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3. Just listen for a while. 
Notice there’s no identifiable order to what plays: not by CDs that were stored first, nor by 
common artist or genre. It’s more like a freewheeling 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 different 
preset. The music playing will change when that happens.
Note: You can give each preset a name, up to 8 letters long, for the person or reason for using it. 
For details on how to do that, refer to “Media center options” on page 47.
Respond actively to speed up the learning process
If you hear a piece you don’t like or are not in the mood for:
• Move on by pressing the   or  button. 
The system begins to play the next track, notes 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 response 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 sooner than some others.
If you want to register your likes and dislikes more generally:
•Press the 
Library button, so you can look through music stored on the system and rate it 
according to genre, artist, or the tracks on a CD.
Note: For details on using the Music Library, refer to “Check in at the Music Library” on page 22.
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 set a certain ambiance, you may find it quicker 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.
How to add music to the Playlist provided:
While listening to a track in Stored source (and not in Playlist), press and hold the 
Playlist
button on the remote.
Locate selections using the Music Library, then press and hold the 
Playlist button 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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How to delete tracks from the Playlist:
While listening to music in the Playlist, press and hold the 
Playlist button as the track you want 
to remove plays.
How to completely clear the Playlist:
To use the Playlist again, for a different purpose, you may want to remove all the tracks listed 
there now. To do that quickly, press the 
System button 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 the Music Library 
Imagine: while using your LIFESTYLE® system, you hear music – on FM, or perhaps the score 
of a movie – and suddenly you think 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 the
 Library button on the remote to see your choices for locating a track.
• The initial library information appears on the media center display (Figure 4).
Figure 4
Music Library as it appears 
on the media center display
• If your TV is on and the Video Input that connects the media center to the TV is 
selected, the library screen appears there (Figure 5). 
• Genre is selected and ready to browse the genre options.
• Information on the display and the TV screen changes as you move around and 
make selections.
Figure 5
Music Library on screen
Library
Items list
Summary 
of
selectionsSelection
Current 
PresetMusic Library
Preset 1
Genre: All genres
Artist: All artists
Album: All albums
Track: All tracks
97 albums / 0 tracks (0 minutes) selected.
Left/Right: narrow selection by genre.
This filters available selections below.
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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 arrows to get to the option you want.
•Press 
Enter or the left arrow to confirm your selection and move back to the features 
column.
• Repeat these steps for each change you want to make.
•Press the 
Exit button on the remote control 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 making selections on screen, refer to “Making 
system adjustments” on page 40.
Figure 6
Track located by searching 
by genre, then artist
4. When you find what you want, you can use the remote control as follows:
•Press the 
Play or Enter button to play your selection(s).
•Press the 
Info button to see more data for the selection.* (!)
•Press the 
System button to see data for this selection 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 
learning kickstart.
Playing a DVD
The symbols below represent buttons on the LIFESTYLE® remote control unless otherwise 
indicated.
1. Turn on your television.
2. Press   to select the DVD player. If the system is off, this will also turn it on.
3. Lift up the media center front door and press   on its control panel.
4. Insert the DVD disc into the tray (label-side up).
Music 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.
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5. Press   again to close the disc tray.
6. Press  to begin play.
You may need to press the play button more than once. Most DVD videos present on-screen 
selections before the movie begins. 
Note: Not all DVDs offer the same features. For example, you can choose subtitles only if the 
disc provides subtitle information.
Control options
Note: For information on the quick adjustments you can make to DVD settings refer to “Stored 
CD setting options” on page 37. Instructions on how to enter the menu to make those changes 
are available in “How to see your options” on page 34.
Using parental controls
The parental control feature of your LIFESTYLE® system allows you to restrict access to DVD 
movies with ratings you find inappropriate for members of your family.
Before you can use this feature, you choose a password and a level of restriction in the 
System menu. To learn more about parental controls, refer to “To set the restriction level and 
passwords” on page 50.
Note: Refer to“Troubleshooting” on page 55 if you have trouble with a password.
If you want to: Do this:
Pause a DVD movie… Press  .
Resume play… Press   again or  .
Stop a DVD movie… Press   once. Then press   to continue playing 
from where the movie stopped.
Or, press   twice to stop and reset. Then press   
to restart at the beginning of the DVD.
Skip to the next chapter… Press  up.
Skip to the previous chapter…
Press down twice. 
Repeat a chapter… Press  while the chapter you want to repeat plays.
Search backward or forward… Press and hold  .
 
