Bang & Olufsen BeoVision 9 User Manual

BeoVision 9

Guide

Cautions

– Make sure that the product is set up, placed and

connected in accordance with the instructions
in this Guide.

– Place your product on a rm and stable surface.

To prevent injury, use Bang & Olufsen approved

stands and wall brackets only!
– Do not place any items on top of your product.
– Do not subject the product to high humidity, rain

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

domestic environments only. Use within a

temperature range of 10–35°C (50–95°F), and

at an altitude of no more than 1500 m (5000 ft).

– Do not place the T V in direct sunlight, as this

may reduce the sensitivity of the remote control

rece iver.

– 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.

Dear Customer

Contents

This Guide contains information about the daily use of your

Bang & Olufsen product and about connecting and operating
external equipment. We expect your retailer to deliver, install and
set up your product.

On the Bang & Olufsen website, www.bang-olufsen.com, you can

nd further information and relevant FAQs about your product.

The needs of the user are considered carefully when designing

and developing Bang & Olufsen products. Therefore, please take
the time to tell us about your experience with your product.

To contact us, visit our website on …

www.bang-olufsen.com

or write to: Bang & Olufsen a/s
BeoCare
Peter Bangs Vej 15
DK–7600 Struer

or fax: Bang & Olufsen
BeoCare
[phone] (fax)

4 Watch television

6 Teletext

8 HDR – Pause and replay

10 HDR – Recordings

12 Access to BeoMaster 5

15 BeoLink

25 Advanced use

43 Installation – setup

Technical specications, features and the use

thereof are subject to change without notice.

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DTV N.MUSIC N.RADIO

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TV LIGHT RADIO

DTV DVD CD

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How to use your remote control

You can operate your television with

Beo5 or Beo4. The instructions in this
Guide are mainly based on Beo5.

Beo5 operation

Soft button, touch screen to select*

TV

Switch on a source or select a function

Back up through Beo5 displays

Bring up SCENE buttons, such as Zones or Speaker

Press again to return

Bring up digits to select channel or recording

+

Press again to return

Back up through menus or press once to pause

STOP

playback and twice to stop

Start playback

PL AY

Exit menus completely

BACK

Select colour specic functions*

Press volume wheel next to the colour

Beo4 operation

1

V MEM

RECORD

MENU

2

GO

The Beo4 display shows you the activated source or function

TV

3

Switch on the TV*

TV

Switch on the hard disc recorder

Press twice to start a recording

Select channels and enter information in on-screen menus

0 – 9

Bring up the main menu of the active source

Switch on teletext

TEXT

Search backwards or forwards or move in menus

Accept and store settings and start playback

Useful hints

1*

About buttons

2*

Coloured buttons

Actual zone

Soft buttons

Turn to adjust volume

To mute, turn quickly counter-clockwise

GO

Press centre button to accept and store settings

Step through screen menus

Search backwards or forwards

Recordings

Step through channels or recordings

Hold for continuous step

Standby

Light grey buttons indicate that you have to press a text in the display. Dark grey buttons
indicate that you have to press a hard button.
Press the wheel next to the colour to activate a coloured button.
Indicates the actual zone as it was named during the setup process.
Depending on the activated source, different soft buttons appear on the screen. Touch the
screen to activate the function.

Step through channels or move in menus

Hold for continuous step

Select colour specic functions

Adjust volume

To mute, press the middle of the button

Display extra ‘buttons’ on the Beo4

LIST

Press repeatedly to change ‘buttons’

Back up through menus or press once to pause playback and

STOP

twice to stop

Exit menus

EXIT

Standby

*3

Marked buttons can be recongured during the setup process. See p. 47.

My reconguration:

TV

DTV

NOTE! For general information about

remote control operation, see the Guide
enclosed with your remote control.

Introduction

TV SETUP

TUNING

PLAY TIMER

OPTIONS

STAND POSITIONS

select

Watch, record or store movies and listen to different sources, such as
the optional hard disc recorder, a connected set-top box or a music

centre.

3

Display and menus

Information about the selected source is
shown at the top of the screen. On-screen
menus allow you to adjust settings.

Menu name

Menu options

Information eld

Navigate in menus

When a menu is on the screen, you can
move between menu options, reveal

settings or enter data.

