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AM279725 Cover.fm Page 1 Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:34 PM
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PERSONAL music center II
Owner’s Guide
Guía de usario
Notice d’utilisation
©2009 Bose Corporation, The Mountain,
Framingham, MA 01701-9168 USA
AM279725 Rev.01
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00_RC48 OG.book Page 2 Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:46 PM Français Español English INTRODUCTION Thank you ® ® By choosing a Bose PERSONAL music center II, you have opened the door to a variety of new options for playing your ® LIFESTYLE home entertainment system – in almost any area of your home! This new music center II provides you with: � Easy access to system options, which appear right on the remote control screen. � Instant confirmation, because you not only hear, but also see what
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00_RC48 OG.book Page 3 Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:46 PM English Español Français CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Thank you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Other equipment you can control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Preparing for Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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00_RC48 OG.book Page 4 Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:46 PM Français Español English PREPARING FOR USE Where to begin Your expansion system or speakers must be set up and con- ® nected to the LIFESTYLE system before you can use them with ® the PERSONAL music center II. ® If you have a Bose link product and still need to set it up, see “To add more rooms of sound” on page 25. If you have an older (legacy) product to use with the remote, refer to “Using other products for expansion” on page 26.
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00_RC48 OG.book Page 5 Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:46 PM English Español Français PREPARING FOR USE Confirm that current settings are right ® Your PERSONAL music center II is pre-set at the factory for compatibility, as follows: � To control sound in a single expansion room – Room B – or area ® (not in Room A, the location of your LIFESTYLE media center). ® � A house code identical to the one given every new LIFESTYLE system. For details, see “Why would you change the house code?” on pa
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00_RC48 OG.book Page 6 Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:46 PM Français Español English PREPARING FOR USE Basic controls Using just a few selection buttons and the display screen, you can ® see, choose from, and enjoy a wide variety of LIFESTYLE system capabilities in your expansion room. ® Remember that you can use the PERSONAL music center II, with no need to aim it, all around your home, even outside. Its radio frequency (RF) signals can reach the system from as far away as 80 feet (24.4 m
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00_RC48 OG.book Page 7 Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:46 PM English Español Français PREPARING FOR USE What appears on the display Press to see the list of the available sources (Figure 2). Your list may look different, depending on the components you ® have connected to your LIFESTYLE system, and what type of system it is. (For instance, Stored will appear only if you have a ® ® LIFESTYLE 38 or 48, not on a LIFESTYLE 18 or 28 system.) Figure 2 Bedroom Source display Stored On Audio 2 Roo
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00_RC48 OG.book Page 8 Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:46 PM Français Español English PREPARING FOR USE When you see the radio display, you may: � Change the station selected by using the up and down arrows, which move forward or backward through the preset stations. � Confirm a new selection by pressing in on the center bar. Where you can go from here: � Move up or down to another preset station. � Move left to return to the source selection screen. � Move right to see the station tuning screen
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00_RC48 OG.book Page 9 Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:46 PM English Español Français PREPARING FOR USE Buttons to use while you listen There are two circular button sets for use while listening to a source. For details on how each button works for a specific ® source, refer to “Listening to Your LIFESTYLE System” on page 10. Use this button set to: 2. 1. 1. Adjust the speaker volume up or down. TM 2. Select the preset for a radio station, uStation , or Playlist. 3. Skip and scan forward and
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00_RC48 OG.book Page 10 Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:46 PM Français Español English ® LISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE SYSTEM Performance at your command ® By pressing , you turn on your PERSONAL music center II to the last source selected. Select a different source by pressing and moving up or down on the display to highlight the preferred source. Then press in on the center bar ( ) to confirm your selection. Use sections of this circular button as you listen. Press to Select or Press and hold
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00_RC48 OG.book Page 11 Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:46 PM English Español Français ® LISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE SYSTEM This returns to the original display screen. � To see more information on the current track: Press in on the center bar to select . � To stop text from moving across the display: Press in and hold the center bar . Press again to resume movement. � To simply listen and enjoy No particular action is required. You may want to simply listen and respond to the music as you norm
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00_RC48 OG.book Page 12 Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:46 PM Français Español English ® LISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE SYSTEM Scan backward through Press and hold . the current track... Skip to the beginning of Press . this track... Or, tip down on the center bar . Skip to the beginning of Press twice. the previous track... Or, tip down on center bar twice. Skip this track... Tip up on the center bar . Tip up and hold to skip more tracks. Return to a previous Tip down on the center bar . track..
