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Bang & Olufsen BeoSystem 1 User Manual

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  • Page 1 BeoSystem 1 Guide...
  • Page 2 Caution To prevent electric shock, do not use the polarised plug on the BeoSystem 1 with an extension cord, receptacle, or other outlet, unless the blades can be fully inserted to prevent blade exposure. CAUTION: To reduce the risk of...
  • Page 3 BeoSystem 1 – control, choice and performance BeoSystem 1 gives you enjoyment of excellent picture and sound in a system that adapts to your needs. BeoSystem 1 integrates audio and video and puts control of it all in your hand in the form of Beo4 –...

  • Page 4: Contents Of The Guide

    18 Overview of connection panels The contents of the Guide are arranged in such Watch TV or Satellite programmes a way that daily use of BeoSystem 1 is Connect the IR receiver described first, followed by setting-up. In other 8 Watch TV or SAT channels...
  • Page 5 BeoLink – BeoSystem 1 in a link Select sound type room 42 Select mono, stereo or SAP 32 Before you start… 32 Option programming 32 Link room connections Apply closed captioning 43 Closed captioning options The BeoSystem 1 main setup menu...
  • Page 6 Each button on Beo4 is explained below. BeoSystem 1 Switch on BeoSystem 1 and your TV channels RADIO Switch on radio, CD, or audio cassette (A TAPE) if these audio sources are available...
  • Page 7 Displayed information and screen TV SETUP menus 1 SOUND 2 PICTURE Information about selected sources is 3 CLOSED CAPTIONING CLOSED CAPTIONING 4 PARENTAL CONTROL displayed at the top left corner of your screen. DISPLAY 5 RECORD LOCK TYPE On-screen menus allow you to switch on, 6 EXTERNAL SOURCES adjust or switch off additional functions.

  • Page 8: Beo4 Remote Control

    Step through available TV …press SAT to call up your ▲ with BeoSystem 1. The menu overlays channels one by one Satellite channels ▼ show the functions available, as well as the set of Beo4 buttons that give...
  • Page 9 Beo4 buttons are available directly, without calling up the menu overlay first. Press MENU a second time to call up the BeoSystem 1 main setup menu. *NOTE! For detailed instruction in the various functions offered by your set-top box or Satellite receiver, please refer to the user’s guide enclosed...
  • Page 10 Rewind or fast forward through Beo4. the cassette Press a coloured button on Beo4 to activate a specific function With BeoSystem 1 and Beo4, you can STOP Press to pause playback shown in the menu overlay make an instant recording of any Press to resume playback, or…...
  • Page 11 You can make an immediate recording of a programme from any source or channel you choose. You can watch what you are recording, select another source, or switch BeoSystem 1 to standby – the recording just continues. While e.g. TV is switched on… SLOW...
  • Page 12 You can ensure that there is a signal between stored in the VCR tuner, as well as in the BeoSystem 1 and your VCR when you preset a BeoSystem 1 tuner*. The recording is timed recording via a Satellite receiver, a controlled by the VCR.
  • Page 13 Beo4 buttons directly, without calling up the menu overlay first. Press MENU a second time to call up the BeoSystem 1 main setup menu. *NOTE! For detailed instruction in the specific functions available for your DVD player, please refer to the DVD player’s own user’s guide.

  • Page 14: Picture In Picture

    *NOTE! Do not choose the VCR as your Picture- in-Picture source if a recording is being executed on your VCR, as Picture-in-Picture may disrupt your recording. BeoSystem 1 will attempt to avoid the situation by making it impossible to activate the Picture-in-Picture function.
  • Page 15 An audio/video setup BeoSystem 1 together with a Bang & Olufsen audio system is that the two When BeoSystem 1 is set up with an audio are connected by a Master Link cable. system in a fully integrated AV system, the speakers are connected to the BeoSystem 1.
  • Page 16 If you have BeoLink installed in your Link room operation home and choose to place your BeoSystem 1 in a link room, you can When you are in the link room, you can operate all connected audio and video operate all connected systems with the Beo4 remote control.

