Bang and Olufsen Beosound 9000 Mk2 Owners manual

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The BeoSound 9000 is the ultimate music entertainment centre, an impressive CD player with a built-in radio. A technological revelation, a masterpiece of craftsmanship as well as a decorative piece of art.

The system can be placed anywhere you want music – in traditional placements; on a table or hanging on a wall, or in a novel, original placement; on the specially designed, vertical stand. All in all, the choice is entirely up to you.

The BeoSound 9000 represents a new and visual way of experiencing music. Please refer to the quick guide on pages 8-9 to experience ‘what you see is what you hear’…

User’s guide

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This User’s guide describes the operation of the BeoSound 9000. Each function described in this guide is accompanied by a set of buttons, situated either to the far left or right of the page, which refer to the buttons on the BeoSound 9000 closeup operation panel.

For most functions, inserts with step-by-step guidance to the Beo4 remote control are also included. These sets of buttons will guide you through the operations step-by-step.

The BeoSound 9000 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 9000.

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 9000 setup in the future.

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Complete list of contents and page references

4	What you see is what you hear...	23	Using the radio
6	Principles of operation	24	Presetting radio stations
7	Close-up operation panel	25	Clearing presets
8	Quick guide to daily operations	25	Radio program list
10	Beo4 remote control	26	Fine tuning a radio station
		26	Mono/stereo reception
11	Using the Compact Disc player	27	Naming radio programs
12	Loading CDs	28	Playing radio programs
13	Positioning CDs	29	Switching displays
14	CD playback
16	Switching displays	31	Using the Timer
17	Choosing a sequence of discs	32	Programming Timers
18	Playing CDs and tracks in random	34	Checking or clearing Timers
	order	35	Switching the Timer function to
19	Programming a series of tracks for		on or off
	one CD	36	Setting and using the built-in
20	Playing edited CDs		clock
21	Naming CDs	37	Nice to know about Timers
22	Listing CDs
		39	Nice to know
		40	Adjusting sound
		42	Playing auxiliary sources
		43	Music throughout the house
		44	From audio to video – or vice versa

4	W H A T Y O U S E E I S W H A T Y O U H E A R …

Your BeoSound 9000 is versatile,

beautiful, and responsive...

BeoSound 9000 can be compared to a piece of art and will light up any living room. – Its principle is ”What you see is what you hear…” – It mirrors your personal musical and artistic taste. BeoSound 9000 conveys a strong visual expression design-wise and represents an original statement.

BeoSound 9000 gives you perfect sound reproduction and changes tracks and CDs at an unbelievable pace. You will experience 6 Compact Discs as one piece of music – virtually one CD.

Your BeoSound 9000 is designed for both remote control operation via Beo4 and close-up operation via the BeoSound 9000 operation panel.

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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
	Operation Panel						▲ Load button
	Whether you place BeoSound 9000 on a table,	AUX					The LOAD button is situated in a low position on
	vertically or horizontally on the wall or on the					•	the BeoSound 9000.
		A.
	specially designed BeoSound 9000 stand, you can						Direct CD selection button
	adjust the position of the operation panel in	RADIO				CLEAR
							A selection button is situated next to all 6
	order to facilitate your operation of the			OK
			AM/FM		P. NO.	NAMING	Compact Disc compartments in a low position on
	BeoSound 9000.	TUNE
							the BeoSound 9000. Press this button to play the
	Please refer to the setting-up guide for	CD	PAUSE		EDITING	CLEAR	CD in the compartment.
	instructions of how to remove and replace the			OK
		RANDOM			SELECT	NAMING
	operation panel.		EDIT				Compact Disc player
		ON/OFF				CLEAR	The BeoSound 9000 contains 6 Compact Disc
				OK			compartments and a carriage moves between
	Radio	TIMER	CHECK			CLOCK	compartments and enables CD playback. You
							move the carriage by pressing the direct CD
	The BeoSound 9000 radio only becomes visible	RESET	MUTE		VOL	VOL	selection button next to the CD compartment.
	when it is being used. The display then lights up			OK
	with radio program information.	TREBLE	BASS		BALANCE	LOUDNESS	When you switch the BeoSound 9000 to stand-by,
							the carriage will always situate itself next to
							the operation panel and the CD compartment
							number 1.
							If you choose to place the BeoSound 9000
							vertically, the carriage will move to the top end of
							BeoSound 9000. If you choose to place the
							BeoSound 9000 horizontally, the carriage will
							situate itself next to the operation panel.
	Mains switch						• Stand-by button
							The STAND-BY button is situated in a low position
							on the BeoSound 9000.

