Bang & Olufsen BeoLink Active User manual

BEOLINK ACTIVE 1
With the BeoLink Active kit and a pair
of active Bang & Olufsen loudspeakers
your main Bang & Olufsen system gets
an extra dimension.
Now you can play any source you like
(audio or video) in your main system
and listen to it – via your BeoLink
installation – in the room with the
BeoLink Active and your extra speakers.
But this is not all. You can even control
the daily playback functions in your
main system via the BeoLink Active,
using the Beo4 remote control.
This guide explains how...
User’s guide

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CONTENTS 3
4 Nice to know about...
..Music in other rooms
5 Close-up operation
Sound control
Timer Play control
Volume adjustment
6 Remote operation
Using the Beo4 remote control
7 Controlling your main system
8 Nice to know
9 Adjusting BeoLink Active sound
10 Using the Beolink 1000 remote
control
This guide describes how to operate your BeoLink
Active setup (BeoLink Active kit and a pair of
active Bang & Olufsen loudspeakers).
The separate Setting-up guide, which is also
enclosed with the BeoLink Active kit, describes in
detail how to install the BeoLink Active with your
Bang & Olufsen loudspeakers, and it describes
how to make the BeoLink Active ready for use.

NICE TO KNOW ABOUT...
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..Music in other rooms
Your main Bang & Olufsen system (audio, video,
or AV) and your BeoLink Active setup must be
interconnected by a Bang & Olufsen BeoLink
installation.
You will then be able to listen to any source from
your main system (and even to control the source)
in the room with your BeoLink Active setup.
The BeoLink Active kit and your active
Bang & Olufsen loudspeakers give your
main Bang & Olufsen system an extra
dimension:
• You can listen to any source you like
from your main system (audio or
video) in your BeoLink Active room.
• You can control a number of
functions in your main system from
your BeoLink Active room – using the
Beo4 remote control.
BeoLink Active and the two speakers
will give you the full benefit of the
high-quality stereo sound produced by
your main system.
This guide explains how...
Operating BeoLink Active close-up, you can:
• Switch on to the radio (or TV) program that was
last playing in your main Bang & Olufsen
system, or listen-in on a source (audio/video)
that is currently playing.
• Adjust the volume level in the two loudspeakers
connected to the BeoLink Active.
• Include your BeoLink Active room in a Timer
Play programming of your main system.
Using the Beo4 remote control, you can:
• Switch on any source you like in your main
Bang & Olufsen system (audio/video) via the
BeoLink Active receiver.
• Operate all the daily playback functions for the
source that is currently playing.
• Adjust the sound in the two loudspeakers
connected to the BeoLink Active.

CLOSE-UP OPERATION 5
Sound control
Timer Play control
If you have programmed your main
Bang & Olufsen system to start playing
automatically (Timer Play) – for
example to wake you up in the
morning – the speakers in your BeoLink
Active room can be included as well.
To do so, just press the TIMER key on
the BeoLink Active receiver. A small red
light in the TIMER key indicates that
your BeoLink Active room will be
included as well, whenever your main
system starts playing a Timer Play
programming.
Press TIMER again to cut out the Timer
function (the red light disappears).
Volume adjustment
Volume is adjusted quite indepen-
dently of your main Bang & Olufsen
system.
By pressing the volume buttons ∧or ∨
on the BeoLink Active receiver, you can
raise or lower the volume level in the
loudspeakers as you like.
Note: See page 9 for further information about
sound.
Note: If your main Bang & Olufsen system is in
stand-by when you switch on the BeoLink Active,
you will only get sound in the speakers in your
BeoLink Active room – the loudspeakers in your
main system will not be cut in.
The lower key marked PLAY • on the
BeoLink Active receiver enables you to
listen-in on a source that is currently
playing in your main Bang & Olufsen
system.
If no source is playing, pressing PLAY •
will switch on the radio* program that
was last playing.
No matter how, whenever you press
PLAY •, the sound from your main
system will be heard instantaneously in
your BeoLink Active room.
Press PLAY • again briefly, and the
BeoLink Active switches off – a small,
red light (stand-by indicator) appears in
the PLAY • key.
If you keep your finger on PLAY • for
two seconds, both the BeoLink Active
and your main system will switch off
simultaneously.
* Note: If your main system consists of a Bang &
Olufsen video system only (with no audio
sources), pressing PLAY • will switch on the TV
program that was last playing.
The small circular BeoLink Active receiver has
three keys for close-up operation...

