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©2009 Bose Corporation, The Mountain, Framingham, MA 01701-9168 USA AM316799 Rev .03 Owner ’s Guide Guía de usuario Notice d’utilisation HOME THEATER SYSTEMS Lifestyle ® V -Class ® L IFESTYLE ® V- C LASS ® H OME THEATER SYSTEM S Claudius Covers w_spine_ 3L.
ii TA B T AB T AB 6 English TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Please read this Owner’ s Guide Please take the time to follow the instructions in this guide carefully . It will help you set up and operate your system properly and enjoy its advanced fe atures.
iii English T AB 6Italiano English T AB T AB 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 CAUTION: Make no modifications to the system or accessories. Un authorized alteration s may compromise safety , regula tor y compliance, an d system performance.
iv English T AB 6Italiano T AB T AB T AB 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 I NSTALLATION ....................... ...................2 Welcome ..... .................... ................ ................ .........2 Your system fe atures: ................ ........
v T ABLE OF C ONTENTS TA B TA B TA B 6 TA B TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Controlling DVD playback .... ....................... .......... 34 Programming th e Lifestyle ® remote to control the DVD player .... .................... ............... 34 Changing the HDMI Image View .
2 English T AB 6Italiano T AB T AB T AB 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 I NSTALLATION We l c o m e Thank you for choosing a Bose ® Lifestyle ® V- C l a s s ® home theater system. This elegant and easy-to-use system delivers superior performance for both music and video programming.
3 I NSTALLATION TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Setup and Demonstrations DVD The Setup and Demonstrations DVD is a valuable resour ce for setup infor mation and content that demonstrates the capability of your Lifestyle ® system.
4 I NSTALLATI ON English T AB 6Italiano T AB T AB T AB 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 First Power -Up After you connect your Lifestyle ® system to your TV and DVD player using the Setup Guide, you are r eady to apply power . 1. T urn on the TV and Lifestyle ® system.
5 I NSTALLATION TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 What to do next The first time the System menu Setup tab displays, you can take one of the following actions: • If you ar e confident tha t your speakers ar e correct ly wired and placed, and that you can understand and navigate the Setup menu, continue using it.
6 I NSTALLATI ON English T AB 6Italiano T AB T AB T AB 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 T ailoring the sound to your r o om The ADAPTiQ ® audio calibration system ensur es that your Lifestyle ® system sounds great. Completing the ADAPTiQ audio calibration system process is the final step of a basic Lifestyle ® setup.
7 I NSTALLATION TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 If you are applying power to your Lifestyle ® system for the first time, see “First Power -Up” on page 4. T o run the ADAPTiQ ® audio calibration system process, complete the following steps: 1.
8 I NSTALLATI ON English T AB 6Italiano T AB T AB T AB 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 Carton inventory Now that you have unpacked your system, please save all of the packing materials, which provide the safest means for shipping or transporting.
9 I NSTALLATION TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Cables and accessories V erify that the items in Figure 6 ar e supplied. Cables needed to get your system operational are included. Accessories such as antennas, SCART connector (Europe only), and TV sensor are also included.
10 I NSTALLATI ON English T AB 6Italiano T AB T AB T AB 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 Placing the media center and display The media center can be placed out of sigh t behind all of your other A/V components.
11 I NSTALLATION TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Placing the cube speakers When you place your speakers approximately as shown in Figure 8 on page 11, they provide the audio atmosphere of a home theater . Y ou can experiment with speaker placement and orientation to produce the most pleasin g sound.
12 I NSTALLATI ON English T AB 6Italiano T AB T AB T AB 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 Placing the center speaker • Place the cent er speaker directly above or below the vertical center of the TV screen or as close to that as possible (see Figure 8 ).
13 I NSTALLATION TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Placing the Acoustimass ® module Attach the four self-adhesive rubber feet to the surface that touches the floor (either of its two sides, its top, or bottom). Place the Acoustimass ® module: • At the same e nd of the r oom as the front speake rs.