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00_RC48 OG.book Page 13 Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:46 PM English Español Français ® LISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE SYSTEM Searching the library of stored music You may want to locate other tracks in your collection, which is ® easy to do using the display on your PERSONAL music center II. While listening to the Stored source, press the right arrow button to see the library search screen (Figure 6): Figure 6 Music Library Music Library Genre: - All genres - display Artist: - All artists- Albu
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00_RC48 OG.book Page 14 Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:46 PM Français Español English ® LISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE SYSTEM Using the radio To listen to the radio, select AM or FM from your list of sources. ® The LIFESTYLE system activates, as needed, and begins play. What appears on the display ® The display on your PERSONAL music center II provides information about the radio station and preset (Figure 8). Figure 8 FM Radio Station informa- Station tion display 2 FM 103.3 Jump to preset Back
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00_RC48 OG.book Page 15 Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:46 PM English Español Français ® LISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE SYSTEM Using radio presets ® Your LIFESTYLE system can store up to 20 AM and 20 FM stations as radio presets. By assigning a preset number to the stations you like most, you can get to them quickly and easily. All of the presets can be used in any of the expansion rooms. To assign preset numbers: Most simply, you can let the system assign the next available pre- set number to
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00_RC48 OG.book Page 16 Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:46 PM Français Español English ® LISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE SYSTEM � Press in on and hold the center bar to see the numeric selection display, where you can choose the track directly by number (Figure 10). Figure 10 Enter number Numeric selection Track display 1 2 3 Erase [Add] Done To select a specific track by number When the numeric selection display appears: � Move up or down to increase or decrease the highlighted number. � Press
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00_RC48 OG.book Page 17 Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:46 PM English Español Français ® LISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE SYSTEM Skip quickly forward... Tip up on the center bar and hold. Skip quickly backward... Tip down on the center bar and hold. Select a track by Press in on the center bar . number... Move up or down to change to the first digit of the track number. Press in to confirm the number and move on to the next digit, etc. See the list of other Press the left arrow button sourc
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00_RC48 OG.book Page 18 Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:46 PM Français Español English ® LISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE SYSTEM Stop and start again Press and hold . at the beginning Then press again. of the DVD... Skip to the next Tip up on the center bar . chapter (track)... Tip and hold to skip more than one. Skip to the beginning of Tip down on the center bar . the previous chapter Tip and hold to skip more chapters. (track)... Scan forward... Press . (silences temporarily) Press repeatedly
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00_RC48 OG.book Page 19 Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:46 PM English Español Français LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL SOURCE How a nearby sound source differs ® Your PERSONAL music center II is engineered for use with any ® Bose link enabled products in your expansion room. For example, speakers connected to a Bose SA-2 or SA-3 ampli- ® fier respond to on and off commands from the PERSONAL music center II, as well as muting and volume changes. On the other hand, a Bose 3�2�1 Series II or 3�2�1 GS Serie
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00_RC48 OG.book Page 20 Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:46 PM Français Español English LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL SOURCE � Move up or down to scroll through local selections. � Move right to change inputs (for audio on your local source or connected to it). One example, with AM and FM radio and CD/DVD options You can make the following choices: � To switch from one to the other, move right. The change appears on the local source display. � To set presets in the numeric selection screen, press the
