Bose Lifestyle 40 music system Sold from 1999 to 2002 User Manual

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Equalizing the volume levels of external sources
The SIGNAL LEVELS selection in the MENU options allows you to adjust and equalize the
volume gain levels received from externally connected sources (VIDEO 1, VIDEO 2, AUX, TAPE).
For example, you can adjust the gain level of an external source so that volume level 50 on this
source sounds as loud as level 50 from a built-in source.
1. Using the MENU button, select SIGNAL LEVELS.
2. Press VIDEO 1, VIDEO 2, TAPE or AUX and you are shown a gain adjustment display
(Figure 34). After listening to the built-in sources (FM, AM, CD) at your preferred volume
level, use the arrow keys to adjust the signal level settings (GAIN) of the connected
sources until you get the same volumes. The adjustment range is from –15 to +15.
Figure 34
Gain adjustment display
Adjusting LCD contrast
You can adjust the contrast of the display. Press and hold the SOURCE button until Lcd
appears. Use the lower arrow buttons to change the contrast level.
Figure 35
LCD contrast adjustment
display
Adjusting the Personal™ music center beep
You can adjust the loudness of the beep made when pressing the display buttons. Press and
hold the SOURCE button until Lcd appears. Use the upper arrow buttons to select the bEEP
display. Use the arrow buttons to select between Lo, HI, and– – (off).
Figure 36
Beep adjustment display 
						

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Forcing the SOURCE buttons to stay on
Normally, the SOURCE buttons are automatically removed from the display following certain
operations. You can change the behavior of these buttons so that they remain in the state you
last set them (on or off screen) using the SOURCE button.
1. Press and hold the SOURCE button until Lcd appears.
2. Press either upper arrow key until you see STAY and the SOURCE button appears in the
upper left region of the display (Figure 37).
3. Press either lower arrow key to select 
 (Yes).
4. To return the SOURCE buttons to normal operation, select 
 (No).
Figure 37
Selecting the display mode of
the SOURCE buttons
Forcing the KEYPAD buttons to stay on
Normally, the numerical keypad buttons are automatically removed from the display following
certain operations. You can change the behavior of these buttons so that they remain in the
state you last set them (on or off screen) using the KEYPAD button.
1. Press and hold the SOURCE button until Lcd appears.
2. Press either upper arrow key until you see STAY and the KEYPAD button appears in the
upper right region of the display (Figure 38).
3. Press either lower arrow key to select 
 (Yes).
4. To return the KEYPAD to normal operation, select 
 (No).
Figure 38
Selecting the display mode of
the KEYPAD buttons
= KEYPAD buttons are removed following certain operations.
Press KEYPAD to access them again.
= KEYPAD buttons remain as you last set them with the
KEYPAD button.
ÂENU
SLEEP
ON
OFF
VOLUÂE
VOLUÂE
ÂUTE SOURCE
DONE
ÂENU
SLEEP
ON
OFF
VOLUÂE
VOLUÂE
ÂUTE
DONEKEYPAD
= SOURCE buttons are removed following certain operations.
Press SOURCE to access them again.
= SOURCE buttons remain as you last set them with the
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Adjusting the display fade time
The fade control display allows you to adjust the length of time the music center display stays
on (after your last button press) before it fades. To adjust this time:
1. Press and hold the SOURCE button until Lcd appears.
2. Press either upper arrow key until you see FAdE on the display (Figure 39).
3. Press either lower arrow key to select a number between –15 and +15 (initial setting = 0).
This is the number of seconds that is added or subtracted from the display fade time. A
positive number keeps the display on longer than the initial setting. A negative number
allows the display to fade sooner than the initital setting.
4. Press DONE to exit this mode.
Figure 39
Fade control display 
						

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Connecting additional rooms
Follow the placement guidelines for the Bose® powered speakers that you plan to connect.
Then review your plan for how to connect these speakers to the multi-room interface in your
primary room. If you have questions or need extension cables to complete the connections,
call Bose Customer Service at the numbers listed on the back inside cover of this owner’s
guide.
CAUTION: Make sure all components are unplugged from the power outlet befor e you
begin hooking up additional speakers.
Connect the audio input cable from your additional powered speakers to the selected ROOM
jack on the back of the multi-room interface.
