Bose Companion Surround Sound Owner's guide - Page 4

Before

you

begin

Thank

you

for

purchasing

the

Bose

Companion'"

satellite

surround

sound

system.

The

CD

-

quality

digital

sound

of

this

innovative

system complements

the

high

-resolution

digital

picture

from

your

satellite

system

and

enhances

the

performance

quality

of

digital

music

channels.

Your

Companion

satellite

surround

sound

system

includes:

•

A

Companion

CS

-6

controller

with

inputs

and

outputs

for

video

and

audio

sources

•

Powered

Acoustimass•

speakers

with

a

hide

-away

bass

module

•

A

remote

control

sensor

•

An

easy

-to

-use

remote

control

Bose

VideoStage

decoder

technology

enables

the

Companion

satellite

surround

sound

system

to

reproduce

the

realism

of

movie

sound

especially

for

a

home

environment.

When

a

movie

soundtrack

or

digital

audio

is

produced

in

a

surround

sound

format,

specially

en-

coded

sound

is

sent

to

any

or

all

of

the

available

speakers.

Dialogue

is

usually

sent

to

the

front

speakers.

Sounds

from

the

left

or

right

side

of

the

picture

are

sent

to

the

left

or

right

front

speakers.

Ambient

sounds

or

special

effects

may

be

sent

to

the

surround

(rear)

speakers.

Bose

VideoStage

circuitry

automatically

directs

the

sound

to

the

correct

speak-

ers.

To

select

surround

-encoded

material,

look

for

the

word

"surround"

preceding

a

TV

broad-

cast

or

any

of

the

terms

Surround,

Dolby

Surround,

and

the

double

-D

symbol

a]

I

Carl

it

"

b

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on

tapes

and

discs.

When

sound

is

recorded

in

stereo,

but

not

surround

-encoded,

VideoStage

decoder

technol-

ogy

directs

it

to

the

most

appropriate

speakers

based

on

the

signals

received.

When

viewing

older

movies

or

listening

to

other

monaural

programs

on

your

Companion

satellite

surround

sound

system,

VideoStage

directs

sound

so

it

appears

to

come

from

the

center

of

the

TV

screen.

You

can

listen

to

any

program

material

in

SURROUND

(5

-speaker)

mode,

whether

the

program

is

surround

-encoded,

stereo,

or

monaural.

You

will

not

hear

sound

from

all

five

speakers

all

of

the

time.

Even

with

surround

-encoded

material

there

are

times

when

no

sounds

are

directed

to

the

surround

speakers.

You

can

select

the

speaker

mode

that

sounds

best

to

you

for

each

particular

program.

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