Bang & Olufsen BeoVision Avant User manual

Guide
BeoVision Avant

Contents of the Guide
To get to know your Bang & Olufsen product,
two guides are at your disposal.
To the right, you find the contents of this guide.
The main chapters of the Reference book are
listed below:
• Setting up your BeoVision Avant, 6
• Loudspeaker connections – surround
sound, 9
• Connect a set-top box, 13
• Connect a decoder, 14
• Connect other equipment, 15
• Connect audio and video systems, 16
• Distribute sound and pictures with
BeoLink, 17
•
Set up BeoVision Avant in a link
room, 18
• Register extra equipment, 20
• Tune in TV or Satellite channels, 22
• Add new TV or Satellite channels, 23
• Edit tuned TV or Satellite channels, 24
• Set the time and date, 30
• Set positions for viewing and
standby, 31
• Set video tape recorder preferences, 32
• Adjust picture and sound settings, 34
• Daily operations, 36
• Load and play a videotape, 38
• Recording, 40
• Look up Teletext information, 44
• See two sources at the same time, 47
• Home Theatre viewing with Avant, 48
• Switch Avant on or off automatically, 50
• Use an integrated audio/video
system, 52
• Use BeoVision Avant in a link room, 53
• The socket panel on the rear, 54
• lose-up operation and socket panels, 56
• The BeoVision Avant display bar, 58
• Gain access to extra functions via
Beo4, 59
• Maintenance of your BeoVision
Avant, 60
• For your information, 63
The Guide
The Reference
book
Guide
BeoVisionAvant
Reference book
BeoVisionAvant
Introducing BeoVision Avant and
Beo4
4Use the Beo4 remote control
5Displayed information and screen menus
Watch television
6Select a TV or Satellite* channel
6See a channel list
Turn the TV or adjust sound volume
7Adjust viewing position
7Adjust or mute the sound volume
Look up Teletext information
8Main Teletext functions
Get access to your favourite
Teletext pages
9Store frequently read pages
9Day-to-day use of memory pages
Load and play a videotape
10 Load a tape
11 Play or stop a tape
11 Search through a tape
Record a programme
12 Preset a recording via Teletext TV listings
13 Record here and now
13 See a list of scheduled recordings
Home Theatre viewing with Avant
14 Select speakers for movie sound
15 Make the picture fill out the screen
*NOTE! Satellite channels are only available if your
BeoVision Avant is equipped with the built-in
Satellite receiver module.
3

Introducing BeoVision Avant and Beo4
The Beo4 remote control gives you
access to all BeoVision Avant
functions. When a function is used
or changed, you are informed via
displays on Beo4 or on top of the
television.
Switch on the television
Switch on a Satellite channel. Satellite channels
are only available if your Avant is equipped
with the built-in Satellite receiver module
Switch on the video tape recorder and play a
loaded tape
Switch on a connected DVD player and play a
loaded disc
Press twice to start recording here and now
Select channels or enter data in
on-screen menus
Call up the main menu for access to channel
lists, timer recording and timer play menus,
and setup options
Step between channels, chapters on a DVD disc
or CD tracks; move up and down through
on-screen menu options
Rewind or fast forward a videotape; move the
cursor from setting to setting in a fill-in menu
Accept and store instructions or settings
Adjust sound volume; press the middle to mute
the sound
Use the Beo4 remote control
Look through the basic principles of the Beo4
remote control and try them out. Each button
on Beo4 is explained below.
*Refer to page 59 in the Reference book, Gain
access to extra functions via Beo4, for
information about how to add extra functions to
those shown in the Beo4 display window.
The Beo4 display shows the source you have
selected, or extra functions available when
you press the LIST button
Switch on connected audio sources, if these
sources are connected to BeoVision Avant via
a BeoLink cable
Adjust the room lights, if a light control
system is installed
Switch on Teletext
The coloured buttons give you access to
different functions, depending on the source
you have selected
Reveal additional functions in the Beo4
display window, e.g. STAND*
Press to stop playback of a loaded videotape
or disc; press to stop recording; press to go
from one menu back to a previous menu
Exit on-screen menus
Switch BeoVision Avant to standby
BANG & OLUFSEN
TV LIGHT RADIO
SAT DVD CD
V TAPE RECORD A TAPE
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456
TEXT 0MENU
123
LIST EXIT
STOP
GO
TV
SAT
V TAPE
DVD
RECORD
0 –9
MENU
▲
▼
ss tt
GO
∧
∨
TV
RADIO
CD
A TAPE
LIGHT
TEXT
LIST
STOP
EXIT
•
4

