BeoSound 1 Guide
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A movable music centre Place your BeoSound 1 where you like. The compact design enables you to bring it with you anywhere. BeoSound 1 gives you an excellent sound experience no matter how near or far you are from the speakers. The sound is optimised and no additional settings are required. Connect BeoSound 1 to the mains and press a button to listen to sound of your choice – it’s as simple as that.
Before you start… 4 Placement Connections Maintenance AUX (A) Allow enough space above the BeoSound 1 to enable the built-in aerial to extend and the CD compartment to raise. The socket panel is located underneath the BeoSound 1. The socket panel contains mains, aerial and AUX sockets. Do not use alcohol or other solvents to clean any part of the BeoSound 1. We do not recommend using special cleaning CDs in the BeoSound 1. Make sure that the BeoSound 1 is always placed on a firm, stable surface.
Contents of the Guide Key to using this guide Use this Key to identify what a button or a display looks like in an instruction sequence.
Your key to using BeoSound 1 Operation is easy. The buttons essential to daily operation are on the right-hand side, while those on the left-hand side have secondary functions.
BeoSound 1 presents essential audio sources in a compact and easily operated way. The compact design and the built-in handle lets you to take the music with you. The radio finds the first available station the first time you press the RADIO button. Press AERIAL to extend or retract the built-in aerial. You can also push the aerial down manually. If no CD is loaded when you press CD, the CD compartment raises automatically, ready to be loaded with your favourite CD.
Daily operation of radio and CD player 8 To listen to the radio, just press one of the radio buttons, the radio will start playing on the radio station you last listened to. You extend the built-in aerial by pressing the AERIAL button. You can store up to 59 different radio stations in your BeoSound 1 (see page 12). To step between stored radio stations, the program number or frequency must be shown in the display.
Adjust volume Reading the display Changing the display You can turn the volume up and down at any time. If you store a volume level, the BeoSound 1 starts at this level next time it is switched on. The maximum volume level is 72, but the maximum level that can be stored is 60. The luminous display will keep you informed of the source you have chosen, and what the system is doing. Change the display mode or light, three different light settings are available.
Make BeoSound 1 stop at a specific time 10 You can decide in advance how long you want to listen to the radio. BeoSound 1 can switch automatically to standby when you are done. You set the number of minutes – 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120 or 00 – that you would like the radio to play before it switches to standby. Make a Stop Timer You can set how long the radio is to play before it switches to standby. The BeoSound 1 can of course be switched to standby before this Stop Timer is carried out.
Set the right time The BeoSound 1 has a built-in 24 hour clock. You must set the clock yourself. If you want to make use of the Wake-up Timer function described on the next page, you must first make sure that the built-in clock in the BeoSound 1 has been set correctly. If BeoSound 1 has been disconnected from the mains for approximately 30 minutes, the clock must be set again. 11 Set the built-in clock See the stored time You must set the built-in clock manually while BeoSound 1 is in standby.
Wake-up Timer 12 You can make BeoSound 1 wake you up in the morning. Enter a Wake-up Timer Using Beo4 The Wake-up Timer is a once-only Timer. Like an alarm clock it is deleted once it has been executed. When you choose radio as your source, the radio will start playing on the station you last listened to. If you choose CD as your source, make sure that a CD is loaded. If you do not choose a source, the radio will be used for your Wake-up Timer.
Check or delete a Wake-up Timer You can call up the settings for the Wake-up Timer in the display to check the time or to delete the Wake-up Timer. ss tt 7.10 STORE 7.10 DELETE -,-- While BeoSound 1 is in standby, press and hold ss or tt until the time for the Wake-up Timer is shown in the display, the digits are blinking Press STORE to confirm your Wake-up Timer, or… press DELETE to delete the Wake-up Timer.
Play favourite CD tracks only 14 If you only like some tracks on a CD, you can set BeoSound 1 to ignore the ones you do not like. You make this selection by “deleting” the tracks you do not want to listen to. The CD player remembers your selection as long as you leave the CD in the CD compartment. Once the CD compartment has been opened, it is again possible to listen to all the tracks on the CD. Omit tracks from playback When you ‘delete’ a track on a CD, the next track starts playing.
Tune in radio stations 16 You can let the radio find the available radio stations for you, and then store them on a program number of your own choice. You can also tune the radio manually and find specific stations yourself. Search tuning Manual tuning During search tuning all available stations producing an acceptable signal are found. However, this may include empty channels which should not be stored.
Delete radio stations You can delete the stored radio stations any time. RADIO Press RADIO to switch on the radio RADIO Press or to find the requested radio station DELETE Press DELETE twice to delete the radio station playing.
Beo4 remote control 18 Although designed primarily for close-up operation, the BeoSound 1 can also be operated from a distance. The Beo4 remote control operates all the primary functions in your BeoSound 1. With Beo4, you can switch on or off, select radio programs or CD tracks and adjust sound. If your BeoSound 1 is used together with other Bang & Olufsen products, please turn to the User’s guides delivered with these products for further explanation on their operation.
Use the PIN code system 20 It is your own choice whether or not to activate the PIN code system. However, if you choose to activate the system, your BeoSound 1 is protected against theft with a fourdigit PIN code. The use of a PIN code means that if your BeoSound 1 is disconnected from the mains for more than 30 minutes, the system can only be activated again by keying in your own personal PIN code. If the PIN code is not entered, the BeoSound 1 automatically switches to standby after 3 minutes.
Change your PIN code Deactivate the PIN code system If you have forgotten your PIN code You can change your PIN code at any time. However, for security reasons it is only possible to change the PIN code five times within a period of 3 hours. You must enter your current PIN code before changing the code. You can deactivate the PIN code system at any time. All you need to do is enter your PIN code first and then you can deactivate the system.
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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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