Bang Olufsen Beosound 3000 Owners Manual

Reference book

BeoSound 3000

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BeoSound 3000 – the fully integrated music system

Whenever you reach out to operate the
BeoSound 3000, the glass doors slide
open as if by magic, inviting you in to
the music.

The BeoSound 3000 is a fully integrated
music system with both radio and CD
player. Its compactness facilitates place­ment next to your favourite listening
position.

All the operating buttons are located in
one place. They are conveniently
grouped according to type of function,
so you can easily find your way around
the close-up operation panel and
operate the system.

To get to know your Bang & Olufsen product
two guides are at your disposal.

The Guide provides information on daily use.
The Reference book gives a thorough overview
of all aspects, installation and in-depth
explanation.

To the right, you find the contents of the
Reference book, all the chapters of the Guide
are listed below:

• Your key to BeoSound 3000, 5

• Operation panel, 5

• Displays, 5

• CD player, 6

• Different ways of playing a CD, 6

• Favourite CD tracks only, 7

• Make series of CD tracks, 7

• Delete series of CD tracks, 7

• Radio, 8

• Volume, 8

The

Guide

The
Reference
book

Guide

BeoSound 3000

Reference book

BeoSound 3000

Contents of the Reference Book

How to set up BeoSound 3000

6 Placing your BeoSound 3000

Connect the cables

7 Aerial
7 Loudspeakers
7 Auxiliary equipment
7 BeoLink
7 To the mains

How to assemble BeoSound 3000

8 Mount the glass doors
8 Mount the cables
8 Mount the cable cover

BeoSound 3000 in an audio/video
setup

9 BeoSound 3000 – without speakers – with

a video system

9 BeoSound 3000 – with speakers – with a

video system

9 BeoSound 3000 in another room

Adjust and set Sound

10 Sound adjustments
10 Survey of sound displays

Set the right time

11 Set the built-in clock

Tune in radio stations

12 Tune in stations
13 Move radio stations
13 Delete radio stations
13 Name radio stations

Make BeoSound 3000 start or stop
at a specific time

14 Make a Timer to start or stop

automatically

15 Check the Timers
15 Delete a Timer

Daily use of radio and CD player

16 Switch on the radio
16 Adjust volume
16 Switch on the CD player
16 Find tracks on a CD

BeoSound 3000 display indications

17 Understand and change the displays

Play CDs in different ways

18 Play tracks in random order
18 Repeat a CD
19 Repeat a track on a CD
19 Repeat a passage on a CD
19 Scan a CD

Play favourite CD tracks only

20 Select and store a series of tracks
20 Delete a series of tracks

Name your CDs

21 Name your individual CDs
21 See list of CD names
21 Delete CD names and series of tracks

Looking after BeoSound 3000

22 Cleaning BeoSound 3000
22 Handling your CDs

Beo4 remote control operation

23 Use the Beo4 remote control

Use with a video system – transfer
sound from system to system

24 A fully integrated Audio/Video setup
24 An Audio/Video integrated setup

Set and enter a PIN code

26 Enter a PIN code
26 Switch on the PIN code
27 Change the PIN code
27 Switch off the PIN code
27 Using a Master code

Key to using this guide

Use this Key to identify what a button,
source or status display looks like in an
instruction sequence.

Buttons on the
BeoSound 3000
close-up operation
panel or on the
Beo4 remote
control

Lower display on
BeoSound 3000

Displays on Beo4

RADIO

CD

PLAY

A

>>>

B

CD

EDIT?

RANDOM

REPEAT

6

We recommend that you follow this
procedure when you set up your
BeoSound 3000:

1 Place the BeoSound 3000 where

you want to use it.

2 Set up your speakers and any

auxiliary equipment.

3 Connect all cables to their sockets

on the rear panel of the BeoSound
3000 – remember not to connect
it to the mains yet!

4 Arrange the cables in the cable

cover grooves and attach the

cover to the rear of the BeoSound.
5 Mount the glass doors.
6 Connect the products to the

mains.

