Harman OBVENUE User Manual

JBL OnBeat™ VenUe

Quick Setup Guide

WeLcOme

Thank you for purchasing the JBL OnBeat™ Venue iPad dock. This quick setup guide will
show you how to connect and set up your dock. To download the free JBL Amp-Up App
and JBL Musicflow App for your portable device, please go to www.jbl.com.

cOnnectIOnS

1. If you are going to use your OnBeat Venue with another audio source, plug one end of
a 3.5mm (1/8”) stereo cable (not supplied) into the OnBeat Venue’s Aux In connector,
and plug the other end into the audio source’s audio out or headphone out connector.

2. If you are going to use your
OnBeat Venue with a video
display, use a component video
cable (not supplied) to connect
the OnBeat Venue’s Component
Video Out jacks to the video
display’s component video
inputs. When you play audio/
video content on the device
the video will appear on the
connected display.

3. Plug the OnBeat Venue’s power
supply into the Power connector
on the unit and into a working
AC power outlet. The OnBeat
Venue will automatically turn
on and go into the Bluetooth
pairing mode (the Bluetooth
LED will be flashing blue).

Power

Connector

Aux

Input

Component

Video Out

PLACEMENT

Place OnBeat Venue on a shelf or table with the rear of its enclosure is at least 3” (76mm)
away from a wall or other surface to allow the bass ports to operate properly.

CONTROLS AND INDICATORS

Dock Input

LED

EQ

Button

Aux Input

LED

Bluetooth

LED

Bass Boost

Button

Bass Boost button: Press this button to enhance the bass performance. The button’s
LED will illuminate when Bass Boost is on.

EQ button: The JBL OnBeat Venue has five equalizer (EQ) modes that adjust the tone
quality to suit different types of programs: Pop Music (default), Gaming, Movie, Rock Music
and Jazz Music, in that order. Each press of the button will advance to the next EQ mode.
The button’s LED will illuminate solid white when the EQ setting is Pop Music (default); on
all other EQ settings the button’s LED will be off.

Note: You can also change the EQ setting from a docked device that has the JBL Musicflow
app installed. The EQ settings between the app and the OnBeat Venue unit will sync so
that when you use the OnBeat Venue’s EQ button to change the EQ setting the setting in
the JBL Musicflow app will automatically change.

Source
Button

Power

Button

Volume Up/Down
Buttons

Docking Slide (open)

Docking Connector

Source button: Press this button to cycle through the audio sources: Bluetooth, iPod/
iPhone/iPad dock and Aux Input. The input LED for the active source will illuminate.

• If you begin to stream audio from a paired Bluetooth device or play audio from a

device connected to the dock while another source is playing, the OnBeat Venue will
automatically switch to the new source.

Aux Input LED: This LED illuminates when the Aux Input is the active source.

Dock Input LED: This LED illuminates when the iPod/iPhone/iPad dock is the active

source.

Bluetooth LED: This LED flashes blue when the OnBeat Venue is in the Bluetooth pairing
mode, and turns solid blue when it has successfully paired with a Bluetooth device.

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