order to display SOUND or MONO on M... for NTSC ON/V... (decoder on) where only video Beo4, you must add the function to the Beo4 LIST D/K... for PAL/SECAM D/K signals are coded function, see Extra functions in Beo4, page 67.
  • Page 12 > Tuning in Video tape recorder and TV stations Press to call up the main menu When you store the TV stations on MENU Menu program numbers in your BeoVision Timer record The main menu appears… Avant, their program numbers are also Timer play then TV list...
  • Page 13 What’s on the V.Tape tuning menu… Pr (TV station)... The TV program number appears here. Fine (fine tuning)...To fine tune a station when it is used via the video tape recorder. Source (specific source selection)... You can instruct the video tape recorder to get its information from a specific source whenever it records a specific TV programme: V.Tape tuner...
  • Page 14 > Tuning in Tuning in to Satellite stations Press to call up the main menu Before you start… MENU Menu If you need to tune in to an alternative broadcast Timer record system, make sure that the correct system is The main menu appears…...
  • Page 15 What’s on the primary Sat tuning menu… The name may contain up to ten characters, Select ON/AV for most coded stations to get both including the letters A-Z, numbers and full stop. Freq (frequency)... Searching stops at the first sound and picture. If only the video signal is station producing an acceptable signal.
  • Page 16 > Tuning in: ...to satellite stations Format… Two format settings are available, you Bandwidth… For Bandwidth, the following Sound Left Right Bandwidth can store a format for each Satellite program. The options are available: 130 KHz, 280 KHz, and 450 Stereo 7.02 7.20...

  • Page 17: Setting And Checking The Time

    C L O C K Setting and checking the time BeoVision Avant has a built-in, 24-hour Switch on to a national TV station Menu which transmits Teletext… clock which ensures that your Timer Timer record Press to call up the main menu MENU programming entries are carried out Timer play...
  • Page 18 BeoVision Avant’s motorised stand, MENU Menu enables you to turn the entire system Timer record The main menu appears… using your Beo4 remote control. Timer play then TV list Press to call up the Setup menu, if 4 Setup When you switch the system off, it Sat is available Setup will be item 5 The Setup menu appears…...
  • Page 19 M E N U R E M I N D E R Setting the menu reminder function to On or Off While you are operating BeoVision Call up the main menu MENU Menu Avant via the on-screen menus, you Timer record The main menu appears…...
  • Page 20 Q U I C K G U I D E T O … Switching on to TV or Satellite Switches on to the TV program Press the appropriate source button to number you were last watching switch on: TV or SAT. The BeoVision Switches on to the Sat program Avant turns to its preset position.
  • Page 21 You turn the volume level up or down Press to raise the volume and silence the speakers via the volume Press to lower the volume button on Beo4. Indication of volume level Press to switch to standby • To switch off BeoVision Avant, press the red standby button •.
  • Page 23 T V , S A T E L L I T E A N D T E L E T E X T Before you start… 24 Daily operations In order to receive Satellite stations, as 25 Program lists described in this section, your Using the program list, 25 BeoVision Avant must be specially 26 Teletext...

  • Page 24: Daily Operations

    D A I L Y O P E R A T I O N S Watching a programme Switches on to the TV program The operations shown on this page are number you were last watching functions you will be using daily: Switches on to the Sat program •...

  • Page 25: Using The Program Lists

    P R O G R A M L I S T S Using the program list All your TV stations appear in a Press to call up the main menu MENU Menu program list, which you can call up on Timer record The main menu appears…...

  • Page 26: Teletext

    T E L E T E X T How to call up Teletext pages Switches to Teletext Teletext is an information system used TEXT Memory pages… to distribute news, weather forecasts Four memory pages are available for each Press to step to one of the four and other information of general station you have tuned in to.
  • Page 27 BeoLink connected sets. You have to preset Press until STORE is displayed on LIST your memory pages on all your TV sets. memory pages in order to get quicker Beo4 access to them. then Press to preset the current page, for example on memory page 2...
  • Page 28 Before you use this function, you must call up the for example subpage 0005 Teletext page of which you want a subpage. A *Note: In order to display REVEAL on Beo4, you Teletext page can have a number of subpages. must add the function to the Beo4 list of The subpages are identified by a 4-digit subcode.
  • Page 29 Press LIST until UPDATE is displayed LIST that the information on a certain updated, press TEXT or GO. on Beo4 Teletext page has been updated. then Note: While you are watching the TV programme Press to see the TV picture waiting for a Teletext page to be updated, don’t...
  • Page 30 > Teletext Making video recordings via Teletext Press to switch to Teletext The Video Programming via Teletext TEXT Call up the Teletext page listing TV function (VPT) in the video tape programmes, then... recorder allows you to program a recording via the Teletext page(s) Press to be able to program a RECORD which lists TV programmes.
  • Page 31 If PDC/VPS is set to On… If PDC/VPS is set to On and PDC/VPS broadcast signals are available… If you have PDC/VPS set to On in the V.Tape’s Basic setup menu (see page Press to switch to Teletext TEXT 52-53), the recording procedure is Call up the Teletext page listing TV controlled by the PDC/VPS broadcasting programmes, then…...
  • Page 32 The titles of the four linked pages appear on top written in a colour; red, green, yellow, of the page, each written in a different colour Press to leave Teletext EXIT and blue. You use the coloured buttons on the Beo4 remote control to call up the pages.

