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a. If your remo te features the
 symbol (above the Library butto n), the four buttons at the 
bottom functio n as follows:
In Stored source , queues up and plays other stored tracks that most closely match 
the style of the current track.
In VCR source (or AUX, if a recorder-type device  is connected to that input), !
activates the record functio n. Not available on remotes  set to control Teletext.
In Stored source, when used in conjunction with  the number keys, plays the tracks 
from a specific stored CD of that number.
In Cable source , makes a selection from the A list.
In Stored source , plays all the tracks, if any, a ssigned to the playlist. Can be used 
with additional play mode options, like Encore.
In Cable source , makes a selection from the B list.
In Stored source , skips from the track currently pla ying to the first track on the CD 
of origin and plays that CD  from beginning to end. 
In Cable source , makes a selection from the C list.
b. If your remote features the 
symbol (above the Library button),  the four colored buttons 
at the bottom function as follows:
In Stored source , queues up and plays other stored tracks that most closely match 
the style of the current track.
In Teletext mode , selects the content labeled red.
In Stored source , when used in conjunction with  the number keys, plays the tracks 
from a specific stored CD of that number.
In Teletext mode , selects the screen  content labeled green.
In Stored source, plays all the tracks, if an y, assigned to the playlist. 
In Teletext mode , selects the screen content labeled yellow.
In Stored source , skips from the track currently pla ying to the first track on the CD 
of origin and plays that CD  from beginning to end. 
In Teletext mode , selects the screen content labeled blue.
Note: To switch your remote from a.  functionality to b. (described above), refer to “Remote 
control options” on page 39
 and locate the “Selecting a  Remote Control version” option.
Getting strong remote control range and response
The cord that connects the pow er supply to the media center contains an antenna for your 
RF remote. For good range, it is VERY important  that you extend this cord to its full length 
and keep it away from other system cables. P !#$%&()*+,-*./0++!1,%()*2!,,.3-*!!4*!,-
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Note:
Also, when using a plasma screen TV, keeping  the media center power supply as far from 
the TV as is practical  improves remote range.
If your system does not respond  when you press a button on the remote, it could be time to 
change the batteries. Fo r information on the type of batt eries to use and how to change them, 
refer to “Replacing the remote  control batteries” on page 52.
In some buildings, there may be “dead spots” wh ere remote control signals are not effective. 
If this happens, move the remote a  foot or two and try again. Also make sure the cord that 
connects the power supply to the media ce nter (and contains the remote antenna) is 
stretched to its full le ngth and is separated from other po wer cords. If this does not help, 
move the media center a few feet to see  if a new location provides better response.
If the batteries are not dead and yo ur efforts to avoid dead spots are in vain, you may need an 
antenna extender. To cont act Bose for more informa tion, or to order the extender, refer to the 
address list included with the system. 
						

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Media center 
The disc tray and system controls are located unde r the front panel door of the media center. 
To the right of the system contro ls is the display window (Figure 1).
CAUTION: 
Pressing the Open/Close button on the media center is the best way to open and 
retract the disc tray .DO NOT press on the tray  to make it retract or exert pressure on the front of 
the tray while it is moving. Doing so c an cause the disc player to malfunction.
An IR (infrared) signal emitter, located under  the disc tray, enables you to control other !
components using  the LIFESTYLE
® remote. Avoid blocking this emitter, so its signal will have 
a clear path to other components or  reflective surfaces in the room.
Figure 1
Front view of the media 
center
Front panel door – lifts up
Controls
Disc tray
Display window
Headphone jack
IR emitter
Controls
On/Off Source Volume
Enter
Erase Store
All Off
Open/Close
Four of the media center control panel butt ons provide similar control to buttons on the 
remote control. The other five  offer unique functionality.
On/OffTurns the system on or off in the main  room only. Selects the source last used 
when it turns on the system.
All Off
Turns off the system and all conn ected speakers (in all rooms).
Opens and closes the disc tray.
SourceSelects the next available sound source in sequence.
EnterInitiates DVD play when that option is selected from DVD menu  options that 
appear on the TV screen.
