Bang & Olufsen BeoSystem 3 User manual

BeoSystem 3
Guide

Cautions
– Make sure that the product is set up, placed and
connected in accordance with the instructions
in this Guide.
– Place your product on a rm and stable surface.
To prevent injury, use Bang & Olufsen approved
stands and wall brackets only!
– Do not place any items on top of your product.
– Do not subject the product to high humidity, rain
or sources of heat.
– The product is developed for indoor use in dry,
domestic environments only. Use within a
temperature range of 50–95°F (10–35°C), and
at an altitude of no more than 5000 ft (1500 m).
– Do not place the TV in direct sunlight, as this
may reduce the sensitivity of the remote control
receiver.
– Leave enough space around the product for
adequate ventilation.
– Do not connect any of the products in your
system to the mains, until you have connected
all the cables.
– Do not attempt to open the product. Leave
such operations to qualied service personnel.
– The product can only be switched off completely
by disconnecting it from the wall socket.
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
WARNING: To reduce the risk of re or
electric shock, do not expose this
appliance to rain or moisture. Do not
expose this equipment to dripping or
splashing and ensure that no objects
lled with liquids, such as vases, are
placed on the equipment. To completely
disconnect this equipment from the AC
Mains, disconnect the mains plug from
the wall socket. The disconnect device
shall remain readily operable.
The lightning flash with arrowhead
symbol within an equilateral triangle, is
intended to alert the user to the
presence of uninsulated “dangerous
voltage” within the product’s
enclosure that may be of sufficient
magnitude to constitute a risk of
electric shock to persons.
The exclamation point within an
equilateral triangle is intended to alert
the user to the presence of important
operating and maintenance (servicing)
instructions in the literature
accompanying the product.
CAUTION: To reduce the risk of
electric shock, do not remove cover
(or back).
No User-serviceable parts inside.
Refer servicing to qualied service
personnel.

This Guide contains information about the daily use of your
Bang & Olufsen product and about connecting and operating
external equipment. We expect your retailer to deliver, install and
set up your product.
On the Bang & Olufsen website, www.bang-olufsen.com, you can
nd further information and relevant FAQs about your product.
The needs of the user are considered carefully when designing
and developing Bang & Olufsen products. Therefore, please take
the time to tell us about your experience with your product.
To contact us, visit our website on …
www.bang-olufsen.com
or write to: Bang & Olufsen a/s
BeoCare
Peter Bangs Vej 15
DK–7600 Struer
or fax: Bang & Olufsen
BeoCare
[phone] (fax)
Dear Customer
3500226 0903
Technical specications, features and the use
thereof are subject to change without notice.
Contents
4Watch television
6Digital tuner
19 BeoLink
19 Advanced use
37 Installation – setup

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How to use your remote control
You can operate your television with
Beo5 or Beo4. The instructions in this
Guide are mainly based on Beo5.
Useful hints
1*About buttons
2*Coloured buttons
Actual zone
Soft buttons
Light grey buttons indicate that you have to press a text in the display. Dark grey buttons
indicate that you have to press a hard button.
Press the wheel next to the colour to activate a coloured button.
Indicates the actual zone as it was named during the setup process.
Depending on the activated source, different soft buttons appear on the screen. Touch the
screen to activate the function.
3*Marked buttons can be recongured during the setup process. See p. 41.
My reconguration:
Start playback
Step through channels or recordings
Hold for continuous step
Step through screen menus
Standby
Search backwards or forwards
Recordings
Back up through menus or press once to pause
playback and twice to stop
Soft button, touch screen to select*1
Switch on a source or select a function
Press centre button to accept and store settings
Turn to adjust volume
To mute, turn quickly counter-clockwise
Bring up SCENE buttons, such as Zones or Speaker
Press again to return
Select colour specic functions*2
Press volume wheel next to the colour
Bring up digits to select channel or recording
Press again to return
Back up through Beo5 displays
Select colour specic functions
Adjust volume
To mute, press the middle of the button
The Beo4 display shows you the activated source or function
Accept and store settings and start playback
Search backwards or forwards or move in menus
Back up through menus or press once to pause playback and
twice to stop
Switch on a connected video recorder
Standby
Select channels and enter information in on-screen menus
Step through channels or move in menus
Hold for continuous step
Display extra ‘buttons’ on the Beo4
Press repeatedly to change ‘buttons’
Switch on the TV*3
Exit menus completely
Activate Closed Captioning
Bring up the main menu of the active source
Exit menus
NOTE! For general information about
remote control operation, see the Guide
enclosed with your remote control.
Beo5 operation Beo4 operation
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Watch television • Digital tuner Easy use
Watch movies and listen to different sources, such as a connected
set-top box or a music centre.
Information about the selected source is
shown at the top of the screen. On-screen
menus allow you to adjust settings.
Display and menus
Introduction
Show menuSelect TV’s zone Switch on TV
When a menu is on the screen, you can
move between menu options, reveal
settings or enter data.
Navigate in menus
Select option/
setting
Enter data Bring up sub-
menu/store
setting
Select option Exit menus*4
Important – for more information: www.bang-olufsen.com
Remote control The instructions in this Guide are mainly based on the Beo5 remote
control, but you can also operate the TV with Beo4. On the fold-out
page in this Guide, you will nd an overview of the buttons on Beo5
and Beo4. For general information about remote control operation,
see the Guide enclosed with your remote control.
4*NOTE! Press STOP to back up through
menus.
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TV SETUP
CHANNEL SETUP
PLAY TIMER
OPTIONS
STAND POSITIONS
select
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Menu name
Menu options
Information eld

