Loudspeaker setup surround sound | Bang & Olufsen 8 manual

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Loudspeaker setup – surround sound

Add four Power Link speakers and a BeoLab subwoofer to your setup and you have a surround sound system.

A surround sound setup fits easily into your living room. Let the picture determine your ideal listening and viewing position. You get the best sound experience in the area created by the speakers.

Select speaker types

Connect the loudspeakers to the Power Link sockets on the television. Refer to the Guide enclosed with the loudspeakers for specific information about how to set them up. Refer to ‘Connection panels’ on page 51 for information about the Power Link sockets.

Remember to set the L–R–LINE switch on both the front and rear set of speakers to L or R (left and right sound channel) to indicate their position in each set. Set the left speakers to L and the right speakers to R.

To register the speaker types …

>Press MENU to bring up the TV SETUP menu and press  to highlight SOUND.

>Press GO to bring up the SOUND menu and press  to highlight SPEAKER TYPE.

>Press GO to bring up the SPEAKER TYPE menu.

>Press  or  to reveal your speaker type and  to move on to the next speaker set. Choose NONE if no speakers are connected.

>If you have a BeoLab subwoofer, press  to move the cursor to SUBWOOFER and press  to change the field to YES.

>Press GO to store or EXIT to leave the menu without storing.

SPEAKER TYPE

FRONT	BEOLAB 8000
REAR	BEOLAB 4
SUBWOOFER	YES

store GO

Always select your most powerful speakers as front speakers.

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Bang & Olufsen 8 manual Loudspeaker setup surround sound, Select speaker types

Contents

BeoVision Risk of Electric Shock Do not Open Contents Switch on the television Such as Format Displayed information and menus Watch TV Select a TV channelBring up a channel list SAT Sound type or language Adjust volume or mute the soundYou can adjust volume or mute the sound at any time SOUND* on Beo4 Speaker combination Speaker combinationsPicture formats to choose from … Teletext Basic teletext functions Store favourite teletext pages Day-to-day use of Memo pages Menu overview Advanced operation Advanced operation Press a source button* to switch On connected equipment Peripheral Unit Controller menuPress to bring up the Peripheral Use equipment in a link room Universal Beo4 operationUse equipment menus While equipment menus are shown … 1024 × 768, 1280 × 720 Use your television as a computer monitorBring up the computer image on the screen To bring up the computer Picture … One remote control for both televisions Two televisions in the same roomOperate your television in Option 4 … Option setting Connect and operate an audio systemConnect your audio system Use an integrated audio/video system Video sound recording Press TV to switch on the television Timer Play in link roomTo make your television part of a Timer Play … Press or to reveal on Press GO to store the setting Use a main room source present in both rooms … Link room operationUse sources present only in one of the rooms … Use a link room source present in both rooms … BeoLink Distribute sound and picture Link connections Recommended setups System modulatorLink frequency Tuner setup To disable the internal tuner … Tuning and preference settings Tuning and preference settings First-time setup of your television Sequence of menus in first-time setup Press or to move between sockets in the group What is connected?Register additional video equipment Press GO to be able to select another socket group What’s on the AV1 AV4 menu … Automatic standby … Loudspeaker setup surround sound Always select your most powerful speakers as front speakersSelect speaker types Set speaker distance To set the speaker distances … Loudspeaker setup surround sound Calibrate the sound levelTo calibrate the sound level … Choose a speaker combination To choose a speaker combination … See the name of the active sound system To see the active sound system …Press GO to bring up the Sound System menu Page Move channels … Edit tuned channelsMove or delete tuned channels Delete channels … Name tuned channels Name channels …Press or to find the individual characters in the name Adjust tuned TV channels manual tuning Manual Tuning Re-tune via automatic tuning Re-tune or add channels Add new channels Adjust picture and sound settings Change brightness, colour or contrastWhat’s on the Picture menu … Sound adjustments What’s on the Sound menu …Speaker combinations Choose menu language Placement, sockets and connections Placement, sockets and connections Set up the television Handling your television Always remove cover 1 before removing cover Loudspeakers Video signalsConnections Additional video equipment IR-transmitters ComputerAudio system Connection panels Standard socketsSystem Module sockets Module with the front facing the front With the chip facing away from the televisionFront Sockets for temporary connections Watch digital pictures on your televisionWatch and copy from a Camcorder Maintenance CleaningChanging the Beo4 batteries Headphones Beo4 remote controlFirst-time setup BeoLink Master Link MaintenancePlacement Timer Peripheral unit Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Weee Environmental protection 1996-2008 DTS, Inc All Rights Reserved For your information …