Bang Olufsen Beolink Passive User's Guide PDF

1B E O L I N K P A S S I V E

With the BeoLink Passive kit and

a pair of Passive Bang & Olufsen

loudspeakers your main Bang &

Olufsen system gets an extra

dimension.

Now you can play any source you like

(audio or video) in your main system

and listen to it via your BeoLink

installation in the room with the

BeoLink Passive and your extra

speakers.

But this is not all. You can even control

the daily playback functions in your

main system via the BeoLink Passive,

using the Beo4 remote control.

This guide explains how...

Users guide

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C O N T E N T S

4 Nice to know about...

..Music in other rooms

5 Close-up operation

Sound control

Timer Play control

Volume adjustment

6 Remote operation

Using the Beo4 remote control

7 Controlling your main system

8 Nice to know

9 Adjusting BeoLink Passive sound

10 Using the Beolink 1000 remote

control

This guide describes how to operate your BeoLink Passive setup (BeoLink Passive kit and a pair of passive Bang & Olufsen loudspeakers).

The separate Setting-up guide, which is also enclosed with the BeoLink Passive kit, describes in detail how to install the BeoLink Passive with your Bang & Olufsen loudspeakers, and it describes how to make the BeoLink Passive ready for use.

4 N I C E T O K N O W A B O U T

Music in other rooms

The BeoLink Passive kit and your passive Bang & Olufsen loudspeakers give your main Bang & Olufsen system an extra dimension:

You can listen to any source you like from your main system (audio or video) in your BeoLink Passive room.

You can control a number of functions in your main system from your BeoLink Passive room - using the Beo4 remote control.

BeoLink Passive and the two speakers will give you the full benet of the high-quality stereo sound produced by your main system.

This guide explains how

Operating BeoLink Passive close-up, you can: Switch on to the radio (or TV) program that

was last playing in your main Bang & Olufsen system, or listen-in on a source (audio/video) that is currently playing.

Adjust the volume level in the two loudspeakers connected to the BeoLink Passive.

Include your BeoLink Passive room in a Timer Play programming of your main system.

Using the Beo4 remote control, you can: Switch on any source you like in your main

Bang & Olufsen system (audio/video) via the BeoLink Passive receiver.

Operate all the daily playback functions for the source that is currently playing.

Adjust the sound in the two loudspeakers connected to the BeoLink Passive.

Your main Bang & Olufsen system (audio, video, or AV) and your BeoLink Passive setup must be interconnected by a Bang & Olufsen BeoLink installation.

You will then be able to listen to any source from your main system (and even to control the source) in the room with your BeoLink Passive setup.

5 C L O S E - U P O P E R A T I O N

Sound control

The lower key marked PLAY on the BeoLink Passive receiver enables you to listen-in on a source that is currently playing in your main Bang & Olufsen system.

If no source is playing, pressing PLAY will switch on the radio* program that was last playing.

No matter how, whenever you press PLAY , the sound from your main system will be heard instantaneously in your BeoLink Passive room.

Press PLAY again briey, and the BeoLink Passive switches off - a small, red light (stand-by indicator) appears in the PLAY key.

If you keep your nger on PLAY for two seconds, both the BeoLink Passive and your main system will switch off simultaneously.

* Note: If your main system consists of a Bang & Olufsen video system only (with no audio sources), pressing PLAY will switch on the TV program that was last playing.

Note: If your main Bang & Olufsen system is in stand-by when you switch on the BeoLink Passive, you will only get sound in the speakers in your BeoLink Passive room - the loudspeakers in your main system will not be cut in.

Timer Play control

If you have programmed your main Bang & Olufsen system to start playing automatically (Timer Play) - for example to wake you up in the morning - the speakers in your BeoLink Passive room can be included as well.

To do so, just press the TIMER key on the BeoLink Passive receiver. A small red light in the TIMER key indicates that your BeoLink Passive room will be included as well, whenever your main system starts playing a Timer Play programming.

Press TIMER again to cut out the Timer function (the red light disappears).

Volume adjustment

Volume is adjusted quite independently of your main Bang & Olufsen system.

By pressing the volume buttons or on the BeoLink Passive receiver, you can raise or lower the volume level in the loudspeakers as you like.

Note: See page 9 for further information about sound.

The small circular BeoLink Passive receiver has three keys for close-up operation...

TIMER

PLAY

6 R E M O T E O P E R A T I O N

Beo4 illustration by DAM

Using the Beo4 remote control

The Beo4 remote control* gives you the full benet of your BeoLink Passive setup:

When you operate the BeoLink Passive close-up, you will either switch on to the radio (or TV) program that was last playing in your main system, or you will listen- in on a source that is currently playing.