1. Plug the small black multi-pin connector (flat side facing up) into the jack marked
ROOM B, C, or D on the back of the interface.
2. Follow the instructions that came with your speakers for connecting the cable to the
speakers.
Note: Be sure that each connector is inserted completely into each jack.
Figure 40
ROOM jacks on the multi-room
interface
Operating a Multi-Room Lifestyle® 40 Music System
Room A, B, C, and D jacks
Note: If you connect Bose powered home theater speakers to your Lifestyle® 40 music
system, it automatically of fers controls for the  SPEAKERS and FILM BASS options:
• Initially, the AM and FM sour ces turn on in 2-speaker mode (front right and front left). All
other sources initially turn on in 5-speaker mode.
• Select SPEAKERS by pr essing the MENU button. Use this option to select 5-, 3-, or 2-
speaker mode and to adjust center and surround volume levels.
• FILM BASS is an enhanced listening mode designed for proper playback of movie
soundtracks. When this mode is active, the wor ds FILM BASS appear on the touchscreen. If
you connect Bose powered home theater speakers to your Lifestyle
® 40 music system, the
FILM BASS featur e is available for VIDEO 1, VIDEO 2, AUX, or TAPE. To tur n FILM BASS on or
off for these inputs, press the FILM BASS button.
Since the SPEAKER and FILM BASS options do not apply for ster eo use, these controls do
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Operating in more than one room
Your Lifestyle® 40 music system can control up to four sets of Bose® powered speakers,
allowing your family to enjoy different audio sources (CD, radio, TV, etc.) in up to four rooms.
These rooms are referred to as room A, B, C, and D, with room A being the primary room (the
one used for a one-room system). If two or more rooms are connected to your system, the
Personal music center displays ROOM and HOUSE buttons, and room indicators (A, B, C,
and/or D). Figure 41 shows an example display for a two-room system.
Figure 41
Example display for a two-room
system
Understanding the room indicators
A boxed letter indicates the presently-selected room or rooms. The selected room is
affected by any source changes, or any change you make using the VOLUME, MUTE,
ON/OFF, or SLEEP buttons.
BAn unboxed letter indicates a room listening to a shared source. A shared source is one
that is playing in the controlled room as well as in up to three additional rooms. If you
change the radio station, CD track, etc., of the shared source, the change affects all
rooms sharing this source. However, you cannot change sources for all affected rooms
at the same time. The VOLUME, MUTE, ON/OFF, and SLEEP buttons only affect the
boxed room(s).
An empty box appears for each connected room when you press the HOUSE button.
When you change the volume in the HOUSE mode, the numerical level appearing on the
display does not represent the actual volume level in all connected rooms. It only
represents the actual volume in rooms represented by a boxed letter.
The room indicators tell you what was selected by the
ROOM or HOUSE button
The ROOM button lets you control a single room or two or more rooms that share a source
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Using the ROOM button
The ROOM button allows you to select any connected room and control any sound source
you want to hear in that room. Each time you press the ROOM button you can transfer
control from one room to the next in A-B-C-D order. The room indicators on the display tell
you what is currently selected. Rooms listening to a shared source can be linked and con-
trolled as one room.
Turning on different sources in more than one room
Let’s say you have a two-room system (rooms A and B) and the entire system is off. To turn
on a different source in each room:
1. Wake up the Personal™ music center.
2. Press the ROOM button until the room indicator 
 is displayed. Press a source button,
such as VIDEO 1, to turn on the system and listen to your DVD player in room A. Adjust
the volume to the desired level.
3. Press the ROOM button again. The room indicator 
 is displayed. Press a different source
button, such as CD, to listen to a CD in room B. Again, adjust the volume to the desired
level.
4. Press the ROOM button again and notice that the room indicator 
 is displayed. You are
controlling room A once again and the display indicates that the VIDEO 1 source is on.
Setting up a shared source
Now, let’s say the system is already on and you want to play the FM radio in rooms A and B:
1. Wake up the Personal music center.
2. Press the ROOM button until the room indicator 
 is displayed. Press the FM source
button and adjust the volume to the desired level for room A.
