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    The B ose ® Lifestyle ® SA-2 and SA-3 Stereo Ampli fier Owner’ s Guide[...]

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    2 Safety Information WA R N I N G : T o reduce the risk o f fi r e or electrical shock, do not expose the product to rain or moisture. WA R N I N G : The a pparatus s hall not be e xpose d to dripping or splas hing, and obje cts filled with liquids, such as vases, shall not be placed o n the appar atus. A s with an y electronic p roducts, use care [...]

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    3 Important Safety Instructions 1. Read these instructions – for all components befor e usi ng this product. 2. Keep these instr uctions – f or f utu re re feren ce . 3. Heed all warning s – on the product and in the owner’ s guide. 4. Follow all inst ructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water or moisture – Do not use this product [...]

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    4 Conte nts Introd ucing the Lif es ty le ® SA- 2 and SA-3 Stereo Amplif ier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Unpacking th e carton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    5 Introducing the Lif estyle ® SA-2 and SA-3 Ster eo Amplifier Befor e you begin Thank you for purcha sing a Lifesty le ® SA-2 or SA-3 ster eo amplifier . The Li festyl e ® s tereo amplifi er pr ovides you with a simpl e solution when you want to add Bose ® non-powe r e d envir onmenta l s peak ers or Bo se non - po wer ed accesso ry s pe ak er[...]

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    6 Introducing the Lifestyle ® SA- 2 and SA-3 Stereo Amplifier Conn ection p anel feat ures The connec t i on panel in cludes the input/ output connec tions plus r oom code switch es and amplifi er LED sta tus indi cators. Figure 2 Lifestyle ® amplifier connection panel AC POW ER AC power cor d jack. Ther e is no on/of f switch on this p rodu ct. [...]

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    7 Introducing the Lif estyle ® SA-2 and SA-3 Ster eo Amplifier ROOM CODE switch es Micr oswitches for se tting r oom code and amplifi er advanced f eatures. LED status ind ica to r The gr een LED indi cates the op eration al state of the ampl ifier . See “Powerin g-up your sy stem” on page 22. AUX INP UT (SA-3 o nly) Left and right channel l i[...]

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    8 Sett ing Up Your Lif estyle ® Stereo Amplifier Identify in g your sy st em The Lifes tyle ® ster eo am plif ier and addi tional re mote co me r eady t o be instal led a nd used in a second r oom (Room B). This sect i on pr ovides plac emen t an d mount i ng inst ruct i on s for th e Li fe style ® stereo ampli fier . Followin g this inf ormatio[...]

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    9 Setting Up Your Life st yle ® Stereo Amplifier Sele ct ing a locatio n for your Lifes ty le ® stereo amplifier Y our L ifestyle ® ster eo amplifie r does not need to be si tuated close to ei ther your Lifest yle ® system or the accessory s peakers. Consi der the following gui d e lines when selectin g a loca tio n fo r you r amp li fi e r . C[...]

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    10 Sett ing Up Your Lif estyle ® Stereo Amplifier Mounting your Lifestyle ® stereo amplifier Y our L ifestyle ® ster eo amplifie r can be placed on a shelf or mounted on a wall (Figu r e 3) . • When placin g the amplifier on a hor izontal surface like a floor or shelf, the amp lifier’ s rubber feet pr ovide stab ility a n d pr ev ent scratch[...]

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    11 Setting Up Your Life st yle ® Stereo Amplifier Mode l A V -18/3 8/ 48 media cent er set up CAUTIO N: Before maki ng co nnections, turn th e Lifestyl e ® system off and disconnect the media center f rom the AC ( mains) power outlet. DO NO T plug the amplifier in to an outlet u ntil you have completed all other con nections. 1. Insert on e end o[...]

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    12 Sett ing Up Your Lif estyle ® Stereo Amplifier Setting up RC18S 2 and RC38S2 remotes Y our add itional r emote is shi pped f ro m the f actory alr eady set up for a se cond r oom ( r oom B). T o make s ur e th at this remote will work with your home e ntertainment system, do the follow- ing to c heck th e house co de settin g. 1. Remove th e r [...]

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    13 Setting Up Your Life st yle ® Stereo Amplifier Model A V -28 media center set up CAUTIO N: Before maki ng co nnections, turn th e Lifestyl e ® system off and disconnect the media center f rom the AC ( mains) power outlet. DO NO T plug the amplifier in to an outlet u ntil you have completed all other con nections. 1. Inser t the 8-to-9 -pin ada[...]

