Bose Lifestyle 30 Series II system Sold from May 1999 to 2002 User Manual

The Bose® Lifestyle® 30 Series II System
Owner’s Guide
October 29, 2001
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Safety Information
WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose the system to rain or
moisture.
These CAUTION marks may be located on the back panel and bottom of your Lifestyle®
music center and the bottom panel of your Acoustimass® module:
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to aler t
the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the system enclosure that
may be of...

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Important Safety Instructions
1. Read these instructions – for all components
before using this product.
2. Keep these instructions – for future reference.
3. Heed all warnings – on the product and in the
owner’s guide.
4. Follow all instructions.
5. Do not use this apparatus near water or
moisture – Do not use this product near a
bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink, laundry tub, in a
wet basement, near a swimming pool, or any-
where else that water or moisture are...

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Important Safety Instructions
Antenna grounding
Example of antenna grounding as per National Electrical
Code, ANSI/NFPA 70.
Note to CATV system installer
This reminder is provided to call the CATV system
installer’s attention to Article 820-40 of the NEC (of USA)
that provides guidelines for proper grounding. In particu-
lar, it specifies that the cable ground shall be connected
to the grounding system of the building, as close to the
point of cable entry...

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Contents
Where to find…
Setting Up
Before you begin ........................................................................................................... 4
Unpacking the carton ................................................................................................... 5
Selecting the locations for your Lifestyle
® 30 Series II system ..................................... 6
Connecting the speakers and Lifestyle® music center...

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Setting Up
Before you begin
Thank you for purchasing the Bose® Lifestyle® 30 Series II system. This complete audio home
entertainment system offers superb sound, elegance, technology, and simplicity for music
and home theater. Your system is fully compatible with digital program material and includes:
•A Lifestyle
® music center with built-in AM/FM radio and six-disc CD changer
•Five tiny Jewel Cube
® speakers and a hideaway Acoustimass® module
•Inputs for two...

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Setting Up
Surround speaker cables
(orange connectors)
Front speaker cables (blue connectors)AA 
batteriesAC power pack 5 Jewel
Cube
speakers
AC power cordRubber feet
Stereo cable
Test CD FM antennaAM loop
antenna Audio input cableLifestyle
® music center Acoustimass
module
Antenna
base Remote control
•Lifestyle® music center
•AC power (mains) pack*
•FM antenna
•AM loop...

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Setting Up
Selecting the locations for your Lifestyle® 30 Series II system
When you place your speakers according to the guidelines below, a combination of reflected
and direct sound provides the audio atmosphere of a home theater. You may experiment with
the placement and orientation of the Jewel Cube
® speakers to produce the sound most
pleasing to you. For more discussion of speaker placement and room acoustics, see “Fine-
tuning your system” on page 29.
Jewel...

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Figure 2
Recommended front speaker
locations
Left frontRight front Center
Surround speakers
The surround (rear) speakers create an area of sound around the listener. Place them in the
back half of your room. Direct the cubes so that you cannot pinpoint the exact location of the
sound source (Figure 3). The surround cables allow up to 50 feet (15.2 m) distance from the
Acoustimass
® module.
Figure 3
Speaker placement
Left
surround
Acoustimass
module Center
Right...

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Acoustimass® module
Follow these guidelines to select a location for the Acoustimass module.
Note: To avoid interference with the TV picture, place the Acoustimass module at least
18 inches (45 cm) from the TV.
1. Place the Acoustimass module along the same wall as the TV, or close to the same end of
the room as the front speakers (see the example along the front wall in Figure 3).
2. Select a convenient location – under a table, behind a sofa. Do not allow...