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 find 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 find further information and relevant FAQs about your product.
Your Bang & Olufsen retailer is your first stop for all your queries.
To find your nearest retailer, visit our website …
www.bang-olufsen.com
Technical specifications, features and the use thereof are subject to change without notice.
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WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire 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 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 uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s en closure 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.
Important!
–Avoid placing the product in direct sunlight or direct artificial 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 firm 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 flame 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 qualified service personnel.
–The product can only be switched off completely by disconnecting it from the wall socket.
Contents
6How to use your music system
7The display
8Listen to your music
10 MOTS, play queues and favourites
12 Listen to internet radio
14Set up your music system
15Cleaning
16Connections
18 What to do if ...
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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 left.
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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.
Important
Symbols The symbols shown above are used in this Getting Started to explain how to operate the music system. Remote control The product can also be operated by remote control. This and more is explained in the Guide found on
www.bang-olufsen.com/guides.
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The display has two different modes: Browser mode and Player mode. You can do different things when in Player and Browser mode.
The ‘Arc’ – select items along the Arc with the pointer
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You enter Browser mode by pressing the GO button.
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.
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.
Spring
Various Artists / Greatest Hits
The display enters Player mode automatically 3 minutes after the last operation. To activate Player mode faster, just move the pointer to the top or bottom of the display.
MOTS icon – shows that the music playing is generated by MOTS.
Start-up time The start-up time of your music system depends on the POWER SAVING setting. See the Guide for more information.
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Listen to your music |
To activate the display from standby, just press the GO button. You can now browse your music collection to find the music you want to listen to.
Cover of playing album
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Artists
Albums
Titles
The wheel list
Shows content in selected view
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.
Play specific track
Select a specific track by artist, album or cover.
Next or previous
In Player mode, you can step to the next or previous track.
Switch off
Important information
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.