PMC III Covers_FRONT and BACK.fm Page 1 Wednesday, July 20, 2011 12:15 PM ® PERSONAL music center III Owner’s Guide Guía de usuario Notice d’utilisation ©2011 Bose Corporation, The Mountain, Framingham, MA 01701-9168 USA AM348740 Rev.
PMC III.book Page 2 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM SAFETY INFORMATION Please read this guide Please take the time to follow the instructions in this guide carefully. They will help you set up and use your Personal® music center III properly so you can enjoy its advanced features. Please save this guide for future reference. WARNINGS: • Do not expose this apparatus to dripping or splashing, and do not place objects filled with liquids, such as vases, on or near the apparatus.
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PMC III.book Page 5 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 7 Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXPANDING YOUR LIFESTYLE® SYSTEM 7 7 8 Connecting your homewide antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting an expansion product to the control console . . . . . .
PMC III.book Page 6 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM CHANGING YOUR PERSONAL® MUSIC CENTER III SETUP Adjustable features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To view or change settings for a feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ADDING SOUND TO ANOTHER ROOM Expanding your system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audio connections for a second room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PMC III.book Page 7 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM INTRODUCTION Welcome ® The Personal® music center III remote control is designed to expand your Bose LIFESTYLE® V25/V35, 235, or 135 home entertainment system into other rooms of your home. Using the Personal® music center III remote control, you can listen to your main room system through a Bose link-enabled expansion product in another room.
PMC III.book Page 8 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM EXPANDING YOUR LIFESTYLE® SYSTEM Connecting your homewide antenna Plug the antenna cable into the Homewide Antenna connector on your LIFESTYLE® system. Control console (main room) Antenna (bare wire) Antenna cable Note: Plugging the antenna cable into your LIFESTYLE® system is essential for proper operation of your Personal® music center III remote control.
PMC III.book Page 9 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM PREPARING FOR USE Installing the batteries ® ® Use your Personal music center III with the LIFESTYLE system after installing the supplied batteries, as follows: ® 1. Slide the cover off the back of the Personal music center III battery compartment. 2. Install the four AA (IEC LR6) batteries, matching the polarity markings (+ and –) to the markings inside the battery compartment. 3. Slide the battery cover back into place.
PMC III.book Page 10 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM PREPARING FOR USE Basic controls The buttons explained below will enable you to get started, move around on the display screen, and make selections from the display. Turns on the amplifier and speakers or local system that your Personal® music center III is assigned to control. Alerts the LIFESTYLE® system control console in the main room. Activates the last used source, which is set to its previous volume and preset, if that applies.
PMC III.book Page 11 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM PREPARING FOR USE Source display Press to see the list of the available sources. Your list may look different, depending on the devices you have connected to your LIFESTYLE® system, and what type of system it is.
PMC III.book Page 12 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM PREPARING FOR USE Symbols on the display You may notice if a symbol appears on the display. These symbols indicate special conditions, as described below: Battery indicator: Your Personal® music center III battery is depleted by 75% or more. Mute: The Mute button has been pressed and the speakers in the expansion room controlled by your Personal® music center III are silenced.
PMC III.book Page 13 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM LISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE® SYSTEM Controlling the source The source controls allow you to control the LIFESTYLE® system AM/FM radio and an iPod or iPhone that is docked in the main room. The source controls may also control some of the features of the source connected to the rear of the LIFESTYLE® system. The Bose® remote control in the main room must first be configured through the UNIFY® menu to control a connected source.
PMC III.book Page 14 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM LISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE® SYSTEM Playing a docked iPod or iPhone Your LIFESTYLE® system has a connection jack for your Bose dock for iPod/iPhone. For connection instructions, select the UNIFY® menu on the LIFESTYLE® system in the main room. Before attempting to select your iPod, make sure it is securely docked. Otherwise, it will not appear in the SOURCE list on your TV or on your Personal® music center III.
PMC III.book Page 15 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM LISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE® SYSTEM The following controls operate your iPod as described. Button group Button Button function Display the iPod Menu from the iPod home display. Go back to the previous menu. Choose a menu item. Volume Change the volume. Skip or fast forward. • Press to skip to the next song or chapter in an audiobook or podcast. • Press and hold to fast-forward a song or video soundtrack. Restart or rewind.
