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  • Page 1 BeoCenter 6–26 Reference book Downloaded from ManualsNet.com search engine...
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  • Page 3 Tables of contents in the Reference book The contents of this Reference book is divided into sections. Each particular section starts with its own detailed table of contents provided with page references. Texts in black refers to the current section, whereas the remaining sections are described in general terms and written in grey.

  • Page 4: Menu Overview

    Menu overview The illustration on this page shows PROGRAM AND STATION GROUPS OPTIONS the content of the menu system , CONNECTIONS (p. 47) TV TUNING (p. 26) and also indicates where in the EDIT PROGRAMS Reference book you can find further ADD PROGRAMS information about the menus.

  • Page 5: Advanced Operation

    Advanced operation This chapter tells you how to operate your television beyond daily use. • Wake-up Timer, 6 • Set the television to switch itself on and off, 8 It also tells you how to operate a • Set-top box operation, 10 connected set-top box and other •...

  • Page 6: Wake Up Timer

    Wake-up Timer You can make the television wake Enter a Wake-up Timer you up in the morning. You must choose the source and program WAKE UP TIMER number of your Wake-up Timer as well as the The Wake-up Timer is a once-only SOURCE start time.

  • Page 7: Check Or Delete A Wake-Up Timer

    Check or delete a Wake-up Timer You can call up the settings for the Wake-up PLAY TIMER Timer to check the time or to disable the TIMER ON / OFF Wake-up Timer by setting it to OFF. TIMER LIST TIMER PROGRAMMING To change settings for a Wake-up Timer or WAKE UP TIMER 07:00...

  • Page 8: Set The Television To Switch Itself On And Off

    Set the television to switch itself on and off You can make your television switch Before you start … Timed play and timed standby itself on and off automatically via the If you connect a Bang & Olufsen audio or video You can preset your television to start and timed play and timed standby product to your television with a Master Link...

  • Page 9: View, Edit Or Delete A Timer

    View, edit or delete a Timer Bring up an on-screen list of the settings you TV SETUP TIMER PROGRAMMING have entered. From this list, you can edit or PROGRAM GROUPS SOURCE delete your Timer settings. PROGRAM 18 BBC TUNING START TIME 15:40 TIMER RECORDING To view, edit or delete your Timer settings …...

  • Page 10: Set-Top Box Operation

    Set-top box operation The built-in Set-top Box Controller Set-top Box Controller menu acts as an interpreter between a set- Some of the buttons on your set-top box top box of your choice and the Beo4 remote control are not immediately available remote control.
  • Page 11 Universal Beo4 operation Use the set-top box’s own menu Use a set-top box in a link room If you know which Beo4 button activates the Once you have activated your set-top box, When your set-top box is connected to the function you want, you can activate the you can operate the set-top box’s own menus, television in the main room, you can operate...

  • Page 12: Use Your Television As A Computer Monitor

    Use your television as a computer monitor If you connect your television to a Bring up the computer image on the screen computer, as described on page 41, To see the computer picture on the television DVI SETUP you can use it as a monitor. screen, you must bring it up with Beo4.

  • Page 13: Surround Sound

    Surround sound If your television is equipped with the Select speakers for movie sound optional surround sound module, You can select the speaker combination that you can extend your system in to a suits the source you are using, provided that surround sound system by adding the various sound modes are available in your system.
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  • Page 15: Tuning And Preference Settings

    Tuning and preference settings Find out how to perform the first- Advanced operation, 5 time setup procedure and tune in all All you need to know about using your television beyond daily use, such as how to available programs automatically. In operate timed play and timed standby functions, and a connected set-top box.

  • Page 16: First-Time Setup Of Your Television

    First-time setup of your television The setup procedure described here is Select menu language Register extra equipment before auto-tuning activated only when the television is connected to the mains and switched MENU LANGUAGE CONNECTIONS on for the first time. DANSK V.

  • Page 17: Select Radio Display

    Select radio display Store all programs and settings RADIO DISPLAY AUTO TUNE STYLE MAXIMUM CHECK AERIAL CONNECTION RADIO GERNO VERSI FOLLOW EPIUM RADIO 3 BBC CLASSIC BBC National DAB store start Before tuning in programs, you are prompted When you have made your selections, a menu to select the display type you want to appear for program tuning automatically appears on on the television screen when you select radio...

  • Page 18: Determine The Centre Position

    >> First-time setup of your television Determine the centre position If your television is equipped with the STAND ADJUSTMENT optional motorised stand, the STAND CENTRE POSITION ADJUSTMENT menu appears on the screen. Once the centre position is determined, select your favourite positions for when the television is switched on and in standby.
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  • Page 20: Edit Tuned Programs

    Edit tuned programs You can only store a total of 99 radio Move tuned radio programs programs, If automatic tuning of all If automatic tuning results in more than 99 radio programs results in more than EDIT RADIO PROGRAMS programs, the EDIT RADIO PROGRAMS menu 91 DR P1 99 programs, the EDIT RADIO appear automatically.

