Bose Lifestyle 800 Owner's guide - Page 4

Setting Up Before youbegin • Thank you for purchasing the Bose' Lifestyle" 800 system. This complete audio home Qa entertainment system offers superb sound, elegance, technology, and simplicity for music C and home theater. Your system is fully compatible with digital program material and includes: • A Lifestyles music center with built-in AM/FM radio and CD player • Inputs for a video sound source, a digital sound source, and a tape deck (or other auxiliary source) • Powered Acoustimass" speakers with a hideaway Acoustimass module and five cube speakers • An easy-to-use remote control Realism and impact Your Lifestyle" 800 home theater system is equipped with an all new Videostage. decoder that uses digital signal processing. The result is increased surround sound realism and impact both for movie soundtracks and music recordings. Built-in Dolby Digital decoding of inputs from DVD, digital TV, next-generation cable boxes, and satellite receivers provides "5.1" capability - up to five discrete audio channels directed into five independent cube speakers, plus rich bass sound from the Acoustimass module. The Videostage decoder processes analog formats, as well as two or even single-channel PCM and Dolby Digital bitstreams, and helps to deliver the acoustic experience of the movies right in your home. Compatibility 4, Your system is fully compatible with: • Digital-audio bitstreams. Look for the symbol mgr or the terms Dolby Digital or PCM on DVD-Video discs. Your Lifestyle' 800 system cannot process MPEG-2 or D digital bitstreams. • Surround-sound sources such as VCRs, stereo TVs, cable boxes, and satellite receivers. Videostage decoding directs stereo information to the surround channels, so the sound of stereo broadcasts and rented or recorded tapes can approach that of your DVD discs. • Surround-encoded analog or digital audio signals. Look for the terms Surround or Dolby Surround, or the symbol oor--- on tapes and discs, or the word "surround" preceding a TV broadcast. • Stereo program material from TV, FM, CD, and cassette. Videostage decoding delivers five channels, even when the original source contained only one or two. • Monoaural program material. Videostage decoding can process a one-channel program into five-channel sound and direct the result to five independent speakers. Dialogue remains locked on-screen, while music and ambient effects fill the room. Automatic soundlevelmonitoring and control Your enjoyment of movies at home is enhanced by Digital Dynamic Range" compression. This technology automatically monitors and adjusts the volume to allow you to hear soft sounds, particularly dialogue, and to prevent you from being overwhelmed by a loud special effect (e.g., a crash or explosion). This feature is especially useful for late night movie viewing - it eliminates the need for you to constantly adjust the volume settings. (See pages 22-23.) • 4