PMC III.book Page 16 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM LISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE® SYSTEM Playing the radio To listen to the radio, select AM or FM from your list of sources. The LIFESTYLE® system turns on, if needed, and begins playing. The radio display The display on your Personal® music center III provides information about the radio station and preset. FM Radio Selected source Station Selected preset 2 FM 103.
PMC III.book Page 17 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM LISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE® SYSTEM Using radio presets Your LIFESTYLE® system can store up to 20 AM and 20 FM stations as radio presets. By assigning a preset number to stations, you can choose them quickly and easily. All of the presets can be used in any of the expansion rooms. You can either let the system assign the next available preset number to the station you have tuned in, or you can assign a specific preset number to a station.
PMC III.book Page 18 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM LISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE® SYSTEM Listening to other sources Your Personal® music center III can select sources connected to the rear of your LIFESTYLE® system control console, such as a TV, CD, DVD, DVR, cable, or satellite box. Each connected source appears in the source list display on your Personal® music center III. Once a source in the list has been turned on, you can select and listen to it.
PMC III.book Page 19 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM LISTENING TO YOUR LIFESTYLE® SYSTEM 4. Tilt the navigation bar up or down on your Personal® music center III to select a channel, DVD chapter, etc. This action has the same function as the Channel Up/ Down button on the remote control in the main room. Press to go back to the last channel, DVD chapter, etc. ( ). Press to go back to the previous menu. The right arrow has the same function as the Last Channel button on the remote control in the main room.
PMC III.book Page 20 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM LISTENING TO AN EXPANSION PRODUCT Selecting local sources on your expansion product The Local selection in the source menu allows you to select and control the sources within your expansion product such as the AM/FM radio, CD, or DVD. For example, if your Bose® expansion product is a Wave® music system, you can control its AM/FM radio and CD using your Personal® music center III. 1. Press to see the list of sources.
PMC III.book Page 21 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM CHANGING YOUR PERSONAL® MUSIC CENTER III SETUP Adjustable features You can change some of the factory default settings of the Personal® music center III to customize it as you like. Press Setup near the bottom of the Personal® music center III to see a list of the feature settings.
PMC III.book Page 22 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM CHANGING YOUR PERSONAL® MUSIC CENTER III SETUP Factory settings are in bold type. Feature Setting Name Bedroom Designates where you use this Personal® music center III. Choose from a list of possible rooms to label your music center and distinguish it from any others. Room Code B Distinguishes each room (up to 14) connected to the system. For further information about room codes, refer to “Expanding your system” on page 23.
PMC III.book Page 23 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM ADDING SOUND TO ANOTHER ROOM Expanding your system Your LIFESTYLE® V35/V25, 235, or 135 system can deliver Bose® quality sound in up to 14 additional rooms in your home. Connecting a Bose link-compatible product to the Bose link OUT connector on the control console enables you to listen to a different sound source in other rooms. For example, a DVD movie can be playing in the main room while you listen to the AM/FM radio in the other room.
PMC III.book Page 24 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM ADDING SOUND TO ANOTHER ROOM When to change the room code If you have multiple expansion rooms, you must change the room code on both the expansion product and the Personal® music center III so they match each other, but have a different room code than the main room and every other expansion room. • When you add an expansion product, the Personal® music center III room code must be identical to the switch settings on the expansion product.
PMC III.book Page 25 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM REFERENCE Troubleshooting Problem What to do System not responding to controls • Make sure the Personal® music center III remote and the expansion system have the same room code. Refer to “When to change the room code” on page 24. • Make sure the Personal® music center III remote and the main room system have the same house code. Refer to “House Codes” on page 24. • Make sure the homewide antenna is connected.
PMC III.book Page 26 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM REFERENCE Technical information Remote control range 80 ft. (24.4 m) Size 8¼ in. L x 1 in. H x 2½ in. W (21 cm x 3 cm x 6 cm) Weight with batteries installed 0.7 lb (.3 kg) Battery type 1.5V AA (IEC LR6) batteries (4) Frequency U.S./Canada: 27.145 MHz Euro: 40.685 MHz RF Field Strength Peak level: 88 dBV/m @ 3 meters @ 27.
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PMC III Covers_FRONT and BACK.fm Page 1 Wednesday, July 20, 2011 12:15 PM ® PERSONAL music center III Owner’s Guide Guía de usuario Notice d’utilisation ©2011 Bose Corporation, The Mountain, Framingham, MA 01701-9168 USA AM348740 Rev.