  • Page 21: Move Or Delete Tuned Programs

    Move or delete tuned programs At any time, you can move or delete any Delete programs … TV SETUP tuned TV or radio programs you do not want. > Press TV to switch on the television, or RADIO PROGRAM GROUPS to switch on the radio.

  • Page 22: Name Tuned Programs

    >> Edit tuned programs Name tuned programs The EDIT PROGRAMS menu also allows you to TV SETUP name all programs yourself. PROGRAM GROUPS TUNING TV TUNING Name programs … TIMER RECORDING EDIT PROGRAMS > Press TV to switch on the television, or RADIO PLAY TIMER ADD PROGRAM to switch on the radio.

  • Page 23: Adjust Tuned Tv Programs - Manual Tuning

    Adjust tuned TV programs – manual tuning You can store TV programs on program If the item SYSTEM appears on the menu, then TV SETUP numbers of their own. Fine tune the program make sure that the correct broadcast system is PROGRAM GROUPS reception, indicate the presence of coded displayed before you begin tuning:...

  • Page 24: Adjust Tuned Fm Or Dab Programs - Manual Tuning

    >> Edit tuned programs Adjust tuned FM or DAB programs – manual tuning If your television is equipped with the What’s on the FM RADIO TUNING menu … RADIO MANUAL TUNING optional FM or FM/DAB module, you can FM/DAB … Choose between FM and DAB. FM / DAB tune in FM and DAB radio programs.
  • Page 25 What’s on the ADJUST DAB AERIAL menu … The ‘ADJUST DAB AERIAL’ menu helps you find ADJUST DAB AERIAL .............. When an ‘ensemble’ has been found, this menu the best placement for your dab aerial. can be used to optimise signal reception. DR DAB CHANNEL 12 C...

  • Page 26: Re-Tune Or Add Programs

    Re-tune or add programs You can make your television find Re-tune via automatic tuning your TV and radio programs for you. You can re-tune all your TV and radio TV SETUP programs by letting the television tune in all Preset up to 99 different TV and PROGRAM GROUPS the programs automatically.

  • Page 27: Add New Programs

    Add new programs You can add a new program or update a TV SETUP tuned program which, for example, has been PROGRAM GROUPS moved by the broadcaster. TUNING TV TUNING TIMER RECORDING EDIT PROGRAMS > Press TV to switch on the television, or RADIO PLAY TIMER ADD PROGRAM to switch on the radio.

  • Page 28: Set Positions For The Television To Turn To

    Set positions for the television to turn to Choose one position for when you switch the If your television is equipped with the TV SETUP television on, one for radio and one for when optional motorised stand, you can PROGRAM GROUPS you switch it off.

  • Page 29: Set The Time And Date

    Set the time and date When you preset your television to Before synchronising the clock with a tuned TV SETUP program, make sure that the program you switch itself on or off at a particular PROGRAM GROUPS are watching offers a teletext service. time, or when you preset a timed TUNING TIMER RECORDING...

  • Page 30: Adjust Picture And Sound Settings

    Adjust picture and sound settings Picture and sound settings are preset Change brightness, colour or contrast from the factory to neutral values Adjust the picture settings via the PICTURE TV SETUP which suit most viewing and listening menu. Temporary settings are cancelled PROGRAM GROUPS situations.

  • Page 31: Change Volume, Bass Or Treble

    Change volume, bass or treble Adjust the sound settings via the What’s on the SOUND SETUP/SOUND TV SETUP SOUND SETUP menu. Temporary settings are ADJUSTMENT menu … PROGRAM GROUPS cancelled when you switch off the television. VOLUME … Adjusts the volume level the TV uses TUNING when you switch it on.

  • Page 32: Choose Menu Language

    Choose menu language You can select the language for on-screen The menu language you choose TV SETUP menus via the TV SETUP menu. The text on during the first-time setup of your PROGRAM GROUPS the screen changes as you move from TUNING television can be changed at any language to language.

  • Page 33: Choose Radio Display

    Choose radio display > Press RADIO to switch on the radio. You can change the radio display at RADIO SETUP > Press MENU to bring up the RADIO SETUP any time. Your choice determines TUNING RADIO TUNING menu and press to highlight TUNING.
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  • Page 35: Placement, Sockets And Connections

    Placement, sockets and connections In this chapter, you can find out how Advanced operation, 5 to place and connect your television. All you need to know about using your television beyond daily use, such as how to It also gives you an overview of the operate timed play and timed standby functions, and a connected set-top box.

