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
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TEXT 0MENU
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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.
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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.
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…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.
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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.)
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*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.