® ® Bose PERSONAL Music Center II Owner’s Guide
Introduction Thank you Introduction 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 provides you with: • Control of your LIFESTYLE® system from a different room or floor of your house.
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Thank you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Other equipment you can control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Preparing to Use the Music Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Where to begin . . . . . . . . . .
Preparing to Use the Music Center Where to begin Preparing to Use the Music Center Your expansion system or speakers must be set up and connected to the LIFESTYLE® system before you can use them with the PERSONAL® music center II. If you have a Bose® link product and still need to set it up, refer to “To add more rooms of sound” on page 25. If you have an older product to use with the remote, refer to “Using other products for expansion” on page 26.
Preparing to Use the Music Center Be sure to confirm these settings Your PERSONAL® music center is pre-set at the factory: • For use in the single expansion room (Room B) or area (not in the main room with your LIFESTYLE® system). • With the same house code that each new LIFESTYLE® system is assigned. • To command the Audio 2 stream from the LIFESTYLE® system. • To display English.
Preparing to Use the Music Center Basics of the controls Your PERSONAL® music center II features a powerful combination of selection buttons and a display screen, which lets you see and choose from the wide variety of LIFESTYLE® system capabilities. You can use the PERSONAL® music center to command system performance from almost anywhere in your home, even outside, without ever taking aim. Radio frequency signals from the PERSONAL® music center reach the system from as far away as 80 feet (24.6 meters).
Preparing to Use the Music Center What appears on the display Press Figure 2 The list of possible sources available for selection to see the list of the sources (Figure 2).
Preparing to Use the Music Center Where you can go from here: • Move up or down to another preset station. • Move left to return to the source selection screen. • Move right to see the station tuning screen (Figure 4). Figure 4 FM Tune Example of a radio tuning screen Station FM 103.3 Tune station Back Or instead, press to return to the list of the sources. Setup: only as needed Pressing this button presents a list of the adjustable settings on your PERSONAL® music center.
Preparing to Use the Music Center Buttons to use while you listen There are two circular button sets for use while listening to a source. For details on how each button works for a specific source, refer to “Listening to Your LIFESTYLE® System” on page 10. Use this button set to: • • • • Adjust the speaker volume, up or down. Establish and select presets. Skip and scan forward and back. Begin play and pause it.
Listening to Your LIFESTYLE® System ® Enjoying a command performance Listening to Your LIFESTYLE System To turn on your PERSONAL® music center to the source last selected, press . To select a different source, press and move up or down on the display to highlight the preferred source. Then press (center bar) to confirm your selection. Use this circular button set for fine tuning as you listen.
Listening to Your LIFESTYLE® System To tune to lower frequencies... While in station tuning, tip the center bar down. Tip down and hold to move more quickly. To tune to a specific preset... Press the Presets button. To tune forward to the next strong station... Press . Press and hold to move quickly forward, then release for next the station. To tune backward to the next strong station... Press . Press and hold to move quickly in reverse, then release for next the station.
Listening to Your LIFESTYLE® System Playing a CD With a CD loaded in the disc tray of the LIFESTYLE® system in your main room, select CD/DVD from your list of sources. This turns on the player, if it is off, and begins play. What appears on the display The display on your PERSONAL® music center provides information about the music playing. The display indicates whether the disc is a regular CD or an MP3 selection (Figure 6).
Listening to Your LIFESTYLE® System To stop and start again at the beginning of the CD... Press and hold . Then press again. To scan forward through the current track... Press and hold . To scan backward through the current track... Press and hold . To skip to the next track... Press once. Or, tip the center bar To skip to the beginning of the current track... Press To skip to the beginning of the previous track... Press twice. Or, tip the center bar To skip quickly forward...
Listening to Your LIFESTYLE® System You can move up or down to change chapters one by one, or press the center bar to see the screen where you can make a chapter selection by number, if you prefer. Or, simply listen and use the PERSONAL® music center buttons to choose from the following control options. For this... Do this... To begin play... Press . Press again as needed. To pause the action... Press . To resume play where the action paused... Press .
Listening to Your LIFESTYLE® System What appears on the display The display on your PERSONAL® music center provides information about the music playing and the preset selected (Figure 9). Figure 9 Stored Identity of the stored music playing Penny Lane The Beatles 4 Back Bobby i Library Check to be sure that the uMusicTM system preset currently selected is the one you want.
Listening to Your LIFESTYLE® System For this... Do this... Tell the system your strong reaction to a track... Press the minus (–) button if you are not in the mood for or do not like this song. Press the plus (+) button if you especially like this song. To play more tracks like the one playing now... Press Encore. To play the whole CD that Press Whole CD. this track came from... To play the tracks in the playlist... Press Playlist. To delete this track from the playlist...
