Summary of Contents for Bose Personal Music Center III
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® PERSONAL music center III Owner’s Guide Guía de usuario Notice d’utilisation...
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• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Bose Corporation could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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United States and other countries. iPod and iPhone are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. All other marks are registered trademarks and trademarks of Bose Corporation. Please complete for your records Serial number (on the back of the product) __________________________________________________ Model number (on the back of the product) _________________________________________________ English –...
Save the carton and packing materials, which provide the safest way to transport this product. If any part of the product appears to be damaged, do not attempt to use it. Contact your authorized Bose dealer immediately or call Bose Customer Service. Refer to the address ® list included with your LIFESTYLE system for contact information.
Cable from expansion product 2. Connect the other end of the Bose link cable to your expansion product. Your expansion product might be a speaker system or an AL8 Homewide Wireless Audio Link if you are making a wireless connection. Refer to the owner’s guide that came with your expansion product for more information on making this connection.
REPARING 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.
REPARING 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.
REPARING 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. Room Bedroom label Cable On Audio 2...
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REPARING 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 Mute: The button has been pressed and the...
LIFESTYLE system. The ® ® Bose remote control in the main room must first be configured through the UNIFY menu to control a connected source. Source controls...
LIFESTYLE ISTENING TO YOUR 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.
LIFESTYLE ® ISTENING TO YOUR SYSTEM The following controls operate your iPod as described. Button group Button function Button 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.
® LIFESTYLE ISTENING TO YOUR 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.
LIFESTYLE ® ISTENING TO YOUR 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 also may have the ability to control some of the features of the source connected ® ® to the LIFESTYLE system if the Bose remote control in the main room has been configured through UNIFY ® to control that source.
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LIFESTYLE ® ISTENING TO YOUR 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.
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 ®...
® III S HANGING ERSONAL MUSIC CENTER ETUP 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.
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® III S HANGING ERSONAL MUSIC CENTER ETUP Factory settings are in bold type. Feature Setting Bedroom Name ® 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.
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.
Personal music center III room code must change to match that of the product in that room. ® • If you have older (legacy) products, such as Bose Acoustimass 5 powered speakers, ®...
III is covered by a 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. English – 25...
EFERENCE 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...