						

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Loading and playing a CD
The symbols below represent buttons on the LIFESTYLE® remote control unless otherwise 
indicated.
Press   to select the CD player and begin playing the CD loaded in the disc tray. This 
also turns the system on if it is off. 
To load another disc after the one playing ends:
1. Lift up the media center front door and press   on its control panel.
2. Insert the audio CD into the tray.
3. Press   to close the disc tray. Play begins automatically.
Control options
Note: For information on the quick adjustments you can make to CD settings, refer to 
“CD setting options” on page 36. Instructions on how to enter the menu to make these changes 
are available in “How to see your options” on page 34.
If you want to: Do this:
Pause a CD… Press  .
Resume play of paused CD… Press   or  .
Stop a CD… Press  . Press   to restart at the beginning 
of the CD.
Clear continuously scrolling track 
information (for an MP3-CD) from 
the media center display...Press and hold  until the display changes. 
Press and hold again to restore 
the scrolling display of text.
Go to next track… Press  up. 
Go to beginning of the track… After track has played for several seconds, 
press down.
Go to a previous track… Press   down: 
•once if no music is playing.
•twice if the music has begun.
Scan a CD backward or forward… Press and hold  .
On MP3 discs, this jumps to the beginning of a track.
Randomly play CD tracks… Press  .
Cancel random play… Press   again.
Repeat a track… Press  .
Repeat a CD… Press  again.
Cancel repeat... Press  a third time.
 
						

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Using the radio
The symbols below represent buttons on the LIFESTYLE® remote control.
Press   to select the radio tuner and turn it on if the system was off. This tunes to the 
FM or AM station that was last selected.
Changing stations
Note: For information on the quick adjustments you can make to the radio tuner settings, refer to 
“Tuner setting options (FM or AM radio)” on page 36. Instructions on how to enter the menu to 
make those changes are available in “How to see your options” on page 34.
Setting a radio station preset
You can establish a preset for up to 20 AM and 20 FM stations. This enables you to tune in a 
favorite station quickly. There are two ways to assign presets.
Using the Enter button on the media center control panel to automatically assign the next 
preset number to a station, follow the steps below for each station you want to assign:
1. Tune to the preferred station.
2. Press the Enter button on the media center control panel.
Using the LIFESTYLE
® remote control, to assign to a specific number:
1. Tune to the preferred station.
2. To assign the station a preset number, press and hold that number button.
• For numbers 1through 9, press a single number and hold it until the display indicates 
PRESET: XX SET.
• For numbers 10 through 20, press the first number, then press and hold the second 
number until the display indicates PRESET: XX SET.
Note: Assigning a preset number to a station will replace any previous assignment of that preset. If you want to: Do this:
Switch between FM and AM … Press  .
Seek the next strong station … Press  .
Manually tune to a station … Press  .
Select a preset station … Press   or  for the preset number. 
 
						