Listening to Your LIFESTYLE® System To skip this track... Tip the center bar up. Tip and hold to skip more tracks. To return to a previous track... Tip the center bar down. Tip and hold to skip more tracks. To see the list of other sources... Press the left arrow button move left. Or, press . to Getting into the library of stored music While listening to the Stored source, you may want to locate other tracks in your collection.
Listening to Your LIFESTYLE® System 3. Move up or down to make a selection. 4. Press the center bar to the category list. to confirm the selection and return • Or, move left to cancel the selection. • Or, move right to return to All as the selection. 5. When you see have confirmed your selection, you can: • Press to play the results. • Press and hold Playlist to add your search results to the playlist. • Press + or – to rate your search results.
Listening to Your Local Source How it differs from a system source Listening to Your Local Source Your PERSONAL® music center II is engineered for use with any Bose® link-enabled products located in the expansion room where you use the PERSONAL® music center. If you simply have speakers connected to a Bose SA-2 or SA-3 amplifier in the expansion room, those speakers turn on and off with the PERSONAL® music center. Muting or adjusting the volume are the only other adjustments you make to these speakers.
Listening to Your Local Source Exploring your options Your local source may include AM and FM radio and a CD/DVD player. • To switch from one to another of these play mediums, move right. • To see the numeric selection screen, press the center bar . • To change the numbers on the numeric selection screen: - Move up or down to increase or decrease the highlighted number. - Press the center bar to move right for the next digit. - Move left to erase a number. - Move right when you have made all the changes.
Beyond the Basics Music center settings you can change Beyond the Basics You can change some factory default settings of the PERSONAL® music center II, as you prefer. By pressing the Setup button located near the bottom of the PERSONAL® music center, you can see a list of the features that are adjustable. Note: To learn more about the house code, room code, and audio stream, refer to the sections that follow. To change settings for a feature 1.
Beyond the Basics Backlight Bright Intensity of the display lighting. Choose a lower % setting to reduce intensity. Backlight Delay Default: On. Option to turn the backlight delay off. LCD Delay Default: 30 seconds. Increase or decrease the pause before the LCD turns off in 10-second increments. Audio Stream Default: Audio 2. One of two streams that can deliver audio to the room where the PERSONAL® music center is used.
Beyond the Basics The importance of room codes Your PERSONAL® music center II is set at the factory for use in Room B. Room A is the setting for the primary remote provided with your LIFESTYLE® system. These unique room codes let your LIFESTYLE® system know where the commands originate, so it can respond in the appropriate room. If you have only one expansion room set up now, and that is where you will use the PERSONAL® music center, the Room B setting should be fine.
Beyond the Basics A LIFESTYLE® system radio frequency (RF) remote has a long range and the ability to penetrate walls. Therefore, the signals from a remote in one home can possibly reach and affect the operation of a LIFESTYLE® system in another. Changing the house code for the system and all the remotes used with it avoids the conflict. To learn how to choose a different house code, see “To change settings for a feature” on page 21.
Beyond the Basics To add more rooms of sound Your LIFESTYLE® system is capable of supplying up to 14 expansion rooms with Bose® sound to fill your entire living space with music. There are numerous Bose products designed specifically for use in these expansion rooms, and some older Bose products can serve this purpose as well. Products from other suppliers may also fit into your whole-house solution. For each choice your approach may differ.
Beyond the Basics Insert one end of Bose® link B cable into the Bose® link jack on the rear panel of the additional system (Figure 14). 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).
Beyond the Basics When using a Bose SA-1 amplifier – Use the cable that came with the amplifier and connect the cable to the Bose® link jack on the LIFESTYLE® media center. Do not turn the amplifier on until you change the LIFESTYLE® system setting (in the System menu, under Media Center) for Protocol to Legacy. Note: Refer to your LIFESTYLE® operating guide for details on making System menu changes. Be sure the PERSONAL® music center II is set for Room B, so it will work with this amplifier.
Reference Troubleshooting Reference Problem What to do Your PERSONAL® music center II doesn’t work as expected • It could be time to change batteries. • In some buildings, you may experience “dead spots” when the PERSONAL® music center will note operate effectively. If this happens, simply move it a foot or two and try again.
Reference Contacting customer service For additional help in solving problems, contact Bose® customer service. See the address and phone number list included with your LIFESTYLE® system. Limited warranty Your PERSONAL® music center II is covered by a transferable limited warranty. See your product registration card for details. Please be sure to fill out the information section on the card and mail it to Bose. Failure to do so will not affect your limited warranty.