3. Press the ROOM button again to select room 
. Press the FM source button and adjust
the volume to the desired level for room B. Now, the indicators 
A
B are displayed.
4. Press the ROOM button again. The indicators 
AB appear on the display indicating that
you can control these two rooms together. Any button command given now (SOURCE,
VOLUME, MUTE, ON/OFF, SLEEP) is applied to both rooms.
Note: Remember that there are limits to using different sources in different rooms. W ith one
tuner, the system cannot play one radio station in one r oom and another radio station in
another. Similarly, with one CD changer, the system cannot play two dif ferent CDs at the same
time.
Controlling two or more rooms together
There are two ways to gain control of two or more rooms:
•Set up a shared source in two or more rooms and select them together using the ROOM
button. See “Setting up a shared source” above.
•Control all connected rooms together using the HOUSE button. See “Using the HOUSE
button” on page 35.
Returning to single-room control
After you have gained control of multiple rooms using the ROOM button, you can use the
ROOM button again to gain control of a single room. Press ROOM until the room you want is
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Using the HOUSE button
The HOUSE button lets you control all connected rooms as if they were one. When you press
the HOUSE button, an empty box indicator is displayed for each connected room. Any button
pressed after that (any source button, VOLUME, MUTE, or SLEEP) affects every room. When
you are done listening you can press OFF to turn off the entire system.
Note: If you do not press any additional buttons after pressing HOUSE, pressing HOUSE
again cancels HOUSE mode.
Press the HOUSE button before each command to apply that command to all rooms:
Press …To do this …
HOUSE then a source Play the selected source in all connected rooms.
HOUSE then VOLUME 
/Adjust the volume up or down by the same amount in all
rooms that are on, or all connected rooms if they are all off.
The system remembers the differences among the original
room volume settings.
HOUSE then MUTE Silence all connected rooms that are on, even if any were
previously muted individually. To cancel this command, press
HOUSE then MUTE again. Any rooms that were muted before
this command was given stay silent until individually unmuted.
If you unmute an individual room after it was muted by a
HOUSE - MUTE command, the other rooms remain silent until
each one is unmuted individually. Pressing HOUSE then
VOLUME 
 unmutes all muted rooms.
HOUSE then SLEEP Set the SLEEP timer for all rooms that are on. The SLEEP time
selected applies to all rooms that are on even if they are
playing different sources. If the SLEEP timer was already set
in one or more rooms, the display shows the longest time
already set. You can accept this time or change it for all the
rooms. To cancel the HOUSE - SLEEP command, press
HOUSE, SLEEP, CLEAR, and then DONE.
HOUSE then OFF Turn off the entire system.
Note: Instead of setting one sleep time for the entire house, you can set different sleep times
for individual rooms by using the ROOM button to select each r oom and setting SLEEP.
When two or mor e rooms are controlled as one, adjusting the SLEEP time affects all rooms
(indicated by boxed letters).
Using more than one Personal™ music center
If you have a multi-room system, you can add additional music centers in some or all of the
connected rooms. Each multi-room interface can be controlled by a maximum of four music
centers. Each music center can control up to four rooms.
To add a new music center to your system, follow the setup instructions on page 13. Be sure
to install the batteries and turn it on for the first time close to the multi-room interface to allow
the new music center to set up a radio frequency link with your system. If the multi-room
interface is not plugged in or the music center is out of range, the display indicates NO
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Finding a misplaced Personal™ music center
The “find me” feature assists you in locating the Personal music center. Press the LOCATE
MUSIC CENTER button on the back of the multi-room interface (under the antenna connec-
tions, next to the CD changer cable connection). The volume drops in any rooms that are on
and any music center within range of the multi-room interface eventually begins beeping and
flashing. The beeping and flashing continues for two minutes. Touching the screen of any
music center cancels the LOCATE MUSIC CENTER function.
Figure 42
The LOCATE MUSIC CENTER
button
Replacing batteries
The LOW BATTERY message appears when batteries are nearly depleted. As batteries get
weaker, the message flashes faster and display timeouts become shorter.
Figure 43
The LOW BATTERY war ning
message
LOCATE MUSIC CENTER button
ÂENU
SLEEP
ON
OFF
VOLUÂE
VOLUÂE
ÂUTE LOW BATTERY 
System settings are not lost when batteries are changed or battery power fails.