14 I NSTALLATI ON English T AB 6Italiano T AB T AB T AB 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 Making antenna connections The supplied AM and FM antennas connect to the rear panel of the media center (Figure 10). Note: The F M connector may be used with an outdoor an tenna.
15 I NSTALLATION TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Installing the TV on/of f sensor The TV on/off sensor enables the system to automatically turn on th e TV when another video source (DVD, cable/ satellite box, etc.) is selected. If yo u choose not to use the sensor , you must turn on your TV separately .
16 I NSTALLATI ON English T AB 6Italiano T AB T AB T AB 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 3. Using the remote cont rol that came with yo ur TV , turn on your TV . 4. Using the Lifestyle ® rem o te c o nt ro l, p res s System . 5. T o move right to the Setup menu, pr ess the right arr ow then pr ess ENTER .
17 I NSTALLATION TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Using a SCAR T adapter (Eur ope only) The SCART adapter plugs into the media center using five connectors as show below .
18 I NSTALLATI ON English T AB 6Italiano T AB T AB T AB 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 Connecting the audio fr om your TV Y ou ma y want to connect a source component, such as a camcorder or game console, directly to your TV .
19 I NSTALLATION TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Figure 13 Audio connection between the TV and media center Claudius.book Page 19 Tuesday, J anuary 13, 2009 2:56 PM.
20 I NSTALLATI ON English T AB 6Italiano T AB T AB T AB 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 Using the IR emitter IR emitters enable the system to control sour ce devices even if they are in a cabinet, on multiple shelves, or hidden away . Y ou should place an IR emitter on ever y device that you want to control using the Lifestyle ® remote.
21 I NSTALLATION TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 T o use IR emitters with two or more devices 1. Plug the IR emitter exten der connector into th e Lifestyle ® media center . 2. Plug the I R emitter cor d connector (or additi onal extenders) int o the IR emitter exten der .
22 English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 C ONTROLS AND I NDICATORS The display The display shows syste m messages. This inc ludes program details, the current source that is playing, and any selected optio n.
23 C ONTROL S AND I NDICATORS TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 T he re m o te c o n tro l The advanced radio frequency remote control works from almost anywhere in your home.
24 C ONTROLS AND I NDICATORS English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 Remote contr ol button descriptions ar e arranged by general fun ction on the following pages. Some buttons may not be physically gr ouped together . Refer to your rem o te c o nt ro l w h il e re ad ing the following button descriptions.
25 C ONTROL S AND I NDICATORS TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Menu and navigation buttons • DVD – Selects the source device plugged into th e DVD connectors . T urns your Lifestyle ® system on if it was off. • On/Off – T urns the DVD on and of f.
26 C ONTROLS AND I NDICATORS English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 T une Up/Down • T une the FM /AM radio up or down to the next fr equency . • Select the next or previous item in a menu list. Enter – Confirm the selection of a menu item.
27 C ONTROL S AND I NDICATORS TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Play mode and numeric buttons Stop • Stops music (except FM/AM) or vid eo play . • For DVDs and VCDs only , the syst em inserts a bookma rk where the disc stopped (if yo ur player supports this feature), so you can resume play from that point.
28 C ONTROLS AND I NDICATORS English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 Picture settings button s Record • Activat es recor ding on a r ecording device. Shuffle • Randomly plays music fr om a CD. Pressing again cancels repeat. • Moves back a few seconds on your DVR.
29 TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Special function button s T eletext mode buttons (Europe only) List – Brings up a list of recorded shows on a DVR (if applicable). Selects the option labe led A. Selects the option labe led B. Selects the op tion labeled C .
30 English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 O PERATION W atching TV Y our Life style ® system works wit h many different types of TVs, from standard defini tion to Digital H igh- Definition TV (HDTV).
31 O PERATION TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Selecting the TV screen shape The shape of your TV screen is eithe r Normal or Widescreen (Figure 1). The Lifestyle ® system is initially set to display an image on a widescreen-shape d TV .
