Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 3500 User manual

BeoLab 3500
User’s guide

The BeoLab 3500 gives your main Bang &
Olufsen system an extra dimension. Now you
can play any source you like in your main
system and listen to it – via your BeoLink
installation – in the room with your BeoLab
3500.
The BeoLab 3500 can be operated both locally
and with remote control. With remote control,
however, the possibilities are enhanced and
you are given the full benefit of your BeoLab
3500.
You can control the daily playback functions in
your main system, make the BeoLab 3500 wake
you up in the morning, using the Beo4 remote
control.
Whether you hang it on the wall or place it
standing on its own in the specially designed
stand (optional extra), the slim and elegant
BeoLab 3500 will fit easily into any room in
your house where you want music.
2BEFORE YOU START…

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CONTENTS
The separate Setting-up guide enclosed with
the BeoLab 3500 describes in detail how to
install the system (BeoLink or MCL) and make
the BeoLab 3500 ready for use.
Note: Bang & Olufsen offers two different
BeoLink distribution systems: Master Link (ML)
and Master Control Link (MCL). Your BeoLab
3500 can be used in either system.
4 What can BeoLab 3500 do for me…
..Music in other rooms
6 Beo4 remote operation
6 Using the Beo4 remote control
8 Access all your sources in your main A/V
system with Beo4
10 Adjust and make sound settings in the
BeoLab 3500 with Beo4
12 Make a Wake-up Timer for BeoLab 3500
only
14 Close-up operation
14 BeoLab 3500 and Timer play – switching on
automatically
15 How to get and mute sound in
BeoLab 3500
16 Read the display on BeoLab 3500
17 Choose which information to display on
the BeoLab 3500
18 BeoLab 3500 status displays
20 Beolink 1000 remote control
Using the Beolink 1000

4MUSIC IN OTHER ROOMS
The BeoLab 3500 gives your main Bang &
Olufsen system an extra dimension:
• It enables you to listen to any source you
like from your main room system in the
room with your BeoLab 3500.
• It enables you to control a number of
functions in your main system from the
room with your BeoLab 3500 – using the
Beo4 remote control. All remote operation
are, though, also possible with a Beolink
1000 remote control, see pages 20-21.
All you have to do is connect the BeoLab 3500
to your BeoLink installation, and your main
Bang & Olufsen system can be used in that
room as well.
The two active speakers in the BeoLab 3500
will give you the full benefit of the high-
quality stereo sound produced by your main
Bang & Olufsen system.
This guide explains how…
Your main Bang & Olufsen system and your
BeoLab 3500 must be interconnected by a
BeoLink (ML or MCL) installation. You will
then be able to listen to any source from your
main audio-, video-, or AV system (and even to
control the source) in the room with your
BeoLab 3500.

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Using the Beo4 remote control, you can:
• Switch on any source you like in your main
Bang & Olufsen Audio/Video system via the
BeoLab 3500.
• Operate all the daily playback functions for
the source that is currently playing via the
BeoLab 3500.
• Adjust the sound in your BeoLab 3500
speakers.
• Make a Wake-up Timer on your BeoLab
3500.
Operating the BeoLab 3500 close-up, you can:
• Switch on to the source that was last playing
in your main Bang & Olufsen system, or
listen-in on a source that is currently
playing.
• Include the BeoLab 3500 in a Timer Play
programming made on your main room A/V
system, that is, switching on at a certain
time to a certain source, as programmed on
your main room system.

6BEO4 REMOTE OPERATION
The Beo4 remote control* gives you the full
benefit of your BeoLab 3500.
When you operate the BeoLab 3500 close-up,
you will either switch on a source that was last
playing in your main Bang & Olufsen system,
or you will listen-in on a source that is
currently playing.
The Beo4 remote control enables you to switch
on to the exact source you wish to listen to
from your main Bang & Olufsen system (audio
or video), and to control the daily playback
functions for that source.
The daily playback functions are carried out
just as if you were operating your main system
directly, using the Beo4 remote control.
With Beo4, you are given the opportunity to
make a Wake-up Timer on BeoLab 3500 which
is executed separatedly, regardless of whether
you have included BeoLab 3500 in a Timer
Play programming or not – which, via your
main room system, switches all linked products
on automatically at a certain time to a certain
source.
Furthermore, the Beo4 is the key to adjusting
the sound for the BeoLab 3500 speakers
separately.
See how on the next few pages…
Any operation you carry out using the Beo4
remote control is received by your BeoLab
3500. Via your BeoLink installation, the
BeoLab 3500 communicates your instruction to
your main Bang & Olufsen system.

