Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 2000 manual

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    BEOLAB 2000 1 The BeoLab 2000 gives your main Bang & Olufsen system an extra dimension. Now you can play any audio or video source you like in your main system and listen to it – via your BeoLink installation – in the room with your BeoLab 2000. But this is not all. You can even control the daily playback functions in your main system via t[...]

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    CONTENTS 3 4 Nice to know about... Music in other rooms 6 Close-up operation Sound control 7 Volume adjustment Timer Play control 8 Remote operation Using the Beo4 remote control 9 Controlling your main system 10 Beo4 extra functions... 11 Presetting the volume level This guide describes how to operate the BeoLab 2000, and how to operate your main [...]

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    NICE TO KNOW ABOUT… 4 ..Music in other rooms The BeoLab 2000 gives your main Bang & Olufsen system an extra dimension: • Now you can listen to any source you like from your main system (audio or video) in the room with your BeoLab 2000. • And you can even operate functions in your main system directly on the BeoLab 2000 – or using the B[...]

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    5 Operating the BeoLab 2000 close-up, you can: • Listen-in on the source that is currently playing in your main Bang & Olufsen system; or switch on to the radio (or TV) program that was last playing. • Switch on the radio, the CD player, or the audio tape recorder in your main system. • Step through radio or TV programs, or tracks on a ta[...]

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    CLOSE-UP OPERATION 6 Sound control Another way of switching on, is to press the specific button for the source you want to listen to from your main audio system: TV (TV), CD (CD player), or RADIO (radio). No matter how you switch on, the sound from your main system will be heard instantaneously in the BeoLab 2000 speakers. While you are listening t[...]

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    7 V olume adjustment Timer Play control The BeoLab 2000 always switches on at the same, preset volume level. The volume control (turn-button to the right on the operation panel) allows you to turn the volume up or down as you like. Volume is adjusted quite indepen- dently of your main Bang & Olufsen system. Note: See how to preset the volume st[...]

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    REMOTE OPERATION 8 Using the Beo4 remote contr ol The Beo4 remote control gives you the full benefit of your BeoLab 2000. With the Beo4 remote control you can switch on any source you wish to listen to from your main Bang & Olufsen system (audio/video), and control the daily playback functions for that source in the room with your BeoLab 2000. [...]

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    ss BEOCENTER 9300 9 Controlling your main system Via your BeoLab 2000, you can switch on any source you like (audio/video) from your main Bang & Olufsen system, and listen to it on the BeoLab 2000 speakers. To do so, simply press the appropriate source button on the Beo4 remote control. While the source is playing, you can adjust the volume lev[...]

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    > Remote operation – Controlling your main system 10 Beo4 extra functions... • Pressing ∧ and ∨ simultaneously on the Beo4 remote control, while the BeoLab 2000 is in stand-by, corresponds to pressing PLAY • directly on the BeoLab 2000 (see page 6). • To “ turn ” the tape in your audio tape recorder to play the other side, press [...]

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    11 Note: The BeoLab 2000 always returns to the preset volume level when you switch it to stand- by, but you can also make it return to the preset level by pressing the Beo4 LIST button to display RESET * , then press GO. *Note: In order to display A.SETUP on Beo4 and S.STORE which will then appear automatically, you must add the function to the Beo[...]

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    NOTES 12 Date purchased Contact person Dealer Telephone Address Record your serial numbers here: BeoLab 2000 Beo4 remote control Dear Customer, Your needs as the user of our products are always given careful consideration during the design and development process, and we strive to make our products easy and comfortable to operate. We therefore hope[...]