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To remove a station preset
Tune to the preset number you want to remove. Then follow the step below:
• On the remote control, press and hold the 0 number button until the message PRESET: 
XX.ERASED appears briefly on the media center display. The removal is then complete.
To reassign a preset to a different station
1. Tune to another station. Then press and hold that preset number, which reassigns it to 
the new station. 
2. Press the preset number you want to remove. Then mute the system and press and hold 
that preset number again. 
Using the headphones jack
For private listening, you can connect headphones to the jack that is located on the right side 
of the media center as you face it. 
Note: Connecting headphones causes all main room speakers to be muted.
Using the sleep timer
You can set the sleep timer to turn off the LIFESTYLE® system automatically in 10 to 90 
minutes, depending on the time you select. You can do this in the Settings menu for any 
source that is selected.
Note: If you are unfamiliar with use of the Settings menu, refer to “Making adjustments to a par-
ticular source” on page 34.
In the Settings menu on the media 
center display or on the TV screen, 
move around and make changes
by using the selection buttons.
To set the sleep timer
On both the media center display and the TV on-screen menu, the same actions apply:
1. Press the 
Settings button on the LIFESTYLE® remote to enter the menu.
2. Move down to the Sleep Timer symbol, the last feature in the menu (Figure 7).
Figure 7
Sleep timer symbol in the 
source Settings menu
Note: If you see a continuation arrow at the bottom of the menu, move to it to see the other 
menu items that are not currently shown.
3. Move right into the options list and up to the delay time you want, from 10 to 90 minutes. 
Note: Pressing the 
up arrow when you reach the 90 minute option turns the sleep timer off.
4. Press 
Enter to confirm your selection.
5. Press 
Exit or Settings on the LIFESTYLE® remote control to leave the menu. 
When the time you set elapses, the timer shuts down the system and the TV (if it is on*), and 
then turns itself off.
*For the TV to turn off automatically, the system must sense that it is on. This is contingent on 
your use of the supplied TV sensor. For information on installing and testing the TV sensor, 
refer to your LIFESTYLE
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Controlling External Sources
Using your system remote with other components
You can control most brands of external components, such as TVs, VCRs, and cable/satellite 
boxes, using your LIFESTYLE® remote control. You can also designate one of these compo-
nents as the video tuner (channel selector) for all, to further simplify operation.
Your LIFESTYLE
® system includes an infrared (IR) emitter that sends out signals from the front 
of the music center to any component that your LIFESTYLE® remote is set to control. This 
allows you to turn on other sources in the room and make basic selections from them, 
whether they are connected to the media center or to the TV. 
Note: If a component is located where it cannot receive these IR signals, you can use the 
supplied IR emitter cable with that component. For tips on getting the IR signals where they need 
to go, or using the optional emitter, see “Connecting the optional IR emitter cable” in your Instal-
lation Guide.
For TV control
Note: For general guidelines on using the LIFESTYLE® System menu, refer to “Making system 
adjustments” on page 40. 
Use the TV remote to turn on the TV. Be sure to select the Video Input on the TV for the media 
center. 
Then, using the LIFESTYLE
® remote control:
1. Press the 
TV button to select the TV source.
2. Press the 
System button. The System menu will appear on the TV screen.
3. Move across the categories to 
Remote Control to preview these menu options 
(Figure 8).
4. Press the down arrow or 
Enter to move into that menu. 
Figure 8
Preview of Remote features 
in the System menu
Select your TV brand.
IR Control:
TV Tuner:
TV Brand:
TV Device Code:
VCR Brand:- -
Remote
Control
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5. Identify the TV brand:
• From the 
Remote Control options in the System menu, select TV Brand (Figure 9). 
• Move right into the list of brands and up or down to locate the brand for your TV.
•Press 
Enter to select that brand.
Figure 9
TV brand selection
6. Choose the device code:
• In the menu options on the left, select 
TV Device Code.
• Move right to select the first code.
•Press the 
TV On/Off button on your LIFESTYLE® remote. Press that button again.
If the TV turns off and on again, you have chosen the right code. 
If not, select another code, and press the 
TV On/Off button two more times.*
• When you have chosen the right code, press the 
Enter button.
• To have the TV come on automatically, whenever you press a video source button, 
follow Step 7 on page 30. To skip this step, instead, press 
System or Exit to leave the 
System menu.
*Some manufacturers use a number of similar device codes. After selecting one, you may find 
you can turn your TV on and off, but are unable to change channels or select Play or Pause. 
In that case, select a different device code that provides more control.
IR Control:
TV Tuner:
TV Brand:
TV Device Code:
VCR Brand:Philharmonic
Philips
Phoenix
Phonola
Remote
Control
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7. Set the TV to turn on automatically*, as needed:
• Move up to the System menu categories and over to
 Video.
•From the 
Video options, select TV Power (Figure 10).
• Move right into the list of choices and up or down to select one of the two below:
–
Automatic (for TV models that do not use a European style SCART connector)
–
Euro Connector (for TV models that use a SCART connector)
•Press the 
Enter button. 
Figure 10
Changing the TV Power
8. Notice the TV Power Status:
•
TV Detected means the installed TV sensor is working. 
•
TV Not Detected means the TV sensor (if installed) is not positioned properly, or a 
SCART connector is installed.
•Press 
System or Exit to leave the System menu.
Note: For information and on using the TV sensor, refer to “Installing the TV on/off sensor” in 
your Install Guide.To check for positioning of the sensor, refer to “The media center” on page 14.
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The Media Center can turn your TV on automatically whenever 
you select a video source.
TV Power:
TV Power Status:
TV Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen DVDs:
Video Connector:
Video Black Level:Manual
TV Not Detected
- -
- -
Component
Normal
Video
*For the Automatic feature to work effectively with North American TV models, the optional 
TV sensor must be installed and positioned to detect if the TV is on or off. In Europe, a 
SCART connector serves this purpose. If you do not use a SCART connector, or the TV sen-
sor is not positioned properly, the automatic feature is not an option. In that case, leave the 
TV Power set to Manual. This means you must turn your TV on using its power button or with 
the LIFESTYLE® remote (when it is set to do so).