LIFESTYLE®28 SERIES II DVD HOME ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
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The Lifestyle®28 system is positioned as our most popular home entertainment system. It is
intended for the customer who enjoys both listening to music and watching video.The Bose
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Lifestyle®28 Series II DVD home entertainment system includes:
• Five Direct/Reflecting
®
cube speaker arrays –These small, elegant speakers can
be positioned to deliver Bose Direct/Reflecting
®
speaker performance, a natural
blend of reflected and direct sound that approximates the sound you hear inside a
concert hall.
• Powered Acoustimass
®
module – Lifelike low-note reproduction, results in a
more realistic and gripping listening experience. It can be hidden out of view
behind furniture.
• Elegant media center – Includes DVD/CD player, AM/FM tuner and a suite of
technologies designed to make the home entertainment experience simple. It also
features Bose
®
link multi-room/multi-source expansion capability,advanced design,
and an aluminum finish.
• Control integration – Radio frequency remote control enables easy-to-use, one-button
operation of Lifestyle
®
system functions (DVD/CD,AM/FM tuner) plus components
attached to your system.Works through walls,floors – anywhere around the house – to
access the most frequently used commands for TV, VCR, cable box, satellite receiver,
PVR and even CD jukeboxes.
• Bose
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link technology – Bose®link is our proprietary technology that allows a
Lifestyle
®
system to integrate with other Bose products to provide sound in secondary
rooms.With Bose
®
link, the user can easily connect up to 14 additional rooms of
sound, each with independent volume and mute control,to provide two different
audio streams from the same Lifestyle
®
system.
• ADAPTiQ
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audio calibration system –This proprietary technology customizes the
Lifestyle
®
system to your particular room.After a simple setup process,it automatically
adjusts for many of the variables that can affect sound performance,including a room’s
size and shape, the placement of speakers and where someone sits to listen.It enables
the system to deliver a quality Bose performance,based on the room’s unique acoustics.
How is the Lifestyle
®
28
Series II DVD home
entertainment system
positioned relative to
the other products in the
Lifestyle
®
system line,
and what does it include?
PRODUCT POSITIONING
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• DTS®and Dolby®Digital 5.1 decoding – DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 decoding
enables the Lifestyle
®
system to deliver a discrete five-channel home theater experience
from 5.1-encoded DVDs,satellite broadcasts and HDTV programming.
• Videostage
®
5 decoding circuitry – Automatically delivers five different channels
of audio to five speakers from non 5.1-encoded programs.So you can enjoy an experience rivaling that of a 5.1-encoded DVD from practically any source: surround-encoded
VHS tapes, stereo CDs – even older mono TV broadcasts can now be enjoyed in full,
discrete five-speaker surround sound.
• Bose patented signal processing circuitry – Automatically adjusts tonal balance at
different volume levels.Music sounds lifelike with full, rich lows at almost any listening
level, while speech consistently sounds natural.
• Simplified setup – Everything arrives in a single box with a quick setup guide,
a setup disc and a music sampler DVD
.
Simple, color-coded connections help make
installation easy.
Lifestyle
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systems are complete, digital home entertainment audio/video solutions that strive
to deliver an unsurpassed combination of performance,elegance, simplicity and expandability.
They’re an attractive alternative to the size and complexity of most conventional home theater
systems. These integrated systems include speakers, amplification, patented signal processing,
surround sound decoding, audio/video sources (both DVD/CD player and AM/FM tuner),
additional inputs, and a remote control.
Unique benefits of Lifestyle
®
systems:
• An elegant media center takes the place of the typical bulky rack of electronics.
• Tiny cube speakers and a hideaway Acoustimass
®
module replace big, bulky speakers.
• Intelligent software ensures a quality performance regardless of input signal type
(from digital 5.1 to mono) or volume level.
• ADAPTiQ
®
audio calibration system automatically ensures a quality Bose performance
regardless of the room’s acoustics.
• Bose
®
link enables up to 14 additional rooms of sound, all from one Lifestyle®system.
• The remote is clearly marked and easy to understand,and works through most walls
and floors.
• Systems are engineered from the ground up so all elements work in concert with each
other. Amplification,speakers, signal processing and decoding are matched to create the
exceptional performance you would expect from advanced Lifestyle
®
system design.
• Systems are convenient to purchase and set up.Everything arrives in one box. And
with the simple, quick setup guide and color-coded connections, your customers can
enjoy a movie or music in minutes.
• Systems are engineered to provide the correct output from all channels in most home
environments.The customer doesn’t have to make the usual painstaking (and often
incorrect) adjustments to the output level of each channel to ensure the sound from
all speakers is balanced.The output from the center and surround speakers can be
easily adjusted for special environments.
How are Bose
®
Lifestyle
®
systems different from
other home theater systems
available today?
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The Lifestyle®48, 38, 28,and 18 systems provide four wonderful choices designed to meet
different budget and performance requirements.They all share common features, including
an elegant media center, hideaway Acoustimass
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module, radio frequency remote control,
Bose
®
link and the ADAPTiQ®audio calibration system.
