Bang and Olufsen Beosound 5 Owners manual

BeoSound 5

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 qualied service

personnel.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of re 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

lled with liquids, such as vases, are
placed on the equipment. To completely
disconnect this equipment from the AC
Mains, disconnect the mains plug from
the wall socket. The disconnect device
shall remain readily operable.

For the US -market only!

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found
to comply with the limits for a class B digital
device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harm ful inter ference in a
residential installation. This equipment generates,
uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and,
if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to
radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that inter ference will not occur in a
particular installation. If this equipment does
cause harmful interference to radio or tele vision
reception, which can be determined by turning
the equip ment off and on, the user is encouraged
to try to correct the interference by one or more

of the following measures:
– Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
– Increase the separation between the equipment

and receiver.

– Connect the equipment into an outlet on a

circuit different from that to which the receiver
is connected.

– Consult the retailer or an experienced radio/TV

technician for help.

For the Canadian market only!

This class B digital apparatus meets all require

ments of the Canadian Interference Causing

Equipment Regulations.

Impor tant!

– Avoid placing the product in direct sunlight or

direct articial light, such as a spotlight.

– Make sure that the product is set up, placed and

connected in accordance with the instructions.

– Place your product on a rm surface or stand

where you want it placed permanently. Use
Bang & Olufsen approved stands and wall

brackets only!

– Do not place any items on top of your product.
– Do not subject the product to high humidity,

rain or sources of heat.

– The product is developed for indoor use in dry,

domestic environments only. Use within a
temperature range of 10–40°C (50–105°F).

– Leave enough space around the product for

adequate ventilation.

– Do not connect any of the products in your

system to the mains, until you have connected
all the cables.

– Do not attempt to open the product. Leave

such operations to qualied service personnel.

– The product can only be switched off

completely by disconnecting it from the wall
socket.

The lightning flash with arrowhead
symbol within an equilateral triangle, is

intended to alert the user to the

presence of uninsulated “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.

Dear Customer

How to use your BeoSound 5

This Guide contains information about the daily use of your Bang &

Olufsen product. Your retailer must deliver, install and set up your
product.

In order to use BeoSound 5, it must be connected to the BeoMaster.
How to use the dedicated software is described in the Guide in PDF
format, supplied with the BeoPlayer software.

The needs of the user are considered carefully when designing and

developing Bang & Olufsen products. Therefore, please take the time
to tell us about your experience with your product.

To contact us, visit our website on …

www.bang-olufsen.com

or write to: Bang & Olufsen a/s
BeoCare
Peter Bangs Vej 15
DK–7600 Struer

or fax: Bang & Olufsen
BeoCare
[phone] (fax)

The music system is designed for close-up

operation.

Switch your music system to standby

Scroll lists of contents or browse menus

Enter sub-menu, select item or go to previous

track or station

Return from sub-menu or go to next track or

station

Technical specications, features and the use

thereof are subject to change without notice.

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Turn to adjust volume

Play or pause track, add track to play queue, seed

MOTS or bring up sub-menus

Move between views

Useful hints

Scrolling

Sorting

Left and right

buttons

There is no wrap-around at the end of a music collection.
The sorting is automatic and cannot be selected by the user.
Once you have highlighted an item or menu with the wheel, use < or GO to select or go to

a sub-menu. However, if you leave a ‘Settings’ menu using > you leave without storing.

GO

STOP

PLAY

BACK

Living Room

N.MUSIC N.RADIO PC

V.MEM DTV A.MEM

TV DVD CD

TV LIGHT RADIO

DTV DVD CD

V MEM RECORD A MEM

7 8 9

4 5 6

TEXT

0

MENU

1 2 3

LIST EXIT

STOP

GO

How to use your remote control

You can also operate your music

system with Beo5 and Beo4.

N.RADIO N.RADIO

GO

Soft button

Touch screen to select*

1

Back up through Beo5 displays

Bring up scene buttons

Press again to return

Bring up digits to select track or station

+

Press again to return

Press once to pause playback

STOP

Start playback

PL AY

Select coloured music or radio list*

Press volume wheel next to the colour

Turn to adjust volume

To mute, turn quickly counter-clockwise

Press centre button to accept and store
settings, resume replay

Previous or next track in play queue

Previous or next item in a list

Previous or next track in play queue

Previous or next item in a list*

N.RADIO

N.MUSIC

0 – 9

STOP

GO

2

LIST

3

Step through tracks or stations

Standby

The Beo4 display shows you the activated source or function

Switch on N.RADIO

Switch on N.MUSIC

Select track or station to play*

4

Press once to pause playback

Accept and store settings, resume replay

Select coloured music or radio list

Follow up with a digit to play a certain track or station

Adjust volume

To mute, press the middle of the button

Display extra ‘buttons’ on Beo4

Press repeatedly to change ‘buttons’

