Bang & Olufsen BeoVision Avant User manual

Guide
BeoVision Avant DVD

Contents of the Guide
To get to know your Bang & Olufsen product,
two guides are at your disposal.
To the right, you find the contents of this Guide.
The main chapters of the Reference book are
listed below:
• Set up your BeoVision Avant, 6
• Loudspeaker connections – surround
sound, 9
• Connect a set-top box, 13
• Connect a decoder, 14
• Connect other equipment, 15
• Connect audio and video systems, 16
• Distribute sound and pictures with
BeoLink, 17
• Set up BeoVision Avant in a link room, 18
• Register extra equipment, 20
• Tune in TV or Satellite channels, 22
• Add new TV or Satellite channels, 23
• Edit tuned TV or Satellite channels, 24
• Set the time and date, 30
• Set positions for Avant to turn to, 31
• Adjust picture and sound settings, 32
• Gain access to extra functions via
Beo4, 34
• Set your BeoCord V 8000 video tape
recorder preferences, 35
• Daily operations, 36
• Look up Teletext information, 38
• Use the DVD player, 42
• Home Theatre viewing, 48
• See two sources at the same time, 50
• The display bar, 51
• Switch BeoVision Avant on or off
automatically, 52
• Use an integrated audio/video system, 54
• Use BeoVision Avant in a link room, 55
• The socket panels, 56
• Close-up operation, 58
• Maintenance of your Avant, 60
• The PIN-code system, 61
• For your information…, 63
The Guide
The Reference
book
Guide
BeoVisionAvant
Reference book
BeoVisionAvant
Introducing BeoVision Avant and
Beo4
4Using the Beo4 remote control
5Displayed information and menus
Watch television
6Select a TV or Satellite channel
6See a channel list
Satellite channels are only available if your
BeoVision Avant is equipped with the built-in
Satellite receiver module.
Turn the TV or adjust sound volume
7Adjust viewing position
7Adjust or mute the sound volume
Look up Teletext information
8Main Teletext functions
Get access to your favourite
Teletext pages
9Store frequently read pages
9Day-to-day use of memory pages
Use the DVD player
10 Load and play
11 While watching a DVD…
11 Play audio CD
12 The on-screen tool bar
Home Theatre viewing with
BeoVision Avant
13 Select speakers for movie sound
14 Make the picture fill out the screen
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Introducing BeoVision Avant and Beo4
The Beo4 remote control gives you
access to all BeoVision Avant
functions. When a function is in use,
you are informed via displays on
Beo4 or on top of the television.
Switch on the television
Switch on a Satellite channel. These channels are
only available if your BeoVision Avant is equipped
with the Satellite receiver module
Switch on a connected video tape recorder and
play a loaded tape
Switch on DVD and play a loaded disc
Press twice to start recording here and now
Select channels, DVD titles and chapters, a specific
DVD menu, or enter data in on-screen menus
Call up the main menu for access to channel lists,
timer play and timer stand-by menus, and setup
options. Press and hold to access the DVD tool bar
Step between channels or chapters on a DVD or
move slowly forward and backward in pause mode;
move through menu options
Rewind or fast forward a videotape; move the
cursor from setting to setting in a fill-in menu or
cue back and forth during playback of a DVD
Accept and store instructions or settings
Adjust sound volume; press the middle to mute the
sound
Using the Beo4 remote control
Look through the basic principles of the Beo4
remote control and try them out. Each button
on Beo4 is explained below.
Refer to Gain access to extra functions via Beo4
on page 34 in the Reference book for information
about how to add extra functions to those shown
in the Beo4 display.
The Beo4 display shows the source you have
selected, or extra functions available when you
press the LIST button, e.g. FORMAT
Switch on connected audio sources
Adjust the room lights, if a light control system is
installed
Switch on Teletext
Press to select a subtitle language for DVD*
Press to bring up the DVD disc menu
Press to select another audio language for DVD*
Press to bring up the DVD on-screen tool bar
Reveal additional functions in the Beo4 display
window, e.g. FORMAT
Press to stop playback of a videotape or a disc;
press to stop recording; press to go from one
menu back to a previous menu
Exit all on-screen menus
Switch BeoVision Avant to stand-by
TV LIGHT RADIO
SAT DVD CD
V TAPE RECORD A TAPE
789
456
TEXT 0MENU
123
LIST EXIT
STOP
GO
TV
SAT
V TAPE
DVD
RECORD
0 –9
MENU
▲
▼
ss tt
GO
∧
∨
TV
FORMAT
RADIO
CD
A TAPE
LIGHT
TEXT
LIST
STOP
EXIT
•
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*NOTE! Alternative subtitle and audio languages
are only available on some discs. Functions not
available on your disc will not be highlighted in
on-screen menus.

Displayed information and menus
Information about selected sources is
displayed at the top of the screen. In addition,
on-screen menus allow you to switch on,
adjust or switch off additional functions.
1 Timer play
2 TV list
3 Setup
Menu
Source Pr Start Stop Date
TV 1 13:30 - 14:30 27 Oct OK
Press MENU for Timer index
VOL 30
TV 12
DVD
The selected source is shown until you
switch it off. Volume level is shown
while you adjust it, and disappears after
a few seconds.
On-screen menus like those shown above will
give you either a vertical list of options to
choose from or a horizontal list of settings to
fill in.
Menu
1 Timer play
2 TV list
3 Setup
Source Pr Start Stop Date
TV 1 13:30 - 14:30 27 Oct OK
Press MENU for Timer index
Fill-in menu
Option menu
Press to move through the
option menu and press GO to
enter your choice, or…
…Use the number keys on
Beo4 to select a numbered
option on a list
▲ ▼
GO
1 –9
How to use option menus…
Press
▲ or ▼ to view your
choices for a single setting in a
fill-in menu, or
ss and tt to
move from setting to setting
Press the number keys on Beo4
to enter settings
Press to enter your choice
▲ ▼
ss tt
0 –9
GO
How to use fill-in menus…
In both option and fill-in menus, you can press
STOP to go back to a previous menu, or EXIT to
leave all menus.
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