BeoVision 7
Contents Menu overview, 3 Adaptive Sound Technology, 27 The pincode system, 49 See an overview of on-screen menus. How to set up loudspeakers and optimise How to use the pincode system. the sound experience with Adaptive Sound Blu-ray menu overview, 4 Set up your remote control, 51 Technology. See an overview of the Blu-ray menu. Tell the television if the navigation button on Adjust picture and sound settings, 32 your remote control is enabled or disabled.
Menu overview 1. TUNING 3D DISPLAY 2. 3.
Blu-ray menu overview 1. SETUP 2. 3.
Navigate in menus Beo6 If you operate your television with the AY O P PL ST If your Beo6 is set up to be used without Beo6 remote control, you use the centre navigation button, press STOP to back up button with up, down, left and right through menus and BACK to exit menus. movement to navigate in menus. Press BA in the middle of the centre button to Note that a Beo6 should be reconfigured confirm selections and settings in menus. when you add new products to your setup.
First-time setup The setup procedure is activated when the television is connected to the mains and switched on for the first time. You are led through an automatic series of on-screen menus in which you must register the extra equipment you have connected, such as a projector and loudspeakers. The sequence of menus in first-time setup If you change your setup at a later date, you can access the same menus and update your settings.
>> First-time setup Adaptive Sound Technology enabled: SOUND SETUP … Enter the LISTENING SPEAKER SETUP … In this menu, you register PRESETS menu and select a PRESET field. the speaker type in the menu.
Choose menu language The menu language you choose during the first-time setup of your television can be changed at any time. You can select the language for on- Once a menu language is chosen, all menus and display messages are shown in this language. > Bring up the TV SETUP menu and highlight screen menus via the TV SETUP menu. The text on the screen changes as you move from language to language. OPTIONS. > Press the centre button to bring up the OPTIONS menu and highlight MENU LANGUAGE.
Set positions for the television to turn to If your television is equipped with the optional motorised stand, you can tilt and turn it using the remote control. Furthermore, you can program the television to tilt and turn automatically to face your favourite viewing position when you switch on the television. It can tilt and turn to a different position when you listen to, for example, a connected radio, and tilt or turn away to a standby position when you switch it off.
Tuner setup If you disable the TV tuner or DVB tuner, you can activate a connected peripheral unit with the TV or DTV button. To disable the internal tuner … > Bring up the TV SETUP menu and highlight OPTIONS. > Press the centre button to bring up the TUNER SETUP TV TUNER DVB ON ON OPTIONS menu, and highlight TUNER SETUP. > Press the centre button to bring up the TUNER SETUP menu and highlight TV The TUNING menu is only available if the TV TUNER.
Connections The connection panel on your television allows you to connect signal input cables as well as a variety of extra equipment, such as a video recorder or a linked Bang & Olufsen music system. POWER LINK 1 DVB-S SUB DVB-T/C Any equipment you connect to these sockets must be registered in the CONNECTIONS menu. For further information, see page 15. ANALOGUE POWER LINK 2–6 Loudspeakers Before you connect any equipment to your television, remember to disconnect the television from the mains.
Home Automation system IR-IN PUC 1+2 PROJECTOR OUT >> Connections CINEMA CONTROL Home cinema setup with a projector and a home automation system Use a projector or connect a home automation system to the TV so you can ML control room lights and curtains. If the built-in receiver for the remote control signals (IR-receiver) is hidden behind the lowered projection screen, you must set up an external IR-receiver, as well.
>> Connections Control In the AV menus you can select how a IR-transmitters: To operate non-Bang & PUC controlled product is connected. Olufsen products with a Bang & Olufsen You can choose between PLUG (cable) PLUG STB and IR (IR Blaster). If you select PLUG, remote control, attach a Bang & Olufsen IRtransmitter to each of the products. Connect you must choose between MODULATION each transmitter to the corresponding socket ON and MODULATION OFF. For marked PUC on the main connection panel.
>> Connections Connect and use a PC Bring up the computer image on the IMPORTANT! Before connecting a PC to screen the television, disconnect the television, To see the computer picture on the screen, the computer, and all equipment you must bring it up with your remote control. connected to the computer from the mains. To bring up the computer picture … > Press PC to bring up the picture.
Register additional video equipment If you connect additional video equipment to your television, you must register the equipment in the CONNECTIONS menu. When the television is first set up, some of the equipment connected at that particular moment is detected by the television. The CONNECTIONS menu appears automatically on the screen during first-time setup for you to register connected equipment, if it is not detected automatically by the television.
