Bang & Olufsen BeoVision 8-40 User Manual

BeoVision 8-40 
Guide 

Contents

Menu overview, 3
See an overview of on-screen menus. 
Navigate in menus, 4
See how to use the different remote controls 
for menu operation. 
Which menus appear when you switch on 
the television for the very rst time.  
Choose menu language, 6
How to select menu language. 
Tuner setup, 7
How to disable the internal TV tuner or 
built-in DVD -HD module. 
Connections, 8
Examples of where to connect additional 
equipment and how to connect a PC or 
camera. 
Register additional video equipment , 11
How to register connected equipment in the 
CONNECTIONS menu. 
Camera and headphones sockets, 14
How to watch digital pictures on your 
television and how to connect headphones. 
Edit tuned TV channels, 15
How to rearrange the order in which 
channels appear in the channel list and how 
to name or delete them. 
Re-tune or add channels, 18
How to add new channels or how to make a 
new automatic tuning. 
Loudspeaker setup – surround sound, 19
How to make your television part of a 
surround sound system, including how to 
connect loudspeakers and adjust speaker 
balance. 
Adjust picture and sound settings, 23
How to make settings for picture and how 
to adjust bass, treble, etc. How to use game 
mode. 
Daily use of speaker combinations, 26
How to switch between different speaker 
combinations. 
Set the television to switch itself on or
off, 27
How to make your television switch off 
automatically or make it part of a Play Timer.
Set up your Beo4 remote control, 29
Tell the television if your remote control has 
a navigation button or not. 
Feature activation, 30
How to enter an activation key and get 
access to additional features. 
HDMI MATRIX, 31
How to enter settings in the HDMI MATRIX 
menu. 
Teletext, 33
How to store favourite teletext pages as 
MEMO pages. 
Operate other equipment with Beo4 or
Beo5, 34
How to operate connected equipment, such 
as set-top boxes, DVD players or the like, 
with the Bang & Olufsen remote control. 
Connect and operate an audio system, 36
How to connect an audio system to your 
television and operate an integrated audio/
video system. 
Distribute sound and picture with
BeoLink, 39
How to make link connections, operate a 
link system. 
Your television in a link room, 41
How to set up and operate your television in 
a link room. 
Two televisions in the same room, 43
Option programming and operation of two 
televisions in the same room. 
2

Menu overview

1. 2. 3.
TUNING
SLEEP TIMER
EDIT CHANNELS ADD CHANNELS AUTO TUNING MANUAL TUNING
FREQUENCY CHANNEL NO NAME FINE TUNE DECODER TV SYSTEM SOUND
PLAY TIMER
OPTIONS
TIMER
CONNECTIONS
TUNER SETUP
SOUND
PICTURE
DTV PL AY TIMER
AV1–AV6 HDMI EXPANDER LINK TUNING
TV TUNER DVB HD
ADJUSTMENT SPEAKER TYPE SPEAKER DISTANCE SPEAKER LEVEL SOUND SYSTEM
BRIGHTNESS CONTRAST COLOUR TINT SIZE HOR. SIZE VERT. SIZE HOR. POSITION VERT. POSITION GAME MODE
MODE GROUP
AUTO STANDBY
BEO4 SETTING
FEATURE ACTIVATION
MENU LANGUAGE
AFTER 1 HOUR AFTER 2 HOURS AFTER 4 HOURS OFF
NAVIGATION BUTTON NO NAVIGATION BUTTON
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Navigate in menus

Beo4 with navigation button
GO
If you have a Beo4 remote control with
navigation button and your television is
set up for use with it, see page29, you
use the centre button with up, down,
left and right movement to navigate in
menus. Press in the middle of the centre
button to conrm selections and
settings in menus.
Bring up the T V SETUP menu by pressing
MENU while the TV is on.
Beo4 without navigation button
If you have a Beo4 remote control
without navigation button, you must
use the ‘star’ to navigate up, down, left
and right in menus and press the centre
button to conrm choices and settings
in menus. Also your television must be
set up for use with a Beo4 without
navigation button.
To back up through menus, press BACK.
To exit menus, press and hold BACK.
If your television is set up for use
without navigation button, you must
use the ‘star’ to navigate up, down, left
and right in menus and press the centre
button to conrm selections and
settings in menus.
Bring up the T V SETUP menu by pressing
MENU while the TV is on.
To back up through menus, press STOP.
To exit menus, press EXIT.
BACK
STOP
PLAY
Beo5
If you operate your television with the
Beo5 remote control, you use the centre
button with up, down, left and right
movement to navigate in menus. Press
in the middle of the centre button to
conrm selections and set tings in menus.
Bring up the T V SETUP menu by pressing
Menu while the TV is on.
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To back up through menus, press BACK.
To exit menus, press and hold BACK.
Note that a Beo5 should be re-congured
when you add new products to your setup.

