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    PERSONAL ® music center III ©201 1 Bose Corporation , The Mountain, Framingham, MA 01701-9168 USA AM348740 Rev .00 Owner ’s Guide Guía de usuario Notice d’utilisation PMC III Covers_FRONT and B ACK.fm Page 1 Wednesday, July 20 , 2011 12:15 PM[...]

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    2 – English S AFETY I NFORMATION Please read this guide Please take the time to follow the instructions in this guide carefully . They will help you set up and use your Personal ® music center I II properl y so you can enjo y its advanced fe atures. Pl ease save th is gu id e f or f ut ure ref ere nc e. WA R N I N G S : • Do not expose th is a[...]

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    English – 3 Names and Contents of Toxic or Hazardous Substances or Elements Part Name Toxic or Hazardous Substa nces and Elements Lead (Pb) Mercury (Hg ) Cadmium (C d) Hexavalen t (CR(VI)) Polybrominate d Biphenyl (P BB) Polybrominated diphenylether (PBDE) PCBs X0 0 0 0 0 Metal par ts X0 0 0 0 0 Plastic parts 00 0 0 0 0 Speakers 00 0 0 0 0 Cables[...]

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    4 – English PMC III.book Page 4 Wednes day, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM[...]

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    English – 5 C ONTENTS I NTRODUCTION 7 Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 E XPANDING Y OUR LIFESTYLE ® S YSTE M 8 Connecting your homewide an tenna . .[...]

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    6 – English C HANGING Y OUR P ERSONAL ® MUSIC CENTER III S ETUP 21 Adjustable features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 To view or change settings for a feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 A DDING S OUND TO A NOTHER R OOM 23 Expanding your system . . . . . .[...]

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    English – 7 I NTRODUCTION We l c o m e The Personal ® music center III remote control is designed to expand your Bose ® LIFESTYLE ® V25/V35, 235, or 135 home entertainment system into other rooms of your home. Usin g the Personal ® music center III remote contr ol, you can listen to your main room system thr ough a Bose link-enabled expansion[...]

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    8 – English E XPANDING Y OUR LIFESTYLE ® S YSTEM Connecting your homewide antenna Plug the antenna ca ble into the Homewide Antenna connector on your LIFESTYLE ® system. Note: Plugging the antenna cable into your LIFES TYLE ® system is essential for proper operation of your Personal ® music center III remote control. Do not bundle the antenna[...]

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    English – 9 P REPARING FOR USE Installing the batteries Use your Personal ® music center III with the LIFESTYLE ® system after installing the supplied batterie s, as follows: 1. Slide the cover off the back of the Personal ® music center III battery compartment. 2. Install the four AA (IEC LR6) batterie s, matc hing the polarity markings (+ an[...]

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    10 – English P REPARING FOR USE Basic contr ols The buttons explained below will enable you to get star ted, move ar ound on the display screen, and make selections from the display . T urns on the amplifier and speakers or local system that your Per sonal ® music center III is assigned to contr ol. Alerts the LIFESTYLE ® system contr ol consol[...]

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    English – 11 P REPARING FOR USE Source display Press to see the list of the ava ilable sources. Y o ur list may look different, depending on the devices you have connected to your LIFESTYLE ® system, and what type of system it is. Audio 2, the au dio stream selected to deli ver sound to the expansion room speakers, appears briefly in place of th[...]

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    12 – English P REPARING FOR USE Symbols on t he display Y o u may notice if a symbol appears on the display . These symbols indicate special conditions, as described below: Setup button: use as needed Battery indicator: Y our Personal ® music center III battery is depleted by 75% or more. Mute: The Mute button has been pr essed and the speakers [...]

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    English – 13 L ISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE ® SYSTEM Contr olling the source The sour ce contro ls allow you to control the LIFESTYLE ® system AM/FM radio and an iPod or iPhone that is docked in the main room. The source contr ols may also control some of the features of the source connected to the rear of the LIFESTYLE ® system. The Bose ® rem[...]

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    14 – English L ISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE ® SYSTEM Playing a docked iPod or iPhone Y our L IFESTYLE ® system has a connection jack for yo ur Bose dock for iPod/iPhone. For connection instructions, select the UNIFY ® menu on the LIFESTYLE ® system in the main room. Before attempting to select your iP od, make sure it is securely docked. Otherw[...]