>> Register additional video equipment What’s on the AV1 – AV6 menus … SOURCE … Select the source you have HDMI … Indicates whether or not the equipment is connected to the television connected. The option you select indicates via one of the HDMI sockets. Select the which remote control button switches on appropriate socket. the source. For example, a source (SOUND INPUT) … Indicates the sound signal registered as V.MEM is switched on when used. This option is only available when you press the V.
>> Register additional video equipment Standby options … When you register a non-Bang & Olufsen product in the CONNECTIONS menu, you can also select different STANDBY OPTIONS for your product. This means that you can select if the connected product should switch to standby automatically. The options are: OFF AT SOURCE CHANGE … The product switches to standby immediately when you select another source. OFF AT TV STANDBY … The product switches to standby when you switch the television to standby.
Edit tuned TV channels If automatic tuning of all channels has not stored the channels on your preferred channel numbers or has not named all the stored channels automatically, you can rearrange the order in which the channels appear and provide them with a name of your own choice. If the tuned channels require additional editing, such as fine tuning, use the MANUAL TUNING menu, see page 20. For tuning of your digital channels, see the guide for the DVB module.
>> Edit tuned TV channels Name tuned channels … Delete tuned channels … > In the EDIT CHANNELS menu highlight the > In the EDIT CHANNELS menu highlight the channel you wish to name. > Press the green button to be able to name the channel. The naming menu is now activated. > Use the navigation button up and down to find the individual characters in the name. > Move between character places with the navigation button left or right. > Press the centre button to store the name.
>> Edit tuned TV channels Adjust tuned channels You can store TV channels on channel If the item TV SYSTEM appears on the menu, numbers of their own. Fine tune the then make sure that the correct broadcast channel reception, indicate the presence system is displayed before you begin tuning: of coded channels and choose appropriate B/G … for PAL/SECAM BG sound types for the individual channels. I… for PAL I L… for SECAM L M… for NTSC M > Bring up the TV SETUP menu and highlight TUNING.
Re-tune or add channels You can make your television find your TV channels for you. You can re-tune all your TV channels by Preset up to 99 different TV channels on channel numbers of their own and give each channel a distinct name. add a new channel or update a tuned You can tune in new channels, for example, if you move – or re‑tune previously deleted channels. When tuning in channels via the ADD CHANNEL menu, your previously tuned channels are left unchanged.
Loudspeaker setup – surround sound Add Power Link speakers and a BeoLab subwoofer to your television and you have a surround sound system. A surround sound setup fits easily into your living room. Let the picture determine your ideal viewing and listening position. You get the best sound experience in the area created by the speakers. If you have several speakers and a Beo6 remote control, you can enjoy the advantages of Adaptive Sound Technology instead of the setup described in this chapter. See page 27.
>> Loudspeaker setup – surround sound Assign roles to speakers The speakers you connect to the TV SPEAKER ROLES television can have more than one role. G If, for example, you only use one set of front speakers when you watch TV on 2 F A your television screen, you can turn your chair ninety degrees towards a projector screen and use those same speakers as right front and rear speakers in a surround sound system for Home cinema.
>> Loudspeaker setup – surround sound Set speaker distance Switch on the television from your favourite viewing position. Enter the straight-line distances in metres between your position and the individual speakers. To set the speaker distances … > Bring up the TV SETUP menu and highlight OPTIONS. > Press the centre button to bring up the SPEAKER DISTANCE CENTRE LEFT FRONT RIGHT FRONT LEFT SURROUND RIGHT SURROUND LEFT BACK RIGHT BACK 1.0 M 1.0 M 1.0 M 1.0 M 1.0 M 1.0 M 1.
>> Loudspeaker setup – surround sound Calibrate the sound level When you have connected speakers in a To calibrate the sound level … surround sound setup to the television, > Bring up the TV SETUP menu and highlight you must perform a speaker calibration. OPTIONS. > Press the centre button to bring up the A calibration sound is produced alternately in each of the speakers you have connected in your surround sound setup.
>> Loudspeaker setup – surround sound See the name of the active sound system You can see the name of the active sound system for a source or programme on the screen. However, it is not possible to adjust or preset a sound system. To see the active sound system … > Bring up the TV SETUP menu and highlight OPTIONS. > Press the centre button to bring up the OPTIONS menu and highlight SOUND. > Press the centre button to bring up the SOUND SETUP menu and highlight SOUND SYSTEM.
