BeoCenter 2 Guide
Contents This Guide explains how to operate your BeoCenter 2. It describes operation of BeoCenter 2 both with and without DVD function. This means that information about DVD functions is included in the Guide whether your BeoCenter 2 is equipped with DVD or not. lnstructions regarding setting-up and the Socket unit are found in the separate Guide included with the Socket unit.
How to use your music system 4 Your music system is designed for close-up operation. Use the music system to listen to radio or CD. Just press a single button on the close-up operation panel to listen to the sound of your choice. Slide your finger around the ‘wheel’ to adjust volume.
Socket for headphones The status display … When headphones are plugged in, the speakers, connected to your music system, are muted. CD TRACK 11 / 12 CD TRACK 11 / 12 REPEAT LOAD DISC RAD IO 7 8 D IS 9 C 4 LO A 5 6 D GO 2:18 GLENN MILLER RANDOM EDIT The extended status display is not switched on permanently. Only the first line is displayed all the time. When you operate the music system, the display shows additional information, such as track time and CD name briefly.
How to read the menu symbols 6 The menu system of BeoCenter 2 gives you several options. Choose extra functions and features via the menus or make your own setup preferences. The current settings for the functions are shown in the menu, for example ‘RANDOM – ON or OFF’. The symbols explained to the right help you find your way around the menus. Use the arrow keys to move around the menu system. To enter a fill-in menu, press GO or .
How to use the menus 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 How to change a setting … Press LIST to bring up the menu system N.MUSIC N.RADIO A.AUX CD RANDOM CD REPEAT CD EDIT TIMER SHOW CLOCK SETUP … to move down to SETUP Press or GO to enter the SETUP menu LIST Main menus … Enters the menu system Moves up or down Enters a fill-in menu or sub-menu Backs up through menus .
First-time setup 8 Once your music system is installed and switched on for the first time, you are guided through the first-time setup procedure.
Call up additional sources, functions and menus The options, which appear when you press LIST, are additional sources, functions or menus. From the factory, the only menu entry available when you press the LIST button is SETUP. To switch on additional sources or create shortcuts to frequently used functions, such as CD RANDOM or TIMER, add these sources or functions to the list. For further information, refer to page 15. . LIST 1 N.MUSIC 2 N.RADIO 3 A.
Tune in and edit radio programs 10 Let the music system find available radio programs for you. You can store up to 99 radio programs. Once a program is stored, you access it directly by keying in the program number or by stepping through all the stored programs. . .
DAB DRC … For certain DAB programs, you can adjust audio signal compression with the DRC (Dynamic Range Control) function. Compression compensates for sources of noise in your immediate surroundings. In the DAB DRC menu … There are twelve possible settings, with three values to guide you: OFF (no compression) NOM (recommended by the DAB provider) MAX (maximum compression, twice that recommended by the DAB provider). – Press or to adjust the setting.
Audio CD settings 12 Additional CD functions are available via the AUDIO CD menu. This includes naming CDs, editing series of tracks and the random and repeat playback functions. The random playback function plays all the tracks on the loaded CD in random order. The repeat playback function plays the loaded CD over and over – for up to 12 hours on end. The random and repeat functions can be used in conjunction or separately.
Make your music system start and stop automatically You can make the music system start or stop playing at designated times throughout the day and week. The music system remembers up to 8 such Timers. Set one to wake you up in the morning to the sound from either your favourite CD or radio program and another to switch the music system to standby at a specific time in the evening, or make individual Timers for workdays, weekends and holidays.
Make sound settings 14 All sound levels are set to neutral values from the factory, but you can make your own sound adjustments and store them. . . SOUND 1 PRESET VOLUME 2 ADJUST BALANCE 3 SET TONE [BASS, TREBLE, LOUDNESS] You can adjust the volume, bass and treble levels, or alter the balance between the left and right speaker. If you store a volume level, your music system starts playing at this level every time you switch it on.
