Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Lifestyle 25 Bose
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FPO The Bose ® Lifestyle ® 25 System Owner’ s Guide December 20, 2001 AM187718_01_V .pdf.
2 December 20, 2001 AM187718_01_V.pdf Safety Infor mation W arning T o reduce the risk of fir e or electric shock, do not expose this system to rain or moistur e. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK).
AM187718_01_V.pdf December 20, 2001 a Important Safety Instructions 1. Read these instructions – for all components before using this pr oduct. 2. Keep these instructions – for futur e refer ence. 3. Heed all warnings – on the pr oduct and in the owner ’ s guide.
English b December 20, 2001 AM187718_01_V.pdf Important Safety Instructions Antenna gr ounding Example of antenna grounding as per National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFP A 70.
AM187718_01_V.pdf December 20, 2001 3 Contents For your r ecords Serial numbers are located on the bottom of the music center and the bottom panel of the Acoustimass ® module.
4 December 20, 2001 AM187718_01_V.pdf Setting Up Befor e you begin Thank you for purchasing the Bose ® Lifestyle ® 25 system. This complete audio home entertainment system offers superb sound, elegance, technology , and simplicity for music and home theater .
AM187718_01_V.pdf December 20, 2001 5 Setting Up Unpack the carton Carefully unpack your system. Save all packing materials for possible futur e use. The original packing materials pr ovide the safest way to transport your Lifestyle ® system. If any part of the product appears damaged, do not attempt to use the system.
6 December 20, 2001 AM187718_01_V.pdf Setting Up Select the locations for your Lifestyle ® 25 system When you place your speakers accor ding to the guidelines below , a combination of reflected and dir ect sound provides the audio atmospher e of a home theater .
AM187718_01_V.pdf December 20, 2001 7 Setting Up Acoustimass module Follow these guidelines to select a location for the Acoustimass module. CAUTION: T o avoid interference with the TV picture, place the module at least 18 inches (45 cm) fr om the TV .
8 December 20, 2001 AM187718_01_V.pdf Setting Up Connect the speakers and music center Once you have selected locations for your speakers and music center , connect the system. Connecting the cube speaker arrays to the Acoustimass ® module Each speaker cable contains two wires.
AM187718_01_V.pdf December 20, 2001 9 Figure 6 Connecting the speakers and the music center LR TAPE IN LR TAPE OUT RIGHT RIGHT CENTER OUTPUTS TO CUBE SPEAKERS LEFT LEFT FRONT SURROUND AUDIO INPUT Left.
10 December 20, 2001 AM187718_01_V.pdf Setting Up Figur e 9 Connecting components through your TV Cable TV Laserdisc VCR Connecting your home theater components to the Lifestyle ® system There ar e many variations of equipment in a home theater .
AM187718_01_V.pdf December 20, 2001 11 Figur e 10 Music center connectors (2) T o direct your video sound sour ces through your VCR If your TV is not a stereo model, or does not have the appr opriate outputs, connect your stereo VCR to the music center .
12 December 20, 2001 AM187718_01_V.pdf Other connections Use standard RCA audio cables to connect other components to your Lifestyle ® system, matching the red connector to R (right), white (or black) connector to L (left). Y ou can use a Y -adapter (available at electronics stor es) to connect a mono source.
AM187718_01_V.pdf December 20, 2001 13 LR TAPE IN LR TAPE OUT Setting Up Connect the antennas The rear panel of your Lifestyle ® music center provides connections for the supplied AM and FM antennas (Figure 14). Unwind each antenna. Antennas provide better r eception when their wires ar e not bundled.
14 December 20, 2001 AM187718_01_V.pdf Setting Up Set up the r emote control 1. Slide open the battery compartment on the back of the r emote (Figure 17). 2. Insert 3 AA or IEC-R6 1.5V batteries, or the equivalent, as shown. Match the + and – symbols on the batteries with the + and – markings inside the compartment.
AM187718_01_V.pdf December 20, 2001 15 Operating Y our Lifestyle ® 25 System T ur n on your Lifestyle ® 25 system Plug the Acoustimass ® module power cord into an AC power (mains) outlet.