Adaptive Sound Technology Your system is equipped with Adaptive Sound Technology which allows you to enjoy an optimal sound experience with a multiple speaker setup even though your speakers are not placed correctly for your listening position. The Adaptive Sound Technology feature in the television uses all connected speakers to create the ultimate sound experience of perfectly placed speakers.
>> Adaptive Sound Technology Points A and B For Adaptive Sound Technology to A(2) B(2) A figure out the exact position of each (1) speaker, you will need to decide on two fixed points, Point A and Point B, before you can enter the settings of the speaker setup menu. These points could, for example, be on a wall. Guidelines for fixing Point A and Point B: B 1 Fix the points in the edge of a room, so all (1) speakers are placed on the same side of an imaginary line between Point A and Point B.
>> Adaptive Sound Technology Set up the speakers A Set the speaker types and the distances from Points A and B to each speaker, to the left and right side of the television screen and a projector screen, to a viewing position and the distance between the two points. Set speaker type and distance … B > Bring up the TV SETUP menu and highlight OPTIONS. > Press the centre button to bring up the OPTIONS menu and highlight SOUND.
>> Adaptive Sound Technology Listening presets Select the speakers to be activated in TV To set speaker presets … mode and, if you have connected a > Bring up the TV SETUP menu and highlight projector, in Cinema mode. You can also make up to five customised listening presets, such as at the dining table or in a favourite armchair. Select three to seven* speakers and up to two subwoofers to be activated for a preset and determine the distance from your OPTIONS.
>> Adaptive Sound Technology LISTENING PRESETS TV CINEMA DINING READING CLEANING PARTY … Name a customised preset Delete a customised preset You can name your customised listening You can delete any customised listening presets in the television menu yourself. preset you do not want. Your retailer can help you name the customised listening presets in the Beo6 To delete a customised preset … display.
Adjust picture and sound settings Picture and sound settings are preset from the factory to neutral values which suit most viewing and listening situations. However, if you wish, you can adjust these settings to your liking. Adjust picture brightness, contrast or colour. Sound settings include volume, bass and treble. Store your picture and sound settings temporarily – until your television is switched off – or store them permanently. Activate GAME MODE if you connect a game console to your television.
>> Adjust picture and sound settings Game mode If you connect a game console or play a To activate GAME MODE via the TV PC game using the television as a SETUP menu … monitor, you can activate ‘Game mode’. > Bring up the TV SETUP menu and Game mode minimises the delay caused by signal processing. The television remembers if Game mode was activated highlight OPTIONS. > Press the centre button to bring up the OPTIONS menu and highlight PICTURE. the last time each source was selected.
>> Adjust picture and sound settings Adjust volume, bass or treble Sound settings are preset at the factory To adjust sound … to neutral values which suit most > Bring up the TV SETUP menu and highlight listening situations. However, if you wish, you can adjust these settings to your liking. OPTIONS. > Press the centre button to bring up the OPTIONS menu and highlight SOUND.
Set up 3D television You can set up preferences for watching 3D television, such as selecting if the television should automatically switch to 3D mode, when automatic 3D signalling is available. In addition, you can adjust the sharpness of the picture. If your TV is equipped with the optional Blu-ray player, you can also use it to play 3D Blu-ray discs.
>> Set up 3D television You can fine tune the 3D experience and remove shadows to make the picture perfectly sharp. This menu is greyed out if you are not in one of the 3D modes or if you are in CINEMA mode. To adjust 3D sharpness … > Bring up the TV SETUP menu and highlight 3D DISPLAY. > Press the centre button to bring up the 3D DISPLAY menu and highlight 3D SETTINGS. > Press the centre button to bring up the 3D SETTINGS menu, and highlight 3D SHARPNESS.
Daily use of speaker combinations You can extend your television into a surround sound system by adding Bang & Olufsen loudspeakers and up to two BeoLab subwoofers. When you switch on one of the sources, the television automatically selects the appropriate speakers, depending on what kind of sound suits the source you are using.
See two sources at the same time Your remote control gives you access to a dual-screen function for viewing two video sources at the same time. You can also bring up a video source and an audio source at the same time. For example, you can view a video playback and a TV programme at the same time, provided that the selected sources are available in your system. While watching a programme or recording, you can divide the screen between the current programme or recording and a new programme or recording.
Home cinema If you connect a projector, you can turn your television into a Home cinema. When you switch to the Home cinema setup, the television switches the picture from its own screen to the projector screen and activates the appropriate speakers. Switch to Home cinema If a projector is connected, you can use your remote control and move the picture from the television screen onto a projector screen for a special occasion or movie.
