Bose Lifestyle powered speaker system Sold from 1989 to 2004 User Manual

The Bose® Lifestyle® Powered Speaker System
Owner’s Guide
December 20, 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.
Additional safety information
See the additional instructions on the Important Safety Information page enclosed with this
owner’s guide.
Please read this owner’s guide
Please take the time to follow this owner’s guide carefully. It will help you set up and operate
your Lifestyle® powered speaker system properly. Save your owner’s guide for future...

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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 as...

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Contents
Where to find…
Setting Up
Before you begin ........................................................................................................... 4
Unpacking the carton ................................................................................................... 4
Selecting the locations for your Lifestyle
® powered speaker system ........................... 4
Before making connections, unplug your system...

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Before you begin
Thank you for purchasing the Bose® Lifestyle® powered speaker system. These speakers are
designed specifically for use with any Lifestyle® system to deliver high-fidelity, room-filling
sound to additional rooms in your home.
Unpacking the carton
Carefully unpack your speakers. Save all packing materials for possible future use. The
original packing materials provide the safest way to transport your speaker system. If any part
of the product appears...

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Connecting the Lifestyle® powered speakers to each other
Follow the steps below to connect your Lifestyle®  powered speakers to each other:
1. Connect the speaker wire
•The wire marked with the red collar is positive (+) and the ribbed wire is negative (–).
These wires correspond respectively to the positive (red) and negative (black) terminals
on the back of the speakers.
•As illustrated in Figure 3, connect the positive and negative conductors at one end of
the...

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Connecting the speakers to another music source
If you will be connecting your Lifestyle® powered speaker system to a CD player, DVD player,
cassette deck, or other music source, follow these instructions:
1. Unplug the music source from the AC power (mains) outlet.
2. Insert the red and black plugs from the left speaker’s input cable into the left and right
audio outputs of the music source (Figure 4).
3. If you wish to locate the speakers farther away from the...

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Which Lifestyle® system do you own?
If you will be connecting your Lifestyle® powered speaker system to a Lifestyle® system, you
need to determine which system you own before attempting to connect the speakers.
Identifying multi-room interface systems
Figure 5
Front and rear of the multi-room
interface, and Personal ®
music center
The multi-room interface allows you to connect up to four rooms or listening areas with
additional speakers. These systems are operated...

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Connecting the speakers to multi-room interface systems
To connect the Lifestyle® powered speaker system to your Lifestyle® system refer to Figure 9.
Then follow these steps:
1.   Make sure all components are unplugged from the AC power (mains) outlet before making
    any connections.
2.   Connect the attached 6-foot audio input cable to the supplied 3-foot VAR adapter cable
    (labeled VAR on the single-connector end).
3.   Attach the other end of the 3-foot VAR...