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B E O L I N K A C T I V E 1

With the BeoLink Active kit and a pair

of active 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 Active and your extra speakers.

But this is not all. You can even control

the daily playback functions in your

main system via the BeoLink Active,

using the Beo4 remote control.

This guide explains how...

Users guide

2

C O N T E N T S 3

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 Active sound

10 Using the Beolink 1000 remote

control

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

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

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

..Music in other rooms

Your main Bang & Olufsen system (audio, video, or AV) and your BeoLink Active 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 Active setup.

The BeoLink Active kit and your active 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 Active room.

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

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

This guide explains how...

Operating BeoLink Active 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 Active.

Include your BeoLink Active 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 Active 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 Active.

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

Sound control

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 Active room can be included as well.

To do so, just press the TIMER key on the BeoLink Active receiver. A small red light in the TIMER key indicates that your BeoLink Active 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 indepen- dently of your main Bang & Olufsen system.

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

Note: See page 9 for further information about sound.

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

The lower key marked PLAY on the BeoLink Active 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 Active room.

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

If you keep your finger on PLAY for two seconds, both the BeoLink Active 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.

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

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Using the Beo4 remote control

The Beo4 remote control* gives you the full benefit of your BeoLink Active setup:

When you operate the BeoLink Active 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 loud- speakers.

The Beo4 remote control and your BeoLink Active 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 Active

receiver. Via your BeoLink installation, BeoLink Active 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.

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Controlling your main system

Via the BeoLink Active 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 Active.

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 specific 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 Active setup, simply press the red stand-by button on the Beo4 remote control briefly.

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

Note: The functions mentioned on these pages are only available in your BeoLink Active 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.

Audio sources... Switches on the radio

Starts the CD player

Starts the tape recorder

Video sources... Switches on the TV

Switches on to satellite TV

Starts the video tape recorder

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

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

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

RADIO

CD

A TAPE

TV

SAT

V TAPE

0

9

STOP

through

or

or ss

tt

GO

> Remote operation Controlling your main system8

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

control right on the middle, while the BeoLink Active is in stand-by, corresponds to pressing PLAY directly on the BeoLink Active 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 Active setup in the same room as your main Bang & Olufsen system, you must program the BeoLink Active accordingly (see how in the Setting-up guide). In that case, to start playing a source in your main system via your BeoLink Active 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.

ss

tt

1

6

through

or

:

LIST

1

1

then

Press to change to the next or previous CD

Key in a disc number directly to hear a specific CD

Press to search forward on a CD

Press to search backwards on a CD

To select a particular track on one CD Press until TRACK* is displayed

Key in a track number, e.g. number 11

Press briefly to switch off the BeoLink Active

On a multi CD player

*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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Adjusting BeoLink Active sound

The sound in your BeoLink Active 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 cue A.SETUP*. When you press GO and LIST again, you may now adjust the sound coming out of the speakers in your BeoLink Active setup by means of the cues BASS, TREBLE and LOUDNESS.

Then use the step buttons or , GO, and ss or tt 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 Active.

However, all you have to do to turn your adjustment into a permanent setting of your BeoLink Active 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, SPEAKER, and RESET on Beo4, you must add the functions to Beo4. See Beo4s own Users guide and the chapter, Customising your Beo4, for further instruction.

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*

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*

Press to display S.STORE

Press to store your new sound levels as a permanent setting of your BeoLink Active speakers

LIST

or ss

tt

LIST

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then

GO

LIST

then GO

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GO

GO

or

or

Using the Beolink 1000 remote control

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

For detailed information about Beolink 1000 operation, please refer to the Beolink 1000 Users guide.

In order to adjust sound in your BeoLink Active setup, you must use the SOUND button on the Beolink 1000 remote control: Press SOUND once to adjust balance Press SOUND twice to adjust bass Press SOUND three times to adjust

treble Press SOUND four times to adjust

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.

>Remote operation

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 programs; or to step from track to track on a CD or a tape

Alternatively, key in the exact 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 on a CD Fast forwards a tape; searches forwards on a CD

Press to resume playing

Press briefly to switch off the BeoLink Active

RADIO

CD

A. TAPE

TV

SAT

V. TAPE

0

9

STOP

PLAY

through

or

or

11

Nice to know... Pressing MUTE on the Beolink terminal,

while the BeoLink Active is in stand-by, corresponds to pressing PLAY directly on the BeoLink Active 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 Active 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 DVD/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 Active setup in the same room as your main Bang & Olufsen system, you must program the BeoLink Active accordingly (see how in the Setting- up guide). In that case, to start playing a source in your main system via your BeoLink Active speakers, press: LINK then RADIO, CD, or A.TAPE or LINK, AV then TV, SAT or V.TAPE.

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