… TV V.M EM Menu

zone

Switch on TV Switch on hard

+

Select option/
setting

Enter data Bring up sub-

0–9

or

disc recorder

GO

menu/store

setting

Show menu Select TV’s

BACK

Select option Exit menus*4

Important – for more information: www.bang-olufsen.com

Remote control

The instructions in this Guide are mainly based on the Beo5 remote

control, but you can also operate the TV with Beo4. On the fold-out
page in this Guide, you will nd an over view of the buttons on Beo5
and Beo4. For general information about remote control operation,
see the Guide enclosed with your remote control.

4

*NOTE! Press STOP to back up through

menus.

Watch television • Teletext • HDR – Pause and replay • HDR – Recordings • Access to BeoMaster 5 Easy use

TV CHANNEL LIST

CNN 1

… 2
DISCOVER 3
CWNBC 4
BBCWORLD 5
… 6
… 7
… 8
SUPER CH 9
… 10
CRIME TV 11
CINEMA 12
… 13
MOVIE NW 14
… 15
… 16
… 17
… 18

more select

4

Watch television

Choose a TV channel by its number or switch to another
channel or source. Adjust the sound volume, change the

sound type or language and turn the TV.

Activate the TV source to use these

functions

Channel name

Channel number

Beo5 operation

Switch on the TV

Select a TV channel

Bring up a channel list

Adjust the volume

Indicates more channels

Useful hints

1

*Record here and now

Automatic Colour Management

Record here and now

While recording you can also watch another

recording, source, or TV channel.*1

Turn the TV

See second source

Divide the screen to watch two sources at the same
time.

Switch off the TV

Automatic colour calibration may start automatically.

You cannot start a new recording if a recording is already in progress, or if the optional hard disc

recorder is full of protected recordings. Also, you cannot watch one set-top box programme while

recording another.

Automatic Colour Management automatically compensates for colour changes on the screen for

every 100 hours of use approximately. Do not switch off the system or disconnect it from the
mains during the calibration.

Beo4 operation

5

TV

Press

or

Select Select

Hold for

channel list

Adjust volume. To mute, turn quickly

counter-clockwise

Record Record

+

Activate
numbers

Select channel Select page Accept

0–9

channel

+

or

Bring back the sound by turning the

wheel either way.

Start recording Stop recording

Press

Stand Turn Turn

or

Press Turn TV

or

Previous

Select previous channel

0–9

STOP STOP

Position

1…9

Select position*

2

TV

Press

0–9

or

Select Select

channel

0

Previous

channel

or

Hold to

activate

Adjust
volume

RECORD

Press twice to start Press twice to

LIST

Select
STA ND

Select page or channel and

accept

To mute, press in the middle

of the button

STOP

stop

1–9

or

Turn TV

Select

position*

2

P-and-P DVD Swap

Press Swap pictures Select

source

Press

Second source

You can bring up two video sources. With Swap you can make the

left and right pictures switch places. With BACK you leave the
function and go to the source on the left. You can also just select
the source you wish to go to. See also p. 50 for information about

2

*TV positions

HDMI sources.
Position 1 is the far left position and Position 9 is the far right.

LIST

Select
P-AND-P

DVD

Select source

0

Swap pictures

Press

To use the stand function, you have

NOTE!
to calibrate the stand rst, see p. 53. To
preset positions for the T V to turn to, see
p. 56.

PAGE CHANNEL LARGE HALT REC SETUP
P100 BBC S100 Wed 13 Oct 12:39:34

6

Teletext

Operate teletext through the menu bar at the top of the
teletext page or the arrow buttons on your Beo5.

Activate teletext to use these

functions

Actual page

Change broadcaster

Beo5 operation

Start teletext

Access the start page of teletext.

Move to pages

Access teletext pages you wish to see.

Change teletext service*1

Access teletext pages of other broadcasters.

Stop subpages from turning

Reveal hidden messages

… and the like.

Stop subpage turning

The arrow indicates that more options

are available. Reveal hidden text on

‘REVEAL’ and make settings on ‘SETUP’

Glossary

Beo5 teletext point

1

*Teletext service

MEMO pages

Large teletext

With the inner arrow buttons on Beo5 you can navigate in page references in a teletext page. Go to a page
referred to by pressing the centre button and back again by pressing BACK.
Each channel provides its own teletext service. Change easily between teletext pages of different channels.
Store a teletext page as a MEMO page to be able to access it quickly.

To enlarge the size of the teletext page, bring up teletext, move to ‘LARGE’ in the menu bar and press the

centre button repeatedly to switch between the upper and lower half of the page and normal page size.

Create MEMO pages

Nine MEMO pages are available for each channel’s

teletext service.*

2

View a MEMO page

‘MEMO’ is only available if you have stored MEMO

pages.

