Bang and Olufsen Beocenter 2 Owners manual

BeoCenter 2

Guide

Contents

This Guide explains how to operate your

BeoCenter 2. It will guide you through the
operations available for your system. All
instructions regarding setting-up and the Socket
unit are found in the separate Guide included
with the Socket unit.

A typical page in this Guide is laid out in the

following way:

A
An illustration explaining the menus.

B
The basic idea of the described menus or

functions.

C

List of the menu items.

D
Additional useful information, specific

circumstances which may occur during operation,
or conditions which may need to be fulfilled.

How to use your music system,

4

Find out how to switch on and operate sources,
such as CD, radio or DVD via the close-up
operation panel

How to read the menu symbols,

6

Get an explanation to the symbols which appear

in the menus

How to use the menus,

7

Find out how to move around in menus and how

to make settings in fill-in menus

First-time setup,

8

Find out about the first-time setup procedure

Call up additional sources, functions and
menus,

9

See which functions, features and menus can be

activated via the close-up operation panel

Tune in and edit radio programs, 10

Find out how to tune in, move, name and delete
radio programs

Audio CD settings, 12

Find out how to activate special CD playback
functions, how to name and edit CDs

Make your music system start and stop
automatically, 13

Find out how to name and activate Timers

Make sound settings, 14

Find out how to set your own preferences for
volume, bass, treble, balance and loudness

Make option settings, 15

Find out how to change the basic settings of your
music system

How to use the pincode system, 16

Find out how to activate and use the pincode
system

DVD operation, 18

Find out how to play a DVD and to use the DVD
menus on the television screen. Settings for the
DVD OPTIONS menu on BeoCenter 2 are also
explained

Use the Beo4 remote control, 22

Find out how to use the Beo4 remote control and
operate your music system from a distance

Index, 23

3

Your music system is designed for close-up

operation. Use the music system to listen to
radio or CD. Just press a single button on the
close-up operation panel to listen to the
sound of your choice.

Slide your finger around the ‘wheel’ to adjust
volume.

Switches on the radio

Starts playback of a loaded disc

Opens and closes the disc compartment

Brings up extra sources, functions and menus in the display

Selects radio programs, tracks on a CD, or N.MUSIC*

tracks, or menu items

Steps back one level in the menu system or leaves the

menu system

Switches BeoCenter 2 to standby

Searches through a CD, steps between folders in N.MUSIC
mode*, and moves the cursor sideways in menus

Steps between radio programs, tracks on a CD or in
N.MUSIC mode* and moves the cursor up or down in
menus

Enters fill-in menus, confirms and stores choices in menus.
While listening to a CD, press to pause playback, press
again to resume playback

Brings up the subtitle menu when watching a DVD

Press while watching a DVD to be able to bring up DVD
menus, a status display or to zoom in on a picture

Calls up the audio language menu when watching a DVD

Brings up the disc menu when watching a DVD

How to use your music system

GO

4 5 6

7 8

9

1 2

3

0

RADI O

DISC

LOAD

LIST

EXIT

RADIO

DISC

LOAD

LIST

0

– 9

EXIT

•

GO

•

•

•

•

4

*NOTE! The coloured buttons are also used when

listening to N.MUSIC, refer to the BeoPort Guide

for further information.

Socket for headphones

When headphones are plugged in, the speakers, connected to your
music system, are muted.

Loading a disc…

Press LOAD to open the disc compartment.

When the disc compartment is open, load the disc* with the label
facing you.

Press LOAD again to close the disc compartment or just press DISC to
play the loaded disc.

*Make sure you place the disc inside the area created by the four guide

tabs! If the disc is placed on top of one or more of the tabs, the loader
can not retract and close properly. This may cause damage to the
system or to the disc.

The status display…

The extended status display is not switched on

permanently. Only the first line is displayed all the

time. When you operate the music system, the

display shows additional information, such as

track time and CD name briefly. If you change the

display setting to EXTENDED, the display always
shows current status and additional information.
For further information, see page 15.