  • Page 36: Set Up Your Television

    Set up your television Handling your television For information about how to fasten – Avoid placing your television in direct sunlight and run the cables on the rear of the or direct artificial light, such as a spotlight, as television, refer to page 38. this may reduce the sensitivity of the remote control receiver.
  • Page 37 Placement options The television can be placed in several ways, some are illustrated to the right. Please contact a Bang & Olufsen retailer for further information. If you mount the television on one of the motorised stands or on the wall bracket, you can tilt the television up and down, as well as turn it left and right.

  • Page 38: Aerial And Mains Connections

    >> Set up your television Aerial and mains connections When you set the television up on its own, simply connect the TV aerial to the TV socket and a FM aerial to the socket marked FM and connect the television to the mains as shown to the right.

  • Page 39: Camera And Headphones Sockets

    Camera and headphones sockets You can connect headphones and Sockets for temporary connections listen to a programme, or you can PHONES connect a Camcorder and watch your You can connect stereo headphones to the socket PHONES home movies on the television. If you marked PHONES.

  • Page 40: Socket Panel

    Socket panel The socket panel on your television Sockets on the rear panel allow you to connect signal input cables as well as a variety of extra equipment, such as a video recorder Left, line signal (for sound from PC). STAND or a linked Bang &...
  • Page 41 Computer connection – DVI socket The speaker and digital sockets mentioned Disconnect the television, the computer, and below are only available, if your television is all equipment connected to the computer equipped with the optional Surround Sound from the mains. module: Using the appropriate type of cable, connect REAR...

  • Page 42: Connect Additional Video Equipment

    Connect additional video equipment Connect a decoder This chapter describes how to connect additional video equipment to the television. BeoCenter Primary decoder A decoder can be connected to the television via the AV2 socket. If your setup also includes a Bang & Olufsen video recorder, you should connect the decoder to the video recorder.

  • Page 43: Connect A Set-Top Box

    Connect a set-top box Disconnect all involved systems from the mains before you connect external BeoCenter Set-top box equipment. > Connect one end of a 21-pin AV cable to the set-top box. > Run the cable to the AV1 or AV2 socket on the back of the television.
  • Page 44 >> Connect additional video equipment Connect a Bang & Olufsen recorder BeoCenter Video recorder Disconnect all involved systems from the mains BeoCord V 8000 before you connect external equipment. If you connect a BeoCord V 8000 to your tele- vision, some of the features of the BeoCord >...
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  • Page 46: Register Additional Video Equipment

    Register additional video equipment If you connect additional video What is connected? equipment to your television, you Registering the equipment connected to the TV SETUP must register the equipment in the television enables you to activate it with the PROGRAM GROUPS CONNECTIONS menu.
  • Page 47 When you have connected additional video AV 2 STB SETUP equipment to your television, you must also NONE … if no equipment is connected. NOKIA 96025 ‘tell’ the system if you have made additional EXPANDER … if you have connected an NOKIA 9820T NOKIA 9850T connections, such as connecting a digital...

  • Page 48: Loudspeaker Setup - Surround Sound

    Loudspeaker setup – surround sound If your television is equipped with the Place external speakers optional surround sound module, The three illustrations to the right show you can create a surround sound examples of how you can place the television setup.

  • Page 49: Connect Speakers

    Connect speakers Connect Bang & Olufsen speakers and a BeoLab 2 subwoofer to the connection panel FRONT at the back of the television. The speakers must be Bang & Olufsen Power Link speakers. To connect speakers… > Use the cables enclosed with the speakers. SUBWOOFER >...
  • Page 50 >> Loudspeaker setup – surround sound Set speaker distance Switch on the television from your favourite viewing position. Enter the straight-line distances in metres between your position and the individual speakers. CENTRE LEFT FRONT RIGHT FRONT To set the speaker distances … >...
  • Page 51 Calibrate the sound level When you have connected speakers in a > Press MENU to bring up the TV SETUP menu SPEAKER LEVEL surround sound setup to the television, you and press to highlight OPTIONS. SEQUENCE AUTOMATIC must perform a speaker calibration. >...

  • Page 52: Sound Adjustments

    >> Loudspeaker setup – surround sound Sound adjustments Sound settings are preset at the factory to SOUND ADJUSTMENT neutral values which suit most listening VOLUME ... . situations. However, if you wish, you can BASS ... . adjust these settings to your liking.
  • Page 53 Choose a speaker combination While you are watching a movie or Speaker combinations programme, you can choose the speaker SPEAKER 1 … Sound in the centre speaker only. combination you wish to switch on, provided SPEAKER 2 … Stereo sound in the two front that the various sound modes are available in speakers.

  • Page 54: See The Name Of The Active Sound System

    >> Loudspeaker setup – surround sound See the name of the active sound system You can see the name of the active sound SOUND SYSTEM system for a source or programme on the MONO / STEREO screen. However, it is not possible to adjust or preset a sound system.