In combination with the Store button,  advances through and selects system  !
settings on the media center display.
EraseRemoves a radio station preset.
VolumeRaises the volume of the system and unm utes the speakers (if they are muted).
Lowers the volume of the system  but does not unmute the source.
StoreCopies the tracks from an audio CD to the internal hard drive.
When the system is off, resets th e remote control house code.
In combination with the Enter button,  advances through and selects system  !
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Display window
The media center display wind ow indicates the state of the system, including which source is 
playing, program deta ils, and what option, if any, is selected (Figure 2). 
Figure 2
Sample of information that 
appears on the media 
center display S T O R E D  0 : 2 2  P 1 !
T R A C K  6 / 1 0 C D 7
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When Settings menu items or  messages appear in the display,  they may scroll to reveal!
information that does not fit  in the two lines available.
Library
Shows when the Stored music library is selected (Figure 3).
SleepShows when the system is set to shut down automatically.
SettingsShows when the source Settings menu is selected.
ShuffleShows when tracks from a CD, Playlist, or Lib rary search are playing in random order. 
RepeatShows when the track playing is set to play again. 
DiscShows when a selected action applies to the tracks on a disc.
Track Shows when a selected action applies to one track only.
StoringShows when CD tracks are storing.
Lights briefly when a remote control command is received.
Light indicators
Figure 3
Library indicator identifies 
stored music text on the 
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Library
Component system setup using the display
The media center display provides access to  the System settings required to activate a !
component video connection between the TV and  media center and to select progressive 
scan. 
Note:
For detailed instructions on how to activate  this feature in your Bose® LIFESTYLE® system, 
refer to your  Installation Guide.
When activation is completed, you will see the proper results, assuming:
• Your TV supports this feature and is set for it , according to instructions in the owner’s guide !
provided by the TV manufacturer.
• Your TV and media center are properly co nnected using the supplied component video 
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Initial pointers to get you started
Scanning the following tips  may prove worthwhile before using your system. 
Note: For information on how to se t the remote to operate other components, refer to “Using 
your LIFESTYLE
! remote with other components” on page 26.
To turn on your system
• Press the On/Off button on the remote control. 
• Or, press the media center On/Off control.
• Or, press the 
CD/DVD,FM/AM,TV,CBL/SAT, or AUX remote button.  !
This turns on the system  and selects the source at the same time. Use the 
Stored button this 
way, too, after you have stored music on your LIFESTYLE® system.
To use your system with the TV and other co mponents, review the reminders below. They are 
provided to help ensure that  it all works together smoothly.
To turn on the TV or other external components
1. Turn on the system. 
2. Press the remote control button for the source you want. 
3. Turn on the source, as needed.
You can use your LIFESTYLE
® remote to control the above fu nctions as soon as you set it to 
operate the TV and  other components. 
To watch a DVD
Your installation choices may require additio nal activation settings, as indicated below.
• Getting an image to a ppear on the TV screen:
! Be sure to select the proper  video input on your TV (consistent with the  video input that 
the media center connects to on the  back of the TV). Use the LIFESTYLE
® remote !
control 
Input button (just  below the TVsource button).
If you have a TV that supports component or progressive scan
The tips below apply only  if you have made a componen t connection between the media 
center and your TV.
• Using the component video connection option: 
!If you have a component video connecti on between the TV and the media center, !
be sure to make that selectio n on the display of the media center (see Note below). !
Otherwise, you may see nothing on your sc reen when you select DVD as the source.
• Using the progressive scan capability of your TV: !Make sure there is a component video conne ction between the TV and the media !
center.
! Be sure to make the Progre ssive selection on the media  center (see Note below). !
Otherwise, you may see nothing on your sc reen when you select DVD as the source.
! For other video components connected to the  media center, make sure the component 
is also connected using a component video adapter. 
Note:
For information on sele cting component video on the medi a center (required for use of 
progressive scan as well), refer to  “Higher-quality connections to consider” in your Installation 
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To adjust what you hear or see
• To correct sound problems (un expected boominess, harshness, thinness, or reverberation) 
take time to run the ADAPTiQ® audio calibration program,  if you have not done so.
