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  • Page 1 BeoVision 7 Reference book...

  • Page 2: Display

    For the US-market only! CAUTION NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, DO NOT OPEN pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits CAUTION: To reduce the risk of are designed to provide reasonable protection electric shock, do not remove...
  • Page 3 Tables of contents in the Reference book The content 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: Table Of Contents

    Menu overview The illustration on this page shows the MENU content of the menu system, and also CHANNEL SETUP SOUND indicates where in the Reference book EDIT CHANNELS (p. 40) SOUND ADJUSTMENT (p. 45) you can find further information RF (p. 38) SPEAKER TYPE (p.
  • Page 5 The extended on-screen menu system for the DVD player. Initial Settings Play Mode Digital Output A-B Repeat Press DVD, then the yellow button, then 3 on Dolby Digital Out A (Start Point) Beo4 to access the menu system. DTS Out B (End Point) Video Output For information about the built-in DVD player,...
  • Page 6 >> Menu overview On this page you find the main menu of the MAIN MENU MAIN MENU built-in ATSC tuner, which contains submenus that you can use to make your own settings, CHANNEL CHANNEL enter information on your current terrestrial AUTO SCAN AUTO SCAN or cable setup and make channel searches.

  • Page 7: Advanced Operation

    Advanced operation This chapter tells you how to operate your television beyond daily use. • Set the television to switch itself on and off, 8 • Wake-up Timer, 10 It also tells you how to operate a • Use connected video equipment with Beo4, 12 connected set-top box and other connected video equipment.

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

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

  • Page 9: View, Edit Or Delete A Timer

    View, edit or delete a Timer What’s on the TIMER PROGRAMMING Bring up an on-screen list of the settings you TIMER PROGRAMMING menu … have entered. From this list, you can edit or SOURCE SOURCE delete your Timer settings. CHANNEL 18 BBC Depending upon the option you choose, SUB CHANNEL...

  • Page 10: 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 channel 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 11: Check Or Delete A Wake-Up Timer

    Check or delete a Wake-up Timer What’s on the WAKE UP TIMER menu … You can call up the settings for the Wake-up PLAY TIMER SOURCE Timer to check the time or to disable the TIMER ON / OFF Depending upon the option you choose, Wake-up Timer by setting it to OFF.

  • Page 12: Use Connected Video Equipment With Beo4

    Use connected video equipment with Beo4 The built-in Peripheral Unit Controller Peripheral Unit Controller menu acts as an interpreter between Buttons on the remote controls included with PROGRAM GUIDE connected video equipment, such as PROGRAM GUIDE your equipment may not match those on RADIO/TV MODE RADIO/TV MODE MENU...
  • Page 13 Direct Beo4 operation Use equipment menus Use equipment from a link room If you know which Beo4 button activates the Once you have activated connected When you have connected equipment to the function you want, you can activate the equipment, you can operate its own menus television in the main room, you can operate function without bringing up the Peripheral with Beo4.

  • Page 15: Placement, Sockets And Connections

    Placement, sockets and connections We expect your Bang & Olufsen Advanced operation, 7 retailer to deliver, install and set up All you need to know about using your television beyond daily use, such as how to your products. operate timed play and timed standby functions, a connected set-top box, and a connected recorder However, in this chapter, you can find out how to place and connect your...
  • Page 16 Set up the television For information about the connection Handling your television panels, refer to pages 20–22. Never lift the television holding only the front glass. The television is NOT designed to stand on its own, it must be supported until mounted on the chosen stand or bracket.
  • Page 17 Placement options The television can be placed in several ways, some are illustrated to the right. Please contact your Bang & Olufsen retailer for further information. When you mount the television on one of the floor stands or wall brackets, you can tilt the television up and down, as well as turn it left or right on some of the stands.
  • Page 18 >> Set up the television Connections The diagrams on this page outline how to set up the television with video sources and loud- speakers. ATSC Analogue TV signal TV signal The diagrams on the opposite page outline how to expand your setup, for example in a POWER LINK 1 ANT 1 home cinema system with a projector and a...
  • Page 19 Home cinema setup with projector and a home automation system The television also supports the use of a projector. You can also connect a home automation system to the system, and thereby control room lights and curtains. If the built-in receiver for the remote control signals (IR-receiver) is hidden behind the lowered projection screen, you must set up an external IR receiver, as Home...