Delete a MEMO page

Exit teletext

Leave the teletext function.

Beo4 operation

7

Text

Press repeatedly to change screen

mode

0–9

Select page Select page

Move to ‘CHANNEL’ or ‘MEMO’ then

‘C HA NN EL’

STOP 0–9

Stop turning

Move to ‘REVEAL’

0–9

or

Move to

‘HALT’

Move to

‘SETUP’

or

Move to

‘PAGE’

Bring up
channel list

or

Press Select subpage

Accept

Accept Select page Store

current
page

Go to index pages (100,
200, 300 …)

Select
channel

Move to

‘BACK’

Accept

Restart

turning

Accept

TEXT

Press

0–9

or

Select page Move to ‘PAGE’

Move to ‘CHANNEL’ or
‘MEMO’ then
‘C HA NN EL’

STOP 0– 9

Stop turning

Move to

‘REVEAL’

0–9

Select page

and select

Press, select
channel and accept

or

Select subpage and restart

turning

Accept

Move to

‘SETUP’

Index

pages

Accept then

store

Move to ‘CHANNEL’ or

‘MEMO’

Move to

‘SETUP’

BACK EXIT

2

*Teletext subtitles

Accept Select MEMO page Press Delete

Dual screen

Select MEMO page

If you would like available teletext subtitles to appear
automatically for a particular channel, store the teletext subtitles

page as MEMO page 9.

When teletext is activated, pressing Text swaps between dual
screen and full screen mode.

‘MEMO’

‘SETUP’

Move to ‘CHANNEL’ or

Move to

Press Press

NOTE! If your T V is linked via a Master Link

cable to another TV, stored MEMO pages

are not shared among these T Vs. MEMO

pages must be stored manually on each

linked TV.

Press Select

page

Select MEMO

page

Press
twice

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8

HDR – Pause and replay

With the optional hard disc recorder, pause, repeat and

resume the current programme. The TV continues saving
during replay, so you are sure to see the entire programme.

The current channel is saved in a

three-hour replay buffer

Beo5 operation

Pause

Pause the programme on the current channel.

Replay

Replay a programme that you have paused.

Go to a specic point

Enter a specic time to go to in the buffer content.

Step backwards or forwards

Step backwards or forwards minute by minute.

19 minutes are saved in the
replay buf fer

The current picture is 5 minutes behind the

live signal

Glossary

Replay

You cannot pause or replay a programme while the TV is recording another programme or copying a recording,
nor can you pause or replay programmes copy-protected by Macro vision. If you pause a programme for three

Slow replay

Save the replay

hours, the T V automatically starts replay from the point at which you paused the programme.
Slow replay backwards is not possible.
Copy the content of the replay buffer to the ‘HARD DISC CONTENT’ list. The content before the recording

buffer

start time will be deleted when the TV is switched off.

Cue backwards or forwards

Press button again to change speed.

Pause replay

Pause replay of the buffer content.

Save the replay buffer

Save the buffer contents to the hard disc recorder.

Go to live signal or replay mode

Switch between the live signal and replay mode.

Beo4 operation

9

Replay

Press

PLAY

Replay Slow replay, press again to change

+

Activate numbers

Step

Backwards

STOP

Press

or

speed

0–9 0–9

Select point

or

Forwards

You can step frame by frame

To return to live signal, select source

again, such as T V

STOP

Press

Replay Slow replay, press again to

Select point

Step

Backwards

STOP

Press

To return to the live signal

select the source again

or

change speed

or

Forwards

You can step frame by frame

STOP

Search for start point

Go to live signal

Switching source You can switch from one live source, such as T V.TUNER, to another,

Stop
searching

Return to replay mode

such as STB, at any time, but the source you leave is no longer saved
to the buffer after the switch. Instead the new source is saved.

Switching to a non-live source, such as DVD, causes the TV to stop

saving to the buffer and ends replay.

Record Record

Activate

saving

Accept saving

STOP

Search for

start point

Go to live

signal

NOTE! The content of the replay buffer is

not protected. If the buffer is full and you

continue to save programmes to it, the

oldest content is deleted. If you switch off

the TV, the content of the buffer is deleted

after 60 sec.

