Bose 25 manuale d’uso

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). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED P[...]

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. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water or moistur[...]

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. Note to CA TV system installer This reminder is pr ovided to call the CA TV system installer ’ s attention to Article 820-40 of the NEC (of USA) that pr ovides guidelines for p[...]

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. Lifestyle ® music center serial number: _____________________________________________ Acoustimass module serial number: ______________________________________________ Deale[...]

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 . Please take the time to follow this owner ’ s guide carefully . It will help you set u[...]

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. Notify Bose ® customer serv[...]

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 . Y ou may experiment with the placement and orientation of the cubes to pr oduce the so[...]

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 . 1. Place the module along the same wall as the TV , or close to the same end of the room as the f[...]

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. The wir e marked with a red collar is positive (+) and the plain one i[...]

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 front speaker 230 V 230 V 115 V 115 V Figure 7 Dual voltage Acoustimass module: voltage selector switch settings Figure 8 The AC power pack (model PS[...]

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 . A basic home theater system might include a stereo or mono TV and ster eo VCR with the Lifestyle ® 25[...]

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 . Use the VCR as a tuner to select other connected sound sources. See Figur e 11. • Connect you[...]

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. How- ever , the left and right speaker[...]

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. FM antenna connections 1. Plug the FM antenna [...]

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. 3. Slide the battery compart[...]

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. Then plug in the music center power pack. Note: Y our speakers will not operate unless you complete all cable and power connections before turning on the music[...]

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. SOURCE SELECT / I I / I I Music center Remote contr ol SKIP SKIP ON OF F [...]

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). TUNE / - Lowers or raises the frequency setting of the radio (s[...]

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 . Insert up to six discs, label side up (Figure 22). T ake care to place only one disc[...]

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 . The CD indicator on the display lights. If a C[...]

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. Sel[...]

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. Use the VOLUME ▲ or ▼ key on the Lifestyle ® remote contr ol or music center to raise or low[...]

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 . Y ou do not need to adjust tone settings for changes in volume, since Bose ® patented signal processing technology pr ovides a natur[...]

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. By add[...]

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. • Y ou can select and control sour ces in each zone by co[...]

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 . If your remote ’ s commands ever conflict with those of another nearby Lifestyle ® system, you can easily set[...]

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 into the music center , the power cord at all is inserted securely into the Acoustimass ® module, the power pack and power cord ar e plugged fully into [...]

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. Please fill out the information section on the card and mail it to Bose. Custo[...]

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. For information on replacing the r emote control batteries see “ Set up the remote contr ol ” on page 1[...]

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 25V A Dual voltage: 120V~ 60 Hz 25V A and 230V~ 50 Hz 25V A Speaker system power rating USA/Canada: 120V~ 50/60 Hz 350W Europe/Australia: 220-240V~ 50/[...]

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, 27, 29 audio input cable 5, 7-9, 26 AUX 11, 16, 17, 21, 23, 29 auxiliary 4 B BASS control 22 batteries 5, 14, 27, 28 C cable 5-10, 12, 26, 27 cable [...]

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.m. to 5 p.m. ET (eastern time) European Of fice Bo[...]

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