  • Page 20: Connection Panels

    Connection panels The connection panels on your Analogue television allow you to connect signal DTV DATA input cables as well as a variety of ATSC CINEMA CONTROL extra equipment, such as a video LINK TV PROJECTOR OUT recorder or a linked Bang & Olufsen VGA IN CENTRE music system.
  • Page 21 PUC (AV 1 – AV 3, AV 5) IR IN CENTRE 1 For IR control signals to external equipment For connection of an extra IR-receiver when the For connection of a centre speaker such as connected to one of the AV sockets. television is set up with a projector –...
  • Page 22 Sockets for temporary connection SPDIF Connect headphones and listen to a Digital audio input socket. TV programme, connect a camera or PC and see the pictures on the SPDIF PHONES L IN – R IN R IN screen, or connect a Camcorder and These sockets are for audio connection (left and L IN VIDEO IN...
  • Page 23 Connect and use a PC Bring up the computer image on the screen IMPORTANT! Before connecting a PC to the To see the computer picture on the screen, you television, disconnect the television, the must bring it up with Beo4. computer, and all equipment connected to the computer from the mains.

  • Page 25: Tuning And Preference Settings

    Tuning and preference settings Find out how to perform the first- Advanced operation, 7 time setup procedure and scan in all All you need to know about using your television beyond daily use, such as how to available channels automatically. In operate timed play and timed standby functions, a connected set-top box, and a addition, you can find information connected recorder...
  • Page 26 First-time setup of your television The setup procedure described here is Overview of first-time setup activated when the television is First-time setup of your television has three connected to the mains and switched CONNECTIONS main steps: registration of all connected on for the first time.
  • Page 27 The sequence of menus in first-time setup: TV SPEAKER DISTANCE … Enter the straight-line STAND ADJUSTMENT … Set the maximum angle CONNECTIONS … Select the type of equipment distances from each speaker to your listening the television will turn – left and right, and tilt – you have connected to each socket group, the position.

  • Page 28: Calibrate The Motorised Movement

    >> First-time setup of your television Calibrate the motorised movement If your setup includes a motorised stand or wall bracket, you will during first time setup be prompted to calibrate the outer positions of the motorised movement. The motorised movement of the television will not work until the calibration process described below has been completed.
  • Page 29 STAND ADJUSTMENT STAND ADJUSTMENT SET LEFTMOST POSITION SET LEFTMOST POSITION SET RIGHTMOST POSITION SET RIGHTMOST POSITION SET TOP POSITION SET TOP POSITION SET BOTTOM POSITION SET BOTTOM POSITION SETTINGS STORED turn turn STAND ADJUSTMENT STAND POSTIONS SET LEFTMOST POSITION VIDEO AUDIO SET RIGHTMOST POSITION STANDBY...
  • Page 30 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 operate it with the SOURCE DVD2 DVD PLAYER / RECORDER CONNECTIONS menu.
  • Page 31 What’s on the AV1 – AV6 menu … Automatic standby … What’s on the DISPLAY2 menu … SOURCE … Select the source you have connected. When you register a set-top box in the Select the projector type. The option you select indicates which Beo4 CONNECTIONS menu, you can also select an Regarding High Definition (HD) sources …...

  • Page 32: Speaker Type (P

    Loudspeaker setup – surround sound Add Power Link speakers and up to Select your speaker types two BeoLab 2 subwoofers to your Switch on the television in TV or Home SPEAKER TYPE television and you have a surround cinema mode as described in the Guide CENTRE 1 BEOLAB 7-4 sound system.
  • Page 33 Assign roles to speakers The speakers you connect to the television TV SPEAKER ROLES can have more than one role. If, for example, SPEAKERS: you only use one set of front speakers when NONE NONE you watch TV on your television screen, you NONE RIGHT SURROUND can turn your chair ninety degrees towards a...

  • Page 34: Speaker Distance (P

    >> Loudspeaker setup – surround sound Set speaker distance Switch on the television from your favourite SPEAKER DISTANCE viewing position. Enter the straight-line CENTRE 1.0 M distances in metres between your position LEFT FRONT 1.0 M and the individual speakers. RIGHT FRONT 1.0 M LEFT SURROUND...

  • Page 35: Calibrate The Sound Level

    Calibrate the sound level When you have connected speakers in a SPEAKER LEVEL surround sound setup to the television, you SEQUENCE AUTOMATIC must perform a speaker calibration....LEFT FRONT ....RIGHT FRONT A calibration sound is produced alternately in ..

  • Page 36: Sound System (P

    >> Loudspeaker setup – surround sound See the name of the active sound system You can see the name of the active sound An example of a sound systems that can appear in system for a source or programme on the the menu is DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1.
  • Page 37 SOUND SYSTEM INPUT FORMAT: MONO /STEREO OUTPUT FORMAT: STEREO SPEAKER 1 accept...

  • Page 38: Scan In Tv Channels

    Scan in TV channels This chapter describes how to register Select video signal type the source of your TV signal, as well If you have selected RF in the CONNECTIONS as how to scan in your TV channels. menu, you can enter the source of your TV SOURCE CABLE video signals.

