Bang and Olufsen Beosound 3 Owners manual
BeoSound 3
Guide
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
CAUTION: To reduce the risk of
electric shock, do not remove
cover (or back).
No User-serviceable parts inside.
Refer servicing to qualified service
personnel.
Supported fi le formats are :
– MP3
Sampling frequencies: 8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24,
32, 44.1, and 48 kHz
Constant or variable bit rates: 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48,
56, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 160, 192, 256 and
320 Kbps
– WMA
Sampling frequencies: 22.050, 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz
Bit rates: 16, 20, 22, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 64, 80,
96, 128, 160, 192, 256 and 320 Kbps
WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or
electric shock, do not expose this appliance
to rain or moisture. Do not expose this equipment to dripping or splashing and ensure
that no objects filled with liquids, such as
vases, are placed on the equipment.
To completely disconnect this equipment
from the AC Mains, disconnect the power
supply cord plug from the AC receptacle.
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol
within an equilateral triangle, is intended
to alert the user to the presence of un-
insulated “dangerous voltage” within the
product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient
magnitude to constitute a risk of electric
shock to persons.
The exclamation point within an equilateral
triangle is intended to alert the user to the
presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the
literature accompanying the product.
Acknowledgements and liability
Product names mentioned in this guide may be trademarks or registered trademarks of other companies.
Portions utilize Microsoft Windows Media
Technologies. Copyright © 1999-2002 Microsoft
Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows
Media and the Windows Logo are registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United
States and/or other countries.
MicroOS Operating System
(U.S. Patent #5,787,445)
Contents
Introducing your music system, 4
Get to know your music system, see how the buttons are organised on
the operation panel, understand and change information in the display.
Daily use, 7
Find out how to use your music system, including how to play music from
a loaded memory card, use the FM radio, and make the music system
start and stop at a specifi c time.
Placement, connections, and maintenance, 12
Find out how to place and connect your music system, as well as how to
clean your music system.
Tuning and preference settings, 14
Find out how to tune in radio stations and set the clock.
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Introducing your music system
BeoSound 3 is a portable and
rechargeable FM radio and
memory card player.
The handle allows you to carry
it as well as hang it on the
enclosed wall bracket.
Touch the operation panel on
the top to switch on the radio
or start playback of tracks on a
loaded SD or MMC memory
card.
You can also set your system to
switch itself on and off
automatically.
The sockets on the bottom allow
you to connect the system to the
mains for recharging, as well as
load a memor y card and connect
headphones.
DC
The LED display on the front tells
you what the system is doing.
When you switch the system to
standby, an indicator light appears
in the middle of the display. The
standby indicator also blinks every
few seconds when the system
needs to be recharged.
The standby indicator does not
appear if you switch the system to
standby while it is disconnected
from the mains.
The operation panel
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Set a Wake-up Timer.
TIMER
Delete an FM program or a Wake-up Timer.
Store FM programs or system settings, such as a Wake-up
Timer. Press twice to store sound volume*.
Extend and retract the built-in aerial. Allow enough space
above the system for the aerial to extend.
Stop memory card playback. Set a Stop Timer.
Play music tracks on a loaded memory card.
Switch on the FM radio.
Switch on the last used source from standby, or restart
memory card playback.
Step between FM radio stations, or between memory card
tracks in the current folder.
Search for an FM program or step between folders on the
memory card.
Switch the system to standby. Press and hold for five
seconds during standby to switch the system off entirely. If
you have shut off the system entirely, you can restart it by
connecting it to the mains.
DELETE
STORE
AERI AL
STOP
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RADIO
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Slide your finger around the
volume ‘wheel’ to adjust volume.
Tap lightly twice to mute sound,
and once to restore sound*.
*NOTE! You can not restore sound
to the same level if you mute it
while it is over 70% of maximum
volume. Sound is then restored at
70% of maximum volume. Similarly,
you can not store sound volume
under 10% or over 70% of
maximum volume.
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>> Introducing your Bang & Olufsen music system
Change the display mode at any
time. Three settings are available.
The system remembers your
settings.
– Press and hold RADIO to switch
between displaying the program
number and the radio frequency.
– Press and hold A MEM to switch
between displaying source/folder
and folder/track while playing
memory card tracks.
Information in the display
The display keeps you informed about the source you have chosen and
the state of the system. The types of information that can appear in the
display are shown below:
Pr 13
88.9
A 12
12. 2
Radio program number 13 is playing.
Radio frequency.
Folder number 12 on the memory card is playing.
Track number 2 in folder 12 on the memory card is
playing.
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LOAD
Playback is stopped.
Current volume setting.
Speakers are muted.
Number of minutes for a Stop Timer.
Current time.
The system is in standby.
The memory card reader is empty, or the memory card
is damaged.
- -.- -
Time has not been set.
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