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BANG & OLUFSEN
TV LIGHT RADIO
SAT DVD CD
V TAPE RECORD A TAPE
789
456
TEXT 0MENU
123
LIST EXIT
STOP
GO
*Note: The Beo4 remote control is available as an optional
extra from your Bang & Olufsen dealer.

Audio sources…
Switches on the radio
Starts the CD player
Starts the tape recorder
Press LIST to display PHONO*
Press to start the record player
Video sources...
Switches on the TV
Switches on to satellite TV
Starts the video tape recorder
Press to step through your programs
or to step from track to track
Alternatively, key in the exact
program, track number or disc
number you want, e.g. track no 10
Press to pause your audio or video
tape recorder, CD or record player
(You may need to press STOP twice
to stop the VTR completely before
winding)
For further instructions, see the far
right of the next page
*Note: In order to display PHONO on Beo4, you
have to add the function to the Beo4 list of
functions, please refer to the Beo4 user's guide
and the chapter, Customising your Beo4.
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RADIO
CD
A TAPE
LIST
GO
TV
SAT
V TAPE
1
0
STOP
ACCESS MAIN ROOM…
Via your BeoLab 3500, you can switch on any
source (audio/video) you like from your main
Bang & Olufsen system and listen to it on the
BeoLab 3500 speakers.
While the source is playing, you can switch
programs, listen to specific tracks, stop and
resume playback, search and wind, etc.
To switch off the BeoLab 3500, simply press
the red standby button •on the Beo4 briefly.
If you keep pressing the standby button for 2
seconds, you will switch off both the BeoLab
3500 and your main Bang & Olufsen system.
Note: The functions mentioned on this page
are only available from your BeoLab 3500 in so
far as the source in question is included in your
main Bang & Olufsen system –and provided
the source supports the function.
then
or

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On a audio or video tape recorder
and single CD player…
Rewinds a tape; searches backwards
on a CD in a single CD player
Fast forwards a tape; searches
forwards on a CD in a single CD
player
Press to resume playing
On a multi CD player…
Press to change to the next or
previous CD
Key in a disc number directly to hear
a particular CD
Press to search forward on a disc
Press to search backward on a disc
To select a particular track on one CD…
Press LIST to display TRACK*
Key in a track number, e.g.
number 11
Press briefly to switch off the
BeoLab 3500
*Note: In order to display TRACK on Beo4, you
have to add the function to the Beo4 list of
functions, please refer to the Beo4 user's guide
and the chapter, Customising your Beo4.
1
6
GO
through
…SOURCES WITH BEO4
Additional functions with Beo4…
•Pressing the volume button on the Beo4
remote control right on the middle, while
the BeoLab 3500 is in standby, corresponds
to touching MUTE •directly on the BeoLab
3500 (see page 15).
•To start playback on a secondary audio- or
video tape recorder in your main Bang &
Olufsen system, press LIST to display
A.TAPE2* or V.TAPE2* and then GO.
•To switch mono/stereo sound or language
on a radio, TV or satellite program; or to
switch sound track on a video tape, press
LIST to display SOUND* then GO repeatedly.
•If you use the BeoLab 3500 in the same
room as your main Bang & Olufsen system,
you must program the BeoLab 3500
accordingly (see how in the Setting-up
guide). In that case, to start playing a source
in your main Bang & Olufsen system via the
BeoLab 3500, press:
LIST to display LINK* then RADIO, CD,
A TAPE
or
LIST to display LINK*, then TV, SAT or
V TAPE.
*Note: In order to display A.TAPE2, V.TAPE2,
SOUND, and LINK on Beo4, you have to add the
functions to the Beo4 list of functions, please
refer to the Beo4 user's guide and the chapter,
Customising your Beo4.
or
tt
ss
or
tt
ss
·
:
•
LIST
then
1
1