First-time setup

The setup procedure is activated 
when the television is connected  to the mains and switched on for  the rst time. You are led  through an automatic series of  on-screen menus in which you  must register the extra  equipment you have connected,  such as loud speakers. 
If you change your setup at a later 
 you can access the same 
date, menus and update your settings.  Remember that you need to set  the speaker types and the  distances in the SOUND menu. 
The sequence of menus in rst-time setup
MENU LANGUAGE… You can select the 
language for on-screen menus. The text 
on the screen changes as you move from 
language to language. 
TUNER SETUP … Disable the television tuner 
or DVB tuner, if you like, see page7.
CONNECTIONS … Select the type of 
equipment you have connected to each 
socket groups, the sockets used, the 
product name, and the source name.  
For further information about the 
CONNECTIONS menu, see page8. 
CHECK AERIAL CONNECTION… This 
prompt only appears, if the television 
tuner is enabled. 
AUTO TUNING … When you have registered 
your connected equipment, a menu for 
channel tuning automatically appears on 
the screen. Use the navigation button 
right to start auto tuning. The television 
nds all available channels. For further 
information about tuning TV channels,  
see page15.
SPEAKER TYPE… In this menu, you select 
which speakers are connected to the 
television, if any. See page19 for further 
information. 
SPEAKER DISTANCE… In this menu, you 
select the distance in metres to each of 
the speakers in your setup. 
SPEAKER LEVEL… In this menu, you can 
adjust the volume level of each speaker in 
your setup. 
ADJUSTMENT… In this menu, you can 
adjust bass, volume, treble, etc. 
DVB SETUP… If the DVB HD tuner is 
enabled, the DVB SETUP menu appears, 
see the separate DVB HD Guide for further 
information. 
For information about where to connect
extra equipment, see the chapter about
connection panels in Getting Started.
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Choose menu language

The menu language you choose 
during the rst-time setup of  your television can be changed  at any time. 
Once a menu language is chosen,  all menus and display messages  are shown in this language. 
You can select the language for on-
screen menus via the TV SETUP menu.
The text on the screen changes as you
move from language to language.
> Bring up the TV SETUP menu and highlight 
OPTIONS. 
> Press the centre button to bring up the 
OPTIONS menu and highlight MENU 
LANGUAGE. 
> Press the centre button to bring up the 
MENU LANGUAGE menu. 
> Use the navigation button up or down to 
move to your language choice. 
> Press the centre button to make your 
choice. 
> Press BACK to back up through previous 
menus or press and hold BACK to leave 
the menus. 
MENU LANGUAGE
DANSK DEUTSCH ENGLISH ESPAÑOL FRANÇAIS ITALIANO NEDERLANDS SVENSKA
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Tuner setup

If you disable the TV tuner, you  can activate the optional DVB  tuner with the TV button. If you  disable the DVB tuner, you can  activate a connected peripheral  unit with the DTV button. 
To disable the internal tuner …
> Bring up the TV SETUP menu and highlight 
OPTIONS. 
> Press the centre button to bring up the 
OPTIONS menu, and highlight TUNER 
SETUP. 
> Press the centre button to bring up the 
TUNER SETUP menu and highlight TV 
TUNER. 
> Use the navigation button left or right to 
switch between the setting ON or OFF. 
> Highlight DVB HD. 
> Use the navigation button left or right to 
switch between the setting ON or OFF. 
> Press the centre button to store the 
settings, or … 
> … press and hold BACK to leave the 
menus without storing. 
TUNER SETUP
TV TUNER ON DVB HD ON
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The connection panel on your 
television allows you to connect  signal input cables as well as a  variety of extra equipment, such  as a video recorder. 
If your television is equipped  with the optional System Module  and you connect a compatible  audio system, you obtain the  benets of an integrated audio/ video system using a Master Link  cable.
Any equipment you connect to  these sockets must be registered  in the CONNECTIONS menu. For  further information, see page12.  
Before you connect any equipment
to your television, remember to
disconnect the television from the
mains.

