User manual BOSE RC-48S PMC II

[. . . ] By choosing a Bose® PERSONAL® music center II, you have opened the door to a variety of new options for playing your LIFESTYLE® DVD home entertainment system ­ in almost any area of your home!This new music center II provides you with: · Control of your LIFESTYLE® (18 or 28 Series II or the 38 or 48) system from a different room or floor of your house. ⷠOn-screen information about your stored music and the uMusicTM intelligent playback system choices for enjoying it (on LIFESTYLE® 38 or 48 systems, only). ⷠThe option to readily switch between the two audio streams from the system and multiply your choice of programs. [. . . ] What appears on the display The display on your PERSONAL® music center II provides information about the DVD and indicates whether the disc is a DVD or a VCD (Figure 11). You can move up or down to change chapters (or tracks) one by to see the screen that allows one, or press the center bar you to select a chapter (track) by number. ⷠOr, just listen and use the PERSONAL® music center II buttons to choose from the following control options. Then move up or down to change a number and press the center bar to confirm. After pressing Play for the first time, you may see a menu of multiple options. Before the main attraction begins to play, you may need to press Play a second or even third time. Listening to other sources Your LIFESTYLE® system has connection jacks for other components, like a TV, VCR, and cable or satellite box, and can select and operate the additional source connected using these jacks. Each one of these components also appears in the source list of your PERSONAL® music center II. So, once a component in the list has been turned on, you can select and listen to it. Note: Except for a TV, the PERSONAL® music center II will not turn components connected to your LIFESTYLE® system on or off. ⷠFor a video component, use the up and down arrows your PERSONAL® music center II to change channels. ⷠFor other components, you may also be able to seek, pause, and resume play as you can for a CD or DVD playing on the system. However, this depends on the type and brand of the connected equipment. How a nearby sound source differs Your PERSONAL® music center II is engineered for use with any Bose® link enabled products in your expansion room. For example, speakers connected to a Bose SA-2 or SA-3 amplifier respond to on and off commands from the PERSONAL® music center II, as well as muting and volume changes. 1 GS Series II system or a Bose Wave® music system connected in the expansion room gives you another full sound source. If an SA-3 amplifier in your expansion room has a TV or other audio component connected, that too qualifies as a local sound source. Because this local source is within view, you can see how it responds to commands from the PERSONAL® music center II by observing its display panel. This additional sound source is identified as Local in the list of sources on your PERSONAL® music center II display. Note: Local is not an available selection when your PERSONAL® music center II is set for use in Room A. Move up or down to highlight Local and press in on the center bar to confirm the selection. This turns on the nearby Bose link compatible system to the volume, play medium (radio, CD, etc. [. . . ] Connect the other end directly to the Bose® link jack on the rear of the LIFESTYLE® system media center, or to an extension/expansion cable (when adding products for more than one expansion room). figure 15 Connecting another system to the Bose® link jack on the LIFESTYLE® system media center LIFESTYLE® 38 or 48 system media center Bose link jack Or, to contact Bose directly, refer to the address list included in the carton with your system. There are other Bose products, which you may already own, that can also connect to your LIFESTYLE® system. However, adding an older, legacy product, which is not Bose® link enabled, may limit you to just one expansion room where the Audio 2 stream is the only option. [. . . ]