Note:
Refer to “Making sure the sound is as good as it gets” in the  Installation Guide.
• For lasting adjustment to system  operation (for audio, video, media center, remote control, 
or DVD lock), use the System men us. For details on the changes you can make, refer to 
“Properties that you can adjust” on page 32.
• For temporary adjustments to the particular  source playing (like the number of speakers 
engaged or the turn-off timer setting), use the  on-screen Settings menus. For details on the 
changes you can make, refer  to “Quick adjustments as you watch or listen” on page 43.
To enjoy remarkable new LIFESTYLE! system features
You can use many features of your LIFESTYLE® system as soon as  it is installed and the 
setup is verified by the two d iscs that are included with it.
But the revolu tionary uMusic
™ intelligent playback system requires that CD tracks are stored 
in the system before you can use it. To get th e most impact from this feature, you need at 
least 20 discs stored. Before you  begin storing, you may want to refer to the small, color-
coded uMusic
TM System Guide  provided in the carton.
Storing one disc is very simple:
• Place the CD into the disc tray of  the media center and close the tray.
• Press the Store button, located on  the media center control panel.
Note:
To store additional CDs, you may want so me guidelines and more details. Refer to 
“Getting your music into the system,” below. 
To further understand your opti ons for identifying and playing th e tracks you store, be sure !
to read “Check in at  your Music Library” on page 19 and “How the uMusic™ intelligent 
playback system works  for you” on page 50.
Enjoying your stored music
The uMusicTM intelligent playback system provides a refreshing new means to enjoy the music 
you own on CD. Before you use it, you can read the overview of its capabilities in “Presenting 
a New Way to Play” on page 48.
Note:
This feature functions only after CDs have been stored in the system, as described below. 
Instructions for sele cting and playing sto red music refer to buttons on the LIFESTYLE
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remote control unless otherwise specified.
Getting your music into the system
Before you can enjoy these be nefits, some preparation is required. It involves use of the 
media center and a simple three-step  procedure for storing your music.
Note:
Your system is designed to store the tracks of regular CDs only. It will not store MP3 
tracks or the contents of DVDs. If an  inappropriate disc type is in the disc tray when the Store 
button is pressed, the media center displays an er ror message to indicate that storage is not 
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Here’s how to begin: 1. Place the first CD into the disc tray of  the media center and close the tray.
2. Press the 
Store button, located on the media  center control panel.
• During this process, the media center di splays the message CD STORING and shows 
what percentage of the task is completed. 
• To interrupt or stop the  storing activity at any time, simply open the disc tray. 
• To resume storing the same dis c, close the tray and press the 
Store button again.
3. When it reaches 100% and displays the te xt AUDIO CD STORED, remove the disc and 
repeat steps 1-3 for  each additional CD. 
Storing takes about 5 minutes per disc. For  more details, see “Planning time to store your 
music” on page 49.
The basics of your uMusicTM intelligent playback system
1. Press Stored to select the stored music source. If the system is off, this will turn it on in 
the uMusic
™ system mode. It  begins with the last-used preset.
2. Now you can simply sit back and  listen, or make other choices:
• Press any number button, 1 through 9, to choose a different preset.
• Press 
– or + rating buttons if you have a particularly strong reaction to a selection. 
Note:
Pressing – registers your displeasure with the current track, so the system moves immedi-
ately to a new track. Use this rating when you hear  a track that is inappropriate for the selected 
preset and you want to lessen your chan ce of hearing the track again. Pressing 
+ sends a strong 
message that the current track is pleasing and  music like it is appropriate for the selected preset.
• Press 
Encore to hear only music si milar to the piece playing.  !
The system checks the music databases  and selects only those tracks in your !
collection with very si milar attributes, so you can count on it to mirror that mood.
• Press 
Whole CD to hear the other tracks, in th e order arranged, on the same CD.
• Press 
CD#, followed by its reference  number, to move to a specific CD and hear all the 
tracks on it. 
