User manual BANG & OLUFSEN BEOSOUND 9000

[. . . ] BEOSOUND 9000 1 The BeoSound 9000 is the ultimate music entertainment centre, an impressive CD player with a built-in radio. A technological revelation, a masterpiece of craftsmanship as well as a decorative piece of art. The system can be placed anywhere you want music ­ in traditional placements; on a table or hanging on a wall, or in a novel, original placement; on the specially designed, vertical stand. The BeoSound 9000 represents a new and visual way of experiencing music. [. . . ] If you want to cancel one of your radio presets, you can do so via the CLEAR button. See how to clear a program to the right. . . Press to turn on the radio RADIO When the program number has been cleared, CLEARED will appear on the display. Press to search for program number L or M Press to clear the program Press to confirm the clearing of the radio program CLEAR then OK Document your radio presets here: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 26 > Using the radio Fine tuning a radio station RADIO Press to turn on the radio program you want to fine tune Press to start the fine tuning function TUNE If the radio station is not tuned in clearly enough, it may be because the station needs to be fine tuned. The fine tuning function enables you to move slowly through the frequencies, or to detune a station slightly because of noisy reception. Just follow the instructions to the left, and listen carefully as you proceed. . . then TUNE L or M Press to fine tune your program towards a higher or lower frequency Once you have fine tuned your program, you can choose a different program number for your radio program if you like before you store it. Please refer to Presetting radio stations on page 24 for further information. then OK Press to accept your fine tuned program Press again to store program and program number then OK Mono/stereo reception RADIO Press to turn on the relevant radio program TUNE Press to choose MONO or STEREO If you have tuned in to an FM station broadcasting a stereo signal, this signal will be stored along with the radio program. Your BeoSound 9000 automatically switches to mono if the stereo signal is not strong enough to produce an acceptable stereo sound. The choices for the settings are indicated on the displays ­ stereo or mono sound then TUNE then TUNE then L Press to switch from stereo to mono or M OK Press to store your new tuning on the program number However, you can overrule this automatic function if you wish and select mono manually. See how to do it on the left of this page. 27 Naming radio programs You can name all the radio programs you have stored. This may help you remember a program not only by its program number but by a particular name. When you are listening to a radio program, its name will appear on the display. Once you have completed "writing" your name, you store the name and it will then appear every time you choose this program again. If you happen to make a mistake or change your mind while you are naming a radio station, just press the NAMING button again ­ and start over. If you want to clear the name after you have keyed it in, press CLEAR instead of OK and the name you have keyed in will be erased. Press to turn on the radio program you want to name Press to start the naming function The first of the twelve character positions blinks, indicating that you can start "writing" a name Press to reveal the characters one by one Press to reveal previously shown characters RADIO NAMING The name may contain up to 12 characters, including numbers L or M If you have left the naming function and want to clear the name, just press NAMING again and then CLEAR to clear the name in question. Press RADIO to leave the naming function and the name will be cleared. If you do not name your programs, the station's own name may appear instead, provided such a name is being transmitted by the radio station itself*. *Note: Such a name can only be transmitted if your BeoSound 9000 is equipped with the RDS facility. then Press to move to the next character position Press to store the name of the radio station NAMING OK will appear on the display or Press to store the name and exit the naming function You can press RADIO at any time to store and exit the naming function OK then OK RADIO To clear a name. . . Press to access the naming function Press to clear the name NAMING then CLEAR 28 > Using the radio Playing your radio programs RADIO Press to turn on the radio L or M Press to step through your radio programs In order to turn on the radio simply press the RADIO button. The program you were listening to last starts playing and it will be indicated on the display which radio program is playing. If you have given a name to the radio program, the display will read out that name. If you keep either the step L button or the step M button pressed down, you will step through your programs quickly and continuously. To switch off the entire system, press the standby button. or BEO4 RADIO Press to turn on the radio · Press to switch to stand-by Press to step through your radio programs 1 through 9 Key in the program number you want to hear · Press to switch to stand-by 29 Switching displays The display can give you four different types of information about the radio program you are listening to: · Program name or RDS* · Radio text information* · Program number · Radio frequency To switch from one display to the other, you press the OK button repeatedly while the radio program in question is playing. The information you have chosen to display will remain on the BeoSound 9000 display until you choose another one of the displays illustrated to the right on this page. program name will of course disappear temporarily if you choose to e. g. step through your other radio programs then the appropriate information will appear on the display. [. . . ] To watch a TV program while listening to the sound from a radio program at the same time, press TV then LIST until AV* is displayed then RADIO on the Beo4 remote control. (Simulcast radio/TV transmissions can be recorded on the video tape recorder. ) If BeoSound 9000 is in a fully integrated system with BeoVision Avant, you can record sound from TV, Satellite or Video tape onto an Audio tape recorder connected to the BeoSound 9000 AUXsocket: · Recording in fully integrated system. . . TV, then LIST until AV* is displayed, then RECORD on Beo4, and make sure you start your recording on your tape recorder. In order to stop or control your recording, use the control panel on your connected tape recorder, this is not possible via Beo4. [. . . ]