Previous or next track or station in play queue

Previous or next item in a list

Step through tracks or stations

Standby

Useful hints

*1 About soft buttons

*2 Coloured buttons

*3 Item

Dark grey buttons indicate that you have to press a hard button.
Press the wheel next to the colour to activate a coloured button.
Only applies to N.MUSIC

*4 PlaybackLight grey buttons indicate that you have to press a text in the display.

When you play a track from your collection, you automatically add it as a MOTS seed (see page 4).

Contents

4 Listen to N.MUSIC

3

6 Listen to N.RADIO

10 Play queues and lists

11 Sound settings

12 System information and system settings

13 Cleanup

16 Set up your music system

18 Overview of settings

18 Cleaning

Easy use

Listen to N.MUSIC • Listen to N.RADIO

4

Listen to N.MUSIC

In order to make your music available, you must transfer it from
your computer.

Activate N.MUSIC to use these functions

Selection Cover of

current album

BeoSound 5 Operation

Start N.MUSIC

The music system starts from the beginning of

the last played track.

Browse music

Browse your music without interfering with the
current track.

Pause or resume

Pause or resume playback of current track.

Next or previous

Play the next or previous track in the play queue
or jump to the next item.

Play specic track

Select a specic track by ar tist, album, cover,
or track.

Menu

Play queue indicator

BeoSound 5 in browser mode. In
full screen mode, album cover is
shown in full size.

Glossary

Views

Sorting depends on the tags added to the tracks. Albums without covers are not shown in the COVERS view.
Compilation albums are not shown as one album.

MOTS

‘More Of The Same’ allows you to continuously listen to similar music. MOTS uses the last added track of the play

queue to autogenerate an endless sequence of similar tracks, which is added to the already existing content of the
play queue. MOTS is disabled, if the only content of the play queue is a coloured list.

List of

Covers

Artists

Albums

Titles

Play queue

Play from play queue.

Seed MOTS

Use a track as seed to autogenerate an endless
sequence of similar tracks.

Play favourites

Browse in four coloured lists and 99 numbered
positions.

Switch off

Listen to N.MUSIC

5

Beo5 Operation

GO

MODE

Select view Open Browse

GO

Press repeatedly when in player mode

Select track

or item

Activate

view

Select

QUEUE

Select

N.MUSIC

GO

Conrm Previous or next

Select track

Select track

Conrm

Move to top or bottom for
player mode

GO

Conrm

GO

Conrm

Browse

track in player

mode

N.MUSIC

Press Activate

STOP PL AY

Press to resume Press to pause

Next /previous track Next/previous item

+

Press

0–9

Select track

GO

Hold for 3 seconds. Play similar tracks instantly in player mode

Activate

FAVOURITES

Press

Play queue

Favourites

GO GO

coloured list

Conrm Select

The play queue is a sequence of selected tracks. The view you are in when

you select tracks determines the order of the play queue and how MOTS

tracks are played.

If you press a digit on your Beo5, your music system will play that track
immediately. To play a certain track in a coloured list, press the coloured
button followed by the digit.

or

Select

numbered

position

Press to play

numbered position

Hold for 3 seconds. Play similar tracks

instantly

+

or

Select coloured list

Press

NOTE! Some functions cannot be accessed
with Beo5.

Your music system will auto matically switch to

player mode when not operated for a while.

Select track or item

0–9

6

Listen to N.RADIO

With N.RADIO you have easy access to Internet radio
stations worldwide.

Activate N.RADIO to use these

functions

current

Selection Name of

station

List of

Genres
Languages

Countries
Names

BeoSound 5
Operation

Start N.RADIO

The music system starts automatically on the last

played station.

Find station by view

Select station by GENRES, LANGUAGES,
COUNTRIES or NAMES.

Next or previous

In player mode, play the next or previous radio
station.

Menu

Connec tion status

Glossary

Favourites, coloured lists and

Views

numbered positions

Play a favourite

Browse in four coloured lists and 99 numbered
favourites.

Switch off

Sorting depends on the tags added to the stations. The stations can be viewed by GENRES,
LANGUAGES, COUNTRIES or NAMES.
For more information, see page 10 and 12.