Stop

searching

Return to replay mode

RECORD

Press twice to
accept

HARD DISC CONTENT

THE SOPRANOS 12:14 17 JUN 01:34

CROCODILE HUNTER 9:12 17 JUN 1:00
WRC RALLY 12:00 14 JUN 1:12
AUSTRALIAN OPEN 9:00 13 JUN 3:25
SAT 117 23:00 29 MAY 2:55
TV 24 18:00 24 MAY 1:05
V.AU X 4 23:10 22 MAY 12:30
DAYS OF THUNDER 22:00 20 MAY 1:55
CASABLANCA 21:00 13 APR 2:15

delete
protection on play

10

HDR – Recordings

Use the optional hard disc recorder to play recordings stored
on its hard disc. Playback of recordings begins automatically
after a few seconds.

Activate the source of the hard disc

recorder to use these functions

Recording time and date Name of the

recording

Beo5 operation

Switch on the hard disc recorder

It takes up to 40 seconds to start the recorder.

Select and play a recording

Pause or stop playback

Pause or stop playback of a recording.

Switch to previous or next

Switch to the previous or next recording within a

group.

Protected recording

Glossary

Playback information

Pause and stop playback

Browse through recordings

Go to a specic point

Enter a specic time to go to in a recording.

Step or cue backwards or forwards

Step backwards or forwards minute by minute. Press

button again to cue faster.

Duration of

the recording

Browse through recordings

During playback, you can see a short list of
recordings from the chosen group.

Switch off the recorder

To bring up playback information during playback, press the centre button. To remove
the information, press BACK or wait three seconds.
When the picture remains unchanged for eight minutes, the T V screen dims automatically.
Show up to ve recordings at a time during playback. You can browse through recordings
in Groups if you have set ‘FEATURE LEVEL’ to ‘ADVANCED’ and placed recordings in the
predened Groups. See pp. 28 and 57 for more information.

Beo4 operation

11

V.M EM V MEM

Select source of recorder. Playback begins automatically of the last viewed

recording, the newest recording or a recording in progress.

Select source of recorder

Menu

Open ‘HARD DISC
CONTENT’ menu

STOP STOP

Pause Stop

Previous/next

+

Activate

numbers

Step backwards/for wards

Press twice Select recording Play recording

0–9

Select point

Select
recording

Cue backwards/forwards

PL AY

or

Play
recording

From pause mode, step frame by

frame

PL AY

Slow replay

MENU

Open ‘HARD DISC

CONTENT’ menu

STOP STOP

Pause Stop

Previous/next

0–9

Select point

Step

backwards/

forwards

Press twice

Cue backwards/forwards

Select

recording

Select and

play

Play recording

TV TV

Switch source

Slow playback

Playback

or

Switch off TV

When you select a recording to play, the TV resumes playback from
where you left off the last time the same recording was played. If you
have viewed the recording to its end, playback starts from the
beginning. Unless other wise instructed, the TV plays the selected

recording through to the end. The recording is then paused.

Slow playback backwards is not possible.

or

Switch source

NOTE! You can bring up the ‘HARD DISC

CONTENT’ menu if you press and hold the

centre button. The bar at the top indicates

how full the hard disc is. A red dot

indicates if a recording is protected. For

information about protection, see p. 27.

Switch off TV

Source selection
Leave mode
Add to playlist
Home/Return
.
Random on/off
Show info/Hide info
List root
Play all/Play group
Full Size cover/Track info view
Delete
Configuration
Rename

GO

EXIT

GO

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0

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Access to BeoMaster 5

If your TV is equipped with the optional BeoMaster, you can
bring up BeoMaster sources on the TV screen to get access
to N.Music, N.Radio, photos, and web.

Activate the BeoMaster in order to

use these functions

Beo5 operation

Select a BeoMaster source

When you have brought up the source selection menu,

choose from different media sources.

Select function*1

The menu overlay gives you quick access to selected

functions.

Useful hints

Switch off the BeoMaster

1

*Menu overlay The menu overlay shows the options you have with a selected source.

Beo4 operation

13

PC

Press

Menu

Show menu overlay

Select source

+

Select function

0–9

LIST

0–9

Select source

or

or

EXIT

Select PC

BACK

oror

MENU

Show menu overlay and select function

TV

Switch source

Remote control Use your remote control to switch sources on and off, search for

or

Switch off TV

specic stations or tracks, access additional functions, and
adjust volume.

TV

Switch source

NOTE! For further information about the

BeoMaster, refer to the Guide enclosed

with your BeoMaster.

or

Switch off TV

14

Contents – BeoLink

16 BeoLink system

15

18 Connect and set up an audio system

20 Connect and set up a BeoLink system

21 Your television in a link room

22 Two televisions in the same room

BeoLink

BeoLink system • Connect and set up an audio system • Connect and set up a BeoLink system …

16

BeoLink system

If you have a BeoLink system, you can operate all connected
sources from both the main room and link rooms.