  • Page 17: Connection And Use

    Use a PC with BeoSystem 1 and BeoVision 4 If you have connected BeoSystem 1 Connection and use to a BeoVision 4 plasma screen, you can also connect a PC to both and Connect the video signal to the BeoVision 4...
  • Page 18 50–105º F (10–40º C). screen, loudspeakers, and other ■ equipment to BeoSystem 1! Do not place any items on top of BeoSystem 1. For an overview of the connection ■ Do not attempt to open the BeoSystem 1. Leave such operations to qualified service personnel.
  • Page 19 To facilitate remote control operation When mounting the IR receiver in a setup with a plasma screen, make sure to place the of your BeoSystem 1 and all receiver on the same wall as the screen. If the connected equipment, you must...
  • Page 20 The following sockets and areas are available • For Y, Pr, Pb-type interfaces, use the sockets rear connection panel is intended on the BeoSystem 1 top connection panel: Y/G, Pr/R and Pb/B – no connection should be made to the H and V sockets.

  • Page 21: Rear Connection Panel

    V TAPE is for VCR connections, STB for set-top For connection of a plasma screen supported by exclusive. We recommend that you use the box connections, and so on. BeoSystem 1, or connection of a Home S-VIDEO socket. automation system with a projector. Dedicated areas on the panel...
  • Page 22 Satellite REC OUT dish If you split the signal from the cable network and make a second connection to the RF IN A socket on top of BeoSystem 1, then the picture quality of your uncoded signals will be improved.
  • Page 23 If you would like to be able to use the remote control delivered with the product, do not cover the product’s own IR receiver completely. Please refer to Register equipment connected to BeoSystem 1 for information about how to register extra equipment, such as a DVD player.
  • Page 24 DATA It is only possible to connect a Home automation system to your BeoSystem 1 in a setup with a front or rear projector. *NOTE! If you intend to use BeoSystem 1 with a plasma screen, please refer to the screen’s own manual for instruction in how to handle and place your screen.
  • Page 25 > Connect the IR receiver to BeoSystem 1 as explained in Connect the IR receiver. > If your plasma screen has an IR transmitter, please refer to Connect video signals for instruction in how to connect an IR transmitter.
  • Page 26 Let your choice of a listening and place your loudspeakers before you start viewing position be determined by connecting them to BeoSystem 1. Once they the location of the screen, rather than are connected, then you can make the presets necessary to give you the ultimate sound by the sound.
  • Page 27 CENTRE in the following manner: Connect one loudspeaker to its counterpart, and connect the second loudspeaker to the CENTRE socket on BeoSystem 1. You can also use this looping method when connecting your front or rear loudspeakers. Refer to the guide enclosed with your speakers for more information about ‘looping’...
  • Page 28 >> Loudspeaker connections – set speaker distance Set speaker distance Place yourself in your preferred position for watching television and turn on the system, LEFT FRONT RIGHT FRONT e.g. by pressing the TV button on Beo4. Call up the SPEAKER DISTANCE menu to be able to CENTRE enter the approximate distances in feet to each of your loudspeakers.
  • Page 29 Calibrate speaker level SPEAKER LEVEL SEQUENCE AUTOMATIC LEFT FRONT ....If your loudspeaker setup requires calibration, RIGHT FRONT ....use the SPEAKER LEVEL menu and your Beo4 RIGHT REAR ....remote control to calibrate the speakers. Place LEFT REAR ....yourself in your preferred listening position, turn on the system, e.g.
  • Page 30 Option programming for BeoSystem 1 > Hold the • standby button while pressing LIST. BeoSystem 1 and an audio system set up in one > Let go of both buttons. room – all speakers are connected to > Press LIST repeatedly until OPTION? is shown in BeoSystem 1.

  • Page 31: Link Connection

    MASTER LINK making it possible to ‘move’ the If the Master Link socket on the BeoSystem 1 sound to other rooms. already has an audio system connected, the Master Link cable must be split in two and joined...