The Beo4 remote control enables you to switch on the exact source you wish to listen to from your main Bang & Olufsen system (audio and video), and to control the daily playback functions for that source.

The daily playback functions are carried out just as if you were operating your main system directly, using the Beo4 remote control.

Furthermore, Beo4 is the key to adjusting the sound in the two loudspeakers.

The Beo4 remote control and your BeoLink Passive setup respond readily to your instructions - giving you sound in the speakers within seconds after pressing the button.

See how on the next few pages

Any operation you carry out using the Beo4 remote control is received by the BeoLink Passive

receiver. Via your BeoLink installation, BeoLink Passive communicates your instruction to your

main Bang & Olufsen system

* Note: The Beo4 remote control is available as an optional extra at your Bang & Olufsen dealer.

TV LIGHT RADIO

DTV DVD CD

V MEM RECORD A MEM

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TEXT 0 MENU

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STOP

GO TIMER

PLAY

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Audio sources... Switches on the radio

Starts the CD player

Starts the tape recorder Video sources... Switches on the TV

Switches on to Satellite

Starts the video tape recorder

Press to step through your programs; or to step from track to track on a or CD or a tape

Alternatively, key in the exact program or track number you want through

Press to pause your CD player, or your audio or video tape recorder

On an audio or video tape recorder and on a single CD player Rewinds a tape; searches backwards on a CD in a single CD player Fast forwards a tape; searches forwards on a CD in a single CD player

Press to resume playing

> See the next page for further information about searching

Controlling your main system

Via the BeoLink Passive receiver, you can switch on any source (audio/ video) you like from your main Bang & Olufsen system - and listen to it on the speakers connected to the BeoLink Passive.

To do so, simply press the appropriate source button on the Beo4 remote control.

While the source is playing, you can switch programs, listen to specic tracks, stop and resume playback, search and wind, etc.

The button sequences to the right on this page show you how...

To switch off your BeoLink Passive setup, simply press the red stand-by button on the Beo4 remote control briey.

If you keep pressing the stand-by button for two seconds, you will switch off both the BeoLink Passive and your main Bang & Olufsen system.

Note: The functions mentioned on these pages are only available in your BeoLink Passive room in so far as the source in question is included in your main Bang & Olufsen system - and provided the source supports the function.

For further information about these functions, please refer to the Users guide for your main Bang & Olufsen system.

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8 > Remote operation Controlling your main system

Nice to know about BeoLink Passive and Beo4... Pressing the volume button on the Beo4

remote control right on the middle, while the BeoLink Passive is in stand-by, corresponds to pressing PLAY directly on the BeoLink Passive receiver (see page 5).

To start playback on a Bang & Olufsen record player in your main system, just press LIST to display [PHONO]* then GO. Pressing or while you are listening to a record will make the record player step through the music in 8 mm steps.

To start playback on a secondary audio- or video tape recorder in your main Bang & Olufsen system, press LIST to display A.TAPE2* or V.TAPE2* then GO.

To switch mono/stereo sound or language on a radio, TV or satellite program; or to switch sound track on a video tape, press LIST to display SOUND* then GO repeatedly.

If you use your BeoLink Passive setup in the same room as your main Bang & Olufsen system, you must program the BeoLink Passive accordingly (see how in the Setting-up guide).

In that case, to start playing a source in your main system via your BeoLink Passive speakers, press:

LIST to display LINK* then RADIO, CD, or A.TAPE

or LIST to display LINK* then TV, SAT or V.TAPE.

*Note: In order to display PHONO, A.TAPE2, V.TAPE2, SOUND, and LINK on Beo4, you must add the functions to Beo4. See Beo4s own Users guide and the chapter, Customising your Beo4, for further instruction.

On a multi CD player

N Press to change to the next or or previous CD L

1 Key in a disc number directly to through hear a specic CD 6

Y Press to search forward on a CD

X Press to search backwards on a CD

To select a particular track on one CD q Press until TRACK* is displayed then 1 Key in a track number, e.g. number

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Press briey to switch off the

BeoLink Passive

*Note: In order to display TRACK on Beo4, you must add the function to Beo4. See Beo4s own Users guide and the chapter, Customising your Beo4, for further instruction.