Watch television
Choose a TV channel by its number or switch to another
channel or source. Adjust the sound volume and change the
sound type or language.
Useful hints
Automatic Colour Management Automatic Colour Management automatically compensates for colour changes on the
screen for every 100 hours of use approximately. Do not switch off the system or disconnect
it from the mains during the calibration.
Beo5 operation
Record here and now on a recorder
Switch on the TV
Switch off the TV
Activate the TV source to use these
functions
Automatic colour calibration may start automatically.
Adjust the volume
See second source
Divide the screen to watch two sources at the same
time.
Bring up a channel list
While recording on a connected recorder you can
also watch another recording, source, or TV channel.
Select a TV channel
TV CHANNEL LIST
CNN 1
MOVIE NW 2
DISCOVER 3
CWNBC 4
BBCWORLD 5
SUPER CH 6
CRIME TV 7
CINEMA 8
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Channel name
Channel number
Indicates more channels

Second source You can bring up two video sources. With Swap you can make the left and right pictures
switch places. With BACK you leave the function and go to the source on the left. You
can also just select the source you wish to go to. See also p. 44 for information about
HDMI sources.
Beo4 operation
Adjust volume. To mute, turn quickly
counter-clockwise
Adjust
volume
To mute, press in the middle
of the button
Select
P-AND-P
Press Swap picturesSelect source Select source
Start recording Stop recording
Press
Press
Press
Hold for
channel list
Select channel
Select page Accept
or
Activate
numbers
Select Select
channel
or or
Select Select
channel
Hold to
activate
Select page or channel and
accept
Bring back the sound by turning the
wheel either way.
Press twice to start Press twice to
stop
Swap pictures
or
Select previous channel Previous
channel
Press
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Record Record RECORD STOP
0–9
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Digital tuner
When you select the built-in ATSC tuner, you can receive
digital terrestrial and open cable programmes.
Useful hints
1*Korea
Channel Delimiter
Closed Captioning
Audio options
Closed Captioning and programme rating are not available in Korea.
Press the yellow button to activate the Channel Delimiter.
If Closed Captioning is available, it is indicated in the programme information.
If an additional audio option is available, it is indicated which language. ‘Multi’ indicates
that more than one language is available.
Beo5 operation
Change audio language
Bring up a Programme Guide
Bring up programme information
Switch on the ATSC tuner
Switch off the ATSC tuner
Activate the digital tuner
Change Closed Captioning for the current
channel.*1
Change Closed Captioning
Bring up a channel list
While you watch TV, you can bring up a Channel
list or a list of your favourite channels.
Bring up information on the programme you are
currently watching.
Activate the built-in ATSC tuner.
Bring up a Programme Guide with information on
the current and next programmes.
Bring up the tuner menu
Bring up the menu to make or change settings.
Change audio language for the current channel.
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Channel name
Programme duration
Channel number
Programme mode
Additional caption options*1
Programme name
Time and date
Additional audio options
Programme rating*1

