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The Guide BeoVision Avant This Guide contains all information you need to get the full benefit of your Guide product. We expect your Bang & Olufsen retailer to deliver, install and set up your product. However, the information required to install and set up the product is included in the The information on the CD-rom can also be Guide and on the CD-rom.
Contents Introducing your Bang & Olufsen television, 4 Find out how to use the Beo4 remote control and bring up the menus on the television screen. Daily use, 7 Find out all there is to know about the daily use of your television, including how to turn your television into a Home Theatre for watching movies and how to use teletext functions.
Introducing BeoVision 3 and Beo4 The Beo4 remote control gives you access to all functions. When a function is in use, you are informed via displays on Beo4 or on the television screen. Switch on the television The Beo4 display shows the source you have...
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Displayed information and menus Option menu Menu Information about the selected source is shown in the display. On-screen menus allow 1 Timer play 2 TV list you to adjust settings. 3 Setup Source Pr Start Stop Date 1 13:30 - 14:30 27 Oct OK The selected source is shown briefly when you Press MENU for Timer index switch it on.
Daily use This chapter contains information Watch TV, 8 about the basic functions of your • Select a TV channel television. • Bring up a TV list • Turn the television For information about more • Adjust or mute the volume advanced operation;...
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Watch TV The functions shown on these pages Select a TV channel Bring up a TV list are used on a daily basis. When you switch the television on, the last All your TV channels appear on a list, which channel viewed appears on the screen.
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Turn the television Adjust or mute the volume Change sound type or language If your television is equipped with the You can adjust or mute the sound at any The names of the various types of sound optional motorised stand, you can turn it time.
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Home Theatre If your television is equipped with the Select speakers for movie sound optional surround sound module you You can select the speaker combination that can extend your system into a fully suits the source your are using, provided that equipped Home Theatre system by the various sound modes are available in your system.
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Make the picture fill out the screen Your television always ensures you the best possible picture. It automatically adapts the picture so that it fills out as much of the screen as possible. However, you can still choose the format you prefer. Press repeatedly to display LIST Picture formats to choose from...
Teletext If you select a channel and the Basic teletext functions Store favourite pages broadcaster offers a teletext service, You can find information on teletext pages in Four memory pages are available for each the television gives you access to three steps: switch on the teletext service, channel’s teletext service.
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Day-to-day use of memory pages Activate subtitles from teletext You may wish to refer to your teletext You can activate subtitles for a channel, if memory pages quickly, for example if you are that channel offers teletext subtitles. The leaving for work and wish to check traffic teletext subtitles page number can often be information on a teletext service.
See two sources at the same time While watching for example TV… Your Beo4 remote control gives you LIST Press repeatedly to display access to a dual-screen function for P-IN-P* on Beo4 P-IN-P viewing two video sources at the same time. For example, you can view Press for example V TAPE to V TAPE select a source to view on the...
Advanced operation Find out how to operate your Advanced teletext functions, 16 television beyond daily use. • Teletext extra functions • See updated teletext pages This is also the chapter that informs • Go directly to a page via Fastext you of how to operate a connected set-top box.
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Advanced teletext functions If you select a channel that offers a Teletext extra functions See updated teletext pages teletext service, your television gives While using teletext, you can enlarge the Your television supports the page update you access to teletext pages. text, place the teletext page over the TV function, provided by some teletext picture or reveal hidden text.
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Go directly to a page via Fastext Some teletext broadcasters offer a Fastext service that enables you to step directly to one of four linked teletext pages. While the TV is switched on… TEXT Press to bring up teletext Press to find a Fastext page, or… 0 –...
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Make your television start and stop automatically You can use the timed play function Timed play and timed standby if there is a programme you do not You can preset your television to start and want to miss, or if you want a stop automatically on a specific date and morning wake-up call.
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Timed play via teletext To activate the timed play function View, edit or delete a Timer It is also possible to programme timed play You must activate the timed play function in Bring up an on-screen list of the Timer settings via teletext.
