Bose 18 Series II manual

® LIFESTYLE 18 Series II LIFESTYLE 28 Series II DVD Home Entertainment Systems Operating Guide ®[...]

2 Safety Information English Please read this owner ’ s guide Please t ake the time to follow thi s guide ca refu lly . It wil l help you se t up and operat e your sys tem pr operly an d enjoy all o f its adva nced feat ur es. Save both the Installation G uide an d the Operation Gui de for futu r e refer en ce. WA RN I NG : T o reduce the ri sk o[...]

3 English Fr ançais Español Conte nts Where to find... Introducti on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 T[...]

4 Contents English Using Sys tem Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Making s y stem adj ustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 How to see the Sy st em menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

5 English Introduct ion We l c o m e Thank you for purchasing a Bose ® LIFESTY LE ® DVD home entertainme nt system. Through proprietary Bose technolo gies and innovative LIFESTY L E ® systems design, this elega nt and easy-to-use system del ivers superior performance fo r both music and video programming. T ypes of di scs you can pl ay The syst [...]

6 Introd uction English DTS – An abbreviatio n for Di gital Th eater Sy stems, a type of multi-c hannel su rround soun d format u sed on certai n CDs and many D VDs. – The logo r ep rese nting D igital Theater Systems. DVD – An abbr eviati on most co mmonly k nown to mean Digi tal V ideo Disc or Di gital V ersat ile Disc. The audio /vide o/da[...]

7 English Capabi lit ies an d Cont rol s The remote control The adva nced radio- fr equency r emote con tr ol pr ovide d with the L IFESTYLE ® s ystem works from almost a nywhere inside your home. Simply press any button. There is no ne ed to aim the r emote at th e media cen ter . Power and mute Source and input selection *Y ou can choos e to set[...]

8 Capabili ties and Contro ls English Menu and program selection Enters or exi ts the Setting s menu for the cu rren t sour ce. Enters or exits the System me nu. Enters or exit s the menu of th e DVD disc tha t is curr ently load ed. Enters t he main men u of a cable or satelli te bo x. Display s an elect ro nic TV lis tings guid e (if th e TV , ca[...]

9 Capabi lit ies an d Cont rol s English Play options Note: All of the buttons s hown below , ex cept Shuffle a nd Repeat, ca n be u sed with your VCR or DVR after the remote has been set to control it. If the remote does not w ork as you ex pec t If your s ystem does not r espond when you pr ess a button on the r emote, it could b e time to change[...]

10 Capabili ties and Contro ls English The media center The CD/DVD tra y and system contr ols are lo cated under the fr ont panel door of the media center . T o the right of t hat is the displ ay window (Figur e 1). An IR signal e mitter , located un der the CD/DVD tra y , enables you to control ot her compo- nents using the LI FEST YLE ® remote. [...]

11 Capabi lities an d Control s English Display window The media cen ter display window in dicate s the state of the sys tem, includ ing what sourc e is playin g, detail s of that pr ogram, an d what opti on, if any , is selec t e d (Figure 2). When Settin gs menu items or messages a ppear in the d isplay , they may scr oll to re veal informat ion [...]

12 English System Op eration Making i t all wor k toget her smoot hly By pr essing any sour ce button on the LIF ESTYLE ® remo t e con t r ol, you can turn on the sys - tem and sel ect that source a t the same ti me. Or , press th e On/Of f button on the remote control or on th e media cent er contro l panel. This t urns the syst em on to the sour[...]

13 Genera l System Oper ation English T o adjust what you see or hear • For chan ges to a parti cular sourc e: – Pres s th e Sett ings button on th e LIFESTYLE ® re mot e co nt rol . – T o see your c hoices on the TV , be sur e you have t he TV on and its Video i nput is set f or the media ce n t er . – For de tails on the changes you can [...]

14 General System Operation English Control options Note: For information on th e q uick adjustments you can m ake to DVD setti ngs refer to “DVD setting options” o n page 27. Instru c t ions on ho w to ente r the menu to make those change s are availa ble in “How t o see your optio n s” on page 2 4. Using parent al controls The par ental c[...]

15 Genera l System Oper ation English Control options Note: For information on th e quick adjustment s y ou can make to CD se t tings, refer to “CD setting options” on page 26. I n st r u c t ions on ho w to ente r the menu to make those change s are availa ble in “How t o see your optio n s” on page 2 4. If you want to: Do th is: Pause a C[...]

16 General System Operation English Using the rad io The symbols below repr esent buttons on the LIFESTYLE ® remot e control. Press to sele ct the radio t uner and tur n it on if the syst em was off. Thi s tunes to th e FM or AM stat ion that wa s last s elected . Changing stations Note: For info rmation on the qui ck adjustments yo u can make to [...]

