Bose Lifestyle 12 Owners Guide

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Setting Up
Connect the speakers and Lifestyle® music center
Once you have selected locations for your music system, connect the speakers.
CAUTION: Make sure all components are unplugged from the power outlet before you
begin hooking up the system.
Connecting the cube speaker arrays to the Acoustimass®
module
Each speaker cable contains two wires. The wire marked with a red collar is positive (+) and
the plain one is negative (–). These wires match the positive...

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Connecting the Acoustimass® module to the Lifestyle® music
center
Connect the Acoustimass module to the music center with the audio input cable (Figure 6).
1. Insert the three connectors at one end of the audio input cable into the jacks on the rear
panel of the music center:
•Black connector into the SYSTEM CONTROL 1 jack
•Red connector into the R (right) FIXED OUTPUT jack
•White connector into the L (left) FIXED OUTPUT jack
Note: Be sure the connectors are fully...

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Setting Up
230 V
115 V
1. Firmly insert the small connector on the end of the AC (mains) power pack cable into the
AC POWER jack on the back of the Lifestyle® music center.
2. Make sure that the power pack reaches an AC (mains) outlet.
Note: Do not plug the AC power pack into a power outlet until all component connections
are complete.
Connecting the Acoustimass® module power (mains) cord
1. On a dual voltage system, the voltage selector switch is preset at the...

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Setting Up
Connecting your home theater components to the Lifestyle® 12 system
There are many variations of equipment in a home theater. A basic home theater system
might include a stereo or mono TV and stereo VCR with the Lifestyle® 12 system. Your home
theater can include many other combinations of equipment, including cable TV, laserdisc
players, DVD players, CDI players, additional VCRs, and satellite decoder.
Note: A mono TV only serves as a display for the...

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(1) To direct your video sound sources through your TV
If your stereo TV has fixed audio outputs (the audio signal level doesn’t change), and it allows
you to select the source of the signal (VCR, laserdisc, cable, etc.):
•Connect your home theater components (VCR, cable box, laserdisc player, etc.) to the
appropriate TV inputs. (See Figure 10.)
•Connect the fixed audio outputs to the VIDEO SOUND INPUTs of the music center.
•Turn the TV speakers off or the volume...

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Setting Up
Figure 12
Connecting components to the
Lifestyle® 12 system inputs
(3) To connect components directly to the Lifestyle® 12 system
If you cannot (or do not choose to) use your TV or VCR to select the sound sources, connect
up to three sound sources directly to the Lifestyle® 12 system. For example, connect a VCR
into TAPE PLAY IN, a laserdisc to AUX IN, and a TV’s fixed audio outputs to VIDEO SOUND
IN on the music center. (See Figure 12.) By pressing one...

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Other connections
Tape deck
To use an external tape recorder (analog audio cassette, analog open reel, digital audio tape,
Digital Compact Cassette, or MiniDisc), connect the inputs (REC) from the tape deck to the
music center TAPE REC jacks. Connect the outputs (PLAY) from the tape deck to the music
center TAPE PLAY INPUT jacks, matching the red plug to R (right) and black or white plug to
L (left).
CD changer, DVD player, or laserdisc player
To use one of these...

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Connect the antennas
The rear panel of your Lifestyle® music center provides connections for AM and FM antennas
(Figure 13). Unwind each antenna’s wires. Antennas provide better reception when their wires
are not bundled.
Figure 13
The antenna connections
Setting Up
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Setting Up
Miniature switchesBattery compartment cover 3 AA batteries
Set radio channel spacing for dual voltage and 120V systems
Dual voltage music centers (which include both 120V and 230V power packs) and 120V
music centers can be set for two types of AM and FM channel spacing.
•Channel spacing for North America is 10 kHz for AM and 200 kHz for FM.
•Channel spacing for Europe is 9 kHz for AM and 50 kHz for FM.
Your dual voltage or 120V music center is factory...

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Operating Your Lifestyle® 12 System
The music center display
This music center display (Figure 18) provides information on the music center functions.
Figure 18
The music center display
The system controls
Function
VIDEO - Selects a video sound source connected to the VIDEO inputs, and
turns the system on (in SURROUND speaker mode and enhanced bass).
AM/FM - Selects the radio and turns the system on (in STEREO speaker mode).
When the radio is on, switches between AM...