The pincode system You choose whether or not to Activate the pincode system Change or delete your pincode activate the pincode system. The pincode system is deactivated when Menu Pincode you delete your pincode. 1 Timer play 1 Delete code 2 TV list 2 New code The pincode system is intended to...
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Use your pincode Did you forget your pincode? If your television has been disconnected from Contact a Bang & Olufsen retailer to receive a the mains for 15–30 minutes, the television five-digit mastercode. prompts you for the pincode when you switch it on.
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Set-top box operation The built-in Set-top Box Controller Universal Beo4 operation Use the set-top box’s own menu acts as an interpreter between the If you know which Beo4 button activates the Once you have activated your set-top box, set-top box of your choice and the function you want, you can bring up the you can operate the set-top box’s own Beo4 remote control.
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Set-top Box Controller menu Use a set-top box in a link room Some of the buttons on your set-top box When your set-top box is connected to the remote control are not immediately available television in the main room, you can operate on Beo4.
Tuning and preference settings This chapter informs you how to tune Tune in TV channels, 26 in and add new TV channels and • Find available channels make adjustments to TV channels • Add new channels and how to make your own settings for picture and sound.
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Tune in TV channels You can make the television find your Find available channels TV channels for you. When you set up your television for the first *If your television is not equipped with the time, you can tune in the TV channels that optional system modulator or set to Option 6, the Preset up to 99 different TV channels are available in your area via the TV tuning...
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Add new TV channels You can add new or previously deleted TV channels to your TV list at any time using the Add program menu. > Press MENU to bring up the main menu. TV tuning > Press 3 to bring up the Setup menu. >...
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Edit tuned TV channels You can make adjustments to your Adjust tuned TV channels tuned TV channels at any time, or You can store TV channels on program *If your television is not equipped with the tune in channels not stored during numbers of their own.
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Move tuned channels You can rearrange the order in which your channels appear when you switch channels, as well as in the on-screen TV list. > Press MENU to bring up the main menu. TV tuning > Press 3 to bring up the Setup menu. >...
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>> Edit tuned TV channels Name tuned channels The television automatically names your tuned channels during auto tuning, if possible, but you can rename your channels at any time. > Press MENU to bring up the main menu. TV tuning >...
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Delete tuned channels You can remove all your unwanted tuned channels from the TV list. > Press MENU to bring up the main menu. TV tuning > Press 3 to bring up the Setup menu. > Press GO to bring up the Tuning menu. 1 Edit TV list >...
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Register and use additional video equipment If you connect additional video What is connected? sources or equipment to your Registering the equipment connected to the television, you must register the television enables you to activate it with the equipment in the Connections menu. Beo4 remote control.
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Choose a set-top box Get access to additional video equipment A list of set-top boxes to choose from appears when you register a set-top box in the Some of the connected equipment is Connections menu. accessible via the Beo4 remote control. When the set-top box list appears…...
Set the time and date Before synchronising the clock with a tuned To briefly bring up the clock on the screen, press The television has a built-in 24-hour channel, make sure that the channel you are LIST repeatedly to display CLOCK* on Beo4, then clock that displays the time on watching offers a teletext service.
Set positions for the television to turn to Choose one stand position for when you If your television is equipped with the switch the television on and one for when optional motorised stand, you can you switch it off. You can also choose a turn it using the Beo4 remote secondary viewing position, if you have more control.
Adjust picture and sound settings Picture and sound settings are preset Change brilliance, colour or contrast at the factory to neutral values which Adjust the picture settings via the Picture suit most viewing and listening menu. situations. However, if you wish, you can adjust these settings to your liking.
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Change volume, bass treble or balance To adjust sound, bring up the Sound menu. Temporary settings are cancelled when you switch off the television. To change volume, bass, treble or balance… Setup > Press MENU to bring up the main menu. >...