32 O PERATION English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 Controlling a cable or satellite box Once your cable or satellite box is connected to your Lifestyle ® system, you ca n set up the remote as the single point of control for your s ubscrip tion serv ice.
33 O PERATION TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Using the remote to cha nge channels If you want the remote to change the channels on your cable or satellite box when you are watching TV : 1. T o display the Lifestyle ® system menu on the TV , press Sy stem .
34 O PERATION English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 Contr olling DVD playback Once your DVD player is connec ted to the L ifestyle ® system, you can set up th e Lifestyle ® rem ot e c on trol to control the DVD player .
35 O PERATION TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Changing the HDMI Image V iew Y ou can specify ho w certain displa y formats appe ar on your HDTV scr een. Y ou contr ol these formats (that are output from y our Lifestyle ® system) by pressing the Image View button on the r emote.
36 O PERATION English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 Setting up to view videotapes Once your VCR is connected to your Lifestyle ® system, you can set u p the remote to control the VCR and start watching videotap es.
37 O PERATION TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Changing the HDMI Image V iew Y ou can specify ho w certain displa y formats appe ar on your HDTV scr een. Y ou contr ol these formats (that are output from y our Lifestyle ® system) by pressing the Image View button on the r emote.
38 O PERATION English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 Setting up an auxiliary (AUX) source Once your AUX source device is conn ected to the Lifestyle ® system, you c an set up the remote to control that source.
39 O PERATION TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Changing the HDMI Image V iew Y ou can specify ho w certain displa y formats appe ar on your HDTV scr een. Y ou contr ol these formats (that are output from y our Lifestyle ® system) by pressing the Image View button on the r emote.
40 O PERATION English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 Contr olling the (HDMI) Image View Y ou can spe cify how you want certain display formats that are output from your Lifestyle ® system to appear on your HDTV screen by pr e ssing the Image Vi ew button on the remote.
41 O PERATION TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Ta b l e 1 Image view choices with a 4:3 aspect rati o input signal Image View Effect 4:3 Input Widesc reen TV 4:3 Aspect Ratio Input Signal Normal (default) V ertical black bars are added to the left and right ends of the screen.
42 O PERATION English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 Ta b l e 2 Image view choices with a 16: 9 input signal Image View Effect 16:9 Input Widesc reen TV 16:9 Input Signal Normal (default) Signal is unchan ged.
43 O PERATION TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Changing the HDMI video resolution Y our Lifestyle ® system transmits video at a resolution of 720p to your HDTV .
44 O PERATION English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 Listening to the radio T o listen to the radio, pr ess the FM or AM button to select the tune r and turn it on. T o manually tune a st ation, press the T une Up or T une Down button .
45 O PERATION TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Setting the coaxial audio sour ce One of the two coaxial (c oax) digital a udio connector s on the back of the Lifest yle ® media center is as signed to the DVD player . The other connect or , labeled “Assignable,” can be assigned to “N one, TV , VCR, CBL·SA T or AUX.
46 O PERATION English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 Ta b l e 3 Settings options Features Default Setting (Options) Effect 2-3-5 speakers For TV , CBL• SA T , DVD, VCR, AUX : 5 VIDEO (5 AUDIO 2, 3) For FM/AM : 5 (2, 3) Determines the number of speakers playin g.
47 O PERATION TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Audio Delay (not available on FM·A M) 2 (0, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) Corrects for delays that can be introduced by video processing within an exter nal device such as your TV . Video processing delays cause the video and audio to lose their synchronization.
48 O PERATION English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 Audio 1 + 1 (not available on FM·A M) Both (1, 2) Allows you to decode and play bilingual audio (if available) from a single Video CD, or a single-cha nnel HDTV broadcast.
49 O PERATION TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Output Mode (FM-only) Auto (Mono - Ster eo) Allows you to choose between ster eo or monaural (mono) sound through one of three selections: • Auto – The FM tuner will automa tically output stereo if available.