If no permanent FM aerial connection is available,
an indoor aerial may be hooked onto the clamp
on the back of the BeoSound 3000.

How to set up BeoSound 3000

Placing your BeoSound 3000…

• Make sure that the BeoSound 3000 is set up,
placed and connected, in accordance with the
instructions in this guide.

• Place your BeoSound 3000 on a firm
surface, preferably on the table, sideboard or
stand where you want it placed permanently.

• The BeoSound 3000 is designed for indoor use
in dry, domestic environments only, and for use
within a temperature range of 10–40º C
(50–105º F).

• Avoid placing the system in direct sunlight, near
radiators or other sources of heat.

• Allow a space of at least 5cm above and to
each side of the BeoSound 3000 for adequate
ventilation. Remember to leave enough space at
the sides for the glass doors to open.

• If you want to hang the BeoSound 3000 on a
wall, make sure that you use the correct size and
type of screws and wall plugs for mounting the
wall bracket (optional accessory) and the
BeoSound. The type of screws and wall plugs will
depend on the material and construction of the
wall.

• Do not switch on the mains for any products in
your system, until after you have connected all the
cables (see opposite page, p. 7).

The program list for TV is now called up. It pro-
vides you with an overview of all your available
TV programs.

7

You can use your BeoSound 3000 in
a stand-alone setup or connected to
a Bang & Olufsen video system using
the Master Link cable. The Master
Link socket on the back of BeoSound
3000 can also be used for BeoLink
distribution. The BeoLink system
allows you to listen to the BeoSound
3000 in any room you like, via extra
speakers*.

Use the diagram and the graphics
imprinted on the socket panel for
reference, when locating the sockets.

Please do not connect the BeoSound
to the mains until you have finished
the setting-up procedure.

Connect the cables

*NOTE! Please contact a Bang & Olufsen retailer
for further information on the BeoLink system
and information on auxiliary equipment.

AM aerial FM aerial

Mains supply

Aerial

Connect your FM aerial to the socket marked
FM and your AM aerial, if any, to the socket
marked AM.

When using an AM loop aerial, tune in to the
radio station you want, then turn the aerial
horisontally until you receive the best possible
signal.

Loudspeakers

Connect your active speakers to the sockets
marked POWER LINK.

You may choose to loop the signals through
from speaker to speaker, please refer to the
User’s guide for your BeoLab loudspeakers, or
you may connect one speaker to each of the
two sockets.

Remember to set the L • R • LINE switch on
the BeoLab speakers to L and R (left and
right), respectively.

Note: If you wish to connect the BeoLab 2500
loudspeakers, please refer to the guide supplied
with the speakers

Auxiliary equipment

Connect your auxiliary equipment to the
socket marked AUX. This socket enables you
to use compatible Bang & Olufsen equipment,
e.g. an audio tape recorder or a record player.
The socket may also accommodate equipment
of other makes.

BeoLink connection

The socket marked MASTER LINK should be
used when you connect your BeoSound 3000
and a compatible Bang & Olufsen video
system.

Mains supply

Plug the mains lead into the socket marked ~,
but do not switch on at the mains yet.

Loudspeakers

BeoLink Connection

Auxiliary
equipment

8

When you have finished the setting
up procedure, described on the
previous page, you must mount the
glass doors and the cable cover.

NOTE! Treat the glass doors with great care. If
they are cracked or chipped, or damaged in any
other way, they should be replaced immediately
as they could otherwise cause bodily harm.
You can order replacement doors through a
Bang & Olufsen retailer.

How to assemble BeoSound 3000

Mount the glass doors

The labels on the back of the glass doors
indicate which end should be pointing
upwards, and which side of the glass door
should point towards the middle of the
BeoSound 3000.

• Fasten the two glass doors, one at a time, to
the front of the BeoSound 3000 by pressing
their fastening points into the corresponding
fastening sockets on the BeoSound.

• Press gently on each of the fastening points
until you hear a click. The click indicates that
the glass doors are mounted properly.

Arrange the cables

Arrange the connector cables in the cable
cover as shown to the right. You can fasten
the cables with tape to keep them in place
before you mount the cable cover to the rear
of BeoSound 3000.

