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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.
Menu overview The illustration on this page shows T V SETUP pp. 6 SOUND pp. 14 the content of the menu system , and TUNING VOLUME EDIT CHANNELS CENTRE also indicates where in the Reference ADD CHANNELS BALANCE book you can find further AUTO TUNING BASS information about the menus.
Tuning and preference settings Find out how to perform the first- time setup procedure and tune in all • First-time setup of your television, 6 available channels automatically. In • Edit tuned channels, 8 addition, you can find information • Re-tune or add channels, 12 •...
First-time setup of your television The setup procedure described here is Select menu language Register extra equipment before activated only when the television is auto-tuning connected to the mains and switched MENU LANGUAGE CONNECTIONS on for the first time. DANSK V.
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Store all channels and settings AUTO TUNE CHECK AERIAL CONNECTION start When you have made your selections, a menu for channel tuning automatically appears on the screen. When the menu for auto tuning appears, the prompt CHECK AERIAL CONNECTION appears to remind you to check that your TV aerial is properly connected.
Edit tuned channels If automatic tuning of all channels Move or delete tuned channels have not stored the channels on your At any time, you can move or delete any EDIT CHANNELS preferred channel numbers or has tuned TV channels you do not want. INFOKANAL not named all the stored channels 2 .
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Name tuned channels Delete channels … The EDIT CHANNELS menu also allows you to EDIT CHANNELS > Press TV to switch on the television. name all channels yourself. 1 INFOKANAL > Press MENU to bring up the TV SETUP menu. 3 B B Name channels …...
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>> Edit tuned channels Adjust tuned TV channels – manual tuning You can store TV channels on channel numbers The item TV SYSTEM appears on the menu, make of their own. Fine tune the channel reception, sure that the correct broadcast system is displayed indicate the presence of coded channels and before you begin tuning.
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MANUAL TUNING FREQUENCY CHANNEL NO. NAME FINE TUNE DECODER TV SYSTEM SOUND STEREO search store...
Re-tune or add channels You can make your television find Re-tune via automatic tuning your TV channels for you. You can re-tune all your TV channels by AUTO TUNING ..............letting the television tune in all the channels Preset up to 99 different TV channels automatically.
Add new channels You can add a new channel or update a tuned ADD CHANNELS channel which, for example, has been moved ..............by the broadcaster. 9 ... . 10 ... . 11 CNN 12 N3 >...
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 PICTURE which suit most viewing and listening menu. Temporary settings are cancelled ..
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Change volume, bass or treble Adjust the sound settings via the What’s on the SOUND SETUP/SOUND SOUND SOUND SETUP menu. Temporary settings are ADJUSTMENT menu … ....VOLUME cancelled when you switch off the television. VOLUME … Adjusts the volume level the TV uses ..
Choose menu language You can select the language for on-screen The menu language you choose MENU LANGUAGE menus via the TV SETUP menu. The text on during the first-time setup of your DANSK the screen changes as you move from DEUTSCH television can be changed at any language to language.
Placement, sockets and connections In this chapter, you can find out how Tuning and preference settings, 5 to place and connect your television. Find out how to set up your television for the first time and tune in channels. It also gives you an overview of the This chapter also contains information about settings for picture and sound.
Set up your television For information about how to fasten Handling your television and run the cables on the rear of the Avoid placing your television in direct sunlight television, refer to this page. or direct artificial light, such as a spotlight, as this may reduce the sensitivity of the remote For further information about the control receiver.
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Aerial and mains connections When you set the television up on its own, simply connect the TV aerial to the socket marked AERIAL on the television. If you are going to connect speakers or any other equipment to the television, do not connect it to AERIAL the mains yet! If you damage the supplied mains cord, it may...
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 home movies on the television. If you marked PHONES.
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Socket panel The socket panel on your television AERIAL AV 1 AV 2 POWER LINK AV3 HDMI AV 2 allow you to connect signal input AV 3 cables as well as a variety of extra equipment, such as a video recorder POWER LINK or DVD.
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Connect additional equipment Connect a computer This chapter describes how to connect additional equipment to the television. BeoVision You can connect a computer and use your television as a monitor. AV3 VGA A decoder can be connected to the television via one of the 21-pin AV sockets.
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Connect a decoder BeoVision Decoder Disconnect all involved systems from the Tuned channels and decoder detection mains before you connect external equipment. In most cases, a connected decoder is registered > Connect the cable from the external aerial to automatically during tuning. The decoder should the socket marked AERIAL on the television.
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>> Connect additional video equipment Connect a set-top box Disconnect all involved systems from the mains BeoVision before you connect external equipment. > Connect one end of a 21-pin AV cable to the set-top box. C1 / C2 > Run the cable to one of the AV sockets on the back of the television.
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Connect a video recorder BeoVision AERIAL Video recorder Disconnect all involved systems from the mains Video recorder before you connect external equipment. If you connect a video recorder to your television, and a decoder is connected to your television, you >...
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Register additional video equipment If you connect additional video What is connected? equipment to your television, you Registering the equipment connected to the must register the equipment in the television enables you to activate it with the SOURCE V. MEM CONNECTIONS menu.
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When you have connected additional video AV 2 DTV SETUP equipment to your television, you must also V.MEM … If you have connected a Bang & Olufsen SELECTOR ‘tell’ the system what is connected. video recorder or any other video recorder. NOKIA 9800S/025 NOKIA 9602S DVD …...
Advanced operation Tuning and preference settings, 5 This chapter tells you how to operate a connected set-top box, how to use Find out how to set up your television for the first time and tune in channels. This chapter also contains information about settings for picture and sound. your television as a computer monitor, and how to operate your television in Placement, sockets and connections, 17...
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Set-top box operation Your television is equipped with a Set-top Box Controller menu built-in Set-top Box Controller. Some of the buttons on your set-top box remote control are not immediately available The Set-top Box Controller acts as an on Beo4. To find out which Beo4 buttons GUIDE interpreter between a set-top box of MENU...
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Universal Beo4 operation Use the set-top box’s own menu If you know which Beo4 button activates the Once you have activated your set-top box, function you want, you can activate the you can operate the set-top box’s own menus, function without bringing up the Set-top Box such as the program guide, via Beo4.
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 26, To see the computer picture on the television The television supports the following screen you can use it as a monitor.
Two televisions in the same room If you have placed your BeoVision 8 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...
Set up Beo4 Add an extra ‘button’ control of a large number of television The Beo4 is set up for use with BeoVision 8 When you add a new function to the Beo4 functions, and the Beo4 display gives from the factory. However, if you buy a new list, you can then bring up this new ‘button’...
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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...
Index Beo4 remote control Contact Add a ‘button’ to the Beo4 list, 34 Contact Bang & Olufsen, Guide p. 14 Changing the Beo4 batteries, Guide p. 12 Cleaning the Beo4, Guide p. 12 Decoder Configure Beo4, 34 Customise Beo4, 34 Connect a decoder, 23 Introducing your television and Beo4, Guide p.
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Maintenance Subtitles Change Beo4 batteries, Guide p. 12 Subtitles from teletext, Guide p. 11 Handling your television, 18 Maintenance of your television, Guide p. 12 Teletext Picture screen, Guide p. 12 Basic teletext functions, Guide p. 10 Day-to-day use of MEMO pages, Guide p. 11 Picture Store favourite teletext pages, Guide p.
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Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) – Environmental protection The European Parliament and the Council of the When disposing of electrical and electronic equip- European Union have issued the Waste Electrical ment by use of the collection systems available in and Electronic Equipment Directive.
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