Socket for headphones

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General functions for close-up operation

The buttons OK and ▲ and ▼ are included in all the sections of buttons which are illustrated below. These buttons are used together with primary and secondary functions for radio, CD, timer and sound:

OK: Accepts and stores operations and outcomes STEP BUTTONS ▲ and ▼: Change programs and change or identify values for radio tuning, program numbering, CD, timer and sound adjustment functions.

Primary and secondary CD	Primary and secondary	Stand-by function
functions	radio functions	The button switches
The buttons give access to CD	The buttons give access to	the BeoSound 9000
functions:	radio functions:	to stand-by.
CD: Plays the CDs.	RADIO: Plays the radio.
PAUSE: Pauses playback.	TUNE, AM/FM and P.NO.: Tune
SELECT and EDITING:	in to stations and number	A. AUX function
Programming sequences of	them.	The button enables
discs and tracks.	NAMING: Names stations.	you to switch on
RANDOM and EDIT: Operate	CLEAR: Clears stations.	extra audio
special random and edited		equipment.
play functions for the CDs.
NAMING: Names discs and
sequences.
CLEAR: Clears programmed
values.

TREBLE	RESET	TIMER	ON/OFF	RANDOM	CD	TUNE	RADIO	A. AUX
BASS	MUTE	CHECK		EDIT	PAUSE	AM/FM
OK			OK		OK		OK
BALANCE	VOL			SELECT	EDITING	P. NO.
LOUDNESS	VOL	CLOCK	CLEAR	NAMING	CLEAR	NAMING	CLEAR	•

Sound adjustment functions

The buttons give access to sound adjustment functions:

VOL and VOL : Raise and lower the volume level. MUTE: Mutes or activates the loudspeakers.

TREBLE, BASS, BALANCE and LOUDNESS: Regulate the sound from the loudspeakers.

RESET: Resets the settings for sound to their default settings.

Timer functions

The buttons give access to timer functions:

TIMER: Sets timers for when the BeoSound 9000 should begin to play or switch off. ON/OFF: On or off decides where a timer will be heard or executed.

CHECK: Checks your timers. CLEAR: Clears your timers. CLOCK: Sets or displays the inbuilt clock.

Status display

The display keeps you informed about what the BeoSound 9000 is doing and ongoing operations. E.g. playing a CD sequence named GLENN MILLER (see above display).

8	Q U I C K G U I D E T O …

Direct CD selection buttons

Load button

▲Press to raise the glass door

▲Press again to lower the glass door

Press to play a CD

Press to step through CD tracks

▼

Press to resume playback

Loading and playing CDs

You press the LOAD button to raise the glass door and you will now be able to load your CDs.

If the carriage is situated over the CD compartment where you want to load a new CD, simply press the direct selection button next to another CD compartment to make the carriage move to this compartment.

to the left to start playback and step through the tracks on the CD where the carriage is situated.

If you wish to step through the tracks on another CD, you can either step through all the tracks on the current CD and then continue to press the ▲ button, the carriage will then move to the next CD compartment or you can press the direct selection button next to the CD you want to hear.

See page 12 for further information about loading CDs and pages 20-23 for

CD

playback…

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TREBLE	RESET	TIMER	ON/OFF	RANDOM	CD	TUNE	RADIO	A. AUX
BASS	MUTE	CHECK		EDIT	PAUSE	AM/FM
OK			OK		OK		OK
BALANCE	VOL			SELECT	EDITING	P. NO.
LOUDNESS	VOL	CLOCK	CLEAR	NAMING	CLEAR	NAMING	CLEAR	•

Close-up of the BeoSound 9000 operation panel…

The buttons used for your daily operations are highlighted on the panel.

