Bang Olufsen Beomaster 5000 Owners Manual

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21 Trouble-shootin
Theres no denying it the
Beomaster 5000 receiver incorpv
crates an awful lot oi complex
technology. It offers numerous
functions and features many of
which youll only get to know after
youve lived with the receiver for
some time.

This is not to say that you have to
be an expert to get the best from
your receiver. Far trom it. But
there is a chance that the day will
come when you press a button
and nothing, or the wrong thing,
will happen, Or you might enter
the room, and there it is: displayv
ing red digits or an unknown sym
bol.

Before you call your dealer or pull
out your screwdriver, remember
that a recent survey shows that
over ninety percent of all reported
electronic faults" were not faults
at all; but errors in the way users
had operated the device or set
the controls,

Quite often, its the simplest prob-
lems that are most annoying and
frustrating. The if only i knew

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how" sort of problems. This
simple troubleshooting section is
designed to help you solve some
of them. It might also save you an
unnecessary service call.

What it my Beomaster receiver
shows no sign of life?

is it connected to the mains pow»
or supply?

is the plug properly connected?
is the wall socket switched on?
The sign of life to look for: a tiny
red light (an LED) glowing on the
front panel. (2)

What it I cant hear a sound from
my receiver?

Check the volume control adjust-
ment. Press LéyngME. (11)

is the MUTE lunction engaged?
Press MUTE or Afim. (5)
Are the loudspeakers connected
properly? {2)

What if i want to listen to a radio
station other than those stored
on the ore-set buttons P1 -P9?

ADV/WEE to scan the radio fre
quencies up the scale or RETUBE

to scan radio frequencies down
the scale, The receiver automativ
cally tunes and iocks the next sta-
tion on the scale in either direc-
tion. (16, 17 18)

What if I want to identify which
station Im listening to?

Lets say youlre listening to a
radio station stored on ifgj, The
display says P3 but you want to
identity the station. Press
filfifllfii The stations waveband
and frequency number will be dis:
played. To revert to the P3 dis~

What if I press P1 and get Tape 1;
or P2 and get Tape 2, etc?
Notice that these buttons have
dual functions: a primary and a
secondary. To get radio pro»
grammes P1, P2. etc, you must
first press the lWS'EwLECT1 button
then a preset station button, (The
ELL-fl button alerts the secon-
dary modes), (15)

if you dont press SSELECTJ these
dual-mode buttons will function in
their primary modes and will exe-
cute the functions written on the
buttons themselves.

What if I want to monitor a tape
which Im recording?

Connect a deck which has moni-
toring capability to the TAPE 2
socket. Prepare the deck for
recording (see decks instruction
manual). Select programme
source (eg. press [EHQVNQJL start
recording function on deck. To
monitor recording: press iSEfEEflr
then {Mo-Niron i The ietters T? (for
tape) are displayed and you will
hear the music which is being
recorded a fraction of a second
after it has been recorded.

To revert to listening to sound
from the source, press WW5?
once again. (20)

What if theres a power out, do i
lose all my pre-set stations and
other stored or user-programmed
features like my preferred volume
level, bass, treble, balance, etc}?
No, The Beomaster receiver will
not lose its memory A irrespective
of how long it's been disconnect-
ed from electricity. if you have the
Master Control Panel 5000
(remote control Module) you"ii
have to reset the day and time >

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using the L§E TQE function.
(See Users Guide for Master
Controi Panel 5000).

What if the Beomaster switches
off when all I wanted to do was
to mute it (that is, silence it for a
while)?

Dont press MUTE so iong.
Switch on again, by pressing
PLAY

To silence the system, without
switching it off, press MUTE
briefly and lightly. Since MUTE
and 0 (stand-by) are close to
each other, the receiver registers
the duration of the pressmg to
determine whether it should go in
Its stand-by position or iust Cut
the sound from the speakers. (5)

How far away from the other hi-fi
components can i place my
Beomaster receiver?

Up i0 1 metre from the record
player to be connected,

Up to 10 metres from the cassette
deck. Up to 10 metres from the
compact disc piayer. [:1

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Programme source Product or
component trom which sound
information (signal) is obtained.
For example, Tape 1, Phone
(meaning record player), radio.
etc,

Digital display A display of num~
bersl usually illuminated and
shown on display panel.

LED Abbreviation of Light Emitting
Diode, used in illuminated dis-
plays.

Waveband A range of wavelengths
or frequencies used for a particu-
lar type of radio transmission.

Beosystem 5000

The following are individual auto-

mated Bang & Olutsen products,

designed for use with the Bee-
master 5000. Naturally, they will
also work with other receivers -
but to enjoy the convenience of
one~touch distance operation,

they must be connected to a

Beomaster 5000 receiver:

0 Beogram 5005 A Bang &
Olufsen tangential tracking
record player.

- Beogram CD 50 A Bang &
Oiufsen compact disc player.

0 Beocord 5000 A Bang & Olutsen
cassette deck,

Master cartels. 5000 Nellie

of a Bang & Olufseh remote conv
lrol module which allows you to
operate the Beomaster 5000 from
a distance. if other automated
8&0 products are connected to
the Beomaster 5000, you can also
operate these from a distance.

Master Control Link Name oi a
Bang & Olutsen product which,
when connected to a Beomaster
5000 and installed correctly,
allows you to connect speakers in
adjoining rooms and operate and
listen to the central sound system
from these rooms. The system is
then operated via a Master Con
trol Link (a receiving and trans-
mitting device) which is installed
in the adjoining room, Or via a
Master Control Panel 5000, which
communicates with the Beomaster
5000 via the Master Control Link.

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