Bang & Olufsen BeoCenter 6-23 User Manual

BeoCenter 6 – 23

Guide

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The Guide and the Reference book

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

product. The Reference book contains information about more advanced operation
as well as connecting and operating external equipment, it also provides you with
an overview of on-screen menus.

We expect your Bang & Olufsen retailer to deliver, install and set up your products.

However, the information required to install and set them up is included in the
Reference book. This is useful if you move your products or expand your system at
a later date.

Index …

The Reference book also contains an index which refers to this Guide and the

Reference book. It can help you find the specific subject you want to know more
about.

An explanation of symbols in the Guide and

Reference book

Buttons on the Beo4 remote
control

Display on the Beo4 remote
control

Display on the television

TV
LIST

FO RMAT

VO L 26

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Introducing your Bang & Olufsen television and Beo4, 4

Find out how to use the Beo4 remote control and bring up the menus on the
screen.

Watch TV,

6

Find out how to operate the daily functions of your television.

Adjust sound and picture,

8

How to adjust volume and change sound mode.

Teletext, 10

How to use the teletext functions of your television, for example MEMO pages.

Use Groups, 12

How to use the Groups function in your television and create groups of favourite
programs.

Use the radio, 14

How to use the built-in radio.

The pincode system, 16

How to utilise the pincode system of your television.

Maintenance, 18

How to clean your television and change batteries in the Beo4 remote control.

Contents

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For information about how to operate connected
equipment, refer to the Guide enclosed with it.
For information on how to add extra functions to
those shown in the Beo4 display, refer to the
chapter ‘Customise Beo4’ In the Reference book.

Introducing your television and Beo4

The Beo4 remote control gives you access

to all functions. When a function is in use,
you are informed via displays on Beo4 or
on the television.

Switch on the television

Switch on a connected set-top box, registered as

STB(DTV)

Select programs or teletext pages. Enter data in

on-screen menus

Enter information in on-screen menus.

Press or while TV or radio is on to select a

program Group you have created

Accept and store instructions or settings. Press

and hold to call up a program list

Step up or down through programs or menu items

Reveal additional functions in the Beo4 display,

such as FORMAT

The Beo4 display shows the source you have
selected, or extra functions available when you
press the LIST button

Switch on the radio

Bring up the main menu

Switch on teletext

Adjust sound volume: press in the middle to mute
the sound

Exit all on-screen menus

Switch the television to standby

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

TV

FO RMAT

RADIO

MENU

TEXT

EXIT

•

TV

DTV

0

– 9

GO

LIST

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Displayed information and menus

Information about the selected source is
shown in the display. On-screen menus allow
you to adjust settings.

Examples of on-screen menus. As you highlight
menu options, the contents of each option appear
in grey below the options.

How to use on-screen
menus …

Press to switch on the television

Press to bring up the TV SETUP
menu

Press to move between the
different menu options

Press to reveal different settings

Press to bring up a menu or store
a setting you have made

Press to step back through
previous menus

Press to exit all menus

TV SE TUP

select

GO

PROGRA M GROUPS

TUNING

TIMER RECORDIN G

PLAY TIM ER

OPTION S

STAND P OSITIONS

EDIT PROGRAM
ADD PR OGRAM
AUTO TUN ING

TV TU NING

select

GO

EDIT PROGRAMS

ADD P ROGRAM

AUTO TUN ING

MANUAL TUNING

LINK FREQUENCY

1 DR1
2 TV2

3 . . . . . . . .

TV

TV

MENU

GO

STOP

EXIT

Menu name

Menu options

Option

content s

Information

field

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Watch TV

This chapter describes daily use of

your television: how to switch the
television on, choose a program and
switch the television off.

In addition, it describes two functions
that make watching TV easier and
more enjoyable:

– The TV list gives you an overview

of all your programs, and you can
also view a list of programs you
have placed in a Group;

– If your television is equipped with

an optional motorised stand, you
can turn the television.

For further information about Groups,
refer to the chapter ‘Use Groups’ on
page 12.

Select a TV program

When you switch the television on, the last
program viewed appears on the screen.

Press to switch on the television

Press a program number to go
directly to that program

Press to change programs one by
one

Press to switch the television to
standby

Pressing 0 swaps between the
current TV program and
previous T V program.

Bring up a TV list

All your TV programs appear on a list, which
you can bring up on the screen. The list
contains program numbers and names, and
can contain up to 99 T V programs. You can
also bring up a program list for Groups of
programs.

Press to switch on the television

Press and hold to bring up a TV
list on the screen

Press

or to step between

‘pages’ in the program list

To select a program, enter the
program number, or …

… press until the desired

program is highlighted

Press to switch on the chosen
program, or …

… press to leave the menu

Bring up the program list for
a specific Group …

Press to switch on the television

Press or repeatedly to step
through your Groups

Press to bring up the chosen
Group

Press and hold to bring up the
program list for this Group

Press or to see the program
lists for the other Groups

TV

0

– 9

•

TV

GO

0 – 9

GO

EXIT

TV

GO

GO

NOTE! If the screen is overheated, black spots may
appear in the picture. These spots disappear again,
once the television cools down to normal
temperature.

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