  • Page 39: Identify The Cable Box

    Identify the cable box Source for RF input If you have connected a cable box to the When you have registered the specific cable television, you must register the connection box, enter the output channel for the type of in the CABLE BOX SETUP menu. cable box and test whether you can change channels on the box.

  • Page 40: Edit Tv Channels

    Edit TV channels You can ‘remove’ channels you do Remove TV channels not use from the channel list. At any time, you can remove channels you do EDIT TV CHANNELS not use. If you wish, you can restore channels Channels you ‘remove’ are skipped 1 CNN that you have removed.

  • Page 41: Name Channels

    Name channels Give scanned TV channels names of their own EDIT TV CHANNELS to make them easy to locate in the TV 1 CNN channel list. 5 BBCWORLD > Press TV to switch on the television. 6 SUPER CH > Press MENU to bring up the TV SETUP menu, and press to highlight CHANNEL SETUP.

  • Page 42: Fine Tune (P

    >> Edit TV channels Fine-tune channels You can fine-tune your TV channels if, for FINE TUNE example, you wish to adjust the frequency. . CHANNEL FINE > Press TV to switch on the television. SOUND STEREO > Press MENU to bring up the SETUP menu and press to highlight CHANNEL SETUP.
  • Page 43 Re-scan TV channels You can add new channels or update scanned channels which, for example, have been SOURCE CABLE moved by the broadcaster. > Press TV to switch on the television. > Press MENU to bring up the TV SETUP menu and press to highlight CHANNEL SETUP.

  • Page 44: Picture (P

    Adjust picture and sound settings Picture and sound settings are preset Adjust 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 ..
  • Page 45 Adjust volume, bass or treble Sound settings are preset at the factory to For further information about speaker SOUND ADJUSTMENT neutral values which suit most listening combinations, refer to the chapter ‘Surround ....VOLUME situations. However, if you wish, you can sound and Home cinema’...

  • Page 46: Stand Positions (P

    Set positions for the television to turn to Choose one position for when you switch the If your television is equipped with the STAND POSTIONS television on, one for audio mode, and one optional motorised stand, you can VIDEO for when you switch it off. AUDIO turn it using the Beo4 remote control.

  • Page 47: Clock (P

    Set the time and date To bring up the clock in the display, press LIST When you preset your television to CLOCK repeatedly to display CLOCK* on Beo4, then switch itself on or off at a particular TIME 10:15 press GO. The clock display disappears again DATE time, or when you preset a timed after ten seconds.

  • Page 48: Activate Parental Control

    Activate parental control If parental control is available in your Assign an access code ACCESS CODE area, you can switch it on or off. You OLD CODE ..To make full use of the parental control NEW CODE .
  • Page 49 Preset TV Parental guidelines Preset the MPAA rating When parental control is active … If you choose to apply the system of TV You can choose to apply the MPAA rating When a blocked programme or channel is parental guidelines, you can select one system as parental control.
  • Page 50 Apply Closed Captioning You can apply subtitles, or Closed Closed Captioning options Captioning, to all your sources and Choose the type of Closed Captioning you CLOSED CAPTIONING channels, provided that the wish to view and whether or not you want DISPLAY broadcaster supports Closed Closed Captioning to be displayed...
  • Page 52 Settings and preferences for the DVD player What’s on the A–B Repeat menu … What’s on the Search Mode menu … The DVD menus offers numerous The A–B repeat function allows you to specify two The Search Mode function allows you to search options for settings and adjustments.
  • Page 53 What’s on the Language menu … What’s on the Display menu … What’s on the Disc Navigator menu … Audio Language … Select the language for OSD Language … Select the language for the The Disc Navigator menu allows you to quickly step audio playback from the languages shown, and menus from the languages shown.
  • Page 54 Settings and preferences for the digital tuner In the digital tuner menus you can About channels … make your own settings, enter Once you have scanned in the channels, you information on your current can make a Channel List of your favourite terrestrial or cable setup and make channels.
  • Page 55 About the CAPTION menu … * You can apply subtitles, or Closed Captioning, Contents of the CAPTION menu … to all your channels. ON/OFF … In the ON/OFF menu you can choose DIGITAL FONT OPTIONS … In the DIGITAL FONT to display Closed Captioning or not.
  • Page 56 >> Settings and preferences of the digital tuner About the V-CHIP menu … * The V-CHIP menu allows you to lock specific Contents of the V-CHIP menu … television contents. Before you can change the setting in the V-CHIP CANADIAN RATING SETTING … In the CANADIAN menu, you must enter the V-Chip pincode.

