User manual BOSE LIFESTYLE 50

[. . . ] The Bose® Lifestyle® 50 System Owner's Guide October 17, 2001 AM189854_05_V. pdf Safety Information WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose the system to rain or moisture. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. AVIS RISQUE DE CHOC ÉLECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR AFIN DE PRÉVENIR UN CHOC ÉLECTRIQUE NE PAS ENLEVER LE COUVERCLE ARRIÈRE. IL NE SE TROUVE À L'INTÉRIEUR AUCUNE PIÈCE POUVANT ÊTRE RÉPARÉE PAR L'USAGER. S'ADRESSER À UN RÉPARATEUR COMPÉTENT. These CAUTION marks may be located on the bottoms of your Lifestyle® Personal® music center, Acoustimass® module, multi-room interface, and CD changer: The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the system enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock. [. . . ] If you change the setting for any source, the system is reset to these settings when you turn off a room. Figure 25 Selecting five-speaker sound for a mono source AM189854_05_V. PDF October 17, 2001 23 Operating Your Lifestyle® 50 System Digital Dynamic Range compression ® This feature automatically monitors and adjusts the volume to let you hear soft sounds (particularly dialogue), but reduces the chance of you being overwhelmed by a loud special effect such as an explosion. Digital Dynamic Range compression is initially disengaged for all sound sources. You can engage or disengage Digital Dynamic Range compression using the Personal music center. Press MENU and hold it for about two seconds. If not, press the left or right arrow button until drc is displayed. Using the left or right arrow button below drc, select On or ­ ­ (Off) (Figure 26). The music center remembers your settings in the event of a power loss. Figure 26 Selecting Digital Dynamic Range compression Listening to digital sound Turning on the digital audio source Turn on the DVD player, DTV, or other digital audio source. Make sure a disc is loaded in the DVD player. Turning on the system and choosing digital sound Press AUX to turn your system on to play digital sound. If your Lifestyle® system does not receive a valid PCM or Dolby Digital bitstream, it will automatically select the analog signal connected to the AUX jacks on the multi-room interface. Selecting listening material To select material with compatible digital-audio bitstreams, look for the terms PCM or Dolby Digital, or the symbol 1 on DVD-Video discs. Your Lifestyle® 50 system cannot process MPEG-2 or DTS digital bitstreams. Make sure a connection is made between your DVD player or Digital TV's digital audio output and your system's digital audio input. To select surround-encoded analog or digital audio material, look for the terms Surround or Dolby Surround, the symbol 3 on tapes and discs, or the word "surround" preceding a TV broadcast. You can listen to any program material in five-speaker (surround sound) mode, though you may not hear sound from all five speakers all the time. Some monaural and stereo materials will not cause sound to be directed to the surround speakers. Even with surround-encoded material there are times when no sounds are directed to the surround speakers. 24 October 17, 2001 AM189854_05_V. PDF Operating Your Lifestyle® 50 System Operating the special features See "Listening to the system" on pages 22-24 for a more detailed explanation of these special features. Enhanced mode When you select VIDEO 1, VIDEO 2 TAPE, AUX CD, AM or FM The mode is Enhanced (FILM BASS on) Standard (FILM BASS off) Standard To change this Press the FILM BASS button. You cannot select enhanced mode for CD, AM or FM. Simulated surround (monaural into 5 speakers) When your audio source is AUX source with Mono Dolby Digital, AM Anything else Simulated surround is ON To change this Press and hold the MENU button. Select 1ch:5 and switch to ­ ­ (Off). Select 1ch:5 and switch to On. OFF Digital Dynamic Range compression ® When you select Any SOURCE Digital Dynamic Range is OFF To change this Press and hold the MENU button. Select drc and switch to On. AM189854_05_V. PDF October 17, 2001 25 Operating Your Lifestyle® 50 System Listening to the radio Your Lifestyle® system has a built-in AM/FM radio. Good AM/FM radio reception depends on the location and orientation of the AM and FM antennas. See "FM antenna connections" and "AM antenna connections" on page 16 for proper antenna installation. See "Optimizing AM/ FM radio reception" on page 36 for help with antenna adjustment. Turning the system on and choosing the radio Press FM or AM to turn your system on to the most recently selected FM or AM station. [. . . ] Use SIGNAL LEVELS menu to determine best reception. You may be in an area of weak signal coverage. · Make sure the AM antenna is upright. · Move antennas farther from TV or other electronic equipment. [. . . ]