Bang and Olufsen Beosound 4000 Owners manual

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P R I N C I P L E S O F O P E R A T I O N

The BeoSound 4000 is a fully integrated music system with radio, compact disc player and tape recorder all in one unit.

The system can be placed anywhere you want music – on a wall in the specially designed wall bracket, on the specially designed stand, or on a table or sideboard.

No matter how, whenever you reach out to operate the BeoSound 4000, the glass doors slide open as if by magic, inviting you in to the music...

User’s guide

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This User’s guide describes the operation of the BeoSound 4000 music system. Each function described in this guide is accompanied by a set of buttons which will guide you through the operation step-by-step.

The BeoSound 4000 may be used with various types of active Bang & Olufsen loudspeakers, or it may be used as a music centre in a Bang & Olufsen AV system. This guide applies to both situations.

Note: Complete setting-up and maintenance instructions are found in the Setting-up guide, which is also enclosed with the BeoSound 4000.

Be sure to keep the Setting-up guide. You will need it for cleaning and maintenance instructions, and when you move or rearrange your BeoSound 4000 setup in the future.

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4 Open to possibilities

6 Principles of operation

9 Using the radio

15 Using the CD player

21 Using the tape recorder

27 Timer programming

33 Nice to know

38 Remote control

Using BeoSound 4000 in a link room with Beo4

Note: Detailed contents are found at the start of each major section.

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Your BeoSound 4000 music system is versatile, mobile... and responsive!

You can move the whole system around at will and place it wherever you like – on the wall in a specially designed bracket, on a table, or on the specially designed stand.

But no matter where you place your BeoSound 4000, it will always respond to a wave of your hand.

As soon as you reach out to touch the operation panel, the glass doors open automatically, revealing the music system concealed behind the screen.

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6	P R I N C I P L E S O F O P E R A T I O N
	The top section holds the tray for
	compact discs. The disc is kept in
	place by a clamp, which can be
	raised or lowered by pressing the
	LOAD button (top right-hand
	button). Discs must always be loaded
	with the text side facing you!
	The BeoSound 4000 radio only
	becomes visible when it is being used.
	The display then lights up with radio
	program information.
	The middle-section contains the
	display and the buttons for
	operating the system.
	The bottom section is for tape
	cassettes. Cassettes must be loaded
	with the tape slot pointing
	downwards!
	Socket for headphones.

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The open doors give you access to the operating panel and the display...

Number buttons

The number buttons enable you to key in radio program numbers, and to select specific tracks on a CD or a tape.

Status display

The display keeps you informed about what the system is doing and about any on-going operation.

Volume buttons

and allow you to raise and

lower the volume level.

Secondary functions

Primary functions

The buttons in the left-hand

The buttons in the right-hand section give access to

section give access to all the

the primary functions in the system:

secondary functions in the

system: Tuning in to radio

RADIO, CD, or TAPE: Plays the radio, the CD or the

stations and naming them,

tape.

controlling the tape,

AUX: Switches on extra Bang & Olufsen equipment.

programming a sequence of

MUTE: Mutes or demutes the loudspeakers.

tracks on the CD player,

•: Switches the Ouverture to stand-by.

For detailed operating instructions,

adjusting sound, programming

The step (▲ ▼) and wind (ss tt) buttons let you

please refer to the relevant

the Timer function, etc...

sections in this guide.

The three buttons with green

step or wind through radio programs and tracks.

text are used for recording only.

REPEAT and RANDOM operate the special repeated

and random playing functions in the CD player.

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10Switching displays

11Playing your radio programs

12Presetting radio stations

13Radio program list Clearing presets

14Fine tuning a radio station Mono/stereo reception

Note: Proper FM and AM aerial connections must be made to the BeoSound 4000 in order for the radio to pick up the stations available in your area. Please refer to the Setting-up guide for details about aerial connections.

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RADIO

then

DISPLAY

Turn on the radio

Press repeatedly to change the radio display indication

Switching displays

The display can give you three different types of information about the radio program you are listening to:

•Program name* •Program number •Radio frequency

To switch from one display to the other, you must press the DISPLAY button repeatedly while the radio is playing.

Your chosen display indication for the radio will be maintained until you select another via the DISPLAY button.

Program name indication*

Program number indication

Radio frequency indication

*Nice to know about RDS...

The program name function requires that your radio is equipped with the RDS facility.

RDS is not a standard feature in all BeoSound 4000 radios. Please contact your Bang & Olufsen dealer for further information.

The RDS facility enables you to give a short name of your own choice to your radio programs. If you haven’t named a program yourself, the station’s own name may appear instead, provided such a name is being transmitted by the station.

In this way, the RDS facility enables you to remember a station not only by its program number, but also by a particular name.

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Playing your radio programs

To turn on the radio simply press the RADIO button. The program you were last listening to starts playing, and you will see the indication RADIO followed by a program number in the display.