Set the television to switch itself on or off Your television has a built in Sleep Timer which means that you can make it switch off after a designated number of minutes. You can also make your television switch itself on and off automatically via the timed play and timed standby functions, for example, if there is a programme you do not want to miss. Enter as many as six Timer settings, and bring up an onscreen list of the Timer settings you have entered.
>> Set the television to switch itself on or off Timed play and timed standby View, edit or delete a Timer You can preset your television to start Bring up an on-screen list of the settings and stop automatically at the same time you have entered. From this list, you can and day every week. edit or delete your Timer settings.
>> Set the television to switch itself on or off Standby settings The television can be set to switch itself to standby after some time with no operation. The factory setting is 4 hours. This function only applies in video mode STANDBY SETTINGS AUTO STANDBY POWER SAVING 4 HOURS OFF not in audio mode. To make standby settings … > Bring up the TV SETUP menu and highlight OPTIONS. > Press the centre button to bring up the STANDBY SETTINGS menu.
Wake-up Timer You can make the television wake you up in the morning. The Wake-up Timer is a onceonly Timer, it lasts for one hour. Like an alarm clock it is disabled once it has been executed. It applies only to the television it has been programmed on. Once you have made one Wake-up Timer, the television automatically suggests the time you entered for the latest Wake-up Timer when you enter a new one. Wake-up Timers can of course also be disabled again.
>> Wake-up Timer Check or delete a Wake-up Timer You can bring up the settings for the Wake-up Timer to check the time or to disable the Wake-up Timer by setting it to OFF. To change settings for a Wake-up Timer TIMER SETUP TIMER ON/OFF TIMER INDEX TIMER PROGRAMMING WAKE UP TIMER or delete it … > Bring up the TV SETUP menu and highlight PLAY TIMER. > Press the centre button to bring up the PLAY TIMER menu and highlight WAKE UP TIMER. > Press the centre button to bring up the WAKE UP TIMER menu.
Set the time and date When you preset your television to switch itself on or off at a particular time, or when you preset a timed recording of a programme on a connected Bang & Olufsen recorder, the clock ensures that these features are switched on and off at the right times. The simplest way to set the clock is to synchronise it with a tuned TV channel’s teletext service via the CLOCK menu.
Settings and preferences for the Blu-ray player The Blu-ray menus offer options for settings and adjustments. Here you find detailed information about the individual menus. For an overview of the Blu-ray menu structure, see page 4. Bring up the SETUP menu What’s on the ACCESS CONTROL menu … > Press DVD Setup to bring up the DVD When you enter the ACCESS CONTROL SETUP menu. (Beo4: Press LIST and use menu, you are asked to enter and confirm the navigation button up or down to bring your access code.
>> Settings and preferences for the Blu-ray player To disable the Parental Lock … IMPORTANT! You can disable the Parental Lock completely if, for example, you have forgotten your access code. You must remove the disc from the Blu-ray player and make sure the loader is closed before you disable the Parental Lock. > Press DVD to activate the Blu-ray player. > Press Menu twice to bring up the TV SETUP menu. (Beo4: Press MENU twice). > Use the navigation button down to move the cursor down to the OPTIONS menu.
Blu-ray player – media browser You can play music and browse your photos stored on a USB device or data disc on your television. You get access to the MEDIA BROWSER menu, when you insert a data disc or USB device in your television. Use the media browser During playback of your music, you can see the NOW PLAYING menu with cover, and information about artist, title and track, if available.
The pincode system The pincode system is intended to make normal use of your television impossible for someone who does not know the pincode. You choose whether or not to activate the pincode system. Activate the pincode system If you wish to deactivate the pincode system, you can do so by deleting your pincode. When reconnected and switched on, the television automatically switches itself off after four minutes. Entering the pincode returns the television to normal.
>> The pincode system Enter the pincode If your television has been disconnected To enter your pincode … from the mains for 15–30 minutes, the > Enter the code digits. television prompts you for the pincode > Press the centre button when the last when you switch it on. You may not be able to switch the television on PINCODE digit is entered. PINCODE 0... > Your television starts up again. immediately – wait approximately 30 seconds and try again.
Set up your remote control You must set up your television to be operated with a remote control with or without a navigation button. Even though your remote control has a navigation button, you can choose to set your television up for operation without navigation button. This can be useful if you have a BeoLink system also comprising a television without the REMOTE CONTROL menu.