17 Genera l System Oper ation English T o remove a st ation preset T une to the preset number you want to remo ve. Then fol low the step bel ow: • On the r emo te control, press and hold the 0 number b utton until the message PRESET : XX ERASED appea rs briefly on the media center display . The r emoval is the n completed . T o reassign a p reset[...]

18 English Controlling External S o urces Using your LIFESTYLE ® remote with oth er com ponents Y ou can co ntr ol most brand s of exte r nal comp onents, such as T Vs, VCRs, and ca ble/satell ite boxes, us ing your LIFESTYL E ® r emote contr ol. Y o u can also des ignate one of these compo- nents as th e video tuner (ch annel selecto r) for all,[...]

19 Controll ing External Sources English 5. Id entify th e TV brand : •F r o m t h e Remote Contr ol options i n the System menu, select TV Brand (Figure 5). • Move righ t into the lis t of brands and up or d own to locate the br and for your TV . •P r e s s Ent er to sele ct that brand. Figure 5 TV brand selection 6. Choose the d evice code [...]

20 Controlling Ext ernal Sources English 7. Set th e TV to t urn on automati cally*, as neede d: • Move up to th e System menu categ ories and over to Vid eo (Figu re 6 ) . •F r o m t h e Vid eo options, select TV Power . • Move righ t into the lis t of choices and up o r down to sel ect one of the two be low: - Auto matic (f or TV models tha[...]

21 Controll ing External Sources English For cable/satel lite control While y ou can set the LIFES TYLE ® remote to con tr o l both cable a nd satellite boxes, you must design ate one or the othe r , n ot both , in the steps below . The one co nnected t o the CBL-SA T input on your media center i s the one you should desig- nate. So when you pr es[...]

22 Controlling Ext ernal Sources English For VCR (or DVR) control The lis t of VCR brands and VCR codes incl ude select ions for DVRs as well. By fol lowing the instruc tions below , you can set the r emote to contr ol one or the othe r , but no t both. If you ha ve both a VC R and a D VR, setting yo ur remote to cont r o l the DVR w ill provide mo[...]

23 Controll ing External Sources English Follow th e process below: T ur n on you r componen t. T ur n on t he TV and be su re to select the V ideo in put on the TV fo r the media center . Then u sing the LIFESTYLE ® rem ote co nt rol , p ress th e AUX source butt on and continu e: 1. Id entify th e device : •F r o m t h e Remote Contr ol option[...]

24 English Changing Source Settings Making adjust ments to a particul ar source While watch ing a video or liste ning to musi c on your syst em, you can make quick ad just- ments th at will incr ease your enjoymen t of the progr am. For example, you may wan t to hear more or fewer of the system spea kers playi ng, or boost the cen ter channel volum[...]

25 Changin g Source Settin gs English How to change the settings In the Setti ngs menu on the media center display or on th e TV scr een, move ar ound and make chang e s by usin g the se lection bu ttons sh own. On the d isplay or the scr een, the same actio ns apply: •P r e s s t h e lef t , righ t , up or down arrows to get to the option you wa[...]

26 Changing Source Settings English T uner setting options (FM or AM radio) Ther e are dif feren t settin gs menus for AM and FM. Y ou can adjust th e settings dif ferent ly for each. T wo of th e attributes below ar e availabl e only when the tuner is s et to FM. CD setting options T o see the CD Settin gs menu, you mus t insert a CD into the disc[...]

27 Changin g Source Settin gs English DVD settin g options T o se e the DVD Se ttings menu, y ou must inser t a DVD into th e disc tray before you sele ct the sou r c e. Thr ee attributes (shown in ita lic type below) ap pear in t he DVD menu only if yo u have set Audi o Proce ssing to User Adjustable in the Audio options of th e System menu. DVD F[...]

28 Changing Source Settings English TV setting options (for VCR, CBL-SA T , and AUX) The setti ngs below a ffect prog rams on the TV , even whe n the sour ce of the pro gram is VCR, CBL/SA T or AUX. There ar e no separate set tings menus fo r these sources . Four attri butes (show n in i talic type below) appear in the T V menu only i f you h ave s[...]

29 English Using Sys tem Menus Making system adjust ments Adjust ments to system pr operties ar e typicall y made only once. If your system oper ates as you want it to, there m a y be no need for any chan ges. In some cas es, however , c h a n g es are re quir ed to make the sy stem ful ly compatible with th e installa tion option s you have chosen[...]