Make option settings You can change the basic settings of your music system to your liking. The OPTIONS menu allows you to set the clock, switch the Timer function on or off, set DVD options* or choose language. You can also set your preferences for the display and select the sources and functions which should appear when you press the LIST button. 15 . . OPTIONS 1 SET CLOCK … 2 ACTIVATE TIMER [ON/OFF] 3 SELECT LANGUAGE … 4 DISPLAY SETUP … 1 RADIO 5 LIST OPTIONS [N.
How to use the pincode system 16 You choose whether or not to activate the pincode system. The pincode system is deactivated when you delete your pincode. The use of a pincode means that if your music system has been disconnected from the mains for more than approximately 30 minutes, it can only be activated again by switching it on and keying in your pincode via the close-up operation panel. If the pincode is not entered, the music system automatically switches to standby after 3 minutes.
DVD operation 18 This chapter is only relevant if your BeoCenter 2 is equipped with DVD. Use the Beo4 remote control to operate the DVD. While playing a DVD, you can search at varying speeds, step through the disc, or bring up a DVD disc menu. You can always resume playback of the loaded DVD at the point where you left off provided that you have just stopped playback of the DVD by pressing STOP twice, not three times.
While DVD is selected … Press the yellow button, then 1 to 1 bring up the disc’s own top menu* Use the arrow keys to move between options in the menus Press to enter your choice or setting GO Press the yellow button, then 2 to bring up the status display menu. 2 Press 2 again to change to the next display. Press 2 a third time to remove the status display Press the yellow button, then 3 to 3 bring up the DVD setup menu.
>> DVD operation Initial Settings Play Mode Play Mode Disc Navigator Initial Settings A-B Repeat A (Start Point) Digital Audio Out Dolby Digital Out Dolby Digital Repeat B (End Point) Video Output DTS Out DTS Random Off Language Search Mode Display Options How to use the DVD menus … > Press the yellow button, then 3 to bring up the DVD main menu. > Press or to move to the menu you wish to enter and press GO. > Use the arrow keys; , , and to move between menus and settings.
Disc Navigator Title Chapter Display … The display menu allows you to select the language of the DVD player menus, to decide whether or not operation displays should be shown on the screen, and whether the angle indicator should be shown. The angle indicator is only available if the disc contains the alternate camera angle feature. Options … Some DVDs feature a Parental Lock level. If you specify a level lower that the one contained on the disc, the disc will not play, unless your pincode is entered.
Use the Beo4 remote control 22 In order to display the relevant extra ‘buttons’ on the Beo4, you must add them to the Beo4 list: Add RANDOM and REPEAT to Beo4 to use these functions. Add A.AUX to be able to switch on any other source connected to the AUX-socket. Refer to Beo4’s own Guide for further information. If your music system is used together with other Bang & Olufsen products, refer to the Guides delivered with these products for further explanation on their operation.
Index 23 Audio/Video system Contact Connect your music system to a video system, Socket unit Guide p. 6 Option programming, Socket unit Guide p. 10 Use an Audio/Video system, Socket unit Guide p. 11 Contact Bang & Olufsen, 25 DAB radio programs Use the Beo4 remote control, 22 Adjust DAB audio signal compression – DAB DRC, 10 Adjust your DAB aerial, 11 DAB aerial socket, Socket unit Guide p. 6 Tune in DAB radio programs, pp. 10–11 Cables Delete Connect the cables, Socket unit Guide p.
>> Index Indicator light N.Radio Settings The indicator light, 5 Play N.RADIO, 9 Language Operation panel Set the clock, 15 Setting your preferences for DVD playback, pp. 19–20 Sound adjustments, 14 Change DVD languages, 19 Change the language in the display, 15 Overview of the operation panel, 4 Loudspeakers Option Connect loudspeakers, Socket unit Guide p. 6 Program your music system to the correct Option, Socket unit Guide p.
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