Bose Lifestyle 235 Series III- Manuals

English - 5 Introduction About your Lifestyle ® system Thank you for choosing a Bose ® Lifestyle ® system for your home. This elegant and easy-to-use system delivers superior performance for both music and video.By now you should have successfully set up your system using the UNIFY ® intelligent int...

6 - English Controls and Indicators Remote Control Using the remote This advanced radio frequency remote works throughout the room. You do not need to aim it at the control console. SOURCE – Displays and selects connected devices from the source menu on your TV Power – Turns your system on or off Vo...

Controls and Indicators English - 7 Navigation controls MENU – Displays the menu for a connected device INFO – Displays program information OK – Selects or confirms highlighted item Page Up – Moves to previous page GUIDE – Displays your set-top box or TV program guide, or Blu-ray Disc ™ player popup...

Controls and Indicators 8 - English Information display The display provides operating and system status information.Examples: Source identification Cable Volume Cable 43 Radio tuner FM 90.9 - WBUR90.9 P1 iPod iPod Album Operating prompt Hold number key to set preset SoundTouch ™ Remote glow button ...

Controls and Indicators English - 9 MORE buttons Press the MORE button to display additional button functions along the top of your TV screen for the current source. The functions that appear depend on the selected source. Only 13 of the available buttons can be displayed. An arrow at the right or l...

Controls and Indicators English - 11 Control console 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 System status indicator Off..... ...................System is off Red ......................Network standby Blinking green .....System is starting Solid green ..........System is on and ready to use Amber ..................System is ...

Controls and Indicators 12 - English Speaker array (135 series III systems) Status Status indicator: Off ................................... Speaker array and Acoustimass ® module are connected Slow blinking orange ...... Speaker array is available to make a wireless connectionFast blinking orange ....

English - 13 Power On/Off Controls Starting your system To start your system: Press the Power button on the remote or the console. In several seconds, the system status indicator on the console changes from blinking to solid green. The system is now ready to use. To start your system and go directly...

14 - English Operating Your System Sources Selecting a source The SOURCE menu allows you to select your sources and connected devices. The menu can display a maximum of 10 selections. When there are more than 10 selections, an arrow appears either at the top or bottom of the menu telling you to scro...

Operating Your System Sources English - 15 Watching TV Your TV may be receiving its program content through a set-top box or the tuner built into your TV. Note: Since most televisions come with an IR (infrared) remote, you may need to point the Bose ® remote at your TV to operate it. Using a set-top...

Operating Your System Sources 16 - English Playing audio/video devices During the interactive setup process, you may have connected a CD, DVD, DVR, Blu-ray Disc ™ player, or other such device. These are typically connected to inputs 1-5.If you programmed the Lifestyle ® remote for the device, you ca...

Operating Your System Sources English - 17 Selecting the radio 1. Press the SOURCE button. 2. Keep pressing the SOURCE button to select FM or AM in the SOURCE menu. Tuning to a station • Press (increase) or (decrease) to tune up or down the frequency band. Or,• Press (seek next) or (seek previous) t...

Operating Your System Sources 18 - English Playing content from an iPod or iPhone Your Lifestyle ® system can play audio and video from an iPod or iPhone using the 30-pin accessory dock (not included) available from Bose ® . Your iPod or iPhone menus and content appear on the left side of your scree...

Operating Your System Sources English - 19 Using the front console inputs The front of the console provides analog A/V inputs plus a USB and an HDMI ™ input. These inputs appear in the SOURCE menu as A/V (Front), USB, and HDMI (Front) only when a device is connected. These inputs are provided for te...

Operating Your System Sources 20 - English Front Analog A/V input You can use this input for devices that have composite video and left/right audio outputs. The Bose ® remote does not control a device connected to this input. You need to use the controls on the device itself or the remote that came ...

English - 21 Changing System Options Using the system OPTIONS menu The number of items appearing in the OPTIONS menu depends on which source is currently selected. 1. Press on your remote. 2. Press or navigation to highlight OPTIONS. 3. Press OK on your remote to display the OPTIONS menu for the cur...

24 - English Changing Your System Setup UNIFY ® system overview The UNIFY intelligent integration system guides you through the initial process of setting up and configuring your system. It helps you choose the right cables and inputs, and program the Lifestyle ® remote to operate your connected dev...

English - 25 Care and Maintenance Troubleshooting Problem What to do The system is not responding to initial operation of my Bose ® remote • Make sure the control console is turned on.• Check to see if the remote batteries are installed correctly or need replacement. See “Replacing the batteries” on...

Care and Maintenance 28 - English Resetting the system 1. Press and hold the Power button on the control console for 5 seconds or until the system status indicator on the control console changes to red. The system status indicator on the control console changes to red when the system shuts down. 2. ...

Care and Maintenance English - 29 Performing a system software update System software updates may be available periodically from Bose ® and can be downloaded over the Internet to the USB drive included with your system. 1. Press the Setup button on the front of the control console to display the UNI...

Care and Maintenance 30 - English Cleaning You can wipe the outside surfaces using a soft dry cloth. You can also lightly vacuum the speaker grilles. CAUTION: • DO NOT use solvents, chemicals, or sprays for cleaning.• DO NOT allow liquids to spill or objects to drop into any openings. Limited warran...

Care and Maintenance English - 31 Technical information Remote control Frequency: 2.4 GHz Range: 33 ft (10 m) Control console power supply rating AC input: 100-240V 50/60 Hz, 1.0A (1,0A) DC output: 12V 35W Max. Acoustimass ® module rating for Lifestyle ® 535, 525 and 235 series III systems USA/Canad...

Care and Maintenance 32 - English Licensing information This product contains one or more free or open source software programs originat- ing from third parties and distributed as part of the STLinux software package. Visit www.stlinux.com/download for further details. This free and open source soft...