Indicator light…

The indicator light below the display flashes when

you touch a button. The light shines continuously
when the music system is in standby.

GO

4

5

6

7

8 9

1

2

3

0

RADI

O

D

ISC

L

OAD

LIST

EXIT

LOAD DISC

CD 11 / 12

CD 11 / 12

2:18

GLENN MILLER

REPEAT RANDOM EDIT

5

NOTE! BeoCenter 2 can also be operated with the
Beo4 remote control. For further information,
refer to page 22.

The menu system of BeoCenter 2
gives you several options. Choose

extra functions and features via the
menus or make your own setup
preferences.

The current settings for the functions
are shown in the menu, for example

‘RANDOM – ON or OFF’.

The symbols explained to the right

help you find your way around the

menus. Use the arrow keys to move
around the menu system. To enter a
fill-in menu, you must press GO.

Whenever you leave a menu by

pressing EXIT, the system detects if
any changes have been made and
asks you whether or not to store
them.

If you try to access a menu which requires
that a specific source is switched on, the

display informs you what to do. If your

system is set up in a Audio /Video system,

some settings must be made on the

connec ted television or a connected radio.

How to read the menu symbols

. OPTIONS

1 SET CLOCK
2 ACTIVATE TIMER
3 SELECT LANGU

AGE …

4 DISPLAY SETUP

…
5 LIST OPTIONS
6 DVD OPTIONS

…

. OPTIONS

1 SET CLOCK
2 ACTIVATE TIMER
3 SELECT LANGU

AGE …

4 DISPLAY SETUP

…
5 LIST OPTIONS
6 DVD OPTIONS

…

6

Menu level symbols…

One dot in front of a menu indicates that

you have moved down one level in the
menu system.

Two dots in front of a menu indicates that

you have moved down two levels in the
menu system.

Three dots in front of a menu indicates that

you have moved down three or more levels
in the menu system.

Three dots after a menu name indicate that

further submenus are available.

The arrow cursor…

An arrow in front of a menu indicates the

position of your cursor as well as the
availability of submenus, to move to the
next level, press or GO.

A hollow arrow indicates that these

particular menus are not available at the
moment.

The square cursor…

A square in front of a menu name indicates

the position of your cursor and that this is a
fill-in menu. To enter these menus, press

or

GO

.

A hollow square indicates that settings for

these particular menus are not available at
the moment.

Main menus…

Enters the menu system

Moves up or down

Enters a fill-in menu or sub-menu

Backs up through menus

Backs up through menus

Enters a fill-in menu or sub-menu

Exits the menus

Fill-in menus…

Adjusts up or down, selects or deselects in menus

Stores settings and leaves the menu

Moves between settings or brings up additional
information in the display

Exits a menu, press twice to exit without storing

How to change a setting…

Press LIST to bring up the menu system

Press

to move down to SETUP

Press

or GO to enter the SETUP menu

Press

to move down to SOUND

Press

or GO to enter the SOUND menu

Press or GO to enter the PRESET VOLUME
menu

Press or to adjust the PRESET LEVEL up or

down

Press GO to store your settings directly, then

STORED appears in the display

Press EXIT to leave the menu

– If you choose not to store your settings, press

to move the cursor to IGNORE and press GO, or

just press EXIT again

STORED appears in the display

How to use the menus

1 N.MUSIC
2

N.RADIO
3 A.AUX
4 CD RANDOM
5 CD REPEAT
6 CD EDIT
7 TIMER
8 SHOW CLOCK
9 SETUP

…

. SETUP

1 RADIO …
2

AUDIO CD …
3 TIMER

…

4 SOUND

…

5 OPTIONS …

.. SOUND

1 PRESET VOLUME
2 ADJUST BALANCE
3 SET

TONE

… PRESET VOLUME

PRESET LEVEL: 52
STORE IGNORE
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

… PRESET VOLUME

PRESET LEVEL: 40
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

… PRESET VOLUME

PRESET LEVEL: 52
STORED

LIST

STOP

GO

EXIT

GO

EXIT

7

First-time setup

Once your music system is installed
and switched on for the first time,
you are guided through the first-time
setup procedure. The first time setup

consists of:
– Menu language selection
– Auto tuning of radio programs
– Setting the time and date
– Adding to the list of sources and

functions which appear in the
display when you press LIST

– Setting display preferences

The FIRST-TIME SETUP menus appears

automatically when you switch the system on for
the first time.