Connections

Decod er
DVD
Satel lite (STB)
Recor der (HDR)
DVB
AERIAL
AV 1–2
AV 1–4
AV 1–4
AV 4
POWER LINK
SUB
POWER LIN K
FRONT
POWER LIN K
REAR
There are some restrictions as to the types of 
equipment that can be connected to the 
sockets. 
Equipment with VGA output can only be 
connected and registered to the AV3 socket. 
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IR type
>> Connections
In the AV menus you can select how a
PUC controlled product is connected.
You can choose between ‘PLUG’ (cable)
and ‘IR’ (IR Blaster).
DVB module
The CA module is a ‘card reader’ for your
Smart Card which decodes the coded
signals sent out by the programme
provider.
STB
STB
PLUG
IR
IR-transmitters: To operate non-Bang&
Olufsen products with a Bang& Olufsen
remote control, attach a Bang& Olufsen IR-
transmitter to each of the products. Connect
each transmitter to the corresponding socket
marked PUC on the main connection panel.
Insert the Smart Card in the CA module with
the chip facing towards the television. The
BACKSIDE
CHIPSIDE
CA module has one protruding edge on one
side and two protuding edges on the other
side. The side with one edge should face
CA
SMARTCARD
upwards. The Conax Smart Card must be
inserted with the chip facing away from the
television front.
5 V
0.5 A
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>> Connections
Connect and use a PC
IMPORTANT! Before connecting a PC to
the television, disconnect the television,
the computer, and all equipment
connected to the computer from the
mains.
To connect a computer to the
television …
> Using the appropriate type of cable, 
connect one end to the DVI, VGA or HDMI 
output socket on your computer, and the 
other end to the VGA or HDMI socket on 
the television. 
> To hear sound from the computer in the 
speakers connected to the television, use 
the appropriate cable and connect the 
sound output on the computer to the R–L 
or SPDIF sockets on the television when 
appropriate. 
> Reconnect the television, the computer, 
and all equipment connected to the 
computer to the mains. Remember, the 
computer must be connected to a 
grounded wall outlet as specied in its 
setting-up instructions. 
Bring up the computer image on the
screen
To see the computer picture on the screen, 
you must bring it up with your remote 
control. 
To bring up the computer picture …
> Press LIST and use the navigation button 
up or down to bring up PC in the Beo4 
display and press the centre button to 
bring up the picture. You can then operate 
the computer as you normally would. 
(Beo5: Press Pc). 
If you have connected your PC to the VGA
socket on the television, you must register
the PC to the AV3 socket in the
CONNECTIONS menu. A PC connected to
the HDMI socket can be registered to any of
the AV sockets or socket groups.
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Register additional video equipment