30 Using System Menus English Audi o optio ns Pres s th e Syste m button o n the L IFESTYLE ® r emote contr ol. Move righ t to see a pr eview of audio feat ures. Pr ess the Ente r button t o move into an ac tive di splay of subme n u s. Figure 12 Audio preview Note: L istening to an au dio source whil e you make these a djustments can be h elpful.[...]

31 Using System Menus English *The Of f option for ADAP TiQ system is not a rev ersible selectio n. T o re store the ADAPTiQ system adjust ments r equir es re -use of the Set up Disc 2 an d the ADAPTi Q h eadset su pplied with the sys tem. For info rmation on this pr ocess, refer t o “Finish- ing the Installa tion” in your LIFE STYLE ® Instal [...]

32 Using System Menus English V ideo optio ns Pres s th e Syste m button o n the L IFESTYLE ® r emote contr ol. Move righ t to see a pr eview of video fe atures . Pr ess the Ente r button to move i nto an active displ ay of submenus. Figure 13 Video preview *With most TV models, th e TV sensor must be installed an d posit ioned to det ect if t he [...]

33 Using System Menus English Media center option s Pres s th e Syste m button o n the L IFESTYLE ® r emote contr ol. Move righ t to see a pr eview of media cent er features. Pr ess the Ente r button to move i nto an active displ ay of submenus. Figure 14 Media Center prev iew Media Cente r Select M edia Cente r to adjus t these sys tem options Di[...]

34 Using System Menus English Remote control op tions Pres s th e Syste m button o n the L IFESTYLE ® r emote contr ol. Move righ t to see a pr eview of remot e control feat ures. Pr ess the Ente r butto n to move in to an active display of submenus . Figure 15 Remote Contr ol preview Pres s the Sy stem button on the LIFESTYLE ® r emote control .[...]

35 Using System Menus English DVD Lock options Pres s the Sy stem button on the LIFESTYLE ® r emote control . Mo ve right to see a pr eview of DVD Lock choi ces. Press the Ente r button to mov e into an active d isplay of submenu s. Figure 16 DVD Lock Menu Applying parental control The par ental contr ol feature of the LIFESTYLE ® sys tem lets yo[...]

36 Using System Menus English For example, by choosin g a Paren tal Control Se t ti n g of 4 , yo u restrict acc ess to videos rated ab ove PG-13 . V ideos with rat ings abov e that may be v iewed only after entering the password. Y our passwor d also pr events others fr om changing the pa rental cont rol setti ng without perm ission. T o set the r[...]

37 English Reference Remote control maintenance Changing t he batter ies as needed is the on ly regular main tenance req uire d . Howev er , the switch es inside t he re mote battery case may be changed, as needed. Additional r emotes for use in oth er roo ms may need their swi tches chan ged, too. For that, r efer to “Bose ® li nk remote switch[...]

38 Refere nce English Using the medi a center: 1. Lift th e media center do or and press th e All Off bu tton. 2. Pres s and hold the Stor e button. Y our curr ent house code wil l appear in the media cen ter display wi n d ow in the form of f our r ectangles, which r epres ent the po sitions of s w i tches 1 through 4: 3. While hold ing the Store [...]

39 Reference English Bose ® link: the key to a ssured compati bility One opti on is using a Bose p r oduct yo u alr eady own, if you wan t the s ound in just one ad di- tional r oom. As a second option that can provide so u nd t h rou ghout your home (or even outsi de!), the Bose ® link network connects all the pieces and of fers a variet y of Bo[...]

40 Refere nce English T aking care of yo ur LI FESTYL E ® system Caring for you r system may i nclude: • Cleanin g the system’ s enclosu res • Clean ing your c ompact di scs and DVDs • Replaci n g t he r emote control b atteries Cleaning the media center • Use onl y a soft, dry clo th to clean the ou tside of the medi a center . • Do n[...]

41 Reference English T roubleshoot ing Pr oblem What to do Syst em doesn’t do anyth ing • Make sure the powe r connector is in serted sec urely into the me dia center , the po wer cord is inse rted sec urely into th e Acoust imass ® mod ule, and the po wer p ack and power cord are full y plugged in to operating AC wall outle ts. • Be sure to[...]

42 Refere nce English Contacting customer service For addi t i onal help in solving p robl ems, contact Bose ® cust omer service. See the add ress and phon e number lis t included with your system. Radio does not work • Make sure antenna s are conn ected properly . • Move AM antenna at least 20 inc hes (50 cm) fro m the media cent er . • A d[...]

43 Reference English Accessories For infor mation on speaker moun ting brackets a n d stands, additi onal remote c ontrols, and connec ting addi tional Bose ® po w e red loudsp eakers, con tact your Bose d ealer or call Bose custome r service. See the addr ess and ph one number list in cluded wit h your system. T e chnical i nforma tion Media cent[...]

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