The difference in system performance is defined by the availability of the uMusic
™
intelli-
gent playback system (see Lifestyle
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38 and 48 system Q & As for more information) and by
the type of speakers included with the system.
We’ve made many improvements to the new Lifestyle
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28 Series II system.They include:
• Improved acoustic performance
• Improved user interface
• Enhanced control integration,including personal video recorders and CD jukeboxes
• Ability to sense TV power on plasma and LCD as well as CRT and projection
• Progressive scan video rendering
• Bose
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link
Bose
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link is our proprietary technology that allows Bose products located in up to 14 different
rooms to play sources from a single Lifestyle
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system and its connected components. Bose®link-
compatible products (such as a 3·2·1 home entertainment system or Lifestyle
®
stereo amplifier)
in various rooms can communicate with the Lifestyle
®
system independently, with their own
volume,mute and on/off controls. In addition, a Bose
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link-enabled room has a choice between
two independent audio streams coming from the Lifestyle
®
media center.
An audio stream is similar to a TV channel – different channels have different content.With
Bose
®
link, the streams have content from the different audio sources generated or enabled by
the Lifestyle
®
system. For example, one stream might have music from the internal CD player,
while the other stream could be the FM tuner, or even a connected component, such as a TV.
An audio stream-based approach offers far more flexibility than the traditional zone approach.
In a zone approach, audio systems in different rooms are physically linked together. Two
rooms in a zone, such as the master bedroom and the kitchen, must always have the same
audio output.With the stream approach, each room gives the listener a choice between the
two audio streams, so the person in the kitchen can listen to the radio while the person in
the bedroom listens to a CD.
Factors such as a room’s size and shape, the placement of speakers, and where someone sits
to listen affect sound in different ways.Furthermore, everyone’s room arrangement is different.The ADAPTiQ audio calibration system is an innovative Bose technology that analyzes and
adjusts the system’s sound to ensure a quality Bose performance regardless of the room. The
ADAPTiQ system is available with all DVD-based Lifestyle
®
systems.
What is Bose®link?
What is an audio stream?
How does an audio stream
differ from a zone?
What is the ADAPTiQ
®
audio calibration system?
How does the Lifestyle 28
Series II system differ
from the original
Lifestyle
®
28 system?
How are the Lifestyle
®
DVD-based systems different from each other?
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The ADAPTiQ audio calibration system is activated while setting up the Lifestyle®system during
a simple process that takes from ten to fifteen minutes.Microphones on a special headset worn
by the user sample the sound from the system at five different locations throughout the room,
analyzing the response from the speakers at each location.The ADAPTiQ system then makes
the necessary adjustments to the Lifestyle
®
system so it will automatically deliver a quality
Bose performance, customized for that particular room and its listeners, time after time.
No. The ADAPTiQ audio calibration system is available only with the Bose
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Lifestyle®48, 38,
28, and 18 systems. The technology is integrated only with DVD-based Lifestyle
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systems.
Yes. Simply run the ADAPTiQ system setup procedure again when you rearrange your
furniture, change your speaker placement or move the Lifestyle®system to a different room.
There are no limits on how many times the ADAPTiQ audio calibration system can be reset.
It is important to get a variety of measurements so the system can evaluate your room.
We recognize that there may be fewer than five listening locations in some rooms,which
is why it is suggested that customers stand (or sit on the floor) to create the five different
locations in those situations.
Yes, you can turn off the ADAPTiQ audio calibration system.Using the remote, go to the onscreen display (OSD) and choose AUDIO SETUP. Within the menu,highlight ADAPTiQ and
toggle to OFF.
Yes. With the ADAPTiQ system,you still have treble,bass and surround volume control. You will
still be able to adjust the sound to your liking.
After customers experience 5.1-encoded media played back through a digital home theater
system, they can appreciate the added realism provided by discrete stereo sound in the
surround channels. However,most conventional systems can deliver discrete five-speaker
surround only from specially encoded software – 5.1 DVDs, for example. Proprietary
Videostage 5 circuitry allows customers to get a five-speaker surround experience from
almost any source – including surround-encoded VHS tapes, stereo CDs, even monaural TV
programs.Videostage 5 decoding circuitry provides the listener with the following benefits:
• A five-speaker surround sound experience from surround-encoded VHS
tapes and stereo TV programs – Videostage 5 decoding and post-processing
circuitry delivers a five-speaker experience from a surround-encoded program by
decoding the signal into front left, front center, front right and two independent
channels of surround (both left and right).This performance is similar to that of a
5.1-encoded DVD disc, and is automatically engaged.
Will the ADAPTiQ audio
calibration system work
on any system?
If I change speaker locations or move the system
to another room, can
the ADAPTiQ system
be recalibrated?
When going through the
ADAPTiQ system process,
I'm instructed to sit in
five listening locations.
If I choose not to use
the ADAPTiQ system,
can I turn it off?
After setting up the
ADAPTiQ system can I still
modify the performance
of my system?