Switching on and playing the radio

To switch on and play the radio, simply press the buttons shown to the right.

You can step through your radio programs and on the display you will be able to see which radio station you have selected.

On the display you will see the indication RADIO followed by a program number or a program name if you have named the particular program.

See pages 16-17 for further information…

Press to turn on the radio

Press to step through radio programs

RADIO

▲

▼

Volume adjustments and switching off

The volume level can be turned up or	To switch off the BeoSound 9000, press
down at any time by pressing the	the red stand-by button on the
VOL or VOL volume buttons.	operation panel.

Press to raise the volume

Press to lower the volume

Press to switch to stand-by

VOL

VOL

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Using the Beo4

The BeoSound 9000 CD-player is operated from a distance via the Beo4 remote control. The Beo4 step-by-step operating sequences are shown as inserts framed in boxes throughout this user’s guide.

The Beo4 remote control operates all the primary functions in the BeoSound 9000 such as switching on the radio or the CD player, changing radio programs, CD tracks or CDs. It also selects programs or CDs to be played, adjusts sound functions, pauses playback and finally switches to stand-by.

The Beo4 remote control also enables you to select specific tracks on CDs, select sequences of specific discs to be played, search forward and backward on CDs, switch on the random order playback and edited order playback functions as well as select auxiliary equipment.

Note: Please refer to the Beo4 User’s guide for further information about the Beo4 principles of operation.

In order to perform certain functions with Beo4, you have to add to the Beo4 list of functions. Throughout this user’s guide you will be informed when such an addition is called for. Please refer to your Beo4 User’s guide and the chapter Customizing your Beo4 for further instruction.

Nice to know…

In the step-by-step operating sequences, the buttons on the Beo4 and cues in the display will be illustrated like this:

	CD		Rectangular buttons for e.g.
			sources, numbers, and volume
			regulation
			Buttons incorporated in the large
			star-shaped button for stepping up
			or down and forwarding and
			rewinding
	GO		A small, round GO button incorpo-
			rated in the large star-shaped
			button which stores, accepts and
			executes control operations
			Coloured buttons incorporated in
			the star-shaped button for special
			functions
			The double-button means ‘press
	LIST
			repeatedly’ on LIST
RANDOM			Cues in the Beo4 display

TV	LIGHT	RADIO
SAT	DVD	CD
V TAPE	RECORD	A TAPE

7	8	9
4	5	6
1	2	3
TEXT	0	MENU

GO

LIST

STOP

The Beo4 remote control is not a standard component of the BeoSound 9000. Beo4 is available as an optional extra from your Bang & Olufsen dealer.

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U S I N G T H E C O M P A C T D I S C P L A Y E R	11

12Loading CDs

13Positioning CDs

14CD playback

16Switching displays

17Choosing a sequence of discs

18Playing CDs and tracks in random order

19Programming a series of tracks for one CD

20Playing edited CDs

21Naming CDs

22Listing CDs

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▲

▲

or

CD

U S I N G T H E C O M P A C T D I S C P L A Y E R

be loaded with the text side facing CD by its edges and insert the CD

. To unload the CD, hold it by its push the CD a little forward to release

Press to lower the glass door

Press to lower the door and start playing

Loading CDs

Pressing the load button raises the glass door. You can then remove the CDs from their compartments and load the CDs you want to play. Always load the CD with the text side facing you and then push the CD into place!

Press the load button again to lower the glass door. You can also press the CD button to lower the door and the CD where the carriage is situated will start playing at once.

The carriage will situate itself in

various positions depending on the placement you have chosen for your BeoSound 9000. Please refer to the

If the glass door is open and the carriage is placed over a CD you want to remove, simply move the carriage to another position by pressing the direct CD selection button next to a compartment.