Displayed information and screen
menus
Information about selected sources is
displayed on top of BeoVision Avant. Menus
on the screen allow you to switch on, adjust
or switch off additional functions.
1 Timer record
2 Timer play
3 TV list
4 Setup
Menu
Source Pr Start Stop Date
TV 1 13:18 - 14:18 27 Oct OK
Press MENU for Teletext programming
VOL 30
TV 12
V.TAPE
The selected source is shown until you switch
it off. Volume level is shown while you adjust
it, and disappears after a few seconds.
On-screen menus like those shown
above will give you either a vertical list
of options to choose from or a
horizontal list of settings to fill in.
Menu
1 Timer record
2 Timer play
3 TV list
4 Setup
Source Pr Start Stop Date
TV 1 13:30 - 14:10 27 Oct OK
Press MENU for Teletext programming
Fill-in menu
Option menu
Press to move through the
option menu
Press the number keys on Beo4
to select a numbered option on
a list
Press GO to enter your choice
▲ ▼
0 –9
GO
How to use option menus:
Press
▲ or ▼ to view your
choices for a single setting in a
fill-in menu, or
ss and tt to
move from setting to setting
Press the number keys on Beo4
to enter numeric settings
Press GO to enter your choice
▲ ▼
ss tt
0 –9
GO
How to use fill-in menus:
For both option and fill-in menus, press STOP to
go back to a previous menu, or EXIT to leave all
menus.
5

6
The operations shown on this page
are functions you will use daily:
– Choose a TV or Satellite channel
by its number;
– Switch to another channel or
source;
– Call a channel list up on the
screen;
– Adjust the position of the TV on
its motorised stand;
– Adjust the sound volume.
All of these functions can be
performed via the Beo4 remote
control, though you can also adjust
TV position by hand.
Watch television
Select a TV or Satellite* channel
To watch a TV or Satellite channel, press the
appropriate button on Beo4. BeoVision Avant
switches on the last channel you watched.
See a channel list
All your TV and Satellite channels appear on
separate lists, which you can call up on the
screen. The lists contain channel numbers and
names. The lists can contain 99 TV channels
and 119 Satellite channels.
*NOTE! Satellite channels are only available if your
BeoVision Avant is equipped with the built-in
Satellite receiver module.
Press TV or SAT to switch on
the source. The last channel
viewed appears on the screen
Press a channel number to go
directly to that channel
Press
▲ or ▼ to change
channels one by one
Press another source button at
any time to change to that
source
Press to switch off BeoVision
Avant
TV
TV 2
0 –9
▲
▼
SAT
•
While BeoVision Avant is off... Press TV or SAT to switch on a
source
Press and hold GO to call up a
channel list on the screen
Press
ss or tt to view the
previous or following page of
the channel list
To select a channel to watch,
press the channel number on
Beo4 or press
▲ or ▼ until the
cursor is on the desired channel
To switch on the chosen
channel, press GO, or press
EXIT to leave the menu
TV
GO
ss tt
0 –9
▲
▼
GO
EXIT
You can also call up the channel list by pressing
MENU to call up the main menu, and then
pressing either 3 or 4 to select the appropriate TV
or Satellite list.

7
Turn the TV or adjust sound volume
Adjust viewing position
You can turn the television on its built-in
motorised stand via Beo4.
Adjust or mute the sound volume
You can adjust or mute television sound at
any time while you are using a source.
Press LIST on Beo4 until STAND
is shown in the Beo4 display
window
Press
ss or tt to turn BeoVision
Avant to the left or right, or…
…press 0, 1 or 2 if you have
preset viewing positions for
your television
LIST
STAND
ss tt
0
1
2
Please refer to page 31 in the Reference book,
‘Set positions for viewing and standby’, for more
information about how to preset positions for TV
viewing.
1 BBC 1
2 BBC 2
3 ITV
4 SUPER CH
5 SKY
6 ZDF
7 CHILDREN
8 CNN
9 . . . . . . . .
10 . . . . . . . .
11 . . . . . . . .
12 EUROSPRT
13 . . . . . . . .
14 . . . . . . . .
15 MTV
16
17
18
19
The TV channel list. Dotted lines indicate that a
channel has been stored, but not named.
An empty slot in the list indicates that no
channel has been stored there.
Press either end of the button to
adjust the volume up or down
Press the middle of the button
to mute the sound
Press either end of the button
to bring the sound back
∧
∨
∧
∨
While BeoVision Avant is on…