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Raises the volume
Lowers the volume
Press right on the middle of the volume button to
silence the speakers immediately, press again to
recall the sound
Press to display SPEAKER*
Press to adjust balance to the left
Press to adjust balance to the right
Press to display A.SETUP*
Press to display BASS
Press for more bass
Press for less bass
Press to display TREBLE
Press for more treble
Press for less treble
Press to display LOUDNSS
Press to set loudness to on/off or,
you can press ▲for Loudness on or
▼for loudness off
Adjust the various sound levels to your liking,
then store them if you wish, see next page…
ADJUST SOUND…
Volume can be adjusted any time by pressing
∧ or ∨ on the Beo4 remote control; or you
can silence the BeoLab 3500 speakers
completely by pressing right on the middle of
the volume button.
The Beo4 remote control enables you to adjust
the sound coming out of the BeoLab 3500
speakers. Each time you press LIST, a cue in the
Beo4 display indicates which adjustment can
be made.
All the sound levels will be reset to their
original values when you switch off the
BeoLab 3500 unless you turn your adjustment
into a permanent setting of the BeoLab 3500.
All the current sound levels will be stored
simultaneously.
Note: The sound in the BeoLab 3500 speakers
is adjusted quite independently from your
main Bang & Olufsen system. (In an MCL
system, however, if you raise the volume in the
BeoLab 3500 speakers considerably, the
volume level in the main system will be raised
as well.)
LIST
GO
then
then
tt
ss
LIST
LIST
then
LIST
GO
then
LIST
*Note: In order to display A.SETUP and
SPEAKER, you have to add the function to the
Beo4 list of functions, please refer to the Beo4
user's guide and the chapter, Customising your
Beo4.

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The display shows the current volume level.
Volume can be adjusted in steps of two within
a range of 00 to 72.
The display shows the current balance setting
– here neutral. Balance can be adjusted within
a range of 7 to either side.
The display shows the current bass level – here
neutral. Bass can be adjusted within a range of
-7 to +7.
The display shows the current treble level –
here neutral. Treble can be adjusted within a
range of -7 to +7.
The display shows the current loudness setting
– glowing steadily for "on", blinking
LOUDNESS – OFF for "off".
To store your new sound levels as a permanent
setting of the BeoLab 3500…
Press to display S.STORE
Press to store your new sound levels
as a permanent setting of your
BeoLab 3500 speakers
LIST
GO
then
…WITH BEO4

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You can make BeoLab 3500 wake you up in
the morning. Use the Beo4 remote control to
make a Wake-up Timer on BeoLab 3500 which
is executed separatedly*.
The Wake-up Timer is a once-only Timer. Like
an alarm clock, it is deleted once it has been
executed.
Once you have made one Wake-up Timer, the
BeoLab 3500 then automatically suggests the
time you entered for the latest Wake-up Timer
in the display.
If you wish to make BeoLab 3500 wake you up
every morning, you can make a Timer play
programming on your main room A/V system –
which switches your linked products on
automatically at a certain time to a certain
source. The Timer play function, however, is
only executed on the products you have
chosen to include. Please refer to page 14 in
this guide and to your User’s guide for your
main A/V system for further instructions.
The Wake-up Timer, you make on a BeoLab
3500, however, may overrule a Timer play
programming.
For example: If your Timer play is set to start at
7 o’clock in the morning and you set the
Wake-up Timer to 9 o’clock in the morning,
then your Timer play is overruled.
However, if you set your Wake-up Timer to
start at 5 o’clock in the morning and your
Timer Play is set to start at 7 o’clock, then
both Timers will be executed.
Press MENU to make a Wake-up
Timer
ON -:-- appears in the display on
BeoLab 3500…
Key in or change the time you wish
to be woken up
Press GO to store your Wake-up
Timer
STORED appears in the display on
BeoLab 3500
Repeat your latest Wake-up Timer…
Press MENU to make a Wake-up
Timer
Press GO to repeat a previous Wake-
up Timer
ON 7:00 appears in the display on
BeoLab 3500…
Press GO to store your Wake-up
Timer
STORED appears in the display on
BeoLab 3500
To abandon a Wake-up Timer programming…
Press EXIT or the standby button •to
leave without storing a Wake-up
Timer
MENU
0
9
through
GO
then
MENU
GO
GO
then
EXIT
or
•
MAKE A WAKE-UP TIMER…
*Note: Making a Wake-up Timer is only
possible in a BeoLink Master Link system. It is
not available in an MCL based system.

