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The W ave/PC™ Interactive System Owner’ s Guide April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00[...]

2 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Safety Information W ARNING: T o reduce the risk of fir e or electric shock, do not expose the W ave/PC™ system to rain or moisture. As with any electronic pr oduct, use care not to spill liquids into any part of the Wave/PC unit. Liquids can cause a failur e and/or a fire hazard. Keep the remote contr ol lithium b[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 3 Safety Information 1. Read these instructions – for all components before using this product. 2. Keep these instructions – for future r eference. 3. Heed all warnings – on the product and in the owner ’ s guide. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water or moisture – Do not use this [...]

4 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Safety Information Information about products that generate electrical noise If applicable, this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide r easonable protection against harmful interfer ence in [...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 5 Contents System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Installing the Wave[...]

6 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 System Setup Before you begin Thank you for purchasing the Bose ® W ave/PC ™ interactive system. This system combines the power of your computer with the bene fi ts of award-winning patented acoustic waveguide speaker technology to provide an entir ely new way to listen to music. The W ave/PC system gives you one-t[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 7 System Setup Installing the W ave/PC ™ system hardware Unpacking the carton Carefully unpack your system (Figur e 1) and save all packing materials. The original packing materials provide the safest way to transport your W ave/PC system. If any part of the pr oduct appears damaged, do not attempt to use it. Notify Bo[...]

8 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 System Setup Setting up the W ave/PC ™ remote control W ARNING: Keep the remote contr ol battery away from children. It may cause a fir e or chem- ical burn if mishandled. Do not recharge, disassemble, heat above 100˚C (212˚F), or inciner - ate. Dispose of used battery promptly . CAUTION: Danger of explosion if ba[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 9 System Setup 5. Use the supplied mounting strip if you want to attach the remote to a surface in your lis- tening room. Peel of f the protective backing to stick one piece to the back of the r emote and the other to the selected surface (Figure 4). Figure 4 Installing the mounting strip for the remote control Installin[...]

10 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 System Setup Connecting the W ave/PC ™ unit to your computer This step tells you how to connect the W ave/PC unit to your computer using the cable sup- plied with your W ave/PC system. Illustrations of the two most typical computer connection panels are pr ovided (Figure 6 and Figur e 7). Refer to the fi gure that [...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 11 System Setup Figure 7 Example 2: Wave/PC ™ system connections Connecting the power cord to the W ave/PC unit 1. Plug the small end of the power cord into the power jack on the back of your W ave/PC unit (Figure 8). The connector is shaped to fi t in only one dir ection. Line up the fl at edge of the plug with the [...]

12 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 System Setup Connecting the external FM antenna FM radio reception is impr oved by connecting the supplied FM antenna to the external antenna connector on the back of the W ave/PC ™ unit (Figure 9). Note: If you are not using the FM dipole antenna, the power cor d serves as an antenna. Figure 9 Location of external [...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 13 System Setup Note: If the Ne xt button is not available, check to see if your computer’ s hard drive has at least 200 MB of free storage space. 8. In the AM/FM station tables dialog box you can choose to install station tables for the entire US (occupies an additional 150 MB of disk space) or just your local ar ea. [...]

14 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 System Setup 16. In this step, the setup program sear ches your hard drive for any music fi les you may already have: A. Select the types of music fi les to include in your search. Y ou can select MP3 or W A V . By default, only MP3 is selected. B. Specify the minimum fi le length. When importing fi les, you may w[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 15 System Overview The W ave/PC ™ system controls Y ou can fi nd controls for your W ave/PC interactive system in three locations: T urning your W ave/PC system on and off There ar e three ways to turn your W ave/PC system on or off: • The W ave/PC software application window – This is the main user interface for [...]

16 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 System Overview W ave/PC ™ application window Figure 10 shows you the W ave/PC application window and describes the features and con- trols. Contr ols can also be accessed using right-click menus. Right-click anywhere in the blue background of the window to open these menus. Figure 10 The Wave/PC application window [...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 17 System Overview W ave/PC ™ remote control Y ou can use the W ave/PC remote contr ol (Figure 11) to operate some of the basic functions included in the W ave/PC system application window . Aim the remote control at the fr ont of the W ave/PC unit and press the button for the function you want. The remote normally wor[...]

