User manual BOSE LIFESTYLE 48 Q&A

[. . . ] Q A & LIFESTYLE ® 48 DVD HOME ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM PRODUCT POSITIONING How is the Lifestyle® 48 home entertainment system positioned relative to the other products in the Lifestyle® system line, and what does it include?The Lifestyle® 48 system is our most advanced, premium home entertainment system intended for the customer who has a large music collection and enjoys both watching video and listening to music. The Bose® Lifestyle® 48 home entertainment system includes: · Five Jewel Cube® speakers ­ Our smallest, most powerful cube speaker arrays feature an award-winning design that includes a neodymium iron boron magnet and an exclusive nautilus-shaped port that provide very high performance from a remarkably small speaker. · Powered Acoustimass® module ­ Lifelike low-note reproduction, results in a more realistic and gripping listening experience. [. . . ] Its song selections are full of pleasant surprises. The result is a much deeper listening experience, based on the shifting moods and tastes of the listener -almost like listening to a radio station programmed to suit that listener's unique tastes. What is a uMusic system "preset"? Consider a uMusic system preset a virtual "bin"in which the Lifestyle® system stores knowledge of your musical preferences as it learns what they are. The next time you select that particular preset, the system will play music based on what it has learned from previous interactions. The more music you listen to, the more it learns what you like. What if I have more than one person in the house?Or if I have different moods? The Lifestyle® 48 system is capable of storing nine different presets, so the system can learn a variety of distinct musical preferences based on individuals, situations or moods. For example, a family could have a preset dedicated to "Mom's music, ""Dad's music, ""cleaning music, " "outdoor music, ""workout music, " etc. How does the uMusic intelligent playback system learn my preferences? The uMusic intelligent playback system learns from every song it plays, collecting information about your listening preferences. If you listen to a song all the way through, uMusic assumes you like the song. If you skip a song, uMusic assumes you're not in the mood for the song at that time. If you feel strongly about a song ­ pro or con ­ you can give the music a "+"or "­" rating using the remote. The system uses this information to play music that is similar to music you have accepted, and avoid music that is similar to what you have rejected. Can I delete tracks from the system? Yes. If you find that there are tracks you never want to listen to in any preset, you can delete tracks, albums or individual artists. Can I make a playlist if I want to? The uMusic intelligent playback system allows you to create one playlist of your own in addition to the nine uMusic system presets. You can either search the library for specific tracks and add them to the list, or press and hold the "playlist" button when you hear a song you want to add. Can I connect a computer or iPod/pocket PC to the Lifestyle® system and download MP3s? You can connect a computer or iPod/pocket PC to the Lifestyle® system and use it to play music, but you cannot download or transfer MP3s into the uMusic system. 4 Q A & LIFESTYLE ® 48 DVD HOME ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM Can I store MP3s from a CD-R? Any CD-R burned as an audio CD can be stored into the uMusic system. In order for the uMusic system to make associations among songs, it needs to input the music from original CDs or exact duplicates. Microphones on a special headset worn by the user sample the sound from the system at five different locations throughout the room, analyzing the response from the speakers at each location. The ADAPTiQ system then makes the necessary adjustments to the Lifestyle® system so it will automatically deliver a quality Bose performance, customized for that particular room and its listeners, time after time. Will the ADAPTiQ audio calibration system work on any system? No. The ADAPTiQ audio calibration system is a proprietary technology available only with the Bose Lifestyle® 48, 38, 28 and 18 systems. The technology is integrated only with DVD-based Lifestyle® systems. 5 Q A & LIFESTYLE ® 48 DVD HOME ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM If I change speaker locations or move the system to another room, can the ADAPTiQ® system be recalibrated?When going through the ADAPTiQ system process, I'm instructed to sit in five listening locations. Simply run the ADAPTiQ system setup procedure again when you rearrange your furniture, change your speaker placement or move the Lifestyle® system to a different room. There are no limits on how many times the ADAPTiQ audio calibration system can be reset. It is important to get a variety of measurements so the system can evaluate your room. We recognize that there may be fewer than five listening locations in some rooms, which is why it is suggested that customers stand (or sit on the floor) to simulate five different listening locations. Yes, you can turn off the ADAPTiQ audio calibration system. Using the remote, go to the onscreen display (OSD) and choose AUDIO SETUP. Within the menu, highlight ADAPTiQ and toggle to OFF. After using the ADAPTiQ system, can I still modify the performance of my system? Yes. [. . . ] The Lifestyle® system automatically delivers a suitable low-frequency boost for movie soundtracks, and removes it when a CD or the radio plays. As a result, the listener enjoys appropriate lows both for movie soundtracks and music reproduction ­ all from a single system without complex controls. What is the benefit of the multi-room/multi-source expansion capability included with the Lifestyle® system? It makes the system more versatile. The Lifestyle® media center offers two independent audio outputs that can deliver different audio sources to two separate areas of the home simultaneously. Just add Bose powered loudspeakers (a wide variety is available to fit your customers' needs and budgets) and a remote control for each additional room. [. . . ]