What’s on the FIRST-TIME SETUP menus…

SELECT LANGUAGE… Select your preferred

language for the menus in the display from the
list of available languages.

AUTO TUNING… Let the music system tune in all

available FM and DAB* radio programs for you.

SET CLOCK… Set the built-in clock to the correct

time and date.

LIST OPTIONS… Add sources, functions and

menus to the list which appears in the display
when you press the LIST button.

DISPL AY SETUP… Select the display reading, you

prefer for radio, CD and status respectively.

Useful hints…

All the settings you make during first-time setup,
can be changed via the OPTIONS menu at any
time. For further information on the OPTIONS
menu, refer to page 15.

If your music system is connected to a Bang &
Olufsen television or radio with clock function,
the SET CLOCK menu does not appear. You set
the clock via the television or radio.

…

1 SELECT LANGUAGE …

2 AUTO

TUNING

3 SET CLOCK

…

4 LIST OPTIONS …

5 DISPLAY SETUP …

8

*NOTE! DAB (Digital Audio Broadcast) radio

programs are only available if they are broadcast

in your area and your music system is equipped

with the built-in DAB module. For further

information about tuning DAB programs, refer to

the chapter ‘Tune in and edit radio programs’ on

page 10.

Call up additional sources, functions and menus

The options, which appear when you

press LIST, are additional sources,

functions or menus.

From the factory, the only menu
entry available when you press the
LIST button is SETUP. To switch on

additional sources or create shortcuts
to frequently used functions, such as
CD RANDOM or TIMER, add these
sources or functions to the list. For
further information, refer to page 15.

.

Press the LIST button to call up additional sources,
functions and menus. The contents of the list

depends on what you have added to it.

N.MUSIC… Select to listen to N.Music.
N. RADIO… Select to listen to N.Radio.

A.AUX… Select to access equipment connected

to the AUX socket. This only activates the AUX
socket.

CD RANDOM (ON/OFF)… Select to activate or

deactivate the random playback function for
CD.

CD REPEAT (ON/ OFF)… Select to activate or

deactivate the repeated playback function for
CD.

CD EDIT (ON/OFF)… Select to activate or

deactivate playback of the edited series of the
loaded CD.

TIMER (ON/OFF)… Select to activate or

deactivate the Timer function.

SHOW CLOCK… Select to call up the clock briefly

in the display.

SETUP… Select to call up the setup menu, for

details on the contents of the setup menu, refer
to the following pages.

Useful hints…

You can select a menu by its number (1–9), or
toggle a function on or off by pressing the

appropriate number. If for example the function

CD RANDOM ON /OFF is number 4 in the menu

system, press 4 to toggle the function on or off.

You navigate in the menus by means of the arrow

keys. You can also select a specific menu by
means of the number keys. Press the EXIT button

twice if you wish to leave the menu system

without storing your settings.

If you add for example CD RANDOM to the LIST
options, you actually create a shortcut to this

function. For further information, refer to page

15.

For further information about special CD playback

functions, refer to page 12.

LIST

1 N.MUSIC

2

N.RADIO

3 A.AUX

4 CD RANDOM [ON/OFF]

5 CD REPEAT [ON/OFF]

6 CD EDIT [ON/OFF]

7 TIMER [ON/OFF]

8 SHOW CLOCK

9 SETUP

…

1 RADIO …

2

AUDIO CD …

3 TIMER …

4 SOUND …

5 OPTIONS …

9

NOTE! If your BeoCenter 2 is set up in a Master
Link system and a computer with BeoPort is
connected, you can listen to N.Music or N.Radio
via BeoCenter 2. For further information refer to

the BeoPort Guide.