BEO4

CD Press to play a CD

ttPress tt to move the carriage up or to the right

or

ssPress ss to move the carriage down or to the left

Alternatively, key in the CD compartment number you want the carriage to move to.

Nice to know…

•The carriage registers whether the CD compartments you ask for are empty or not, and until the glass door is opened again, it will remember the state of the compartments.

leave the glass door open, it will close automatically after 5 minutes.

•If BeoSound 9000 is left paused or stopped for more than 30 minutes, it automatically switches to stand-by.

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Positioning CDs

By positioning your individual CDs, you create your own design with a particular collection of CDs on BeoSound 9000. When you load CDs on the BeoSound 9000, you can adjust their positions manually so that for example the graphical design and the text on the actual CD present themselves to your satisfaction.

When you have loaded a CD and pushed it in place in a CD compartment, you adjust the position of the CD manually. Then you move the carriage to this particular CD and access the positioning function for CDs in order to store the position you have chosen. Please refer to the procedure to the right of this page.

If you store a position for each CD, the BeoSound 9000 will now remember these positions. No matter how many times you remove and reload the CDs, the individual CDs will be returned to these positions every time they stop turning*.

If you wish to change or cancel the positions of your CDs while still in the positioning function, you press the CLEAR button instead of OK to cancel the position you have already chosen.

*Note: Some particular CDs do not contain the information which is required by the BeoSound 9000 in order to store positions for CDs. Therefore you may experience that the position you have attempted to store for a CD is not adhered to by the BeoSound 9000. You will of course still be able to play the CD in question.

Load and adjust a CD manually…
Then press the direct CD selection
button next to this CD to move the
carriage to the CD…
then
Press to save the position for the	SELECT
CD while it is playing
	SELECT
	then
Press to store the position you	OK
chose for the CD when it was loaded
Repeat this procedure for all the CDs
you have loaded…
If you want to clear the position for
a CD, move the carriage to the
CD in question…
Press to access the positioning	SELECT
function to clear the position
	SELECT
	then
Press to clear the position	CLEAR

14 > Using the Compact Disc player

CD

▲Press to play the next track on a CD

▼Press to play the same track again or press twice to play the previous track

PAUSE Press to pause playback

CD Press to resume playing

VOL Press to raise the volume

VOL Press to lower the volume

Press to silence the speakers

Press again to recall the sound

•Press to switch to stand-by

CD playback

When you press the CD button on the operation panel, the CD where the carriage is situated starts to play. You can also start playback by pressing the OK button in the CD section of buttons.

If you want to play a specific CD, simply press the direct CD selection button placed next to the CD compartment. The carriage then moves to the CD you have chosen, and playback starts.

While a CD is playing, you can step through the tracks by pressing the step buttons ▲ or ▼. When you have stepped through the tracks of one CD, pressing the step button ▲ will start playback of the first track on the next CD. You can now step through the tracks of this CD.

When your first CD has finished playing, the carriage automatically moves to the next CD you have loaded and starts playing this new CD.

After 12 hours of uninterrupted playing, the BeoSound 9000 stops. If you choose to hear another source, the CD player switches off automatically.

Nice to know…

When you play your BeoSound 9000 CD player, a tiny red indicator is lit beside all the CD compartments where you have loaded a CD.

If you for example choose a sequence of discs to be played, only the indicators next to the CDs you have chosen will be lit even though you have loaded six CDs.

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	CD		Press to start playback of a CD
			Press to change tracks on a CD
or
	tt		Press to change to the next or
or			previous disc
	ss
			Press to choose a disc number
1
through			directly
6
			Press list to display TRACK* to
	LIST
			choose a specific track
then
			Press to choose a track number
1
through
9
or
			Press to choose a track directly
or

BEO4

Press to search forward on a disc or

Press to search backward

STOP Press to pause playback

•Press to switch to stand-by

*Note: In order to display TRACK on Beo4, you have to add this function to its list of functions, please refer to your Beo4 user’s guide and the chapter Customizing your Beo4 for further instruction.