Activate main or link room sources

Link room

Beo5 operation

TV sound on the audio speakers

Listen to sound from a TV source on your audio system

speakers.

Audio sound on the TV speakers

Listen to audio sound on the speakers connected to the

TV.

Use a source present in one room

Activate a main or link room source from a link room.

The source type is only present in one room.

Useful hints

Main room source

Options

Link room source

Audio system

Use a link room source

Activate a link room source in a link room. The source
type is present in both rooms.

Use a main room source

Main room

Activate a main room source from a link room. The
source type is present in both rooms.

Stereo sound in a link room

If stereo sound is selected in the link room, you cannot
distribute other main room sources to the link room

1

system.*

To use all functions properly, the products must be set to the correct options. See p. 18.
This is the central source from which you can distribute sound and pictures to link room

sources.

This source is placed in the link room and through the source you can receive sound and

pictures from connected main room sources.

Only Bang & Olufsen audio systems with Master Link support integration with the T V.

Beo4 operation

17

… TV LIST TV

Select audio
speaker zone

… CD

zone

RADIO

Select source

TV

Select source

Select video source

Select audio source Select TV speaker

Operate source as usual

Operate source as usual

Select AV*

Select AV*

RADIO

Select source Operate source as usual

Select source Operate source as usual

2

Select video source

LIST

2

TV

CD

Select audio source

Link

TV

Press Select source

TV AV

Switch on TV

1

*Sound

Usually sound distributed from a main room video source, such as a
set-top box, to the link room is transmitted in mono. However, you can

select stereo sound.

Changes in link

room setup

If you move your link room products to other rooms, remember to get
your Beo5 remote control recongured by your Bang & Olufsen retailer.

Operate source as usual

DTV

Select main room source Press

LIST TV

Select LINK*

TV

Switch on TV

2

*NOTE! In order to display AV and LINK on

2

Select source

LIST

Select AV*

Operate source
as usual

DTV

2

Select main
room source

Beo4, you must rst add it to the Beo4 list of
functions. See the Guide enclosed with your

Beo4.

MASTER LINKMASTER LINK

18

1. Connect the audio system

2. Set option for TV

If your TV has been set up in an audio/ video
system, set it to the correct option. Switch
the entire system to standby rst and place
yourself in front of the TV.

Connect and set up an audio system

To obtain the benets of an integrated audio/video system, connect a

compatible Bang & Olufsen audio system to the TV using a Master Link
cable.

Connect the available sockets marked
MASTER LINK on the TV and the audio
system using a Master Link cable.

Option

and

Hold

Hold Press

and

Press

LIST

pgm

Press

LIST LIST 0 –9

Select OPTION? and

accept

…

Select zone in which T V

is placed

Select V.OP T Select

Option

3. Set option for audio system

Set the audio system to the correct option.
Switch the entire system to standby rst and
place yourself in front of the audio system.

Useful hints

TV and audio speakers

Choice of options

Option

and

Hold

Hold Press

Play a CD on your audio system using speakers connected to the TV, or switch on a TV
programme and send the sound to your audio system speakers.
If you have a Beo4 remote control, options for the T V can be 1, 2, or 4 in a main room and 5
or 6 in a link room. Options for the audio system can be 0, 1, 2, 5, 6. See also p. 21.

and

Press

LIST

pgm

Press

LIST LIST 0 –9

Select OPTION? and

accept

…

Select zone in which

audio system is placed

Select
A.OPT

Select
Option

Select options

Option 0Option 2

Option 1Option 1

Option 2Option 2

19

To set the correct options with the Beo5

remote control, you must select the zone in
which your product is placed, see p. 18. To
set the correct options with the Beo4 remote
control, you can get an overview of options

on this page.

Your audio/video system can be placed together in one room, or in two

rooms with the TV in one and the audio system with a set of speakers in

another.

The TV and audio system are set up in one

room with all speakers connected to the T V.
Set the TV to Option 2 and the audio system
to Option 0.

The TV with or without additional speakers

and an audio system with a connected set of

speakers are set up in one room.
Set the TV to Option 1 and the audio system
to Option 1.

Options For information about Option 4, 5 and 6, see pp. 21–22.

The audio system is set up in one room and

the TV with or without additional speakers in

another.

Set the TV to Option 2 and the audio system

to Option 2.

NOTE! Not all Bang & Olufsen audio systems

support integration with the TV.