  • Page 33: Adjusting The Picture

    P I C T U R E A N D S O U N D Adjusting the picture The picture levels in the BeoVision Call up the main menu MENU Menu Avant are already set to neutral values Timer record The main menu appears…...

  • Page 34: Picture And Sound

    The Setup menu appears… The main menu You can adjust volume level directly on Press to select item number 2, Sound the Beo4 remote control at any time Setup without calling up a menu. The Sound access menu Tuning appears...
  • Page 35 (provided it is *Note: In order to display SOUND on sound and the languages that are the Beo4 display, you must add it to transmitted), whenever you switch on to the TV or currently transmitted.

  • Page 36: Picture-In-Picture

    V TAPE *Note: If P-IN-P is not available, you must add it to the Beo4 list of functions, see Extra functions in Beo4, page 67 in this guide. Please note… The picture-in-picture function requires that your BeoVision Avant is equipped with a picture-in-picture module.
  • Page 37 V I D E O T A P E R E C O R D E R Load a video tape… 38 Daily operations Push the tape into the compartment in the centre Video playback, 38 below the picture screen, through the door until you feel the mechanism drawing it into the 40 Timer recording compartment.

  • Page 38: Daily Operations

    The picture appears on the screen 52-54, as it gives relevant information about the within a few seconds functions performed by the video tape recorder. Use the Beo4 remote control to Press to raise the volume operate your BeoVision Avant video tape recorder.
  • Page 39 It will not be possible to play an NTSC tape in slow motion – pressing the red and blue button on Beo4, will Please refer to pages 52-54, Preferences for the produce no reaction whatsoever. The counter...

  • Page 40: Timer Recording

    T I M E R R E C O R D I N G Making a Timer recording Call up the main menu Before you start… MENU Menu The main menu appears… Before you make a Timer recording, make sure 1 Timer record that the built-in clock in the BeoVision Avant is set then...
  • Page 41 Source (Which source do you want to record?) Start and Stop (Start and stop times) At first, all the weekdays will be displayed: M... for Monday The below sources may be available: Key in the times you want the recording to start and stop, key in e.g.
  • Page 42 > Timer recording The Timer index for Timer recordings Press to call up the main menu The Timer index lists the timer MENU Menu recordings you have made that are still 1 Timer record The main menu appears… waiting to be executed (eight Timer play then TV list...

  • Page 43: Instant Recording

    I N S T A N T R E C O R D I N G Instant recording Use the Beo4 remote control to make Switch on to the programme you want to record... an instant recording onto tape. Press to make the video tape...
  • Page 44 > Timer recording Nice to know about recording… • Recordings can be made at two speeds in the • If the tape you have loaded is record BeoVision Avant – SP Standard play and LP protected, it will be ejected automatically Long Play.
  • Page 45 STOP Press e.g. TV to stop recording entirely and return to normal source operation *Note: In order to display AV on Beo4, you must add the function to Beo4’s list of functions, please refer to page 67 in this guide.
  • Page 46 Press e.g. TV or another source button to stop the recording entirely *Note: In order to display V.TAPE2 on Beo4, you must add the functions to the Beo4 list of functions, see Extra functions in Beo4, page 67 for...
  • Page 47 Press V TAPE to return to the copying process. Note: The actual recording must be operated with the Beo4 remote control, but at any time during the recording, CamCorder playback (pause, stop, play, etc.) can be operated as usual (see how in...
  • Page 48 4 Setup Sat is available Setup will be item 5 playback via the Beo4 remote control. In a few instances, however, a more thorough adjustment The Setup menu appears... of the picture may be necessary...
  • Page 49 Beo4 display by pressing LIST repeatedly, then press to adjust *Note: In order to display TRACKNG on Beo4 you as required. must add the function to the Beo4 list of functions, see Extra functions in Beo4, page 67 for further instructions.

  • Page 50: Extra Video Equipment

    E X T R A V I D E O E Q U I P M E N T Registering extra video equipment Press to call up the main menu You can connect extra video MENU Menu equipment to the AV socket* on the Timer record The main menu appears…...
  • Page 51 • To activate the other auxiliary equipment, press LIST to display V.AUX*, then press *Note: In order to display V.TAPE2 and V.AUX on Beo4, you must add the functions to the Beo4 list of functions, See Extra functions in Beo4, page 67 for further instructions.