Beo4 operation
Press Press
Press
Press
Press
Press
Press repeatedly to change screen mode
Press
Press
Show
channel list
Select channel
Select page Accept
or
Hold to
activate
Select page or channel and
accept
Press
or
Press Press
Press Press
Step in
pages
Move up/
down
Navigate and select
programme
Select
programme
Bring up
7-day list
or
Specic
programme
information
Programme Guide With a Beo4 remote control you can also bring up a 7-day list and specic programme
information by means of the blue button.
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BeoLink system • Connect and set up an audio system • Connect and set up a BeoLink system • Your television in a link room …
Contents – BeoLink
10 BeoLink system
12 Connect and set up an audio system
14 Connect and set up a BeoLink system
15 Your television in a link room
16 Two televisions in the same room
BeoLink
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BeoLink system
If you have a BeoLink system, you can operate all connected
sources from both the main room and link rooms.
Useful hints
Options
Main room source
Link room source
Audio system
To use all functions properly, the products must be set to the correct options. See p. 12.
This is the central source from which you can distribute sound and pictures to link room
sources.
This source is placed in the link room and through the source you can receive sound and
pictures from connected main room sources.
Only Bang & Olufsen audio systems with Master Link support integration with the TV.
Use a main room source
Use a link room source
TV sound on the audio speakers
Activate main or link room sources
Listen to audio sound on the speakers connected
to the TV.
Stereo sound in a link room
Activate a main room source from a link room.
The source type is present in both rooms.
Listen to sound from a TV source on your audio
system speakers.
Audio sound on the TV speakers
If stereo sound is selected in the link room, you
cannot distribute other main room sources to the
link room system.*1
Activate a link room source in a link room.
The source type is present in both rooms.
Beo5 operation
Use a source present in one room
Activate a main or link room source from a link room.
The source type is only present in one room.
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Link room
Main room

1*Sound
Changes in link
room setup
Usually sound distributed from a main room video source, such as a
set-top box, to the link room is transmitted in mono. However, you can
select stereo sound.
If you move your link room products to other rooms, remember to get
your Beo5 remote control recongured by your Bang & Olufsen retailer.
2*NOTE! In order to display AV and LINK on
Beo4, you must rst add it to the Beo4 list of
functions. See the Guide enclosed with your
Beo4.
Select AV*2
Select audio speaker zone
Press Select source
Select main room sourcePress Select AV*2Select main room
source
Select AV*2Select video source
Select video source
Select audio source
Select
LINK*2Select source
Select audio sourceSelect TV speaker zone
Beo4 operation
Select source Operate source as usual Select source Operate source as usual
Select source Operate source as usual Select source Operate source as usual
Operate source as usual Operate source
as usual
Switch on TV
Switch on TV
Link
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Useful hints
TV and audio speakers
Choice of options
Play a CD on your audio system using speakers connected to the TV, or switch on a TV
programme and send the sound to your audio system speakers.
If you have a Beo4 remote control, options for the TV can be 1, 2, or 4 in a main room and 5
or 6 in a link room. Options for the audio system can be 0, 1, 2, 5, 6. See also p. 15.
Connect and set up an audio system
To obtain the benets of an integrated audio/video system, connect a
compatible Bang & Olufsen audio system to the TV using a Master Link
cable.
If your TV has been set up in an audio/video
system, set it to the correct option. Switch
the entire system to standby rst and place
yourself in front of the TV.
2. Set option for TV
Connect the available sockets marked
MASTER LINK on the TV and the audio
system using a Master Link cable.
1. Connect the audio system
Set the audio system to the correct option.
Switch the entire system to standby rst and
place yourself in front of the audio system.
3. Set option for audio system
Press Select zone in which TV
is placed
Select OPTION? and
accept
Select V.OPT Select
Option
Hold
and
Press
and
Hold Press
Press Select zone in which
audio system is placed
Select OPTION? and
accept
Select
A.OPT
Select
Option
Hold
and
Press
and
Hold Press
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NOTE! Not all Bang & Olufsen audio systems
support integration with the TV.
Options For information about Option 4, 5 and 6, see pp. 15–16.
Your audio/video system can be placed together in one room, or in two
rooms with the TV in one and the audio system with a set of speakers in
another.
Select options
To set the correct options with the Beo5
remote control, you must select the zone in
which your product is placed, see p. 12. To
set the correct options with the Beo4 remote
control, you can get an overview of options
on this page.
The TV with or without additional speakers
and an audio system with a connected set of
speakers are set up in one room.
Set the TV to Option 1 and the audio system
to Option 1.
The TV and audio system are set up in one
room with all speakers connected to the TV.
Set the TV to Option 2 and the audio system
to Option 0.
The audio system is set up in one room and
the TV with or without additional speakers in
another.
Set the TV to Option 2 and the audio system
to Option 2.
Option 0Option 2
Option 1Option 1
Option 2Option 2
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Useful hints
NOTE! Only sources with an analogue signal
can be distributed from a main room TV to
the link room system.
1*Connected
equipment
2*Link channel
If an audio system is already connected to the MASTER LINK socket and
you wish to connect more equipment, the Master Link cable must be
split in two and joined with the cable from the link room using a special
junction box. Contact your Bang & Olufsen retailer for assistance.
When you change the link channel in the main room TV, make sure that
the link channel in the link room corresponds to it.
Connect and set up a BeoLink system
Connect and set up a BeoLink system to see pictures and hear sound in link
rooms. You can, for example, connect the living room TV to another video
system or to a set of speakers in another room.
If you have an audio setup, such as a BeoLink
Active/Passive, and you set up a non-linkable
TV in the same room, you must set the
system modulator to ‘ON’. The factory setting
is ‘AUTO’, which must be used if you are
using a linkable Bang & Olufsen TV.
Switch on the system modulator
To distribute video signals to link rooms, it is
necessary to connect an RF Link Amplier to
the main room TV and a link room TV.*1
Make link connections
If, e.g., a TV channel in your area is broad-
casted on the same channel as the factory
setting for the BeoLink system; channel 66,
you must tune the system modulator to an
unoccupied channel.*2
Change the link channel
Connect the Master Link cable to the
available socket marked MASTER LINK on the
TV.
To distribute video signals to link rooms,
connect an ordinary aerial cable to the socket
marked LINK TV on the main connection
panel. Then run the aerial cable to the RF Link
Amplier and the Master Link cable to the
link room. Follow the instructions enclosed
with the link room equipment.
Select ‘LINK’ in
‘CONNECTIONS‘
menu
Select ‘OPTIONS’ in
‘TV SETUP’ menu Reveal ‘ON’ Accept
Select ‘LINK’ in
‘CONNECTIONS‘
menu
Select ‘OPTIONS’ in
‘TV SETUP’ menu Find unused
channel
Accept
Select
‘CHAN NEL’
Select
‘MODULATOR’
MASTER
LINK
RF Link
Amplifier
LINK TVTV
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3*NOTE!
If you have a Beo4 and you connect
the TV for use in a link room where other link
systems are already connected, such as
speakers, you must set the TV to Option 5
instead.
Timer programming Programme a Play Timer on the TV in the main room.
Your television in a link room
If you have a BeoLink system, operate all connected systems through the TV
in a link room.
Follow the procedure described here when
you connect your TV for use in a link room.
Connect link room TV
For your entire system to function properly, it
is essential that the TV in the link room is set
to the correct option before you connect it to
the system in the main room. Place yourself
in front of the link room TV.
Set option for a link room TV
Press Select zone in which TV is
placed
Select OPTION? and
accept
Select V.OPT Select
Option 6*3
Hold
and
Press
and
Hold Press
Option
pgm
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1 Connect the link room TV to the mains
supply.
2Using your remote control, programme
the link room TV to the correct option.
3 Disconnect the link room TV from the
mains.
4Make the necessary connections.
5 Reconnect the link room TV to the
mains supply.