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    14 Sett ing Up Your Lif estyle ® Stereo Amplifier Setting up the RC28S remote Y our se cond remote is shippe d fr o m the factory already se t up for Zone 2. T o make sure tha t this r emote will work with you r home entertainmen t system, do the followi ng to check the house co de setting . 1. Remove th e remote control batt e ry co ver and locat[...]

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    15 Setting Up Your Life st yle ® Stereo Amplifier Multi-room in terface setup CAUTIO N: Before maki ng any c o nnectio ns, turn the Lifestyle ® syst em off and discon nect the music cen t er from the AC (mains) p ower outlet. DO NOT plug the amp lifier into an o u tlet unti l you have comp leted all o ther conn ecti ons. 1. Insert t he 8-to-9- pi[...]

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    16 Sett ing Up Your Lif estyle ® Stereo Amplifier Setting up the Personal ® m usic center Systems th at h ave a mult i- r oom i nter fac e ar e contr ol led b y th e Per sonal ® music ce nter w hich req uires no i nternal switch set tings befor e it allows you to contr ol more than one room of speakers. However , if you purc hase a second Person[...]

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    17 Setting Up Your Life st yle ® Stereo Amplifier Model 20 mus ic cen ter setup CAUTIO N: Before maki ng co nnections, turn th e Lifestyl e ® system off an d disconnect the music center f rom the AC ( mains) power outlet. DO NO T plug the amplifier in to an outlet u ntil you have completed all other con nections. 1. Insert th e 8-to-9-in DI N ada[...]

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    18 Sett ing Up Your Lif estyle ® Stereo Amplifier Setting up the RC-20 remote for Zone 2 If your s ystem uses a Model 20 mu sic cen t er , you ne ed to se t up a seco nd RC-20 remo te contr ol to operate the ZONE 2 outp u ts . 1. Remove the r emote contr ol bat te ry cover and locate t he miniatur e switches (Figu re 13). 2. Make su r e that the h[...]

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    19 Setting Up Your Life st yle ® Stereo Amplifier Model 5 musi c cente r s etu p This setu p re quires a 3-ft aud io input adapter ca ble. Cont act your Bose dealer or Bose ® Custome r Service. See the list of locatio ns and phone numb ers included in the sh ipping carton . CAUTIO N: Before maki ng co nnections, turn th e Lifestyl e ® system off[...]

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    20 Sett ing Up Your Lif estyle ® Stereo Amplifier Setting up the RC-5 rem ote If your s ystem uses a Model 5 music cent er , you need t o set up a secon d RC-5 r emote con- tr ol to operate you r Lifestyl e ® stereo ampli fier . 1. Remove the r emote contr ol bat te ry cover and locate t he miniatur e switches (Figu re 15). 2. Make su r e that th[...]

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    21 Setting Up Your Life st yle ® Stereo Amplifier Conne ctin g speakers to your Lifestyle ® stereo amplif ier CAUTIO N: DO NOT connect any make or model of power ed speakers to the speaker ou tputs of the Li fe style ® st ereo amplifier . Doi ng so may cause da mage to the equip ment. CAUTIO N: Make sure that the amp lifier is disconnec ted from[...]

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    22 Sett ing Up Your Lif estyle ® Stereo Amplifier Powering-up your syst em CAUTIO N: DO N OT plu g the AC po wer cor d into an A C (mai ns) outlet u ntil all othe r connecti ons are complete. 1. Using th e power cor d include d wit h yo ur Life st yle ® stereo am plifier , firmly in sert the s mall connec tor on one end of th e power cord into th[...]

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    23 Setting Up Addi tional Rooms For So und Setup guide lines for additional rooms If you ha ve a Lif estyl e ® 18 ser ies II, 28 serie s II , 38 or 48 hom e ente rtainm ent sys tem , you ca n exper ience stereo sound in up to 14 ot her rooms u sing Lifes tyle ® ster eo amplifiers , compati- ble sp eaker s ystems an d r emo te controls fo r the ot[...]

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    24 Setting Up Additio nal Rooms For Sound Settin g up remote control s for ot h e r roo ms T o set up the RC18S or RC 38S remo te: 1. Remove th e remote control batt ery cover and l ocate the microswitch es (Figure 19). 2. Make su re that t he house cod e setti ngs (swi tches 1, 2, 3, and 4) ma tch the hous e code settings in your main ro om remote[...]

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    25 Setting Up Addi tional Rooms For So und Setti ng up the amplif ier ro om code The r oom code of the ampl ifier must mat ch the r oom code of the r emote us ed i n t he r oom wher e the speak ers are installed. Figure 20 Amplifier roo m code settings C 6 7 8 9 A B C 6 7 8 9 SA-2 SA-3 Room code switch es Room 6789 B Down Down Down Up C Down Down U[...]