16 December 20, 2001 AM187718_01_V.pdf AM FM AUX CD 1 VIDEO 2 VIDEO T APE MUTE MUTE ALL OFF ON RANDOM Operating Y our Lifestyle ® 25 System Note: For information on controlling the system fr om different listening zones, see “ Using two listening zones ” on pages 23- 24.
AM187718_01_V.pdf December 20, 2001 17 Operating Y our Lifestyle ® 25 System Other music center contr ols The music center function keys ar e described on the previous page. Use the following special music center keys to tune the radio, set station presets, and scan a CD (Figur e 20).
18 December 20, 2001 AM187718_01_V.pdf Operating Y our Lifestyle ® 25 System Listening to compact discs Using the CD changer Y ou can load up to six compact discs at a time. Loading discs into the CD magazine Hold the magazine, looking at the side with the arrow .
AM187718_01_V.pdf December 20, 2001 19 Operating Y our Lifestyle ® 25 System T ur ning the system on and choosing the CD player Press the CD key on the r emote or press SOURCE SELECT on the music center until CD is selected. If the system is alr eady on, use one of these keys to select the CD player .
20 December 20, 2001 AM187718_01_V.pdf Operating Y our Lifestyle ® 25 System Listening to the radio Y our Lifestyle ® music center has a built-in AM/FM radio. T ur ning the system on and choosing the radio Press AM/FM (on the r emote) or SOURCE SELECT (on the music center) to turn your system on to the most recently selected AM or FM station.
AM187718_01_V.pdf December 20, 2001 21 Operating Y our Lifestyle ® 25 System Using the system with exter nal components Follow the instructions on pages 10-12 for connecting components. T urn on your component directly or by using its remote contr ol.
22 December 20, 2001 AM187718_01_V.pdf Operating Y our Lifestyle ® 25 System Fine-tuning your system In most situations, following the speaker placement guidelines (see pages 6-7) pr ovides excellent sound quality .
AM187718_01_V.pdf December 20, 2001 23 Operating Y our Lifestyle ® 25 System Using two listening zones The Lifestyle ® 25 system can dir ect sound from one or two sound sour ces to two differ ent listening areas at the same time. Each listening ar ea, whether a room or a group of r ooms (including outdoor ar eas), is referred to as a zone.
24 December 20, 2001 AM187718_01_V.pdf Operating Y our Lifestyle ® 25 System Operating two listening zones Controlling the zones fr om the remote contr ols T o control two zones you need to have r emotes set to each zone. See instructions on page 23 for setting a second r emote to zone 2.
AM187718_01_V.pdf December 20, 2001 25 Maintaining Y our Lifestyle ® 25 System Changing the house code settings Each Lifestyle ® remote contr ol uses a system of matching house codes to communicate with its corresponding music center .
26 December 20, 2001 AM187718_01_V.pdf Maintaining Y our Lifestyle ® 25 System T roubleshooting Problem What to do System does not function • Make sur e the power connector is inserted securely int.
AM187718_01_V.pdf December 20, 2001 27 Maintaining Y our Lifestyle ® 25 System W arranty period The Bose Lifestyle ® 25 system is cover ed by a limited 1-year transferable warranty . Details of the warranty are pr ovided on the warranty card that came with your system.
28 December 20, 2001 AM187718_01_V.pdf Maintaining Y our Lifestyle ® 25 System T aking care of your Lifestyle ® 25 system The only maintenance needed is cleaning the system and your compact discs, and r eplac- ing remote contr ol batteries.
AM187718_01_V.pdf December 20, 2001 29 Product Information T echnical infor mation Music center power pack power rating USA/Canada: 120V~ 60 Hz 25V A Europe: 230V~ 50 Hz 25V A Australia: 240V~ 50 Hz 2.
30 December 20, 2001 AM187718_01_V.pdf Index A accessories 29 Acoustimass ® module 2-9, 13, 15, 21, 22, 26, 29 adapter plug 9 AM antenna 5, 13, 26, 29 AM/FM 4, 15-17, 20, 21, 26 antenna 5, 11, 13, 26.
1 Bose ® Corporation USA Bose Corporation, The Mountain Framingham, MA 01701-9168 1-800-288-BOSE (1-800-288-2673) W eekdays 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET (eastern time) Canada Bose Ltd., 8-35 East Beaver Creek Road Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B 1B3 1-800-444-BOSE (1-800-444-2673) 9 a.
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