Useful hints
Two televisions in the same room
If you have two TVs in the same room and one remote control for both TVs,
it is essential that the TVs are set to the correct options, for them to
function properly.
If you place your TV in a room where you
already have a Bang & Olufsen TV and
commands from your remote control can be
received by both TVs, you must change the
option of the secondary TV to prevent
simultaneous activation of both TVs. Place
yourself in front of the secondary TV.
Set the correct option
LINK on Beo4 In order to display LINK on Beo4, you must rst add it to the Beo4 list of functions. See the
Guide enclosed with your Beo4 for more information.
Press Select zone in which TV is
placed*1
Select OPTION? and
accept
Select V.OPT Select
Option 4
Hold
and
Press
and
Hold Press
Select zone in which
desired TV is placed
Select source
Normally you can activate a source simply by
pressing the relevant source button, but if
you have two TVs in the same room, you
must remember rst to select the zone of the
TV you wish to use, if you have a Beo5.
Beo5 – operate the TVs
LIST
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TV
…
Option
pgm
BeoVision 9
Zone ‘A’
Zone ‘B’
TV
Zone ‘A’
TV
BeoVision 9
Zone ‘B
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1*NOTE! For information about choice of
zone, contact your Bang & Olufsen retailer.
Select LINK Select source
Normally you can activate a source simply by
pressing the relevant source button, but if
your TV is set to Option 4, you must do the
following to activate a source, if you have a
Beo4.
However, if you wish to dedicate a remote
control to your secondary TV, contact your
Bang & Olufsen retailer.
Beo4 – operate TV in option 4 LIST TV
BeoVision 9
Option 4
TV
LIST
LINK
TV
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