Bose Lifestyle 35 Installation Guide

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Hearing the results of proper placement
Placing your speakers properly is the first step to ensuring that you hear the full, rich, Bose®
quality sound this system is designed to provide (Figure 6).
Figure 6
Results of proper Jewel 
Cube® or cube speaker 
array placement
Left 
frontRight 
front
Center
Acoustimass
®
module
Right surround
Left surround
Figure 7
Results of proper single 
cube speaker placement
Left
frontRight
front
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Cube speakers connect to the Acoustimass® module
Each LIFESTYLE® DVD system includes five cube speakers. Use the supplied 20-foot 
(6.1-meters) cable to connect the three speakers arranged at the front of your room. Use the 
supplied 50-foot (15.2-meter) cables for your surround speakers, pulling the cables apart to 
run them in different directions around your room.
Your system may feature Jewel Cube
® speakers, which...

Cube array speaker
Cube speaker
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Making two-wire connections for cube or cube array speakers
Notice the marks on each cable wire. The one marked with a red collar is positive (+) and the 
plain one is negative (–) to guide you in connecting them to the positive (red) and negative 
(black) terminals on the back of each speaker. 
1. Match the correct cable to the corresponding speaker location:
• Front speaker cables have...

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Figure 10
Speaker connections to the 
Acoustimass® module
Speakers at the front of your room
Left Center RightSpeakers at the back of your room
Left Right
FRONT L FRONT C
FRONT R
SURROUND L
SURROUND R
Acoustimass module connector panelOrange jacks Blue jacks
Connecting the module to the media center
Use the audio input cable to connect the Acoustimass module to the media center 
(Figure 11).
Audio input cable
Media...

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It may be convenient to plug the power adapter into the media center now, before you make 
other connections that obstruct the Power jack on the media center. However, avoid plugging 
the adapter into the AC (mains) power outlet before all other connections are completed.
1. Plug the small, round multi-pin connector (with the inset flat side up) at one end of the 
cable into the Speakers jack labeled Main on the back of...

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AM antenna connection 
1. Plug the connector on the AM antenna lead into the AM antenna jack.
2. Stand the loop antenna on the base or mount the antenna on a wall, following the 
instructions enclosed with the AM antenna.
3. Move the AM loop antenna as far as possible (at least 20 inches or 50 centimeters) from 
the media center, and at least 2 feet (60 centimeters) from the Acoustimass
® module. 
When all connections...

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Making a video connection to the TV
On your media center, connect the Composite Video Out to the Video input jacks on your TV 
(Figure 13).
1. Use the supplied video cable with a single yellow RCA connector on each end. 
2. Notice which TV Video input you used, such as VIDEO 1 or VIDEO 3. Write down the 
number for future reference in the blank provided on page 16.
Figure 13
Composite video 
connection of a TV to the...

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Using a SCART adapter (in Europe only)
The SCART adapter plugs into the media center using the appropriate four connectors. Be 
sure to use the appropriate illustration, according to the type of connection you will make:
• For a Composite connection, refer to Figure 14, below.
• For an S-video connection, refer to Figure 15 on page 19.
Figure 14
SCART connector for 
Composite use
Composite
Video OUT
Yellow TV
Audio IN...

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Figure 15
SCART connector for
S-video use
TV
Audio IN
jacks
TV sensor
jack
Composite
Video OUT
Pass-through
jack for 
TV sensor White
Red Yellow
Media center connection panel
TV connection panel
S-video
setting
Composite
video connector
 in Europe
Note:At this point, all required system connections are completed. If you prefer to validate your 
system setup now, refer next to “Setting the TV properly is important” on...

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Making an audio connection to the TV
By connecting your TV audio to the LIFESTYLE® media center, you can hear TV sound and 
that of any component (a camcorder or game console, perhaps) connected to the TV through 
your LIFESTYLE
® system speakers.
For TVs with no audio output jacks:
• If your TV does not provide audio output jacks, you will still hear audio from all of the 
LIFESTYLE
® system sound sources, including...