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To delete a Wake-up Timer…
Press MENU to see your Wake-up
Timer
Press STOP to delete the Wake-up
Timer
Press GO to delete it completely
MENU
STOP
The BeoLab 3500 is ready for you to key in a
time for your wake-up call.
You have now stored your wake-up call.
You have now deleted your wake-up call.
The time you entered is not correct, simply key
in a different time.
…WITH BEO4
GO
Please note: Besides choosing the time for
your Wake-up Timer, you can also choose a
specific source for the Timer. Once you have
pressed MENU to make a Timer, then press e.g.
CD or RADIO and, if necessary, key in a
program number, then press GO. Now enter
the time for your Wake-up Timer and press GO
to store.

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BeoLab 3500 and Timer Play…
If you have programmed your main Bang &
Olufsen system to start playing automatically
(a Timer Play programming), for example to
wake you up in the morning, the BeoLab 3500
speakers can be included as well.
You can cancel the Timer Play function locally,
so that the BeoLab 3500 will not be included:
•Touch the TIMER key and you will see the
current Timer setting of the BeoLab 3500 in
the display
•While the current setting is displayed, touch
the TIMER key again to change the function
from Timer On (timer play) to No Timer (no
timer play), or vice versa.
Note: The Timer Play function is not available
in all Bang & Olufsen systems. Please refer to
the User's guide for your main room A/V
system.
Remote operation of Timer Play and
BeoLab 3500…
When the BeoLab 3500 is in standby, you can
use the Beo4 remote control to exclude or
include the BeoLab 3500 speakers in a Timer
Play programming. Press LIST to display SHIFT*
and then press 0 to change between TIMER ON
and NO TIMER.
CLOSE-UP OPERATION
*NOTE: You must add SHIFT to the Beo4 list of
extra functions, please refer to Beo4’s own
User’s guide and the chapter ‘Customising
your Beo4’ for further instructions.
The BeoLab 3500 display and close-up
operation panel – If the BeoLab 3500 speakers
are included in a Timer play function, it is
indicated by a small red light in the TIMER key
to the left on the BeoLab 3500.
The display shows that BeoLab 3500 is
included in a Timer Play programming.
The display shows that the BeoLab 3500 is now
excluded from a Timer Play programming – it
will not start up automatically as programmed
on your main room A/V system.

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Getting and muting sound
The right hand key marked MUTE •on the
BeoLab 3500 enables you to listen-in on a
source that is currently playing in your main
Bang & Olufsen system.
•If no source is playing when you touch
MUTE •, the BeoLab 3500 will switch on to a
source that was last playing in your main
system*.
No matter how, whenever you touch MUTE •,
the sound from your main system will be
heard instantaneously in the BeoLab 3500
speakers.
•Touch MUTE •again briefly, and the BeoLab
3500 switches off (a red standby indicator
appears in the display). If you keep your
finger on the key for two seconds, both the
BeoLab 3500 and your main Bang & Olufsen
system will switch off simultaneously.
When you switch on the BeoLab 3500 in this
way, you will only get sound in the BeoLab
3500 speakers –the loudspeakers in your main
system will not be cut in.
*Note: In a BeoLink ML system, you will switch
on the radio (or TV) program that was last
playing. In an MCL based system, you will start
up the audio source that was last playing.

THE BEOLAB 3500 DISPLAY
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Reading the display
The red display on the BeoLab 3500 adjusts
automatically to the surrounding light in the
room. It can therefore easily be read from a
distance.
The BeoLab 3500 display gives you a status on
any operation you carry out, and it can be set
up to give you permanent information about
the source you are listening to. In addition to
that, it has an optional clock function, which
you can set on or off as you like.
You can set up the display to give the
information that best suits your particular
needs. Please refer to the following page…
Note: For further information about the
various status displays shown by your BeoLab
3500, please refer to pages 18-19.
The clock function in the BeoLab 3500 is
switched on: It's a quarter past ten pm.
Note: The optional clock function in the
BeoLab 3500 display must be supported by a
clock function in your main system. Not all
Bang & Olufsen audio systems have this
function. Please contact your Bang & Olufsen
dealer for further information.

