Bose uMusic System Parts list manual

uMusic™System Guide

What is the uMusic™intelligent playback system?
The uMusic™system is a breakthrough Bose®technology
that makes it easy to store and enjoy
your CD collection. It’s built into Lifestyle®38 and
Lifestyle®48 DVD home entertainment systems.
What does the uMusic system do?
Stores your CDs.
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Organizes and categorizes your music collection.
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Discovers relationships among your songs.
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Learns your likes and dislikes.
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Automatically plays the music you want
when you want it.
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Gives you many ways to enjoy your music.

Getting
Started
Note: While storing the CDs, you can watch TV, listen to the radio, play already-
stored music or enjoy any other audio source that doesn’t use the CD/DVD tray.
Step 1: Store some music
Before you can listen with the
uMusic™system, you’ll need to
store some of your CDs.
• Select 10 CDs that you like.
• Lift the front panel door on
the media center.
• Follow these steps for each CD:
1. Press Open/Close on the media center.
2. Place a CD in the tray and press Open/Close
again.
3. Press Store on the media center. While the CD
is being stored, the media center displays
STORING and shows the progress of this task.
4.
When STORING no longer appears on the display,
you can remove the CD and repeat the process with
another CD.
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Step 2: Now, enjoy your music in a whole new way
Press on your remote. The uMusic™system automatically
starts selecting songs for
you.
Listen to the songs you
like and skip the songs
you don’t want to hear.
It’s that simple.
What to expect
At first, the uMusic system doesn’t know what you like, so it
selects songs from your entire collection.
It notices which songs you listen to and which ones you skip.
Using its catalog of music information, the uMusic system iden-
tifies up to 30 characteristics of the songs you seem to like,
including genre, artist, style and tone. Then the system selects
songs related to the ones you like. The more you listen, the
better the uMusic system gets to know your musical taste.
You can see some of the music characteristics in this catalog
entry for the Miles Davis album Kind of Blue:
Getting
Started
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Note: To skip a song
press on this button.
When you skip a song,
it stops playing and the
uMusic system selects a
different song.

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Getting
Started
Media center display
The display on your media center gives you information about
the song that is playing.
STORED 1:49 P1
TRACK 3 / 10 CD: 152
STORED 1:49 P1
Rolling Stones
STORED 1:49 P1
Wild Horses
Preset Number
Audio Source
Tracks on CD
uMusic™System Preset Name Mode
Elapsed Time
Song Title
Artist
CD number
Track number

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Navigation Buttons:
move through Library
items and System menus.
Enter: enter submenus,
confirm selection of an
item.
Stored: select Stored music
as the audio source. This
starts the uMusic™playback
system.
System*: access System
menus: change CD infor-
mation; clear Playlist;
name or clear Presets.
Library*: browse your
stored music collection.
Track : skip this song.
uMusic system: return
to uMusic mode from
Encore, CD#, Whole CD,
Playlist.
+:indicate that you
really like a song.
Whole CD: play CD
that contains the song
you are listening to.
Info*: see information about
the song now playing.
Playlist: press to play the
Playlist. Press and hold to
add a song to the Playlist.
CD#: play a particular CD.
Press CD# and immediately
enter the CD number.
–:indicate dislike of a
song and skip it.
Encore: play music most
like current song.
Exit: leave System,
Library or Info screen.
uMusic™System Button Quick Reference
Note: To see screens related to features marked *, turn on your TV and select
the TV input connected to your media center. See page 16 in this booklet.
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Started

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uMusic™System
Basics & Beyond
Press –to make this song (and songs like it)
less likely to play in the current preset.
(Pressing –does not delete the song or com-
pletely exclude it from playing in this preset.)
Press +to make this song (and songs like it)
more likely to play in the current preset.
The effect of the –and +buttons is stronger than the
effect of skipping a song or listening to it all the way
through.
uMusic™System Basics & Beyond
Different presets for different people or activities
The uMusic™system can keep track of 9 different sets of pref-
erences, called presets. When you first press , the
uMusic system uses Preset 1. To use a different preset, press
the number of the preset, 1 through 9. The media center
displays Pand the preset number. The
uMusic system keeps track of your likes
and dislikes in this new preset.
If different family members store their
music on the system, each person can use
his or her own preset. You can also use a
separate preset to provide music to
accompany an activity such as dining
or exercising.
Express your preferences more strongly
Note: See Name a preset, page 8 in this booklet. See Clear a preset, page 9,
to clear the preferences stored for a preset.

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Encore: If a song really captures your mood
If a song is just right for the moment, press Encore.
Encore will create a focused listening session built
around this particular song. When the Encore ses-
sion is done, uMusic™playback resumes.
Whole CD: Play the whole CD of the song
now playing
The whole CD will play, starting with track 1.
Whole CD appears on the media center display.
When the CD finishes playing, the uMusic system
again selects songs for you.
CD#: Play a particular CD
Press CD# and immediately enter the CD number.
You can also find and play CDs in the music Library
(see next page). When the CD finishes playing, the
uMusic system again selects songs for you.
uMusic: return to uMusic playback
Press this button to return to uMusic playback from
Encore, CD#, Whole CD or Playlist.
Info*: Find out more about the track now
playing
Press Info. A screen
appears on your TV
showing informa-
tion about the
track that is play-
ing. Press Exit to
close the screen.
uMusic™System Buttons
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Library*: Browse by genre, artist, album or track
Press Library. A screen appears on the TV where
you can search through your collection by genre,
artist, album or track. Use the navigation buttons
to search. You can also browse the Library using
the media center display.
Play a track or CD from the Library
When you find a track or album you want to hear,
press Enter. The track or album plays and the
media center display says LIBRARY. When the
song or CD is done, the uMusic™system again
selects songs for you.
Note: The media center
displays the word LIBRARY and
shows two lines of information
from the Music Library.
uMusic™System
Basics & Beyond

Name a preset*
A preset’s name can be up to 8 characters long.
Press System.
Select Media Center (top of screen).
uMusic™Presets. Press Enter.
Choose preset to name. Press Enter.
uMusic Preset Action. Press Enter.
Note: To see screens related to features marked *, turn on your TV and select
the TV input connected to your media center. See page 16 in this booklet.
uMusic™System
Basics & Beyond
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Press the navigation buttons indicated by the red
arrows. More than one press may be required.