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See the name of the active sound system > Press MENU to bring up the main menu. If your television is equipped with the Sound > Press 3 to bring up the Setup menu. optional surround sound module, you > Press 2 to bring up the Sound menu can see the name of the active sound 1 Adjustment >...
Placement, connections and maintenance In this chapter, you find out how to Set up your television, 40 place, connect and maintain your • Handling your television television. It also gives you an • Place your television in your home overview of the socket panels. •...
Set up your television For information about how to fasten Handling your television and run the cables on the rear of the Due to the weight of the television, any television, refer to the opposite page. moving/lifting of the system should always be done by two persons.
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Overview of socket and connection panels The cables should be handled with care. When The illustration show the placement of the running any cable, avoid bending it sharply or various socket and connection panels on the twisting it. Avoid subjecting the cables to pressure television: or impact.
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Complete connections When you set the television up on its own, simply connect the aerial and connect the BeoVision 3 system to the mains. If you wish to connect any other equipment, refer to the pages 43–45 as well as the chapter ‘Register and use additional video equipment’...
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Connect additional equipment You can connect different types of Audio Master Video tape recorder audio and video equipment to your Using a BeoLink cable, connect the one multi- Use a 21-pin cable to connect a BeoCord television, such as a video tape pin plug to the socket marked MASTER LINK V 8000 video tape recorder to the V.TAPE recorder, set-top box or Camcorder.
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The socket panels The socket panel on your television Speaker and digital input socket FRONT FRONT INPUT 1 panel allows you to connect signal input cables as well as a variety of extra FRONT equipment, such as a video tape The two sockets are used for connecting the external front speakers in a surround sound recorder or a linked Bang &...
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LINK AV and aerial socket panel Aerial output socket for distribution of video V.TAPE signals to other rooms. (Only available if the 21-pin socket for the connection of a BeoCord television is equipped with the optional V 8000 video tape recorder. system modulator).
Maintenance of your television Regular maintenance, such as Cleaning cabinet surfaces… cleaning the television, is the Wipe dust off the surfaces using a dry, soft responsibility of the user. To achieve cloth. Remove grease stains or persistent dirt the best result, follow the with a soft, lint-free, firmly wrung cloth, dipped in a solution of water containing only instructions to the right.
Cleaning the Beo4 Wipe the Beo4 remote control with a soft, lint-free, firmly wrung cloth. Changing the batteries… When ‘BATTERY’ appears in the Beo4 display, it is time to change the batteries in the remote control. The Beo4 requires three batteries. We recommend that you use 1.5 volt (size AAA) Alkaline batteries only.
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Close-up socket panel The television’s close-up socket panel The close-up socket panel is located below the screen, on the S-VHS left-hand side. S-VHS VIDEO PHONES For the connection of S-VHS or Hi-8 Camcorders only. Here you can connect headphones and listen to a TV programme, or you VIDEO –...
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Watch Camcorder on your television Copy from a Camcorder To watch your Camcorder recordings, connect If you have connected a video tape recorder, the Camcorder and switch the television on. such as a BeoCord V 8000, to your television, When you start playback on your camera, the and you connect your Camcorder to the close- television automatically registers the signal up socket panel, you can copy Camcorder...
Decoder – Two decoders, CD-rom p. 9 Change sound type or language, 9 BeoLink Headphones, 48 BeoVision 3 in a link room, CD-rom p. 14 Link room connections, CD-rom p. 14 Link connections, CD-rom p. 14 Register and use additional video equipment, Loudspeakers Link frequency, CD-rom p.
Picture Sound Tune Adjust brilliance, colour or contrast, 36 Adjust or mute the sound volume, 9 Add new TV channels, 27 Dual-screen, 14 Calibrate the sound level, CD-rom p. 6 Adjust tuned TV channels, 28 Make the picture fill out the screen, 11 Change sound type or language, 9 Delete tuned channels, 31 What’s on the ‘Picture’...
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