Bang & Olufsen BEO6 User manual

Beo6
Guide

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Product documentation, 4
Learn about the documentation provided with your Beo6.
Using Beo6, 5
How to use the buttons in the Beo6 display and the physical buttons.
Operating non-Bang & Olufsen products, 6
How to operate, for example, set-top boxes.
Using the charger, 7
How to use the table charger.
Beo6 Setup menu, 8
Which options are provided with the Beo6 Setup menu.
Wireless setup, 11
How to set up your remote control for a wireless network.
Maintenance, 14
How to clean your remote control.
Contents

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Introduction
The Beo6 remote control is customised to give easy access to the Bang &
Olufsen products in your home.
When you purchase a Beo6, your Bang & Olufsen retailer congures it to
match your individual product setup.
This allows for a personal design for each user and ensures that all buttons
in your Beo6 are relevant to your specic setup.
It also means that if new functions and features, such as 2-way communication ,
become available in your Bang& Olufsen products, the Beo6 must be
recongured by your retailer to support these new functions and features.
If you change your product setup, for example if you purchase a new
product, always have your Bang & Olufsen retailer recongure your Beo6
remote control to enable support of the new functions and features.
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Beo6 is fully compatible with Beo5. This means
that if a User’s guide explains operation with
the Beo5 remote control, you can use the
Beo6 remote in exactly the same way.

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Product documentation
With your remote control, you receive a brief Getting Started explaining
the basic functions of the remote control. This Guide provides further
information about the remote control, such as moving buttons or
reassigning channel numbers to your channel logos. The Guide is kept up
to date if new features and functions are introduced in the Beo6. However,
Beo6 support of such updates depends on the conguration of the
remote control.
As an additional help to the Guides, a personal Beo6 button overview and
a matching glossary are created for you every time your Bang & Olufsen
retailer customises your Beo6 for you in the store.
The button overview provides you with a ‘road map’ to your Beo6 and
allows you to quickly nd the button or function you need.
In the personal Beo6 glossary, you can nd explanations to all the buttons
available in your specic setup.
If your conguration is changed, you can get a new Beo6 button overview
and glossary that matches your new setup.
Glossary
Page
PC
P-and-P
Picture
Playlists
Allows you to select a teletext page by its page
number.
Switches on the selected PC source, for example
your PC or BeoMedia.
Activates the Picture-and-Picture function which
allows you to watch two video sources at the same
time.
Allows you to adjust the picture format to your
liking.
Arranges N.MUSIC tracks or N.RADIO stations
according to the playlists you have created.
All the buttons in your customised Beo6 are
explained in the personal Beo6 glossary.

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Before you start using your remote
control for the very rst time, it
must be charged. Refer to page 7
for information about how to
charge your remote control.
When fully charged, your remote
control is ready for use.
To activate the Beo6 display, just
pick up your remote control or
touch the screen lightly, and the
display lights up. Then select a
button by a press on the screen.
Once a source is selected, operation is
carried out by pressing buttons on the
screen or via the Beo6 ball – for example
to adjust volume, step through tracks or
channels and pause playback.
Using Beo6
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LivingRoom
TV
DVD RADIO CD
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LivingRoom
TV
DVD RADIO CD
When you pick up the remote control or
touch the screen, the display lights up.
Once the display is active, the buttons
appear on the screen. Press a button to
activate a source or function.

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Operating non-Bang & Olufsen products
If your Bang & Olufsen video product
is equipped with a Peripheral Unit
Controller, you can connect supported
non-Bang & Olufsen products such
as set-top boxes to it – and still
operate it with your remote control.
Bang& Olufsen support the most
common set-top boxes in all
markets. Simply have your retailer
program your Beo6 to the set-top
box that you have, and its remote
control buttons will appear in the
Beo6 display.
Other selected non-Bang & Olufsen
products such as lights, curtains and
blinds can be operated with Beo6 as
well – some of them via the supported
Home Automation System, and others
directly from Beo6.
The main functions of your equipment
can be operated with the Beo6 remote
control. Not all functions may be
supported by Beo6. The available
services and functions are shown in the
Beo6 display, when you activate the
equipment.
Contact your Bang & Olufsen retailer for
further information about operating
non-Bang & Olufsen products with Beo6.
NOTE! Buttons related to non-Bang & Olufsen
products are not translated or explained in
the Beo6 glossary.
DTV
Sky
i Interactive Help
Slow Box office Services
R TV Guide
Aircon
24 Hi 26
22 Lo 24
20 22
18 Off 20
Example of buttons used to operate
a set-top box.
Example of buttons used to operate
a Home Automation System.