8
Teletext is an information system in
video form used by most broad-
casters to transmit news, weather
forecasts and other information of
general interest.
If you select a channel and the
broadcaster offers a Teletext service,
BeoVision Avant gives you access to
Teletext pages. Sometimes a single
page will consist of several subpages,
which appear one by one in a
repeating series.
You can find information on Teletext
pages in three steps: switch on the
Teletext service, read the index page
to find the desired page number, and
call up the desired page.
With Beo4, you can step through
pages one by one or jump to a
particular page.
Look up Teletext information
Main Teletext functions
The index on Teletext page 100 outlines the
major categories of Teletext information and
lists their page numbers to make information
easy to locate. For example, news may start
on page 110, sports on page 200 or TV listings
on page 300.
Press to call up the Teletext
index page
Press the number of a Teletext
page you want to see
Press to move to the previous or
following page
If the current page contains
subpages, you can press STOP
to pause subpage turning
To view a particular subpage,
enter the four-digit code of the
desired page, or press
▲ or ▼
to step to the page
Press STOP again to resume
subpage turning
Press to leave Teletext and
return to the source you were
using
TEXT
0 –9
▲
▼
STOP
0 –9
▲
▼
STOP
EXIT
While the TV is on… A typical Teletext page. The current page
number, channel name, date and time appear at
the top of the screen, as well as a three-digit
number showing the progress of the page
search function.

9
When you switch on Teletext,
BeoVision Avant provides instant
access to any page you wish to see,
any subpages linked to that page,
and also four memory pages for
storage of your most frequently
viewed Teletext pages.
This means that you can get e.g. the
latest news headlines, stock trends,
sports results or weather forecasts
quickly and easily.
Store frequently read pages
Stored memory pages are the first to appear
when you call up Teletext on the screen*, and
Beo4 makes it easy to move quickly from page
to page.
Day-to-day use of memory pages
You may need to refer to your Teletext
memory pages quickly, e.g. if you are leaving
for work and wish to check traffic information
on a Teletext service.
Press the number keys or
▲▼
on Beo4 to go to a page you
refer to often
Press LIST on Beo4 until STORE
is shown in the Beo4 display
Press to select the current page
for storing
Enter the number of the
memory page to be used
Press to store the page as a
memory page, or…
…press to exit the STORE
function and return to Teletext
0 –9
▲
▼
LIST
STORE
GO
1 –4
GO
EXIT
Press to turn on a TV or Satellite
channel which offers a Teletext
service
Press to switch on Teletext. The
page stored as memory page 1
appears automatically
Press
ss or tt to view the other
memory pages
TV
SAT
TEXT
ss tt
While Teletext is active
Get access to your favourite Teletext pages
Please note that set-top box Teletext pages can be
viewed, but not stored as memory pages!
To view stored memory pages from another
channel’s Teletext service, press EXIT on Beo4 to
return to channel viewing, press
▲ ▼ or the
channel number to change channels, and press
TEXT to switch on Teletext.
*NOTE! If your BeoVision Avant is linked via a
BeoLink cable to another television, stored
memory pages will not be shared among linked
televisions. Memory pages must be stored
manually on all linked televisions.

10
All operation of the video tape
recorder, apart from loading and
unloading of a tape, is done via the
Beo4 remote control.
You can play, pause and stop a
loaded tape, rewind and fast
forward, or cue the tape backwards
and forwards at two speeds. You can
also choose to play a tape in slow
motion.
Load and play a videotape
Load a videotape
Loading and unloading of videotapes is done
manually via the loader on the front and the
close-up operation panel on the back of
BeoVision Avant.
BANG &OLUFSEN
> Push the tape under the loader cover into the
compartment in the centre below the screen.
> Let go of the tape when you feel the
mechanism drawing the tape into the
compartment.
> Press the EJECT button on the operation panel
behind the BeoVision Avant display bar to
unload a tape.
Never leave a tape in the compartment opening!
The open flap keeps the system alert and thus
wastes energy. The flashing standby indicator will
prompt you to load or unload the tape.