Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 5 Encore User Manual

BeoSound5Encore

Dear Customer

This Getting Started contains information about the daily use of your

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

In order to use your BeoSound5Encore as a navigation panel for your digital music collection and more than 10,000 radio stations world-wide, the music system must be connected to the internet and to a digital music library source of your choice.

You can nd information about how to make your digital music available

in the product’s on-line Guide on www.bang-olufsen.com/guides. This Guide describes additional features and functions such as language and pincode settings and how to operate your product with a Bang& Olufsen remote control.

On www.bang-olufsen.com you can also nd further information and relevant FAQs about your product.

Your Bang& Olufsen retailer is your rst stop for all your queries.

To nd your nearest retailer, visit our website…

www.bang-olufsen.com

Technical specications, features and the use thereof are subject to change without notice.

3510810 Version 1.1 1102

WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire

or electric shock, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. Do not expose this equip ment to dripping or splashing and ensure that no objects filled 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.

The lightning flash with arrowhead

symbol within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of un insulated “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

equi lateral triangle is intended to alert

the user to the presence of important

operating and main tenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the product.

Important!

– 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. – No naked ame sources, such as lighted candles

should be placed on the apparatus. – Do not subject the product to high humidity,

rain or sources of heat. – The product is intended for indoor use in dry,

domestic environments only. Use within a

temperature range of 10–40°C (50 –105°F). – If the product has been exposed to temperatures

below 5°C (40°F), leave it at room temperature

and wait until the product has regained normal

room temperature before it is connected to the

mains and switched on. – 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.

Contents

6 How to use your music system

7 The display

8 Listen to your music

10 MOTS, play queues and favourites

12 Listen to internet radio

14 Set up your music system

15 Cleaning

16 Connections

18 What to do if ...

How to use your music system

The music system is designed for close-up operation.

You use the pointer, the wheel and the buttons to

operate.

The wheel: Scroll lists of content or browse in

menus.

Standby.

The pointer: Move the ‘laser-beam’ between

views and menus along the ‘Arc’ to the lef t.

Important

Symbols

Remote control

Turn to adjust volume.

Activate display. Conrm selection. Play or

pause track or bring up sub-menus.

Close sub-menu or go to next track or station

in Player mode. Leave SETTINGS menus without storing.

Open sub -menu or select item. Go to previous track or station in Player mode.

The symbols shown above are used in this Getting Started to explain how to operate the music system. The product can also be operated by remote control. This and more is explained in the Guide found on www.bang-olufsen.com/guides.

Spring

Various Artists / Greatest Hits

MODE

ARTISTS

ALBUMS

TITLES

FAVOURITES

QUEUE

Winter

Spring

Moonlight

Sunshine

Shooting Stars

Hearts in Love

Summer

Butterﬂy

Fall

Greatest Hits

Various Artists

COVERS

The ‘Arc’ – select items along the Arc with the pointer

The display

The display has two different modes: Browser mode and Player mode. You can

do different things when in Player and Browser mode.

Browser mode

In Browser mode, you can look through the content on your music system without interrupting playback. You can add music to make your own play queues or

‘plant a seed’ to auto -generate a MOTS play queue.

The ‘Wheel focus’ – shows the current selection and focus of operation. A vertical line in front of an item shows that something new starts, for

example; a new album.

The ‘Wheel list’ – shows lists of content.

You enter Browser mode by pressing the GO button.

The display enters Player mode automatically 3 minutes af ter

the last operation. To activate Player mode faster, just move the pointer to the top or bottom of the display.

Start-up time The start-up time of your music system depends on the POWER SAVING setting. See the Guide for more

information.

Player mode

In Player mode, you can see what is playing. Use the buttons to pause playback or step to the next/previous track or radio station, and turn the volume wheel to

adjust volume.

You can also use a Bang& Olufsen remote control to perform these operations.

MOTS icon – shows that the music playing is generated by MOTS.

MODE

ARTISTS

ALBUMS

TITLES

FAVOURITES

QUEUE

Winter

Spring

Moonlight

Sunshine

Shooting Stars

Hearts in Love

Summer

Butterﬂy

Fall

Greatest Hits

Various Artists

COVERS

Listen to your music

To activate the display from standby, just press the GO button.

You can now browse your music collection to nd the music

you want to listen to.

Cover of playing album

Cover of album in focus

Wheel focus – shows focus of user operation

BeoSound 5 Encore 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

In Player mode, you can pause or resume playback of the current track.

View music by

Covers Artists Albums Titles

Important information

Play specic track

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

Next or previous

The wheel list

Shows content in selected view

In Player mode, you can step to the next or previous track.

Switch off

Music To listen to N.MUSIC, your music system must be connected to a digital music source, for example a

hard disc, a DLNA server (NAS), a computer, USB stick or handheld device. For information about how to connect your preferred sources, refer to page16 in this Getting Started and to the Guide.

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