Replace the batteries with 4 AAA or IEC-R03 1.5V alkaline batteries, matching the + and –
symbols on the batteries with the + and – markings inside the compartment and on the back
label. See “Setting up the Personal music center” on page 13 for battery installation instruc-
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Cleaning the system
The only maintenance your system may need is periodic cleaning and replacing the Personal
music center batteries. For information on replacing the batteries see page 13.
CAUTION: Do not use any spray cleaners near the system. Do not use any solvents,
chemicals, or cleaning solutions containing alcohol, ammonia, or abrasives.
CAUTION: Do not allow liquids to spill into any openings of the system. If liquids accidently
get into any system component, tur n the system of f and allow it to air dr y. Then turn it on
again. If you notice any problems with its functioning, tur n it off and contact Bose
® Customer
Service.
Cleaning the Personal™ music center
You can use an ammonia-free window cleaner on a soft cloth to clean the music center,
including the display screen. See the cautions at the top of the page.
Before you start cleaning the display, press the MENU button until you select WIPE SCREEN.
You can use this option to disable the display buttons for up to 20 seconds while you wipe
the screen. When you are ready to wipe the screen, press START to begin the countdown.
This enables you to clean the touchscreen without affecting system operation. The system
beeps during the last five seconds to warn you that time is running out.
Figure 44
Entering the WIPE SCREEN
display
Cleaning the CD changer
Use only a soft cloth to clean the outside of the CD changer.  See the cautions at the top of
the page.
Cleaning the speakers and Acoustimass® module
Clean the surface of your speakers with a soft, damp cloth. You can use an ammonia-free
window cleaner on a soft cloth to maintain the finish. See the cautions at the top of the page.
The speaker grille panels require no special care, although you may vacuum them carefully
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Troubleshooting
Problem What to do
System does not function•Make sure the power connector is inserted securely into the multi-room interface, the
at all power cord is inserted securely into the Acoustimass® module, and the power pack and
power cord are plugged fully into operating AC wall outlets.
• Be sure to select a source (CD, AM/FM, etc.).
• Unplug the multi-room interface power pack for a few seconds, then reconnect it. This
allows the unit to reset itself after a power surge or power interruption.
No sound• Increase the volume.
• Check to see if MUTE is flashing on the display. If it is, press the MUTE button to unmute
the sound.
• Make sure the audio input cable is firmly seated in the multi-room interface ROOM A jack
and the multi-pin connector on the other end is firmly seated in the Acoustimass module
AUDIO INPUT jack.
• Check speaker connections.
• Check the connections for any external components. Make sure to select the correct
source for the desired input.
• Be sure the CD is placed correctly label-side up in the magazine, and the magazine is
inserted properly in the CD changer.
• Connect the FM and AM antennas.
Personal™ music center•Check batteries and their polarity (+ and –). See page 13.
control is inconsistent,•Operate the music center closer to the multi-room interface.
shows a NO RESPONSE•Move the music center a few feet to avoid an area of interference.
message, or does not work•Make sure the audio input cable is firmly seated, and uncoiled.
•Make sure the multi-room interface is connected and plugged in.
•If NO RESPONSE is continuously displayed, the link between your music center and the
multi-room interface may be broken. To re-establish the link, hold the music center close to
the interface. Press and hold MUTE for about 5 seconds until you hear a second beep.
After about 10 seconds, you should hear two beeps to confirm that the link is established.
NOTE: The music center establishes a link with the closest multi-room interface.
CD does not play• Check to see if the PLAY button symbol   in the display is flashing.
• Make sure the magazine is properly inserted.
•Check to see if there is a disc in the magazine, label-side up. Display shows a flashing
number for a disc that is label-side down or cannot be read. Display shows noCd if no
discs are loaded.
•Eject the magazine and try loading the CD again.
• Check for dirt or dust on the CD. Clean the CD if necessary.
• The disc may be defective. Try another disc.
•Make sure the disc is not a DVD. The CD changer cannot play a DVD disc.
•If the display shows Plug in cd, check that the CD changer is properly connected.
•If the display message Err appears, there is a mechanical error. Call Bose
® Customer
Service (see inside back cover for listings).
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