REMOTE OPERATION
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Using the Beo4 remote control
The Beo4 remote control* gives you
the full benefit of your BeoLink Active
setup:
When you operate the BeoLink Active
close-up, you will either switch on to
the radio (or TV) program that was last
playing in your main system, or you will
listen-in on a source that is currently
playing.
The Beo4 remote control enables you
to switch on the exact source you wish
to listen to from your main Bang &
Olufsen system (audio and 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.
Furthermore, Beo4 is the key to
adjusting the sound in the two loud-
speakers.
The Beo4 remote control and your
BeoLink Active setup respond readily to
your instructions – giving you sound in
the speakers within seconds after
pressing the button.
See how on the next few pages...
Any operation you carry out using the Beo4
remote control is received by the BeoLink Active
receiver. Via your BeoLink installation, BeoLink
Active communicates your instruction to your
main Bang & Olufsen system.
* Note: The Beo4 remote control is available as
an optional extra at your Bang & Olufsen
dealer.
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Controlling your main system
Via the BeoLink Active receiver, you
can switch on any source (audio/video)
you like from your main Bang &
Olufsen system –and listen to it on the
speakers connected to the BeoLink
Active.
To do so, simply press the appropriate
source button on the Beo4 remote
control.
While the source is playing, you can
switch programs, listen to specific
tracks, stop and resume playback,
search and wind, etc.
The button sequences to the right on
this page show you how...
To switch off your BeoLink Active
setup, simply press the red stand-by
button •on the Beo4 remote control
briefly.
If you keep pressing the stand-by
button for two seconds, you will switch
off both the BeoLink Active and your
main Bang & Olufsen system.
Note: The functions mentioned on these pages
are only available in your BeoLink Active room in
so far as the source in question is included in your
main Bang & Olufsen system –and provided the
source supports the function.
For further information about these functions,
please refer to the User’s guide for your main
Bang & Olufsen system.
Audio sources...
Switches on the radio
Starts the CD 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 on a
CD or a tape
Alternatively, key in the exact
program or track number you want
Press to pause your CD player, or
your audio or video tape recorder
On an audio or video tape recorder
and on a 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
See the next page for further
information about searching…
RADIO
CD
A TAPE
TV
SAT
V TAPE
0
9
STOP
through
or
or
ss
tt
GO

> Remote operation – Controlling your main system
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Nice to know about Beo4 and BeoLink
Active...
•Pressing the volume button on the Beo4 remote
control right on the middle, while the BeoLink
Active is in stand-by, corresponds to pressing
PLAY •directly on the BeoLink Active receiver
(see page 5).
•To start playback on a Bang & Olufsen record
player in your main system, just press LIST to
display PHONO* then GO. Pressing ▲or ▼while
you are listening to a record will make the
record player step through the music in 8 mm
steps.
•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* 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 your BeoLink Active setup in the
same room as your main Bang & Olufsen
system, you must program the BeoLink Active
accordingly (see how in the Setting-up guide).
In that case, to start playing a source in your
main system via your BeoLink Active speakers,
press:
LIST to display LINK* then RADIO, CD or A.TAPE
or
LIST, to display LINK* then TV, SAT or V.TAPE.
*Note: In order to display PHONO, A.TAPE2,
V.TAPE2, SOUND, and LINK on Beo4, you must add
the functions to Beo4. See Beo4’s own User’s
guide and the chapter, Customising your Beo4, for
further instruction.
ss
tt
1
6
through
or
·
:
LIST
1
1
then
●
Press to change to the next or
previous CD
Key in a disc number directly to hear
a specific CD
Press to search forward on a CD
Press to search backwards on a CD
To select a particular track on one
CD…
Press until TRACK* is displayed
Key in a track number, e.g. number
11
Press briefly to switch off the
BeoLink Active
On a multi CD player…
*Note: In order to display TRACK on Beo4, you
must add the function to Beo4. See Beo4’s own
User’s guide and the chapter, Customising your
Beo4, for further instruction.