Note:
You can refer to the log at the back of th e book (if you have noted your CDs there as you 
stored them) to quickly locate the refere nce number for a CD you want to hear.
Your remote control options
When you want to: Press:
Pause the selection playing…
.
Resume play of a paused 
selection…
 or .
Stop a selection…
 once. Then  to resume where it stopped.
Or, 
 twice to stop and reset. Then  to restart at 
the beginning of the track or whole CD.
Move to another selection…
up.  !
Does not change stored music presets. !
Move to a previous selection…
down twice,  or once only, if the track you want to 
skip has barely begun playing. !
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As a convenient reminder of how to use this  feature and what the specialized remote control 
buttons do, use th e small, color-coded  uMusic
TM System Guide provided in the carton.
Note:
For information on the quick  adjustments you can make to  Stored CD settings, refer to 
“Stored CDs settings options” on page 45. Instruct ions on how to enter the menu to make these 
changes are available in  “How to change the settings” on page 44.
Making sure you hear what you like
Enjoying the broad selection of your private mu sic collection in powerful, lifelike multi-
speaker performance is the pr imary benefit of your uMusicTM intelligent playback system. 
Yet this system provides the me ans for you to narrow its selections to better satisfy the !
different facets of your personality.
Set up presets for each listener right away
To get the very most from th is sophisticated, multi-faceted featu re, you need to set up and 
use the stored music presets  reserved for this purpose. 
A stored music preset is wher e listening preferences for different people, activities, or moods 
get recorded over time. Consider each one as a dif ferent “station” that you tune to so the !
system can “listen” and le arn about your taste. 
Note:
If several people in your ho usehold have stored music on  the system, it is particularly 
important that they have their own presets. This helps the system differentiate preferences and 
prevents it from replaying music  you do not want to hear.
When you first select St ored as your source, the system au tomatically enters Preset 1, shown 
on the media center display as P1 (Figure 4).  Or, if you used another preset recently, the !
system may select that preset for you.
Figure 4
Preset 1 as indicated on the 
media center displayS T O R E D  2 : 0 6  P 1 !
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Repeat a selection…while the track or whole CD  you want to repeat is!
playing as a Whole CD, CD#, Library, or Playlist !
selection.
Search backward or forward…
and hold.
Find out about wh at’s playing...
to see the track data on the TV screen.  !
To close the screen, press 
. !
Search for a particular CD…
and choose to search by: !
Genre, Album, Artist... !
as it applies to the CD you want to hear.
Hear music of one type or by 
one performer…
and choose to search by: !
Genre, Artist... !
as it applies to the type of  music you want to hear.
Add a selection to the Playlist...
and hold while the selection is playing.
Hear your Playlist selections...
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Make sure a track never plays...
 and select Stored CD, Track Action, Delete Track from 
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With CDs already stored in the system, use  the preset you prefer to get started:
1. Press 
Stored on your LIFESTYLE® remote.
2. Check the media center display to  see which play mode is selected.
• If it says UMUSIC, you are ready to listen and enjoy. 
• If it says ENCORE, CD#, PLAYLIST, or WHOLE CD, press 
uMusic on the remote to get the 
system out of th e special play mode.
3. Just listen for a while.  Notice there’s no identifiable or der to what plays: not by CDs that were stored first, nor by 
common artist or genre. It’s more like a free wheeling stream of tracks you may or may not 
have heard recently. 
4. While in Stored source, pressing a numbered  button – from 2 to 9 – moves into a differ-
ent preset. The music playing will change when this happens.
Note:
You can give each preset a name, up to eigh t letters long, for the person or reason for 
using it. For details on how to do this, refer to “Media center options” on page 38.
Train your preset
If you hear a piece you don’t like or are not in the mood for:
• Move on by pressing 
 or . !
The system begins to play the next track, not es that you may not be in the mood for this 
one now, and prepares to learn more.
• Press the 
– rating button if the track playing  is just not right for this preset. !
The system logs your strongly negative resp onse and moves to another track immediately.
If a track stands out as a real favorite:
• Press the 
+ rating button. !
