Bose Lifestyle 800 Owner's guide - Page 14

Setting Up Figure 10 Connecting components through your TV (2) To direct video soundsources through your TV This is an alternative connection method. (See Figure 10.) If your stereo TV has fixed audio • outputs (the audio signal level doesn't change) and it allows you to select the source of the signal (VCR, laserdisc, cable, etc.), then you can: • Connect your DVD player L and R outputs to the music center AUX inputs. • Connect the DVD video output to one of the video inputs on the TV. • Connect the coaxial digital audio output from your DVD player to the female RCA connection on the audio input cable (connecting the music center with the module), using a male-to-male RCA cable. • Connect your home theater components to the TV inputs. • Connect the TV fixed audio outputs to the VIDEO SOUND INPUTs on the music center. • Turn the TV speakers off or the volume all the way down. (If there is an intemaVextemal speakers switch, select extemal speakers. Do not connect any speakers to the TV.) • Turn off any special TV settings such as expanded stereo, mega-bass, phantom, or SAP They prevent proper surround processing through your Lifestyle° system. • Set the TV balance control to the center of the dial or range. • Set tone controls to flat or the middle position (neutral). • Set TV to the stereo position. Note:Ifnecessary, as a second choice, you can use the variable audio outputs from your stereo TV Turn off or disconnect the TV's speakers and leave the volume control up - close to the maximum setting. Note: ff you connect your stereo VCR through your stereo TV, do not use coaxial cable. Instead, connect the VCR L. andR audio outputs to the TVL andR audio inputs to ensure proper stereo and surround sound. Digital audio output R Cab* TV DA: payer L VCR Music center L R lv To the module • 14