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Using the charger
Beo6 is a battery powered remote
control that requires regular
charging like a cordless phone.
The customised Beo6 charger is
used for this purpose.
To make sure that your remote
control is fully charged at all times,
we recommend that you place it in
the charger whenever it is not in use.
If you are unable to switch on the
remote control when you press and
hold the centre button, it needs to
be recharged.
If the remote control is completely
discharged, place it in the charger
shortly and it will have sufcient
capacity for you to switch on the
TV or radio. Then leave it to charge
while you watch or listen.
Place the remote control correctly in the
charger. To be fully charged, Beo6 must
charge for four hours.
When fully charged, the battery will
have enough capacity for approximately
one week of standby time or two to four
hours of intensive use.
A text in the display indicates when it is
time to recharge your remote control.
Using 2-way communication reduces the
battery run time. Note that if the remote
control needs charging, problems with the
wireless communication may arise.
Power consumption
Beo6 consumes power when switched on, in
particular when the backlight is lit. Therefore
your Beo6 will slowly power down when it is
not in use:
– After 10 seconds, the backlight is dimmed
– After 30 seconds, Beo6 will go into
standby mode and display a black screen
To change these settings, refer to page 8 in
this Guide.
Recharge battery
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‘Recharge Battery’ is indicated in the display
title when the battery needs charging.
The charger has a magnet to hold Beo6
rmly in place. When you remove the
remote control you have to tilt it slightly to
release it from the charger.

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Beo6 Setup menu
The remote control has a Setup
menu that allows you to alter a
number of settings yourself. To
enter the Setup menu, press and
hold the standby button while
pressing the centre button on the ball.
You navigate and select items in the
Setup menu directly on the screen and
by means of the centre button and the
arrow buttons ( , , and) on the ball.
To select a menu item, move the line
indicator to the button you wish to
activate, then press the centre button.
In the Edit menu press the button on the
screen to bring up a submenu.
To back up one level in the Setup menu,
press BACK on the ball or on the
screen. Your changes will automatically
be saved when you leave the Setup menu.
Options in the Setup menu …
Edit … Allows you to show or hide buttons
in the Beo6 display and to change channel
numbers associated with channel names
in the channels or stations menu.
Wireless… Allows you to set up Beo6 for
your wireless network. See page 11 for
more information.
Settings … Allows you to change the settings
for backlight dimming and display out*.
You can also restore all Beo6 settings to
the original settings made by your
Bang & Olufsen retailer.
Cong … Allows you to set Beo6 to a
default conguration.
Option Pgm … Allows you to Option
programme your Bang & Olufsen products.
Info … Contains information on Beo6 software
version as well as battery status and the date
of the latest conguration of your Beo6.
*Note that the longer the display backlight is
lit, the more often the remote control needs
charging.
Navigate in the Setup menu
SETUP
Edit
Settings Option Pgm Config
Info
In the Setup menu, two horisontal lines
indicate which button is high lighted. Press
the centre button to select.

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>> Beo6 Setup menu
In the Edit menu, you can remove
buttons you do not use and show
buttons that are currently hidden.
How to show or hide a button:
> Select Edit in the Setup menu.
> Use the touch screen buttons to select rst
the zone, then the source of the button
you wish to edit.
> Press the relevant touch button, then press
the centre button to select the button
you wish to edit; the buttons currently
hidden are shown in grey.
> Press the centre button again to edit the
button. Your changes will automatically be
saved when you leave the menu.
Edit buttons
Editing button
Show Hide

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>> Beo6 Setup menu
If your programme provider moves a
channel, for example, from channel
number 5 to channel number 6, the
Beo6 must be set up to send the correct
channel number when you press the logo.
How to assign a new channel number to
a channel logo:
> Select Edit in the Setup menu.
> Use the touch screen buttons to select rst
the zone, then the source of the button
you wish to edit.
> Press Channel.
> Use the navigation buttons to select the
logo to be edited, then press the centre
button.
> Press Number.
> Press Clear to delete the old number and
enter the new one.
> Press Store to save the number.
> Press Back to leave the menu.
You may of course also contact your Bang &
Olufsen retailer to make changes in your
remote control.
Change channel numbers
Editing button
Number
Show Hide

