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Dear Customer This Getting Started contains information about the daily use of your Bang & Olufsen product. We expect your retailer to deliver, install and set up your product. In order to use BeoSound 5, it must be connected to the BeoMaster 5. The BeoMaster has its own Getting Started, explaining operation both when connected to the BeoSound and when connected to a television.
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WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire Important! – Avoid placing the product in direct sunlight or or electric shock, do not expose this direct artificial light, such as a spotlight. appliance to rain or moisture. Do not – Make sure that the product is set up, placed and expose this equip ment to dripping or connected in accordance with the instructions.
Contents How to use your music system The display Cleaning Listen to your music MOTS, play queues and favourites Listen to internet radio Set up your music system Use the CD Ripping Device What to do if ...
How to use your music system The music system is designed for close-up operation. You use the pointer, the wheel and the buttons to operate. The wheel: Scroll lists of content or browse in menus. Standby. The standby button is placed on the back of the product.
The display The display has two different modes: Browser mode and Player mode. You can do different things when in Player and Browser mode. The ‘Arc’ – select items along the Arc with the pointer. White lines next to the cover to the left means that more than one item is added to the play queue.
Listen to your music BeoSound 5 Operation To activate the display from standby, just press the GO button. You can now browse your music collection to find the music you want to listen to. Start N.MUSIC The music system starts from the beginning of the last played track.
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Highlight Select Confirm MODE N.MUSIC* Highlight a Browse Open Browse view Press once to pause and again to resume Confirm Highlight a Browse Open Browse view Previous or next track Highlight Select A.AUX Confirm MODE Albums When you have selected an album for playback or added an album to the queue, the album is played and the last track is used as MOTS seed.
MOTS, play queues and favourites BeoSound 5 Operation You can decide the playback order of your music, or let the music system generate a MOTS play queue for you. The last track you have added to your play queue always serves as a MOTS ‘seed’.
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Highlight Select Confirm MODE N.MUSIC Activate Press and Release Player mode hold Select track, Press and Select ‘ADD TO Release album or artist hold QUEUE’ Highlight Select track Confirm QUEUE Highlight Select track Press and hold Select Release QUEUE to remove to reveal options REMOVE Highlight...
Listen to internet radio BeoSound 5 Operation With internet radio you have easy access to radio stations worldwide. Start RADIO The music system starts automatically on the last played station. Radio station Wheel focus playing Shows focus of user operation...
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Highlight MODE Select N.RADIO Confirm Highlight a view Browse Open Browse Select Move to top or Previous or next bottom for Player station in Player mode mode Select radio Press and Select ‘ADD TO’ Release station hold an available number Highlight Select list or Play...
Set up your music system Place the wall bracket Find the correct place for the music system, before 100 mm mounting it on the wall. 4" Use the wall bracket and spacer as a template to 80 mm mark up where to drill the holes. 3.15"...
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Secure the cables … 1. Insert the cables (VIDEO, USB and POWER) into the corresponding sockets in the base of the music system. Note: Place a cable binder behind the USB plug (A). 2. Run the USB cable through the cable holder. VIDEO POWER …...
Use the CD Ripping Device If your music system is equipped with the optional CD Ripping Device, you can rip your audio CDs and store them on the internal hard disk. Meta data for the CD are automatically added as well, if available. Switch on the CD Ripping Device If the CD Ripping Device is not set to start up Turn wheel...
What to do if … If you want to … Then … Change the display language … Use the pointer to select MODE, then turn the wheel to select SETTINGS and use the pointer again to highlight SYSTEM SETTINGS. Now turn the wheel to select LANGUAGE and press GO, then turn the wheel to select a language and press GO.
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This product is in conformity with Bang & Olufsen cannot vouch for the quality of radio communications. However, there is no the provisions of the Directives net radio stations available from programme guarantee that interference will not occur in a 2004/108/EC and 2006/95/EC. providers.
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