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Choosing what to display
To choose which type of information you want
the BeoLab 3500 to display, you must:
•Keep your finger on the TIMER key, while
touching the MUTE •key briefly, several
times.
The display first shows the cue for the
current setting.
•Touch MUTE •again briefly, and the cue in
the display changes.
•Keep touching MUTE •in this way until the
cue for the setting you want is displayed
•Then let go of both keys.
CLOCK 2… When the BeoLab 3500 is switched
to standby, the display will show the time and
the red standby light. The time indication
remains on when the BeoLab 3500 is playing,
but whenever you operate the BeoLab 3500
(either close-up or by remote control), the
display will give you a brief status on the
operation. This is the factory setup.
NO CLOCK… There will be no time indication
in the BeoLab 3500 display. In standby, the
display will only show the red standby light.
When the BeoLab 3500 is playing, the display
will give you a permanent status on what is
going on. This option should be selected if
your main Bang & Olufsen system does not
support the clock function.
CLOCK 1… When the BeoLab 3500 is switched
to standby, the display will show the time and
the red standby light. When the BeoLab 3500
is playing, the display will give you a
permanent status on what is going on.

18 BEOLAB 3500…
You are listening to your
radio program number 3.
You are listening to track
number 1 on the tape in your
audio tape recorder.
If your secondary audio tape
recorder is playing, the
display will read A.TP2 instead
of A.TAPE.
You are listening to track
number 12 on a CD in a single
CD player.
You are listening to disc
number 3 and track number 4
on a CD in a multi CD player
You are listening to the
record on your record player.
You are listening to your TV
program number 3.
You are listening to your
satellite TV program number
12.
You are listening to track
number 1 on the tape in your
video tape recorder.
If your secondary video tape
recorder is playing, the
display will read V.TP2 instead
of V.TAPE.
RECORD blinks three times in
the display to inform you that
a recording is progressing.
In order not to spoil the
recording, the system
automatically switches to the
source that is being recorded
instead, and you will hear it
on the BeoLab 3500 speakers.

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…STATUS DISPLAYS
The double arrows pointing
left – << – indicate that the
tape is being rewound.
Note: These three displays all
read A.TAPE for the audio
tape recorder. But you may
also find the stop indication –
< > – and the double arrows
<< and >> – indicating
searching and winding
functions, displayed with the
indications V.TAPE and CD.
The double arrows pointing
right – >> – indicate that the
tape is being fast forwarded.
The two arrows pointing left
and right – < > – indicate that
the source has stopped.
If there is no disc in your CD
player when you press the CD
button, the display will
remind you to load one by
flashing LOAD – DISC three
times.
If there is no tape in your
audio or video tape recorder
when you press the A TAPE
or the V TAPE button, the
display will remind you to
load one by flashing LOAD –
TAPE three times.
If there is no record on your
record player when you
switch on your record player,
the display will remind you to
load one by flashing LOAD –
RECORD three times.

USING BEOLINK 1000
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Via your BeoLab 3500, you can switch on any
source (audio/video) you like from your main
Bang & Olufsen system and listen to it on the
BeoLab 3500 speakers.
Your Beolink 1000 can control your main
system, you can switch programs, listen to
specific tracks, stop and resume playback,
search and wind etc…
Your Beolink 1000 also allows you to adjust
the sound in your BeoLab 3500 speakers.
To switch off the BeoLab 3500 press the
standby button •briefly and keep pressing it
for 2 seconds to switch off both the BeoLab
3500 and your main room Bang & Olufsen
system.
Note: The functions mentioned on this page
are only available from your BeoLab 3500 in so
far as the source in question is included in your
main room Bang & Olufsen system –and
provided the source supports the function.
Audio sources...
Switches on the radio
Starts the CD player
Starts the record player
Starts the tape recorder
Video sources…
Switches on the TV
Switches on to satellite TV
Starts the video tape recorder
Press to step through your programs
or to step from track to track
Alternatively, key in the exact
program or track number you want
Press to pause your audio or video
tape recorder, CD or record player
(Press STOP twice to stop the VTR
completely before winding)
Rewinds a tape; searches backwards
on a CD
Fast forwards a tape; searches
forwards on a CD
Press to resume playing
Press briefly to switch off the
BeoLab 3500
RADIO
CD
PHONO
A.TAPE
TV
SAT
V.TAPE
or
0
9
STOP
PLAY
through
or
•