  • Page 55: Beolink System

    BeoLink system All your Bang & Olufsen products can Advanced operation, 5 be connected in a BeoLink system. A All you need to know about using your television beyond daily use, such as how to complete BeoLink system enables operate timed play and timed standby functions, and a connected set-top box. you to distribute sound and picture How to operate a surround sound system.

  • Page 56: Connect And Operate An Audio System

    Connect and operate an audio system If you connect a compatible Bang & Connect a radio Olufsen audio system to the If you connect an audio system to your tele- OPTIONS television using a Master Link cable, vision, you must enter the BeoLink menu and CONNECTIONS you obtain the benefits of an set up how the radios should be used:...

  • Page 57: Option Setting

    Option setting If your television has been set up in an AV system, you may need to set it to the correct Option 1 Option 1 Option with Beo4. Switch the entire system Option 2 Option 0 to standby first. Option setting for the television >...

  • Page 58: Use An Integrated Audio/Video System

    >> Connect and operate an audio system Use an integrated audio/video system If you integrate your audio system and your television, you can choose a speaker combination appropriate to the current video or audio program, and also record video sound on the audio system. Video sound recording If you listen to sound from your television on your Bang &...

  • Page 59: Your Television In A Link Room With An Audio System

    Your television in a link room with an audio system If you set up your television in a link room and enable the internal radio, you can choose Option 5 Option 5 which radio you want to listen to. However, you can only use the internal radio in your television, if you have enabled it, as described on page 56.

  • Page 60: Your Television In A Link Room

    Your television in a link room Option setting If you have BeoLink installed in your home and you choose to place your For your entire system to function properly, it Main room Link room television in a link room, you can is essential that the television in the link operate all connected systems room is set to the correct Option before you...

  • Page 61: Link Room Operation

    Link room operation When you are in the link room, you can Use a link room source – Main room Link room operate all connected systems with the Beo4 source type present in both remote control. rooms … Press the button for the source Use sources present only in you wish to use one of the rooms …...

  • Page 62: Distribute Sound And Picture With Beolink

    Distribute sound and picture with BeoLink The BeoLink system makes it possible to distribute picture and/or sound to other rooms throughout the house. To the MASTER LINK socket on the link room system MASTER For example, you can connect your LINK television in the living room to another video system or set of...

  • Page 63: Link Frequency

    System modulator Link frequency MODULATOR SETUP LINK FREQUENCY MODULATOR FREQUENCY FINE TUNE search store store If you have an audio setup, such as a BeoLink If, for example, a TV program in your area is Active/Passive, and you choose to set up a broadcasted on the same frequency as the non-linkable television in the same room, you BeoLink system uses, 599 MHz, you must tune...

  • Page 64: Two Televisions In The Same Room

    Two televisions in the same room If you have placed your BeoCenter 6 One remote control for both televisions in a room where you already have a For your television to function properly, it is Bang & Olufsen television, and...
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  • Page 66: Customise Beo4

    Set up Beo4 Add an extra ‘button’ control of a large number of The Beo4 is set up for use with BeoCenter 6 When you add a new function to the Beo4 television functions, and the Beo4 from the factory. However, if you buy a new list, you can then bring up this new ‘button’...
  • Page 67 Move extra ‘buttons’ Remove an extra ‘button’ You can rearrange the order in which the You can remove any of the extra ‘buttons’ extra ‘buttons’ appear when you press LIST. that are available when you press LIST. • • Press and hold the standby Press and hold the standby button down button down...

  • Page 68: Computer Monitor

    Index Beo4 remote control Connections Add a ‘button’ to the Beo4 list, 66 Aerial and mains connection, 38 Changing the Beo4 batteries, Guide p. 18 Audio system – connect to the television, 56 Cleaning the Beo4, Guide p. 18 Camera, 39 Configure Beo4, 66 Connections –...

  • Page 69: Maintenance

    First-time setup Picture Set-top box First-time setup procedure, 16 Adjust brightness, colour or contrast, 30 Connect a set-top box, 43 Change the picture format, Guide p. 9 Set-Top Box Controller menu, 10 Remove the picture from the screen, 30 Universal Beo4 operation, 11 Format Use the set-top box in a link room, 11 Change the picture format, Guide p.
  • Page 70 > Index Teletext TV programs Basic teletext functions, Guide p. 10 Add new TV programs, 27 Day-to-day use of MEMO pages, Guide p. 11 Adjust tuned programs, 23 Store favourite teletext pages, Guide p. 11 Auto-tuning – first-time setup of your television, 16 Bring up a TV list, Guide p.
  • Page 71 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment When disposing of electrical and electronic equip- (WEEE) – Environmental protection ment by use of the collection systems available in The European Parliament and the Council of the your country, you protect the environment, human European Union have issued the Waste Electrical health and contribute to the prudent and rational and Electronic Equipment Directive.
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