If you connect additional video  equipment to your television,  you must register the equipment  in the CONNECTIONS menu. 
When the television is rst set  up, some of the equipment  connected at that particular  moment is detected by the  television. The CONNECTIONS  menu appears automatically on  the screen during rst-time  setup for you to register  connected equipment, if it is not  detected automatically by the  television. If you connect  equipment at a later date, you  must register this equipment in  the CONNECTIONS menu. 
What is connected?
Registering the equipment connected
to the television enables you to operate
it with your remote control.
> Bring up the TV SETUP menu and 
highlight OPTIONS. 
> Press the centre button to bring up the 
OPTIONS menu. CONNECTIONS is 
highlighted already. 
> Press the centre button to bring up the 
CONNECTIONS menu. 
> Use the navigation button up or down to 
step between the different socket groups: 
AV1, AV2, AV3, AV4, AV5, AV6 and HDMI 
EXPANDER, HDMI MATRIX when 
available. For information about LINK 
TUNING see page39.
> Press the centre button to be able to 
register a connected product type to the 
highlighted socket group. 
> Use the navigation button up and down 
to move between the sockets in the 
group. 
> Use the navigation button left or right to 
register what you have connected to the 
highlighted socket. 
> Press the centre button to be able to 
select the product from an on-screen list. 
> Use the navigation button left or right to 
see lists for other types of products. 
> Use the navigation button up or down or 
a number button to highlight the name of 
the product and press the centre button 
to register it. 
> Press the green button to be able to 
name the source. The naming menu is 
now activated. 
> Use the navigation button up and down 
to nd the individual characters in the 
name. 
> 
Press the centre button to accept the name. 
CONNECTIONS
AV1 NONE AV2 NONE AV3 NONE AV4 NONE AV5 CAMERA AV6 NONE HDMI EXPANDER NO HDMI MATRIX NO LINK TUNING NO
The available sockets may vary according to
your setup.
> Names are shown in the television on-
screen display when the source is selected. 
> Press the centre button to bring up the 
STANDBY OPTIONS menu. 
> Use the navigation button up or down to 
see the list of standby options for when 
the connected equipment should switch 
to standby. 
> Press the centre button to select a 
standby option. 
> When you have completed your settings 
for a single socket group, press the 
centre button to return to the 
CONNECTIONS menu. 
> Repeat the procedure for each socket 
group. 
At rst-time setup only, when you have
registered all connected equipment, press
the green button to store the setup.
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>> Register additional video equipment
What’s on the AV1 – AV6 menu …
SOURCE … Select the source you have 
connected. The option you select indicates 
which remote control button switches on 
the source. For example, a source 
registered as V. MEM is switched on when 
you press the V MEM button. A source 
registered as DTV2 is switched on by 
pressing LIST and then the navigation 
button up or down to display DTV2 and 
press the centre button. (Beo5: Press 
DTV2). Options are: 
  NONE … if nothing is connected. 
  V.MEM … for a connected video recorder 
or hard disk recorder. 
  DVD/DVD2 … for a connected DVD player 
or recorder.
  DTV2… for other equipment, such as a 
set-top box.
   DTV … occupied by the DVB module, 
unless you disable the DVB module.
  V.AUX2 … for other equipment, such as a 
video game console. 
  TV … occupied by the TV tuner, unless 
you disable both tuners in the TUNER 
SETUP menu.
  PC … for a connected PC.
  DECODER… for a connected decoder.  
  The source lists are divided into 4 groups;
  ‘stb’ are set-top boxes, ‘dvd’ are DVD 
players and recorders, ‘vmem’ are video 
recorders including hard disk recorders, 
‘other’ are, for example, PCs and media 
centres.
NAME … Allows you to name the source 
you are registering, the name you enter 
appears in the on-screen display when you 
activate the source. 
(AUTO SELECTION)… Allows a source 
connected to AV5 to be selected 
automatically as soon as the television 
detects a signal, provided the television is 
on at the time. Options are ON and OFF. 
IR SOCKET… Select which IR socket is used 
for the source, options are PUC1, PUC2, 
PUC3, PUC4 and NONE.
IR TYPE… Select the type of IR connection 
used. Options are PLUG (for a cable 
connection) and IR (for an IR blaster 
connection).
HDMI … Indicates whether or not the 
equipment is connected to the television 
via one of the HDMI sockets. Select the 
appropriate socket: A, B, or C. 
 (YPbPr) … Indicates whether or not the 
equipment is connected to the television 
via the YPbPr sockets. Options are YES 
and NO. Can only be registered in one of 
the AV menus (AV2-AV4 or AV6) at any 
time. 
(VGA) … Indicates whether or not the 
equipment is connected to the television 
via the VGA socket. Options are YES and 
NO. 
S/P-DIF… Select the S/P-DIF connec tion 
used. Options are 1, 2 and NONE. 
An HDMI Expander must always be 
connected to HDMIC, when present, 
otherwise to HDMIB. When connecting an 
HDMI Expander, additional HDMI sockets 
become available; C1, C2, C3 and C4. 
While it is possible to register equipment 
under any of the available source types, the 
type you select affects how you can use your 
source. 
AV2
SOURCE NONE
NAME . . . . .
IR SOCKET NONE IR TYPE IR HDMI NONE Y/Pb/Pr NO S/P-DIF NONE
Regarding High Denition (HD)
sources …
Standard Denition (SD) signals can be 
recorded, as well as distributed to a link 
room television, but HD signals cannot. 
Connect both the HD and the SD signals to 
the television. The best signal is always used. 
If no HD signal is available, the SD signal is 
shown. 
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>> Register additional video equipment
Standby settings …
When you register a non-Bang& Olufsen 
product in the CONNECTIONS menu, you 
can also select different ‘STANDBY 
OPTIONS’ for your product. This means that 
you can select if the connected product 
should switch to standby automatically. 
The options are:
OFF AT SOURCE CHANGE … The product 
switches to standby immediately when 
you select another source. 
OFF AT TV STANDBY … The product 
switches to standby when you switch the 
television to standby. 
ALWAYS ON … The product does not switch 
to standby automatically. 
MANUAL CONTROL … The product can be 
switched on and off by means of the 
remote control.
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