  • Page 52: Preferences For The Video Tape Recorder

    P R E F E R E N C E S F O R V I D E O T A P E R E C O R D E R Setting your preferences for the video tape recorder Press to call up the main menu To gain full benefit of the functions MENU Menu...
  • Page 53 What’s on the V.Tape Basic setup menu… To enter the length of the tape yourself. Press The PDC/VPS facility only applies when you are Counter (displayed counter indication) until the correct tape length is displayed. programming Timer recordings via Teletext. Timer The video tape recorder calibrates the tape –...
  • Page 54 > Preferences for video tape recorder SECAM sys (SECAM system – recording) Play sys (colour system – playback) This item allows you to select the type of SECAM This item enables you to select a specific colour system you wish to use, generally, for recording system, manually, when playing back a particular on to your video tapes: video tape:...
  • Page 56 P I C T U R E F O R M A T S BeoVision Avant and picture formats… BeoVision Avant always ensures you On BeoVision Avant, picture formats the best possible picture. It auto- are divided into three groups. Each matically adapts the picture so that it group relates to specific types of fills out as much of the television...

  • Page 57: Changing The Picture Format

    Press until FORMAT is displayed on LIST makes it impossible for BeoVision picture, you may have to change the picture to Beo4 then Avant to detect the picture format e.g. the 14:9 format which lets the BeoVision Press to optimise the picture automatically.

  • Page 58: Switching On Or Off Automatically

    T I M E R P L A Y Switching on or off automatically… Call up the main menu Before you start… MENU Menu In order for your Timers to be executed on Timer record The main menu appears… BeoVision Avant, you must switch on the Timer 2 Timer play function, see how on the following page.
  • Page 59 Source (Which source? or switch off?) Pr (Program number) The system writes… TV… To switch on the TV. Once your source is chosen, choose the program SAT… To switch on satellite TV. number you want. Jan... for January M... for Monday V.TAPE…...
  • Page 60 > Timer play Timer index for Timer play or standby Press to call up the main menu The Timer index lists your Timer play MENU Menu The main menu appears… and Standby programming entries Timer record waiting to be executed. In the Index 2 Timer play Press to call up the Timer play menu TV list...
  • Page 61 Avant if it is placed in a Link room. Switching speakers, 64 65 Avant and audio system Transferring from audio to video – or vice versa…, 65 66 Link room with BeoVision Avant Using BeoVision Avant in a Link room, 66 67 Extra functions in Beo4...

  • Page 62: Surround Sound

    BeoVision Avant. RADIO To record it onto the video tape recorder… *Note: To display AV on Beo4, you must add the Press to record the simulcast RECORD function to Beo4. Please refer to page 67 for...
  • Page 63 One or five speakers – what’s the difference? BeoVision Avant offers five different SPEAKER 3… for Dolby 3 Stereo (stereo sound with the mono sound of e.g. human speech and sound modes, SPEAKER 1 to 5. sound effects concentrated in the centre speakers) produced by the BeoVision Avant While you are watching a TV or speakers (as centre speaker) and the two front...
  • Page 64 SPEAKER 1 – 3. that your BeoVision Avant and your audio system then • While SPEAKER is displayed on Beo4, you can are interconnected and properly set up as an AV Press to cut in the two front and adjust the balance between the loudspeakers system.
  • Page 65 *Note: If you use your audio system without speakers – your setup is a BeoVision Avant surround sound setup, please refer to page 62 *Note: To display AV on Beo4, you must add the instead. function to Beo4. Please refer to page 67 for further instruction.
  • Page 66 Link room BeoVision Avant onto its own video tape recorder. Continue to operate these main *Note: In order to display LINK on Beo4, you must sources in the usual manner… add the function to the Beo4 list of functions, see the following page for further instructions.
  • Page 67 Press to leave the Beo4 setup EXIT and change the order in which these function extra functions appear*. Alternatively, Press again to display more cues LIST *Note: Please refer to Beo4’s own User’s guide for information of how to customise your extra functions.

  • Page 68: Displayed Information

    B E O V I S I O N A V A N T C L O S E - U P … Displayed information… BeoVision Avant display bar – The display bar gives information about the system and conceals the buttons for close-up operation on the back.
  • Page 69 S-VHS socket... for the connection of S-VHS or these three sockets. Hi-8 camcorders only. *Note: In order to find CAMCORD in the Beo4 display you have to add the function, see page 67 for further instruction.
  • Page 70 Q U I C K G U I D E M E N U S Main Menu 1 Timer record Timer index (Timer recordings) Source Start Stop Date 1 Timer record 10:25 – 11:25 2 Apr OK 12:30 – 13:30 28 Aug 2 Timer play 20:00...
  • Page 72 Telephone Address Record your serial numbers here: BeoVision Avant Beo4 remote control Dear Customer, Your needs as the user of our products are always given careful consideration during the design and development process, and we strive to make our products easy and comfortable to operate.

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