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Wireless setup
When congured for it, the Beo6
remote control is able to connect to
a wireless network. This enables
2-way communication with the
products, the Beo6 controls.
Connection can take place in
different ways depending on your
wireless network. Bang& Olufsen
recommends specic Network Link
access points. Contact your retailer
for more information.
It is important that you are in close
proximity to the access point you
are connecting the Beo6 to, when
making the setup.
Connections must be made to all
access points in your wireless
system.
Note that only some Bang&
Olufsen products support 2-way
communication. See the Guides
enclosed with the products for
information about the functions
and their operation.
Bang& Olufsen recommended access
points support automatic connection –
also called Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS).
There has to be a ‘connect’ button
(WPS/ ) on the access point.
See the guide enclosed with your access
point for more information.
Autoconnect to a wireless setup
> Select Wireless in the Setup menu.
> Press Auto on Beo6.
> Press the ‘connect’ button on your
access point.
> Press OK on Beo6. Beo6 connects to the
access point, this may take a while.
> When connection is established,
Connection OK appears in the
Beo6 display.
> Press OK to return to the Wireless menu.
> If necessary, move on to the next access
point and repeat the procedure with all
access points in your wireless network.
> Press Back to leave the menu.
If connection is not established Connection
failed appears in the Beo6 display. Try to
connect again or use the manual setup.
Automatic wireless connection
Wireless
Auto Search Manual
Enable List Info
✓ ✓
The wireless setup menu.
Access Point
A
Access Point
B

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>> Wireless setup
Search for wireless networks
Beo6 can scan for all networks in range,
and you can connect to the one you
want. This can, for example, be used if
your access point does not support
automatic setup.
Make Beo6 search for networks
> Select Wireless in the Setup menu.
> Press Search. Beo6 starts searching for
networks, this may take a while.
> A list of networks within range appears in
the Beo6 display. Press the one you wish
to connect to.
> If a network password is required, a display
for entering your password appears.
> Enter your password and press GO.
> When connection is established,
Connection OK appears in the
Beo6 display.
> Press OK to return to the Wireless menu.
> If necessary, move on to the next access
points and repeat the procedure with all
access points in your wireless network.
> Press Back to leave the menu.
The network at the top of the list is the one
supplying the strongest signal to where the
remote control is placed. This is most likely
the access point you are closest to.
If your network is set up with a hidden
SSID, you must make a manual
connection. This means that you must
enter the name of the network (SSID),
a password and network authentication.
Make manual setup
> Select Wireless in the Setup menu.
> Press Manual on Beo6.
> Enter the network name (SSID) in the
display and press OK.
> Choose the network authentication.
Options are Open, WPA and WPA2.
> A display for entering your password
appears.
> Enter your network password and press GO.
> When connection is established,
Connection OK appears in the
Beo6 display.
> Press OK to return to the Wireless menu.
> If necessary, move on to the next access
points and repeat the procedure with all
access points in your wireless network.
> Press Back to leave the menu.
Manual wireless setup
Search
Linksys 2
Cisco 1
Private Network
Zyxel
GO
Q W E R T Y U I O P
A S D F G H J K L
Z X C V B N M
Enter key
SHIFT
SYM 123
List of available wireless networks, the signal
strength is shown for each connection.

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List of networks
Beo6 automatically connects to the
access points you have connected to as
you move between them. However,
you can bring up a list of networks to
see their status and to remove
connections, if you want. Removing
connections may be useful if you move
or replace your access point.
Remove a network connection
> Select Wireless in the Setup menu.
> Press List.
> The list of connected networks appears in
the Beo6 display. Press the one you wish
to remove.
> Press Remove, to be able to remove the
network.
> Press Yes to conrm that you want to
remove the network.
> Press Back to leave the menu.
>> Wireless setup
Network problems
The Beo6 is a portable device and the
wireless function is dependent on the
wireless setup and coverage in your
house. A previously well-functioning
setup may develop problems over time
as surroundings change. If you experience
problems with your setup or have any
questions, contact your Bang & Olufsen
retailer.
See network information on Beo6
> Select Wireless in the Setup menu.
> Press Status.
> The status of the currently used wireless
network is shown in the display.
> Press Back to leave the menu.
List
Linksys 2
Cisco 1
Private Network
Zyxel
List of networks you have connected to.

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Maintenance
We recommend that you switch off
the remote control while you clean
it. Press and hold the centre button
to do so.
To switch the remote control back
on, press and hold the centre
button again.
Remove grease stains or persistent dirt
with a soft, lint-free, rmly wrung cloth,
dipped in a solution of water containing
only a few drops of mild detergent, such
as washing-up liquid.
To clean the remote control display, use
a mild window cleaning uid. To retain
the optimum performance of the display,
make sure that no traces of the cleaning
uid are left on the glass.
If the display glass is damaged, contact
your retailer to have it replaced.
Beware that some types of micro-bre
cloths may harm the glass due to their
strong abrasive effect.
Note! Never use alcohol or other solvents to
clean any part of the remote control!
Cleaning