  • Page 32: Option Programming

    BeoSystem 1. Run the cable to the junction box, and cut the cable to an appropriate length. *If you connect BeoSystem 1 for use in a link Inside the junction box: Join the cables as room where other link systems, such as speakers,...
  • Page 33 > Press 1 – 8 to call up a menu directly, or… Allows you to register the additional sources or > …use to step to the menu item you want equipment you connect to BeoSystem 1, and in ▼ ▲ (complete the RF setup, if and press GO to select it.
  • Page 34 SAP (Second Audio Program). If you connect an RF cable box to RF Input A on the top of BeoSystem 1, then you have to complete the RF setup. Identify the type of socket the...
  • Page 35 Cable box and source for RF boxes in the enclosed Product List, which lists input to the right. all compatible cable boxes. While BeoSystem 1 is on… RF SETUP RF SETUP > Press MENU on Beo4 to call up the main...
  • Page 36 If you have not connected a cable box to the If you have not connected a cable box, but RF IN A socket on the BeoSystem 1 top you have connected an RF signal to the connection panel, the menu shown below RF IN A socket on the BeoSystem 1 top appears.
  • Page 37 RF IN A socket on the cable or antenna to the RF IN A socket on the BeoSystem 1 top connection panel. Choose the you want to add a Second Audio BeoSystem 1 top connection panel. Choose the signal type, CABLE or ANT (antenna).
  • Page 38 Register equipment connected to BeoSystem 1 When you connect additional video Register additional equipment sources or equipment to your BeoSystem 1, you must register the Find the name of your VCR (V.TAPE), DVD equipment in an on-screen menu. player, Satellite receiver, or set-top box in the...
  • Page 39 Adjust the picture format if you would like a standard, wide-screen, or full screen picture not to your satisfaction, you can format. You can also instruct BeoSystem 1 to instruct BeoSystem 1 to optimise the optimise the picture format for you.

  • Page 40: Adjust Sound And Picture Settings

    You can store a default volume level via the SOUND ADJUSTMENT menu. This determines the initial sound level when BeoSystem 1 is switched on. ∧ Press ∧ or ∨ on Beo4 to adjust SOUND ADJUSTMENT ∨...
  • Page 41 You can adjust the speaker balance between You can store brightness, contrast, colour and connected loudspeakers with the Beo4 remote tint levels for BeoSystem 1 in the PICTURE control. Balance can be adjusted between the menu. Please note that access to the menu...
  • Page 42 The type of sound you select applies until channel, you can select a Second you switch BeoSystem 1 to standby or select Audio Program (SAP). Simply switch another sound type. between the types of sound available.

  • Page 43: Apply Closed Captioning

    BeoSystem 1 to display closed When BeoSystem 1 is switched on… TV SETUP > Press MENU to call up the main TV SETUP captioning at all times.
  • Page 44 When BeoSystem 1 is switched on… TV SETUP Press MENU to call up the main TV SETUP menu. 1 SOUND...
  • Page 45 However, it is not possible to mode to be selected automatically. In most adjust or preset a sound system. cases, the speaker mode you select applies until you switch BeoSystem 1 to standby. Modes available in a surround sound setup TV SETUP SPEAKER1...

  • Page 46: Activate Parental Control

    Activate parental control Parental control can be switched on Assign an access code or off. Choose which system you want to apply: TV parental guidelines To make full use of the parental control or the MPAA rating system. system, begin by assigning an access code. This restricts access to the programmes and If you assign an access code and channels with broadcasted restrictions, and...
  • Page 47 Preset TV Parental guidelines If you choose to apply the system of TV parental guidelines, you can select one common restriction level for all categories or preset the restriction level for the individual categories. When e.g. TV is switched on… TV SETUP >...
  • Page 48 All the programmes and channels then become available, and parental control is switched off until you switch BeoSystem 1 to standby. When e.g. TV is switched on… TV is switched on and a blocked TV SETUP >...

  • Page 49: Use Headphones

    The close-up connection panel is located on the headphones*. loudspeakers can then be muted by pressing front of BeoSystem 1, just below the top edge. the middle of the Beo4 volume button. Use a CamCorder If you connect your CamCorder to the close-up...
  • Page 50 For your information… Your needs as a user are given careful consideration during the design and development process of a Bang & Olufsen product and we strive to make our products easy and comfortable to operate. Therefore, we hope that you will take the time to tell us about your experiences with your Bang &...
  • Page 51 NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
  • Page 52 www.bang-olufsen.com...

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