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    26 Setting Up Ad van ced Features Amplif ier m od e switches The adva nced feat ur es of the Lifestyl e ® ster eo amplifier ar e set up usin g micro switches A, B, and C (Fig u r e 21). The SA-3 h as al l three swi tches, but the SA-2 has onl y switch C. Figure 21 SA-2 and SA-3 microsw itches Stereo or mono output (SA- 3 on ly) The output of the S[...]

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    27 Maintain in g Your Lifestyl e ® St ereo Ampl ifier Clea ni ng the ampli fier CAUTIO N: Disconnect the po wer c ord from th e AC outlet be fore cleani ng. The amplifi er , which is designed only for in door use, may become dust y over time. T o clea n the ampli fier , use only a so ft, dry cloth to r emove dust fr om the outside of the enclosur [...]

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    28 Maintain in g Your Lifestyl e ® Stereo Amplifier Customer service For addi t i onal help in solving p ro blems, contact Bose ® Customer Serv ice. Refer to the addr ess lis t e n cl osed in the pr oduct packagi ng for corre ct phone n u mb ers . Limite d warranty The Life st yle ® stereo a mplifier is co vered by the Bose limited one-year tran[...]

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    29 Maintain in g Your Lifestyl e ® St ereo Ampl ifier T ech nical in fo rmatio n Features •B o s e ® pr op rietary digit a l s ignal pr ocessing t echnolog y • Bui lt-in digi tal volum e control • Therm al overload prot ection • Pr otective ru bber fee t Power ra ti ng • USA/Canada: 12 0V 50/60 Hz, 22 0W (SA-2), 400W (SA- 3) • Inter n[...]

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    31 Bose Co rp oratio n USA Bose Corporation, The Mountain Framingham, MA 01701 - 916 8 1-80 0-367 -4008 Phone hours - E T (eastern t ime): W eekdays 8:3 0 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays 9 a. m. to 3 p.m. Cana da Bose Ltd., 1-35 E ast Beav er Cr ee k Road Richmond Hil l, Ontario L4B 1B3 1-80 0-465 -2673 Phone hours - E T (eastern t ime): W eekdays 9 a.m. [...]

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    ©2004 Bose C orp oration, The Mountain, Framingham, MA 01701-9168 USA 275071 AM Rev .00 CCM-000395[...]

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    OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU We take great pride in designing each of our products with the goal of providing the high- est accuracy musical performance possible in the price range of that product. We strive to reproduce the musical sounds as closely as possible to those of the original performance. And we strive to avoid flashy sounds such as those assoc[...]

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    Sverige Bose AlS, Jol4annefredsgatan 4>········.··· · .. >.>··.»·· .. ··>·· S-43153 Molndal TEL 31-878850 --B05~ Better sound through reseamh® ©2002 Bose Corporation The Mountain, Framingham, MA 01701-9168 USA 259434 AM Rev.02 JN10571 World Wide Web www.bose.com United Kingdom Bose Limited 1 Ambley Green Gillingl[...]

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    IMPORTANTI IMPORTANTI IMPORTANTI PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN IMMEDIATELYI Register online at http://www.bose.com/register Please indicate the serial number(s) of this product. (Found on the ID label attached to your product or consult your owner's manual for the location.) Serial number(s): I IIII I I I I I First Name: L III Last Name: I IIIIII[...]

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    16 Which best describes your family income? 1.0 Under $15,000 7.0$100,000-$124,999 2. 0 $15,000-$24,999 8. 0 $125,000-$149,999 3. 0 $25,000-$34,999 9. 0 $150,000-$174,999 4. 0 $35,000-$49,999 10. 0 $175,000-$199,999 5. 0 $50,000-$74,999 11. 0 $200,000-$249,999 6. 0 $75,000-$99,999 12. 0 $250,000 or over en en u.J :s 0- u.J (.) (.) ~ 0: :s ~ ~ u.J 0[...]

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    I Bose® Product Please Keep This Warranty Information Card With Your Owner's Guide. What is covered: All parts defective in material and workmanship. This limited warranty does not cover a defect that has resulted from improper or unreasonable use or maintenance, accident, excess moisture, improper packing, lightning, power surges, or unautho[...]

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    Continued from other side c) Labeling and shipping, freight prepaid, to Bose® Corporation, Product and Technical Support, The Mountain, Framingham, MA 01701-9168 or the one provided by Bose Corporation. You may also write to this address to obtain information about this limited warranty. d) Placing any necessary return authorization number promine[...]