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Raises the volume

Lowers the volume

Press right on the middle to silence the speakers immediately Press again to recall the sound

Press to display SPEAKER*

Adjusts balance to the left Adjusts balance to the right

Press to display A.SETUP* then

Press to display BASS More bass Less bass

Press to display TREBLE

More treble Less treble

Press to display LOUDNSS

Sets loudness on/off

Adjust the various sound levels to your liking, then

Press to display A.SETUP* then

Press to display S.STORE Press to store the new sound levels as a permanent setting of your BeoLink Passive speakers

Adjusting BeoLink Passive sound

The sound in your BeoLink Passive setup is adjusted quite independently from your main Bang & Olufsen system:

You can, of course, adjust volume any time by pressing or on the Beo4 remote control; or you can press the volume button right on the middle to silence the speakers completely.

Each time you press the LIST button on the Beo4 remote control, a new cue appears in the display.

When you have found the cue for the function you want, you must press the GO button to switch on (activate) the function.

Pressing LIST enables you to access the cues A.SETUP*. When you press GO and LIST again, you may now adjust the sound coming out of the speakers in your BeoLink Passive setup by means of the cues [BASS], [TREBLE] and [LOUDNESS].

Then use the step buttons or , GO, and l or n to adjust as required. See how to the right on this page...

All the sound levels will be reset to their original settings when you switch off the BeoLink Passive.

However, all you have to do to turn your adjustment into a permanent setting of your BeoLink Passive setup is press LIST to display A.SETUP* then GO. Press LIST again to display S.STORE then GO.

Please note All the current sound levels (volume, balance,

bass, treble and loudness) will be stored simultaneously.

If you wish to adjust sound levels for video sources, you must display V.SETUP* on Beo4 instead of A.SETUP*.

Pressing LIST to display RESET* and then GO resets your sound adjustment - if it hasnt been stored.

*Note: In order to display A.SETUP, V.SETUP, [RESET], and [SPEAKER] on Beo4, you must add the functions to Beo4. See Beo4s own Users guide and the chapter, Customising your Beo4, for further instruction.

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Audio sources... Switches on the radio

Starts the CD player

Starts the tape recorder To turn the tape to play the other side, press SHIFT then SOUND

Video sources... Switches on the TV

Switches on to satellite TV

Starts the video tape recorder

Press to step through your or programs; or to step from track to track on a CD or a tape

Alternatively, key in the exact through program or track number you want

Press to pause your CD player, or your audio or video tape recorder

(Press STOP twice to stop the VTR completely before winding)

Rewinds a tape; searches backwards or on a CD Fast forwards a tape; searches

forwards on a CD

Press to resume playing

Press briey to switch off the BeoLink Passive

> Remote operation

Using the Beolink 1000 remote control

The Bang & Olufsen Beolink 1000 remote control may also be used to operate the BeoLink Passive.

In order to adjust sound in your BeoLink Passive setup, you must use the SOUND button on the Beolink 1000 terminal. Press SOUND repeatedly in order to adjust the four sound elements; balance, bass, treble, and loudness*.

*Note: For the actual adjusting, you must use the << or >> buttons to adjust balance and the and buttons to adjust bass, treble, and loudness.

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MUTE

PICTURE

STORE

SOUND

GO TOTEXT

PLAY

MIXLARGE

A.TAPE

PHONO

LIGHT

LINK

RECORD

SHIFT

V.TAPE

BANG & OLUFSEN

AV

STOP

RADIO

CD

TV

SAT

MENU

RADIO

CD

A.TAPE

TV

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STOP

PLAY

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Nice to know... Pressing MUTE on the Beolink 1000, while the

BeoLink Passive is in stand-by, corresponds to pressing PLAY directly on the BeoLink Passive receiver (see page 5).

If you try to switch on a source in your main Bang & Olufsen system, and you get the sound from a different source in your BeoLink Passive speakers, it may be because a recording (audio or video) is progressing in your main system. You will then be hearing the sound that is being recorded instead. This special lock function ensures that the recording will not be spoiled.

To start playback on a Bang & Olufsen record player in your main system, just press the PHONO button. Pressing or while you are listening to a record will make the record player step through the music in 8 mm steps.

To start playback on a secondary audio- or video tape recorder in your main Bang & Olufsen system, press SHIFT then A.TAPE or V.TAPE.

To switch on a CDV player connected to your main video system, press SHIFT then SAT.

To switch mono/stereo sound or language on a radio, TV or satellite program; or to switch sound track on a video tape, press SHIFT then SOUND - repeatedly.

If you use your BeoLink Passive setup in the same room as your main Bang & Olufsen system, you must program the BeoLink Passive accordingly (see how in the Setting-up guide).

In that case, to start playing a source in your main system via your BeoLink Passive speakers, press:

LINK then RADIO, CD, or A.T