Feature activation Additional features in your television can be made accessible via the FEATURE ACTIVATION menu. For information about additional features, contact your Bang & Olufsen retailer. Feature activation key In order for additional features to become available, a feature activation key must be entered. The feature key can be purchased from your Bang & Olufsen retailer. The key cannot be deactivated again. To enter an activation key … > Bring up the TV SETUP menu and highlight OPTIONS.
HDMI Matrix The HDMI Matrix feature is an additional feature which can be purchased separately. When the purchased feature activation key is entered, additional software becomes available in your television. The HDMI Matrix itself is a physical product that can be connected allowing you to connect several external sources to your television and access them via the Beo6 remote control. For information about additional features, contact your Bang & Olufsen retailer.
>> HDMI MATRIX Add sources to your setup … The sources connected to the HDMI Matrix must be registered in the television. Configuration of inputs … > Configure each input one by one. > Name each input by following on-screen instructions. If you do not name an input, the name from the selected PUC list is used. > Select a PUC source for the specific input. The sources are divided into four categories: SET-TOP BOX, DVD PLAYER/RECORDER, VIDEO RECORDER and OTHER.
Teletext Daily use of teletext is described in Getting Started, however, you can also store favourite teletext pages for quick reference. Store favourite teletext pages Day-to-day use of MEMO pages Nine MEMO pages are available for each You may wish to refer to your teletext television channel’s teletext service. MEMO pages quickly, for example, if you are leaving for work and wish to To create a MEMO page … check traffic information on a teletext > Bring up a page you view often. service.
Operate other equipment with Beo6 or Beo4 The built-in Peripheral Unit Controller acts as an interpreter between connected video equipment, such as a set-top box, video recorder or DVD player, and your Bang & Olufsen remote control. Use the Beo6 remote control The main functions of your equipment DTV can be operated with the Beo6 remote control.
>> Operate other equipment with Beo6 or Beo4 Use the Beo4 remote control If you have a Beo4 remote control, some Direct Beo4 operation functions are available directly via Beo4 If you know which Beo4 button activates when you switch on the equipment. the function you want, you can activate Additional functions are available the function without bringing up the through a menu-overlay that you bring menu-overlay first. up on the screen.
Connect and operate an audio system If you connect a compatible Bang & Olufsen audio system to the television using a Master Link cable, you obtain the benefits of an integrated audio/video system. Play a CD on your audio system using speakers connected to the television, or switch on a TV programme and send the sound to your audio system speakers.
>> Connect and operate an audio system Option 2 Option 0 Option 1 Option 1 Option 2 Option 2 If the television and an audio system is set If the television (with or without additional If the audio system is set up in one room, up in one room with all speakers connected speakers) and the audio system (with a and the television (with or without to the television, set the television to connected set of speakers) is set up in the additional speakers) in another, set the Option 2 and the audio sy
>> Connect and operate an audio system Use an audio/video system If you integrate your audio system and your television, you can choose a speaker combination appropriate to the current video or audio programme, and also record video sound on the audio system.
Distribute sound and picture with BeoLink The BeoLink system makes it possible to distribute picture and/ or sound to other rooms throughout the house. Link connections For example, you can connect your television in the living room to another video system or set of speakers in another room, thereby making it possible to ‘move’ the picture or sound to other rooms.
>> Distribute sound and picture with BeoLink System modulator Link frequency If you have an audio setup, such as a If, for example, a TV channel in your BeoLink Active/Passive, and you choose area is broadcasted on the same to set up a non-linkable television in the frequency as the factory setting for the same room, you must set the system BeoLink system; 599 MHz, you must tune modulator to ON.
Your television in a link room If you have BeoLink installed in your home and you choose to place your television in a link room, you can operate all connected systems through the television.
>> Your television in a link room Link room operation When you are in the link room, you can Listen to stereo sound in your link operate all connected systems with the room … remote control. Usually sound distributed from a main room video source, such as a set-top box, to the Use sources present only in one of the link room is transmitted in mono. However, rooms … you can select stereo sound: > Press the button for the source you wish to use, for example RADIO.
Two televisions in the same room If you have placed your television in a room where you already have a Bang & Olufsen television, and commands from your remote control can be received by both televisions, you must change the Option setting of the television. This prevents simultaneous activation of both televisions. One remote control for both televisions For your television to function properly, BeoVision 7 Zone ‘A’ it is essential that the television is set to the correct Option.