Mount the cable cover

Fasten the cover – with the cables attached –
to the grill on the BeoSound rear panel:

a Insert the bottom row of pegs into the grill.
b Push the top row of pegs into the grill.
c Pull the cable cover upwards until the pegs fit

properly with the grill.

Note: Do not plug in the cables before the cable
cover is mounted

b

c

a

9

When you have connected your
BeoSound 3000 to the mains, you
must make sure that it is set up to
function with the other products you
have connected, if any. This means
that you must programme the
BeoSound 3000 option. If you have
only connected speakers to the
BeoSound, you do not have to make
this programming.

The BeoSound 3000 has three different option
settings:
Option 0. Used in a fully integrated Audio/Video

system with no speakers connected to the
BeoSound 3000. The sound is reproduced
through the speakers in the TV, or through
speakers connected to the TV.

Option 1. Used when the BeoSound is used on its

own or in an Audio/Video integrated setup, with
active speakers connected to the BeoSound
3000 (factory setting).

Option 2. Used in a two-room Audio/Video

integrated setup.

The programming is done with a Bang &
Olufsen remote control…

Using a Beo4…

Using a Beolink 1000…

Audio/video setup

Hold the • button down
while pressing LIST

Now let go of both
buttons

Press LIST until OPTION?
is displayed

Press GO

Press LIST once to
display A.OPT

When A.OPT is blinking
in the Beo4 display…
Key in the appropriate
number (0, 1 or 2)

Press SOUND

Key in the appropriate
number (0, 1 or 2)

Press STORE

A fully integrated Audio/Video system.

The BeoSound 3000 as a stand-alone system.

An Audio/Video integrated system set up in one

room.

An Audio/Video integrated system set up in two
rooms.

Option 2 Option 0

Option 1

Option 1 Option 1

Option 2 Option 2

10

All sound levels are set to neutral
values from the factory, but you can
make your own sound adjustments
and store them.

If you store a volume level,
BeoSound 3000 will start playing at
this level each time you switch it on.

The BeoSound 3000 also features a
loudness function which you can
activate or deactivate as you like.
The loudness function makes the
music more dynamic. It compensates
for the human ear’s lack of sensitivity
to high and low frequencies when
listening to low music.

If you do not store the sound adjust­ments you make, BeoSound 3000
will return to the preset sound levels
once you switch it off.

If you only want to adjust volume,
simply press the buttons

∧or∨

directly to turn the volume up or
down.

NOTE! When BeoSound 3000 is used in a fully
integrated Bang & Olufsen Audio/Video system,
sound must be adjusted as described in the guide
for the video system. When you press the
SOUND button, the display will read USE TV.

Adjust and store sound

Sound adjustments

You can adjust the volume, bass and treble
levels or alter the balance between the left
and right speakers of the BeoSound. This
function enables you to direct the sound
emerging from the speakers towards your
favourite listening position.

Press SOUND to access
the sound adjustment
function. VOL and the
current volume level
appears

Use to raise or lower
the sound levels

Press PLAY repeatedly
to display the different
sound displays, e.g.
BAL ><

Use to adjust balance

Press PLAY repeatedly
until STORE ? appears

Press STORE to store
the current sound
levels. STORED appears

Note: The buttons STORE and PLAY can be used
interchangeably to accept what is shown in the
display. However, STORE acts as a short cut,
skipping intermediate levels and stores your
settings directly.

SOUND

VOL 28

▲

▼

PLAY

BAL ><

ss tt

PLAY

STORE ?

STORE

STORED

Displays shown during sound adjustment…

Volume level

Volume can be
adjusted in steps of
two within a range of
00 to 72

Balance setting

Balance can be
adjusted within a range
of 7 to either side

Bass level

Bass can be adjusted
within a range of -5 to
+5

Treble level

Treble can be adjusted
within a range of -5 to
+5

Loudness setting

Indicates if loudness is
switched on or off

VOL 34

BAL ><

BASS 0

TREB 0

LOUD ON