18 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 System Overview The audio from a W eb Radio station is delivered over an Internet connection. While using an Internet connection, you can experience delays, periodic drop-outs and even disconnection. This can affect the quality and continuity of Internet audio broadcasts. The ability of your W ave/PC system to play an[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 19 System Overview The W ave/PC ™ system monitor The W ave/PC application software includes a pr ogram called the W ave/PC Monitor which was installed during the software installation pr ocess. This program runs in the backgr ound whenever your computer is on and enables the computer -generated audio to play through yo[...]

20 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Operating the CD Player/Recorder Playing an audio CD The W ave/PC ™ interactive audio system can play any audio CD. Whenever you insert a CD into your computer ’ s CD-ROM drive, the Wave/PC system automatically selects the CD player (Figure 14) and begins playing the CD. When the W ave/PC system plays a CD for the[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 21 Operating the CD Player/Recorder Playing tracks from the music finder window The music fi nder gives you great fl exibility in playing single or multiple music selections. • T o start playback : Double-click the fi rst title you want to play , or select the fi rst title and click the Play/pause ( ) button. • [...]

22 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Operating the CD Player/Recorder Recording an audio CD In addition to playing CDs from your computer ’ s CD-ROM drive, you can recor d and save them as music fi les on your computer ’ s hard drive. When you insert a CD into your com- puter ’ s CD-ROM drive, the Wave/PC ™ software prepar es itself to recor d a[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 23 Operating the CD Player/Recorder Recording CDs when disconnected from the Internet If your computer is disconnected from the Internet and you insert a CD into the CD-ROM drive, the track titles are number ed because CDDB information cannot be downloaded. How- ever , you can r ecord the CD and get CDDB information the [...]

24 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Operating the CD Player/Recorder Setting CD player/recorder setup options T o access the CD player/recor der setup options (Figure 18) and change the con fi guration, click the Setup button and click the CD tab. After selecting the options you want, • Click the OK button to save your settings and close the setup wi[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 25 Operating the CD Player/Recorder By default, when you insert an audio CD into your computer ’ s CD-ROM drive, the Wave/PC ™ system automatically switches to the CD mode and starts playing the CD. T o disable auto- matic playing, remove the check next to “ Automatically play CDs when inserted. ” Normally , when[...]

26 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Operating the CD Player/Recorder Select “ Record using err or correction ” to decr ease the probability of audio err ors during recor ding. The W ave/PC ™ application can test your CD-ROM drive to determine its digital audio extrac- tion speed and tell you whether or not it can support simultaneous recor d and p[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 27 Listening to Music Files Selecting the Music Files player The Music Files player gives you one-touch selection of any MP3 or WA V fi le stored on your computer ’ s hard drive. T o select the Music Files player (Figure 20), click the Music Files but- ton on the W ave/PC ™ application window , or press the File but[...]

28 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Listening to Music Files Navigating the music finder The music fi nder makes it easy for you to view your music database and fi nd the music you want to hear . The music database is or ganized into a hierarchy of views (Figur e 21) to group your music into logical collections. • T ypes – categories or genres of[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 29 Listening to Music Files Sorting lists in the music finder window Y ou can sort the list in the music fi nder window by column heading in ascending or descend- ing order . Click on a column heading and you ’ ll see a small triangle appear on the right-hand side of the heading. The sorting order is indicated by the[...]

30 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Listening to Music Files T o find and play all the music of a certain type (jazz, rock, etc.): 1. Click the T ypes button. A list of music types is displayed in the music fi nder . 2. Enter the music type name (or part of the name) in the Search box. As you type, the music fi nder will reduce the number of displaye[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 31 Listening to Music Files Maintaining your music library T o help you create and maintain your music library , the W ave/PC ™ application provides the capability to add and delete fi les, and edit the music fi nder database. Adding new music to your music finder database There ar e three ways to add new music to t[...]

32 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Listening to Music Files Creating your own music playlists Open the Playlist Editor by clicking the Edit Playlists button in the Music Files player mode. The playlist editor window is divided into two views (Figure 23). The lower view displays the music fi les fi nder and the upper view displays your playlists in a [...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 33 Listening to Music Files Setting the Music Files player setup options T o access the Music Files player setup options (Figure 24) and change the con fi guration, click the Setup button and click the Music Files tab. After selecting the options you want, • Click the OK button to save your settings and close the setu[...]