50 English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 System maintenance Changing the remote control batteries is the only regular maintenance r equired. However , switches inside the remote battery case ca n be changed. Simila r changes may be requir ed for any additional r emotes purchased for use in othe r rooms.
51 R EFERENCE TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Changing r emote control switch settings Each Lifestyle ® remote control uses a hou se code tha t corresponds to the h ouse code set in th e media center , enabling the t wo to communica te.
52 R EFERENCE English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 Figure 18 Miniature switches on the primar y remote are set for use in the main room Switches 1-4 need to match those switch settings in your main remote. Set switches 5-9 for the room where you will use the Bose ® link remote.
53 R EFERENCE TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Setting up a second r oom with sound Y our Life style ® home theater sy stem can direct sound to more than one room at the sa me time.
54 R EFERENCE English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 For added versatility , you ma y pr efer using a Pers onal ® music center II to control the sound in your other rooms.
55 R EFERENCE TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 T aking car e of your Lifestyle ® system Follow the guidelines be low when cleaning the surfaces . • Do not us e any solvents, ch emicals, or clea ning solu- tions containing alcohol, ammonia, or abrasives.
56 R EFERENCE English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 T roubleshooting Problem What to do System doesn’ t do anything • Make sure the AC power cord is inserted secu rely into the power supply . • Make sure the Acoustimass ® module and the power supply ar e fully plugged into operating AC wall outlets.
57 R EFERENCE TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 Sound is marr ed by a loud hum or buzz, which may be electric al in nature (not harm onic) • Contact Bose ® Customer Service to determine if and how other elect rical components in the room may be creating unwanted sign als, and the possible remedies.
58 R EFERENCE English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 With a plasma display TV turned on, the Lifestyle ® remote behaves e rratically • Momentarily discon nect the video c able (HDMI, composite, S-v ideo, or compo nent) to see if remote performance im proves.
59 R EFERENCE TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 No video on sc reen, though the TV audio functions • Check the TV video input selection. Make sure it is correct for the video source. Lifestyle ® rem o te do e s not control your TV , DVD, VCR, C BL ·S A T , or other external componen t • Make sure correct codes are set.
60 R EFERENCE English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 Contacting Customer Service For additiona l help in so lving problems, contact Bose ® Customer Serv ice. Refer to th e addr ess sheet included in the carton. Limited warranty This system is covered by a transferable limited warranty .
61 TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 4:3 – See “Aspect ratio.” 5.1 – channel surround sound – A mo v ie rec o rd in g technique that , when paired with a 5.
62 G LOSSARY English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 Digital audio – Audio in digital form. Digital audio con- verts anal og sound into a digital s ignal encoded as bits of informatio n. Dolby Digital – A means of enco ding multi-channel audio, developed by Dolby Laboratories and accepted as an inter national standard.
63 G LOSSARY TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 HDCP – An abb reviation for High-ban dwidth Digital Content Pr otection. HDCP is a form of Digital Rights Management licensed by Di gita.
64 G LOSSARY English T AB 6Italiano TA B TA B TA B 3 TA B 5 TA B 2 TA B 4 RF remote – A r e mote contr ol that transmits com- mands to a device using radio fr equency (RF) signals, which have the ability to penetrate walls, unlike the infrared (IR) signals used by man y remote controls.
65 TA B T AB T AB 6 T AB TA B English T AB 3 TA B 2 ©2008 Bose Corporat ion. No part of this wo rk may be repro- duced, modified, distributed, or otherwise used without prio r written permission. Manufacture d under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby” and the double-D symbol ar e trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
©2009 Bose Corporation, The Mountain, Framingham, MA 01701-9168 USA AM316799 Rev .03 Owner ’s Guide Guía de usuario Notice d’utilisation HOME THEATER SYSTEMS Lifestyle ® V -Class ® L IFESTYLE .
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