BeoPort Guide
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Contents This Guide provides you with a complete overview of installation, basic aspects about configuration, and the principles of daily use. We recommend that you follow the listed sequence in the chapter Before you start… on page 5. In addition to this Guide, BeoPort contains an On-Screen Guide, accessible once you have installed BeoPort. Before you start…, 5 Follow this sequence of instructions to ensure flawless installation and fast access to BeoPort.
Before you start… To ensure a successful BeoPort installation, follow the sequence of instructions on this page exactly. 5 1 Make sure that your setup meets the requirements listed below 2 Setup your BeoPort (p. 6) 3 Connect BeoPort (p. 7) 4 Install BeoPort, including TV tuner card and driver (pp. 8–9) 5 Configure BeoPort (p. 10) 6 Register (p.
Setting up BeoPort 6 BeoPort can be set up in a variety of ways with other linkable Bang & Olufsen products. The example on this page shows one of many setup possibilities, as well as the connections you need to make for this setup. OPTION 6 Note that the use of video sources has limitations in some countries. Contact your retailer for further information. Turn to the next page for details about connecting BeoPort.
Master Link connection to a Bang & Olufsen system Power Link connection IR receiver connection IR Mains connection USB AUDIO IN USB connection POWER LINK MASTER LINK Audio connection to the PC sound card AUDIO OUT Master Link connection A Master Link connection enables you to distribute signals between your PC and Bang & Olufsen products throughout your home. IR receiver connection The IR socket is used for connecting an optional IR receiver to your PC.
Install BeoPort 8 Once you have inserted the BeoPort CD-rom into your CD-rom drive, the BeoPort installation menu appears on the screen. Select Install BeoPort to initiate the installation process. During this process you will be asked to decide whether you want to make an installation with a TV tuner card, or an installation without a TV tuner card. Choose the latter, if you either have a compatible, already working, TV tuner card installed, or if you don’t want to be able to watch TV on your PC screen.
To repair or upgrade your BeoPort installation Should elements of your BeoPort be missing, if e.g. files have been deleted, you can use the installation program to repair or upgrade your installation. > Select Run from the start menu and write X:\installguide.exe in the command line, substituting the X with the drive letter of your CD-rom drive. > In the Installation menu, select Repair/ upgrade your installation.
Configuration of BeoPort 10 Make your settings and adjustments for BeoPort in the Configuration menu*. This chapter tells you what to do, to be able to watch PC TV, including how to make the correct Option number setting. In addition, the Configuration menu contains a variety of choices which, depending on your specific setup, may be necessary to consider. Therefore, we urge you to click through the ‘Configuration menu’ and refer to the instructions in the On-Screen Guide for additional information.
Option setting Registration of BeoPort It is important that BeoPort is set to the correct Option, corresponding with your setup. Once you have initially configured BeoPort, you are prompted to register, if you have access to the Internet at that time. Although you can use BeoPort without it, registration is necessary in order to receive the service provided by CDDB*. Naturally, Bang & Olufsen handles the information provided during registration with utmost confidentiality.
Daily use 12 Once BeoPort is installed, call up the control bar – your navigator for all BeoPort functions. < PC TV Starting out Click on the B&O icon short-cut in your System tray to start up BeoPort. Move your mouse cursor to the far right and click the triangular tab (shown to the right) to call up the control bar. > PC TV N.MUSIC PC CD Click to switch on a source such as PC TV. If < > appears around a source – as shown to the left, then click on < or > to reveal additional sources.
Before you can play N.MUSIC N.MUSIC is the Bang & Olufsen term for music stored on a PC, music obtained, for example, from the Internet or from audio CD’s. This chapter describes what you need to do, before you can play N.MUSIC. Once you have performed a scan as shown on this page, simply refer to ‘Daily use’ for further information, as well as to the Onscreen Guide for in-depth instructions. Scan your PC for tracks When you select the source N.
Index Beo4 remote control Option IR receiver in a system setup, 6 What is Option setting?, 6 CDDB Requirements CDDB information and registration, 11 Hardware, operating system, browser, and TV tuner card requirements, 5 Configuration Registration Auto-tuning the TV tuner card, 10 Calling up the Configuration menu, 10 Manual tuning of the TV tuner card, 10 Option setting, 6 and 11 Register your BeoPort, 11 Scan Connections Scan your PC for tracks, 13 Master Link, Power Link, Audio, USB, IR r
NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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