How to add / use additional functions to Beo4 - manual instructions not helping

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DA
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dave_n_s
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Posted February 17, 2025 at 23:58 GMT
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While I fix my Beomaster 5500 Master Control Panel, I still have a Beo4, which works for the basics, I'd appreciate some help adding and using some basic functions on the Beo4.

It's not following the manual - step one says Press Standby, hold then press list, release both and it will display ADD?

It doesn't. It displays OPTION?, then ADD? if I press LIST again.

From ADD?, GO, gives flashing SELECT

Pressing LIST takes me through a long list of options, none of which seem to take me to controlling balance / bass / treble.

What am I doing wrong please?
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Millemis
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Posted February 18, 2025 at 08:56 GMT
Edited February 18, 2025 at 08:57 GMT
#1668862
Generally the procedure is different from one version of the Beo4 to another.

Have you tried activating (GO) A.Setup?

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

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Guy
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Posted February 18, 2025 at 11:04 GMT
Edited February 18, 2025 at 11:08 GMT
#1668863

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dave_n_s
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Posted February 18, 2025 at 15:59 GMT
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Progress....nearly there!

Thank you both

@Millemis, I found A.SETUP, although to do so, I found it by selecting another source (not CD) before pressing standby+list

@Guy, my Beo4 indeed has an AV button in the middle of row 2, however that doesn't even make it display AV! Anyway, having pressed A SETUP > GO, it offers SOUND, BASS, TREBLE, LOUDNSS, S. STORE, with balance hiding somewhere.

Fortunately, having driven it full left on my 5500 master control panel, the reset function still works.

Any clues where Balance might be hiding?

Thanks to your help, I'm making progress and have even managed to add PHONO to the LIST options.
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Guy
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Posted February 18, 2025 at 16:17 GMT
Edited February 18, 2025 at 16:41 GMT
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@Guy, my Beo4 indeed has an AV button in the middle of row 2, however that doesn’t even make it display AV!
It's not supposed to display AV - that function enables you to get Video audio through an Audio product and vice versa - I only asked about it to check what version of Beo4 you have.

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Beosound.png Beosound.png
Beosound-Explore.png Beosound-Explore.png
Beosound-Essence.png Beosound-Essence.png
Beoplay-P2.png Beoplay-P2.png
Beoplay-M3.png Beoplay-M3.png
Beoplay-H4.png Beoplay-H4.png
Beoplay-H3.png Beoplay-H3.png
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dave_n_s
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Posted February 18, 2025 at 17:10 GMT
#1668870
@Guy, SOUND > GO gets it into Balance mode and pressing Vol up or down changes the balance. For completeness if anyone else finds this discussion, Vol up & down adjust Bass, Treble in the same way.

An interesting voyage of discovery!

Thank you very much.
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Guy
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Posted February 18, 2025 at 17:38 GMT
#1668871
Great - I am glad it works!

I was a little confused about the SOUND function earlier because on later versions of the Beo4 SOUND is added to LIST as a discrete function, not part of the A SETUP sub-list.  (eg. on my DTV Beo4, A SETUP just shows BASS, TREBLE, LOUDNSS, S.STORE).

Anyway, all sorted and I hope that you get your MCP fixed!

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Beosound.png Beosound.png
Beosound-Explore.png Beosound-Explore.png
Beosound-Essence.png Beosound-Essence.png
Beoplay-P2.png Beoplay-P2.png
Beoplay-M3.png Beoplay-M3.png
Beoplay-H4.png Beoplay-H4.png
Beoplay-H3.png Beoplay-H3.png
Beoplay-Form-2i.png Beoplay-Form-2i.png
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