34 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Listening to Music Files Normally , the Wave/PC ™ application monitors your hard drive for new music fi les and adds them to the W ave/PC database. If you do not want this to happen automatically , remove the check mark beside “ Automatically check for new music fi les. ” If this box is not checked, you will n[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 35 Listening to Music Files T o scan your hard drive for supported music fi les and add them to the music fi nder database: 1. Click the Scan har d drive for music … button. The dialog box shown in Figur e 27 opens. 2. Select the types of music fi les to include in your search. Y ou can select MP3 or W A V . By defa[...]

36 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Listening to Web Radio Stations Selecting the W eb Radio mode The W eb radio mode (Figure 28) allows you to listen to a variety of Internet audio broadcast stations. T o listen to a W eb radio station, click the W eb Radio button. A list of Internet sta- tions is displayed in the station fi nder window . When you sel[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 37 Listening to Web Radio Stations Reading the connection status In the W eb radio mode, you will experience a delay between when you select a web station and when you hear it. The connection status appears in the lower right corner of the informa- tion window (Figure 28). • Connecting – looking for the station • B[...]

38 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Listening to Web Radio Stations Deleting a W eb Radio station 1. In the W ave/PC ™ W eb Radio mode, select a station in the station fi nder . 2. Click the Delete Station button. 3. When the delete con fi rmation box (Figure 30) appears, click Delete . Figure 30 Web Radio delete confirmation box Editing the inform[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 39 Listening to Web Radio Stations Setting W eb radio setup options T o access the W eb radio setup options (Figure 32) and change the con fi guration, click the Setup button and click the W eb radio tab. After selecting the options you want, • Click the OK button to save your settings and close the setup window , or [...]

40 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Listening to AM/FM Radio Stations Selecting the AM/FM radio Selecting AM/FM radio (Figure 33) allows you to listen to your local AM/FM br oadcast sta- tions using the tuner in the W ave/PC ™ unit. T o fi nd a radio station, click the AM or FM button and a list of your local radio stations is displayed in the statio[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 41 Listening to AM/FM Radio Stations Adding a new AM/FM radio station T une to the station you want to add and click the Add Station button. The Add Radio Station dialog box (Figure 34) opens, pr ompting you to enter information about the radio station. Enter the information and click OK to create a new station in the st[...]

42 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Listening to AM/FM Radio Stations Setting presets to play AM/FM radio stations Y ou can assign up to six presets for the AM and FM radio modes. Ther e are three ways to set presets: • Drag and drop – Find and select a radio station in the station fi nder . Drag the station out of the fi nder window and drop it o[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 43 Listening to AM/FM Radio Stations The station database that was built on your hard drive during softwar e installation was deter - mined by the ZIP code you entered. The selections you make in the Local Zip code and Country drop lists ar e used by the Bose Wave/PC web site to determine which stations to download when [...]

44 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 General and Internet Setup Options Setting general setup options T o open the General setup window (Figure 38) and change the con fi guration, click the Setup button and click the General tab. After selecting the options you want, • Click the OK button to save your settings and close the setup window , or • Click[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 45 General and Internet Setup Options The Language drop list allows you to view the W ave/PC ™ application in another language. The Calibrate V olume Control button is available if your W ave/PC unit is connected to the serial port of your computer . Clicking this button calibrates system volume levels so that the outp[...]

46 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 General and Internet Setup Options • If your computer is not part of a network, select the default setting “ No HTTP proxy . ” • If your computer is part of a network and you already use a br owser to access the Internet, select “ Use my browser pr oxy settings. ” • If your computer is part of a network [...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 47 Using the Wave/PC ™ Unit Controls The W ave/PC ™ unit control panel The button panel functions are de fi ned in Figur e 40. Y ou must use the control panel to change the clock and alarm settings, to select the Sleep feature time, or to select any component connected to the AUX input. The control panel On/Off and [...]

48 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Using the Wave/PC ™ Unit Controls Clock display mode Figure 41 shows you the display indicators of the clock display . T o view the AM/FM station frequency while in the clock mode, pr ess both T uning buttons at the same time. Figure 41 The clock display AM/FM tuner display mode Figure 42 shows you the display indic[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 49 Using the Wave/PC ™ Unit Controls Setting the clock time Normally , the Wave/PC ™ software keeps the radio clock synchr onized with the clock in your computer . If you choose to disable this option in the General setup menu, you can set the clock using the W ave/PC unit ’ s control panel. Press and hold the Cloc[...]