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    English – 15 L ISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE ® SYSTEM The following contr ols operate your iPod as described. Note: While browsing iPod menus, activating Shu ffle, or selecting a song while Shuffle is active, the Personal ® music center III display m ay take a few seconds to update while it is communicating with the control console. Button group B[...]

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    16 – English L ISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE ® SYSTEM Playing the radio T o listen to the radio, sele ct AM or FM from y our list of sour ces. The LIFESTYLE ® system turns on, if needed, and begins playing. The radio display The display on your Personal ® music center III provides information about the radio station and preset. While listening to[...]

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    English – 17 L ISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE ® SYSTEM Using radio presets Y o ur LIFESTYLE ® system can store up to 20 AM and 20 FM stations as radio pr esets. By assigning a pr eset number to stations, you ca n choose them quickly and ea sily . All of the presets can be used in any of the expansion rooms. Y ou can either let the system assign the[...]

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    18 – English L ISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE ® SYSTEM Listening to other sour ces Yo u r P e r s o n a l ® music center III can select source s connected to the r ear of your LIFESTYLE ® system contr ol console, such as a TV , CD, DVD, DVR, cable, or satellite box. Each con nected sour ce appears in the sour ce list display on you r Personal ® m[...]

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    English – 19 L ISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE ® SYSTEM 4. Tilt the navigation bar up or down on your Personal ® music center III to select a channel, DVD chap ter , etc. This action has the same function as the Channel Up/ Down button on the remote control in the main r oom. Press to go back to the last channel, DVD chapter , etc. ( ). Press to go [...]

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    20 – English L ISTENING TO AN EXPANSION PRODUCT Selecting local sour ces on your expansion product The Local selection in the source menu allows you to select and control the sources within your expansion product such as th e AM/FM radio, CD, or DVD. For example, if your Bose ® expansion pr oduct is a W ave ® music system, you can control its A[...]

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    English – 21 C HANGING Y OUR P ERSONAL ® MUSIC CENTER III S ETUP Adjustable featur es Y o u can change some of the factor y default settings of the Personal ® music center III to customize it as you like. Press Setup near the bottom of the Personal ® music center III to see a list of the feature settings. Note: T o learn more about room codes [...]

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    22 – English C HANGING Y OUR P ERSONAL ® MU SIC CENTER III S ETUP Factory settings are in bold type. Feature Setting Name Bedroom Designates where you use this Personal ® music center III. Choose from a list of possible r ooms to label your music center and distinguish it from any others. Room Code B Distinguishes each room (up to 14) connected[...]

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    English – 23 A DDING S OUND TO A NOTHER R OOM Expanding your system Y our L IFESTYLE ® V35/V25, 235, or 135 system can deliver Bose ® quality sound in up to 14 additional rooms in your home. Connecti ng a Bose link-compatible product to the Bose link OUT connector on the control console enables you to listen to a different sound source in other[...]

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    24 – English A DDING S OUND TO A NO THER R OOM When to change the room code If you have multiple expansion rooms, you must change the r oom code on both the expansion pr oduct and the Personal ® music center III so they match each other , but have a diff erent r oom code than the main room and every other expansion r oom. • When you add an exp[...]

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    English – 25 R EFERENCE T r oubleshooting Contacting customer service For additional help in solving problems, contact Bose ® Customer Service. See the address and phone number list in cluded with your LIFESTYLE ® system. Limited warranty Yo u r P e r s o n a l ® music center III is covered by a limited warranty . See your product registration[...]

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    26 – English R EFERENCE T echnical information Remote control range 80 ft. (24.4 m) Size 8¼ in. L x 1 in. H x 2½ in. W (21 cm x 3 cm x 6 cm) W eight with batteries installed 0.7 lb (.3 kg) Battery type 1.5V AA (IEC LR6) batteries (4) Fre quency U.S./Canada: 2 7.145 MHz Euro: 40.685 MHz RF Field Strength Peak level: 88 dB  V/m @ 3 meters @ 27[...]

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    English – 27 PMC III.book Page 27 Wedne sday, June 29 , 2011 3:45 PM[...]

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    PERSONAL ® music center III ©201 1 Bose Corporation , The Mountain, Framingham, MA 01701-9168 USA AM348740 Rev .00 Owner ’s Guide Guía de usuario Notice d’utilisation PMC III Covers_FRONT and B ACK.fm Page 1 Wednesday, July 20 , 2011 12:15 PM[...]