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Adjusting BeoLink Active sound
The sound in your BeoLink Active setup
is adjusted quite independently from
your main Bang & Olufsen system:
You can, of course, adjust volume any
time by pressing ∧or ∨on the Beo4
remote control; or you can press the
volume button right on the middle to
silence the speakers completely.
Each time you press the LIST button on
the Beo4 remote control, a new cue
appears in the display.
When you have found the cue for the
function you want, you must press the
GO button to switch on (activate) the
function.
Pressing LIST enables you to access the
cue A.SETUP*. When you press GO and
LIST again, you may now adjust the
sound coming out of the speakers in
your BeoLink Active setup by means of
the cues BASS, TREBLE and LOUDNESS.
Then use the step buttons ▲or ▼, GO,
and ss or tt to adjust as required.
See how to the right on this page...
All the sound levels will be reset to
their original settings when you switch
off the BeoLink Active.
However, all you have to do to turn
your adjustment into a permanent
setting of your BeoLink Active setup is
press LIST to display A.SETUP*then GO.
Press LIST again to display S.STORE then
GO.
Please note…
•All the current sound levels (volume, balance,
bass, treble and loudness) will be stored
simultaneously.
•If you wish to adjust sound levels for video
sources, you must display V.SETUP* on Beo4
instead of A.SETUP*.
•Pressing LIST to display RESET* and then GO
resets your sound adjustment –if it hasn’t been
stored.
*Note: In order to display A.SETUP, V.SETUP,
SPEAKER, and RESET on Beo4, you must add the
functions to Beo4. See Beo4’s own User’s guide
and the chapter, Customising your Beo4, for
further instruction.
Raises the volume
Lowers the volume
Press right on the middle to silence
the speakers immediately
Press again to recall the sound
Press to display SPEAKER*
Adjusts balance to the left
Adjusts balance to the right
Press to display A.SETUP*
Press to display BASS
More bass
Less bass
Press to display TREBLE
More treble
Less treble
Press to display LOUDNSS
Sets loudness on/off
Adjust the various sound levels to
your liking, then...
Press to display A.SETUP*
Press to display S.STORE
Press to store your new sound levels
as a permanent setting of your
BeoLink Active speakers
LIST
or
ss
tt
LIST
LIST
LIST
then
GO
LIST
then
GO
LIST
LIST
GO
GO
or
or

Using the Beolink 1000
remote control
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The Bang & Olufsen Beolink 1000
remote control may also be used to
operate the BeoLink Active.
For detailed information about Beolink
1000 operation, please refer to the
Beolink 1000 User’s guide.
In order to adjust sound in your
BeoLink Active setup, you must use the
SOUND button on the Beolink 1000
remote control:
•Press SOUND once to adjust balance
•Press SOUND twice to adjust bass
•Press SOUND three times to adjust
treble
•Press SOUND four times to adjust
loudness
Note: For the actual adjusting, you must use the
<<
or
>>
buttons to adjust balance and the ▲and
▼buttons to adjust bass, treble, and loudness.
>Remote operation
Audio sources...
Switches on the radio
Starts the CD player
Starts the tape recorder
To “turn”the tape to play the other
side, press SHIFT then SOUND
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 on a
CD or a tape
Alternatively, key in the exact
program or track number you want
Press to pause your CD player, or
your audio or video tape recorder
(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
BeoLink Active
RADIO
CD
A. TAPE
TV
SAT
V. TAPE
0
9
STOP
PLAY
●
through
or
or

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Nice to know...
•Pressing MUTE on the Beolink terminal,
while the BeoLink Active is in stand-by,
corresponds to pressing PLAY •directly on
the BeoLink Active receiver (see page 5).
•If you try to switch on a source in your main
Bang & Olufsen system, and you get the
sound from a different source in your
BeoLink Active speakers, it may be because
a recording (audio or video) is progressing
in your main system. You will then be
hearing the sound that is being recorded
instead. This special “lock”function ensures
that the recording will not be spoiled.
•To start playback on a Bang & Olufsen
record player in your main system, just press
the PHONO button. Pressing ▲or ▼while
you are listening to a record will make the
record player step through the music in 8
mm steps.
•To start playback on a secondary audio- or
video tape recorder in your main Bang &
Olufsen system, press SHIFT then A.TAPE or
V.TAPE.
•To switch on a DVD/CDV player connected
to your main video system, press SHIFT then
SAT.
•To switch mono/stereo sound or language
on a radio, TV or satellite program; or to
switch sound track on a video tape, press
SHIFT then SOUND –repeatedly.
•If you use your BeoLink Active setup in the
same room as your main Bang & Olufsen
system, you must program the BeoLink
Active accordingly (see how in the Setting-
up guide). In that case, to start playing a
source in your main system via your BeoLink
Active speakers, press:
LINK then RADIO, CD, or A.TAPE
or
LINK, AV then TV, SAT or V.TAPE.

NOTES
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Date purchased
Contact person
Dealer
Telephone
Address
Record your serial numbers here:
BeoLink Active kit
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Beo4
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consideration during the design and development process, and we strive to
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We therefore hope that you will take time to drop us a line, telling us about
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efforts to refine our products.
Thank you!
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