50 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Using the Wave/PC ™ Unit Controls W aking to a preselected AM/FM station Select ALARM or ALARM 2 . Press and hold Alarm Set , and then pr ess one of the six station Presets buttons (you can change between AM and FM if needed). T o clear the pr eset, press and hold Alarm Set and pr ess the button for that preset agai[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 51 Making External Input/Output Connections Connecting an external audio source to the W ave/PC ™ unit Y ou can use the W ave/PC unit as extension speakers for an exter nal audio sour ce, such as a tape or CD player . Connect the external source to the right and left AUX IN jacks (Figure 43). Most audio cables are colo[...]

52 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Making External Input/Output Connections Input connection details Audio cables for connecting external components to the Wave/PC ™ system are available at electronics stor es, or by calling Bose ® Customer Service. Source Cable Connection at source W ave/PC connection Notes Portable CD or tape player One miniplug-t[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 53 Reference Cleaning the W ave/PC ™ unit Use only a dry cloth to clean the outside of the W ave/PC unit. If necessary , you may use a soft-bristled attachment to gently vacuum the front of the radio. Do not use any solvents, chemicals, or cleaning solutions containing alcohol, ammonia, or abrasives. Do not allow liqui[...]

54 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Reference T roubleshooting If you need additional help in solving problems, contact: Bose Customer Service, 1-800-851-2673 Y ou can also request technical support using the W ave/PC ™ system application. Click the Setup button and click on the Inter net tab. Click the T ech Support button and follow the instructions[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 55 Reference No computer sounds until W ave/PC ™ system application is launched. Re-install the W ave/PC software application. The W ave/PC system application win- dow looks strange. Colors are not smooth and the information window contains blocks. Go to the Control Panel of your computer . Open the display properties [...]

56 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Reference T able 3: Web Radio troubleshooting Problem What to do I cannot connect to any stations. I keep getting “ Cannot connect to server ” messages. • Make sure you have an active Internet connection. • Open RealPlayer and go to View , Preferences. Click the “ T ransport ” tab and click “ Auto Con ?[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 57 Reference Information downloaded from CDDB is for another CD. 1. Click the Setup button and click on the CD tab. 2. Deselect the “ Use fi rst match for CD track info ” option. 3. Click the OK button and then click the Get T rack Info button. CDDB should provide all matches available. 4. Select the appropriate mat[...]

58 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Reference I inserted a CD with music fi les and then scanned for music, but the fi les did not appear in the Music Finder . Files cannot be directly imported fr om a CD. T o import these fi les: 1. Play the CD from the CD display scr een. 2. Copy the fi les to the hard drive and then scan the har d drive for music[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 59 Glossary B Bit rate – The digital representation of an audio signal expr essed in bits per second (bps). The bit rate often determines the quality and size of an MP3 fi le. Higher bit rates create lar ger but better -sounding fi les. The most common bit rate for MP3 is 128kbps. This gives you near -CD quality at a[...]

60 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Glossary S Station fi nder – A W ave/PC ™ software featur e that allows you to fi nd an AM/FM broadcast radio station in the database. Streaming – A name given to the media that allows you to play audio or video directly fr om the Internet, without fi rst saving it to your hard drive. Its main advantage is th[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 61 Index A acoustic waveguide 6 ALARM 48 , 49 ALARM 2 48 , 49 alarm check 49 Alarm Mode 49 Alarm Off 17 Alarm Set 49 AM 17 , 47 , 48 AM/FM 17 AM/FM radio 40 adding a station to 41 controls 40 deleting a station from 41 editing a station in 41 setting presets for 42 setup 42 application window 15 automatic dimming 48 auto[...]

62 April 12, 2001 PDF259774_00 Index U unit control panel 15 unmute 17 unpacking 7 V VOL 48 Volume 17 , 18 , 47 W wakeup time 17 , 47 , 48 warranty 53 warranty card 7 , 53 Wave/PC ™ unit 12/24 hr. time 48 alarms 49 cleaning 53 clock display 48 controls 47 display 47 display brightness 48 setting the time of 49 tuner display 48 Wave/PC unit, conne[...]

PDF259774_00 April 12, 2001 63 Bose Corporation USA & Canada Service Bose Corporation, The Mountain Framingham, MA 01701-9168 1-800-851-2673 W orld Wide W eb www .bose.com[...]

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