BeoSystem 1 was designed primarily for the North American and Taiwanese markets and was produced for five years up to 2006. It was seen as an alternative to the Beovision Avant US when it facilitated full control of a Dolby Digital Home Theatre System via Beo4 remote control.
The full system comprised: Beovision 4, BeoLab 1 active speakers and BeoLab 2 sub-woofer. It utilized the BoLab 4000 active speakers as ‘centre’ speaker and a pair of BeoLab 6000 active speakers at the rear of the home cinema set up. Of course, as with many of the products designed by Bang & Olufsen, other compatible products - like the BeoSound 9000 for example - could have been included within one’s system.
Likewise, a customer could also incorporate BeoSystem 1 with say, a video projector from another manufacturer.
Market: USA, CND, MEX, TWN
Type: 8480
Intro: 2001
Last sold: 08-2006
Details:
Dimensions W x H x D: 510 x 300 x 420 mm
Weight: 18.5 kg
Cabinet finish: Black metal
Remote control included: Beo4
Mains voltage range: 120V +/- 10%, 60 Hz typical
Power consumption: Typical: 55 W, standby: 2.2 W
Picture output
Aspect ratio: 16:9 (wide-screen)
Scanning formats: 480p and 1080i
Picture display formats: Format 1: Panorama
Format 2: Letterbox zoom
Format 3: 16:9
Viewing comfort: Electronic curtain
Picture format optimization
Tint settings stored per channel
VisionClear: Motion compensated progressive scan
Adaptive Luminance Peaking
Automatic skin tone correction
Digital Colour Transient Improvement (CTI)
2 line comb filter
Green enhancement
Adaptive black
Video and audio systems
TV-system: NTSC-M
Tuning range: 54-810 MHz
Cable: channel 1-125 (STD, IRC, HRC)
Aerial: channel 2-69
Number of different channels: 181
Subtitling system: Closed captioning according to EIA-608
Parental control systems: MPAA and US Parental Guidelines per EIA -744-A
Stereo system: BTSC (mono, stereo, Second Audio Program - SAP)
Surround sound systems: Dolby® Digital, Dolby® ProLogic, DTS®
Sound modes: Speaker 1: Mono
Speaker 2: Stereo
Speaker 3: Dolby®-3 stereo
Speaker 4: Stereo-4
Speaker 5: Surround sound
Features:
Picture curtain: Electronic
Picture format optimization: Yes
Control of selected external products: With Beo4 via built-in IR code converter
The picture in Picture (PIP): From other source than main picture source
Accessories
Product name: BeoSystem 1, Front kit
Type No.: 4040
Dimensions W x H x D: 482 x 310 x 4 mm
Weight: 1.5 kg
Finish: Aluminium
Connections:
Aerial inputs: 2 x F-type coaxial connectors, 75 ohm, built-in A/B switch
DVD, V. AUX, SAT, STB inputs: 4 x Video, S-video
4 x Analogue audio (L/R)
4 x Digital audio (coax and optical)
VCR input: 1 x Video, S-video
1 x Analogue audio (L/R)
VCR output (record out): 1 x Video, S-video
1 x Analogue audio (L/R)
1 x Digital audio (coax and optical)
DTV input: 1 x Component video (Y/G, Pb/B, Pr/R, H-sync, V-sync)
Plasma display and front projector output: 1 x VGA (15-pin D-sub socket)
Camcorder input: 1 x Video, S-video
1 x Analogue audio (L/R)
Stereo headphones output: 1 x Mini jack socket
External loudspeaker outputs: 6 x Power Link sockets (2 x front, 2 x rear, 1 x center and 1 x subwoofer)
IR control outputs: 7 x Mini-jack sockets for VCR, DVD, V.AUX, SAT, STB, CATV and front projector
Data port: 1 x USB socket with RS-232 specification for home theater control and service purposes
BeoLink®: 1 x MasterLink socket
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