Bose Lifestyle 8 Owner's guide - Page 4

Before

you

begin

Thank

you

for

purchasing

the

Bose°

Lifestyle°

8

system.

This

complete

audio

home

entertain-

ment

system

offers

superb sound,

elegance,

technology,

and

simplicity

for

music

and

home

theater.

Your

system

includes:

•

A

Lifestyle°

music

center

with

built-in

AM/FM

radio

and

compact

disc

(CD)

player

•

Inputs

for

a

video

sound

source,

an

auxiliary

source,

and

a

tape

deck

•

Powered

Acoustimase

speakers

with

a

hide

-away

Acoustimass

module

•

An

easy

-to

-use

remote

control

Bose

Videostage*

decoder

technology

enables

the

Lifestyle

°

8

system

to

reproduce

the

realism

of

movie

sound

especially

for

a

home

environment.

When

a

movie

soundtrack

or

CD

is

produced

in

a

surround

sound

format,

specially

encoded

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

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

speakers.

To

select

surround

-encoded

material,

look

for

any

of

the

terms

Surround,

Dolby

Surround,

and

the

double

-D

symbol

00

DOLBY

SURROURD

•

on

tapes

and

discs,

and

the

word

"surround"

preceding

a

TV

broadcast.

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

Lifestyle°

8

system,

Videostage

circuitry

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

fi

ve

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.

Do/by

and

the

double

-O

symbol

are

trademarks

of

Dolby

Laboratories

Licensing

Corporation.

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