The system logs your  response as positive and  continues playing the track. You are likely to 
hear more music from  that artist and album so oner than some others.
If you want to train yo ur preset more quickly:
• Press 
Library, so you can look through music stored on th e system and rate it by genre, artist, 
track, or entire CD.
Note: For details on using the Music Library, re fer to “Check in at your Music Library” on 
page 19
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Use the Playlist to line up tracks for play
The system includes a ready-to -use playlist, so you can line up specific tracks in the order 
you choose and play them on command. 
Note:
If you simply want music to se t a certain ambiance, you may  find it easier to choose a 
preset and let the system do the selecting. 
The playlist can be useful when you  want a very specific type of music, your holiday favorites, 
for example. You can also use it  when you want certain tracks to play in a specific order.
To add music to the Playlist:
• While listening to a tr ack in Stored source (and  not in Playlist), press and hold 
Playlist on the 
remote.
• Locate selections using the Music  Library, then press and hold 
Playlist to add them to a !
Playlist one by one. Or, you can easily add a whole batch of selections by one artist, a 
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To delete tracks from the Playlist:
• While listening to music in the Playlist, press and hold 
Playlist as the track you want to remove 
plays.
To completely clear the Playlist:
• To use the Playlist again for a different purp ose, you may want to remove all the tracks 
listed there now. To do that quickly, press 
System on the remote, move over to Media Center 
and into that menu to get to the uMusic Preset Action item. Select Clear Playlist from the 
options list.
Check in at your Music Library
Imagine: while using your LIFESTYLE® system, you hear music – on  FM, or perhaps the score 
of a movie – and suddenly you th ink of another song you want to hear. You know you own it, 
though the name eludes you. But it won’t stop running through your head. 
This is a perfect scenario for using the Music Library. If your system is turned on and the 
Stored source is selected:
1. Press 
Library on the remote to see your  choices for locating a track.
• The initial library information appears on the media  center display (Figure 5).
Figure 5
Music Library as it appears 
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Library
• If your TV is on and the video input th at connects the media center to the TV is 
selected, the library sc reen appears (Figure 6). 
• Artist is selected and ready  to browse the artist options.
• Information on the display and the TV  screen changes as you move around and  !
make selections.
Figure 6
Music Library on the TV 
screen
Attributes 
column
Music Library Preset 1
Left/Right: narrow selection to a particular album. !
This filters available selections below.
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Summary
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selections Selection
Current
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Preset
Genre: – All genres –
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Artist: – All artists –
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Album: – All albums –
Track: – All tracks –
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2. Use these actions to move  around and make selections from the display or the screen:
• Press the left, right, up, or down ar rows to get to the option you want.
• Press 
Enter to confirm your selection and mov e back to the attributes column.
• Repeat these steps for each change you want to make.
• Press 
Exit to leave the Music Library. 
3. Choose from new options that  appear as you make a selection.
Note: For further details on moving around and ma king selections on screen, refer to “Using 
System Menus” on page 32
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Figure 7
Track located through 
searching by genre, then 
artistMusic Library Preset 1
Genre:  Rock/Pop 
Artist:  Jackson Browne 
Album: – All Albums – 
Track:  – All tracks –
1 album / 10 tracks selected.
Left/Right: narrow selection to a particular album. !
This filters available selections below.
navigate select
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4. When you find what  you want, you can use the remote control as follows:
• Press 
Play or Enter to play your selection(s).
• Press 
Info to see more data  for the selection.
• Press 
System to see data for this selection  on your TV and edit it as you like.
• Press 
Exit to leave the Music Library.
Press the 
– or + rating buttons as you locate music in  the library. This gives your preset a 
headstart in learning your preferences.
Using the other sources
Instructions for selecting and playing the o ther system sources refer to buttons on the  !
LIFESTYLE® remote control unless otherwise specified.
Playing a DVD
1. Turn on your TV.
2. Press 
CD/DVD to select the DVD player. If the system is off, this will turn it on.
3. On the media center, lift the door and  press the Open/Close button to expose the !
disc tray.