If you have given a name to the radio program, or if the radio station you are listening to transmits a name of its own, the display may read out that name instead*.

To switch to another program you can either use the step buttons ▲ or ▼, or you can key in the exact program number you want, using the number buttons.

* Note: The program name function requires that the radio is equipped with the RDS facility described on page 10.

If you select another source, the radio switches off automatically. To switch off the entire system, press the standby button •.

Note: Selecting radio programs as described here requires that you have tuned in to all your favourite radio stations and preset them on program numbers of their own. See how on the next few pages.

Turns on the radio	RADIO
Press to step through your radio
programs	or
Alternatively, key in the exact
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program number you want (1-30)	through
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Press to raise the volume
Press to lower the volume
Silences the speakers immediately
	MUTE
Press again to recall the sound
Switches the system to stand-by
	•

12 > Using the radio

RADIO	Turn on the radio
then
	Press to access to the tuning
TUNE
	function
	Switches from FM to AM, or vice
	versa
then
	Press to accept FM or AM
PLAY
	Press to search for a radio station
or	– up or down the frequency band
then
	Press to accept the station you have
PLAY
	found
	Press to change the displayed
or	program number (1-30), if you like
then	Press to store the radio station on
PLAY
	the displayed program number
	If you want to name* the program:
	Press to reveal the characters one
or	by one
	Moves to the next character position
tt
or	forwards or backwards
ss	Keep writing the name you want,
	using this method...
	Finally, press to store your new radio
PLAY
	program

Presetting radio stations

To be able to use the radio as described on the previous page, you must first tune in to your favourite radio stations and store them on program numbers of their own.

You can store up to 30 radio stations and, if your radio is equipped with the RDS facility, you will even be able to give a short name of your own choice to each program.

The TUNE button gives access to presetting radio stations. When you have pressed TUNE, presetting a radio station is like having a conversation with the BeoSound 4000 display:

The display prompts you to do something; then press ▲ or ▼ to reveal other options. Pressing the PLAY button accepts any information that is currently shown in the display.

All in all, the tuning procedure takes

you through five stages...

1.First you must select the band in which you want to tune – FM or AM.

2.Then you can make the radio search for a station by pressing ▲ or ▼. Searching stops at the first station producing an acceptable signal. If this is not the station you want, just press ▲ or ▼ again to continue searching.

3.When you have found a station, you must store it on a program number of its own. The display automatically offers you a vacant program number, but you may select another if you like. If the number in the display is blinking, it is to indicate that the station you have found has already been stored once – and on that program number.

4.Then, if you like, you can give a short name of your own choice (8 characters) to your new radio program*; or you can skip the naming function by pressing PLAY – in that case, you will see the name transmitted by the radio station (if any) instead when you play the radio program*.

5.Finally, you must store your new radio program along with all the information you have keyed in with it.

* Note: This function is only available if your radio is equipped with the RDS facility. Please refer to page 10 for further information.

Note: If a station needs fine tuning, or if you wish to switch sound (mono/stereo) on a radio program, please refer to page 14.

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Clearing presets...

If you wish to clear (cancel) one of your

radio presets, you can do so via the

SETUP button. See how to the right...

When the program number has been cleared, the display reads CLEARED.

	Switch on to the radio program you		RADIO
	want to clear,		then
	for example program number 5
			5
	Press to access the setup function
			SETUP
			then
	Press twice until the display reads
	CLEAR?
			then
	Press to confirm that you want to
			PLAY
	clear (cancel) the radio program

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RADIO

then

5

TUNE

then

PLAY

TUNE

then

or

PLAY

Switch on to the radio program you wish to fine tune,

for example program number 5

Press to get access to the tuning function

Press again to get access to the fine tuning function

Fine tunes towards a higher or a lower frequency

Press to store your fine tuning

Fine tuning a radio station

If the sound from a radio station is not coming through clearly, it may be because the station needs fine tuning.

The fine tuning function enables you to move slowly through the frequencies, or to detune a station slightly because of noisy reception.

To do so, just follow the instructions to the left, and listen carefully as you proceed...

	RADIO		Switch on to the relevant radio
then			program,
			for example program number 5
5
			Press to get access to the tuning
	TUNE
then			function
	PLAY
			Press twice to display the current
	TUNE
			mono/stereo setting
then
			Press to switch from stereo to
			mono,or vice versa
			Press to store your new setting on
	PLAY
			the program number

Mono/stereo reception

If you have tuned in to an FM station broadcasting a stereo signal, this signal will be stored along with the radio program.

The system automatically switches to mono if the stereo signal is not strong enough to produce an acceptable sound.

However, you can overrule this automatic function if you wish, and select mono or stereo manually. See how to the left on this page...

The current setting is indicated in the display – stereo or mono sound.