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PMC III Covers_FRONT and BACK.fm Page 1 Wednesday, July 20, 2011 12:15 PM
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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.00
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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. As with any
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PMC III.book Page 3 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM Names and Contents of Toxic or Hazardous Substances or Elements Toxic or Hazardous Substances and Elements Polybrominated diphenylether Part Name Lead (Pb) Mercury (Hg) Cadmium (Cd) Hexavalent (CR(VI)) Polybrominated Biphenyl (PBB) (PBDE) PCBs X0 0 0 0 0 Metal parts X0 0 0 0 0 Plastic parts 00 0 0 0 0 Speakers 00 0 0 0 0 Cables 00 0 0 0 0 0: Indicates that this toxic or hazardous substance contained in all of the homogeneous materials for
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PMC III.book Page 4 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM 4 – English
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PMC III.book Page 5 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 7 Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ® EXPANDING YOUR LIFESTYLE SYSTEM 8 Connecting your homewide antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Connecting an expansion product to the control console
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PMC III.book Page 6 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:45 PM ® CHANGING YOUR PERSONAL MUSIC CENTER III SETUP 21 Adjustable features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 To view or change settings for a feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 ADDING SOUND TO ANOTHER ROOM 23 Expanding your system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Audio connections for a second room . .
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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. ® LIFESTYLE V25/V35, 235, 135 system (main room) ® Personal music center III remote contro
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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. Do not bundle the antenna together with other cables and do not place it clos
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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. + + + + Note: Ch
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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 ap
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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. Room Bedroom label Cable On Audio 2 Audio stream and source in use Blu-ray here and in other rooms FM AM On Audio 1 Audio stream and source iPod in use in the main room Local Indicates more choices Cancel [Ok] Party are
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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. Mute all: The Mute button has been pressed and held on
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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. Sou
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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. ® On your Personal
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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. � Press to st
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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 103.3 Current station Jump to preset Back Tune While listening to a station
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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 stat
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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. You also may have the ability t
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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 con
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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. 2. Tilt the navi