  • Page 57: About The Setup Menu

    About the SETUP menu … In the SETUP menu, you set up your personal Contents of the SETUP menu … preferences. You can select a menu language TIME … The clock is automatically set by the SOUND … to be used in the menus. When you select a programme provider, but it can fail, if the MULTI-TRACK SOUND …...
  • Page 58 Digital tuner – What to do if … If … Then … The table to the right describes some of the situations you may experience You hear of a new channel and Check for information from the programme provider and make a with the built-in ATSC tuner, and wish to find it …...
  • Page 59 If … Then … You want to store the channel Note the channel number of the channel you wish to add to your you are currently watching in a Favourite List. Favourite list … Bring up the ATSC main menu>CHANNEL>FAVOURITE CHANNEL.
  • Page 60 Digital tuner glossary Term Explanation ATSC – Advanced Television The organisation develops broadcast standards for digital Systems Committee television, using MPEG II compression. ATSC: American standards for transmission and reception of digital television signals. Although American, the standards have been adopted in many countries worldwide.

  • Page 61: Beolink System

    BeoLink system All your Bang & Olufsen products can Advanced operation, 7 be connected in a BeoLink system. All you need to know about using your television beyond daily use, such as how to This enables you to distribute sound operate timed play and timed standby functions, a connected set-top box, and a from one central source throughout connected recorder...

  • Page 62: Connect And Operate An Audio System

    Connect and operate an audio system If you connect a compatible Bang & Connect your audio system to the television Olufsen audio system to the Using a Master Link cable, connect the sockets television using a Master Link cable, marked MASTER LINK on the television and Option 2 Option 0 you obtain the benefits of an...
  • Page 63 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 programme, and also record video sound on the audio system. Video sound recording If you listen to sound from your television on your Bang &...
  • Page 64 Distribute sound and picture with BeoLink Link connections The BeoLink system makes it possible to distribute picture and/or sound to other rooms throughout the house. For example, you can connect your To the MASTER LINK socket on the television in the living room to link room system MASTER another video system or set of...
  • Page 65 System modulator Link channel If you have an audio setup, such as a BeoLink If, for example, a TV channel in your area is MODULATOR SETUP Active/Passive, and you choose to set up a non- broadcasted on the same channel as the MODULATOR linkable television in the same room, you must factory setting for the BeoLink system;...

  • Page 66: Option Setting

    BeoLink – Your television in a link room Option setting If you have BeoLink installed in your home and choose to place your For your entire system to function properly, it Link room Main 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 67 Link room operation When you are in the link room, you can Listen to stereo sound in your link room … Link room Main room operate all connected systems with the Beo4 Usually sound distributed from a main room video remote control.

  • Page 68: Two Televisions In The Same Room

    Bang & Olufsen television, and For your television to function properly, it is commands from Beo4 can be essential that it is set to the correct Option: BeoVision 7 Option 4 received by both televisions, you To set your television for Option 4 …...

  • Page 70: Customise Beo4

    Customise Beo4 The Beo4 buttons give direct remote Set up Beo4 Add an extra ‘button’ control of a large number of The Beo4 is set up for use with the television When you add a new function to the Beo4 functions, and the Beo4 display gives from the factory.
  • Page 71 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. • • Hold down the standby button Hold down the standby button and press LIST to get access to LIST...

  • Page 72: Index

    Index Beo4 remote control Connections Add an extra ‘button’, 70 Additional video equipment, 18 Changing the Beo4 batteries, Guide p. 22 Aerial connection, 18 Cleaning Beo4, Guide p. 22 Camera, 23 Configure Beo4, 70 Connect your audio system to the Customise Beo4, 70 television, 62 Introducing your BeoVision and Beo4, Guide...

  • Page 73: Parental Control

    Displays and menus Home cinema Picture Displayed information and menus, Guide p. 5 Connections, 18–20 Adjust brightness, colour or contrast, 44 Menu overview, 4 Select speakers for movie sound, Guide p. 10 Picture format, Guide p. 11 Peripheral Unit Controller menu, 12 Speaker combinations, Guide p.
  • Page 74 >> Index Stand TV channels Calibrate the motorised movement, 28-29 Edit TV channels, 40 Set positions for the television to turn to, 46 Fine-tune channels, 42 Turn the television, Guide p. 8 Identify the cable box, 39 Name channels, 41 Remove TV channels, 40 Surround sound Select video signal type, 38...
  • Page 75 This product is in conformity with CLASS 1 Manufactured under license from Dolby the provisions of the Directives LASER PRODUCT Laboratories. “Dolby” and the double-D symbol 1999/5/EC and 2006/95/EC. are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential unpublished works. The DVD Video logo is a The label on the compact disc player serves as a Copyright 1992–1997.
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