Why did Bose pursue the
development of Videostage
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5 decoding circuitry and
what are its customer
benefits?
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES
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How does the ADAPTiQ
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audio calibration
system work?
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• A five-speaker surround sound experience from mono TV shows – The nextgeneration Lifestyle
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home entertainment systems, using Videostage®5 decoding circuitry,
can deliver a five-speaker surround sound experience even from mono TV shows.With
Dolby
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Digital 1.0 (monaural) program material,the five-speaker surround sound experience is delivered automatically. If a TV broadcast or VHS tape is in mono,customers
can enjoy a full five-speaker surround sound experience by pressing and holding the
“five-speaker”button to engage the monaural decoder. (They will hear a chime, and
then they will hear all five speakers come on.)
• Five-speaker surround sound from stereo CDs – Many conventional home the-
ater systems are challenged when playing stereo CDs through all five speakers. However,
Bose
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proprietary Videostage 5 decoding circuitry delivers a realistic listening experience
with the vocalist or predominant instrument appearing centered, the backup instruments remaining spacious, and ambient instrumentation appearing in the surround
channels. If customers would rather listen through two speakers, they simply press
the “Speaker 2-3-5” button on the remote control and select the two-speaker mode.
Yes. Most of the decoding technology available today was originally designed to work in commercial movie theaters – a significantly different environment than most homes.Because Bose
specifically engineered Videostage 5 decoding circuitry to reproduce the experience of the
cinema in a living room, the Lifestyle
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28 system offers your customers important advantages:
• Deep, low notes from a single source – Videostage 5 decoding and post-processing
circuitry sums the lower frequencies from all channels into the single Acoustimass
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module, which can easily be hidden out of sight. Integrating all the low-note production
into one source reduces unpredictable acoustic effects that may be caused by placement
of multiple low-note enclosures in the room.
• Improved on-screen localization – In most homes, the center channel speaker is
placed above or below the TV screen.With the Videostage 5 circuitry in the Lifestyle
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system, output from the three front Virtually Invisible®cube speakers is integrated to
establish a sonic image of the center channel information in the center of the screen.
Most of the other decoders available today tend to steer the center channel information
directly to the center speaker – an arrangement that works well in movie theaters,
where the center speakers are set directly behind the screen,but perhaps not so well
in homes, where the center speaker is generally above or below the TV picture.
• Advanced surround channel controls – The Lifestyle
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28 system includes
surround controls that allow you to adjust the direction that the surround channel
information comes from, so you feel enveloped by sound. In addition, the Lifestyle
®
28 system preserves the surround information that Hollywood intended. Unlike the
surround controls of most conventional systems, the Lifestyle
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28 system control
does not just turn down the surround, but actually fades it from rear to front,so the
information in the surround channels is not lost – even if you fade the sound all the
way to the front.
In order to meet the demands of today’s movie soundtracks,the Acoustimass module delivers
low frequencies with more clarity, even at very loud levels. Utilizing a proprietary hybrid
approach,innovative technology combines several approaches to low-frequency reproduction,
allowing prodigious airflow at the lowest frequencies without port compression or other
audible problems.You can hide the module out of sight, and all the sound seems to come
from the tiny cube speakers.
Are there any other
advantages offered by
Videostage
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5 decoding
circuitry compared with
conventional decoding
technology?
What are the benefits of
the hideaway Acoustimass
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module?
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Yes. Lifestyle®home entertainment systems have DTS and Dolby Digital decoding – so they are
ready for 5.1-encoded programs from DVD, DSS or DTV. And because it is a Lifestyle
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system, no
re-calibration is required to enjoy 5.1 sound.It takes only the push of one button to enjoy the
digital 5.1 experience.
When enjoying home theater, listeners often must be sensitive to the needs of others –
neighbors, sleeping children or a significant other – who should not be disturbed.As volume
is decreased in most conventional home theater systems,the ability to hear the quieter portions
(particularly dialogue) diminishes. That’s because the soft portions of the soundtrack approach
or even fall below the ambient “noise floor” of most living spaces. So listeners must “ride the
volume control”– turning the volume up to hear soft dialogue, then quickly down again to
suppress an explosion or other loud audio effect.
Bose
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proprietary Digital Dynamic Range®compression circuitry lets listeners hear dialogue
clearly, yet still experience the impact of special effects even at low listening levels.This feature is automatically engaged for all video sources,but can be easily turned off if desired.
Today’s home entertainment systems must be able to accurately reproduce soundtracks from
video programming and music from compact discs.Movie soundtracks are typically designed
to reproduce with a boost in the low frequencies,which can often prove overwhelming when
listening to music. Most home theater systems do not automatically adjust for this difference.
The Lifestyle
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28 system automatically delivers a suitable low-frequency boost for movie
soundtracks, and removes it when a CD or the radio plays. As a result, the listener enjoys
appropriate lows both for movie soundtracks and music reproduction – all from a single
system without complex controls.
It makes the system more versatile.The Lifestyle
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28 media center offers two independent audio
outputs that can deliver different audio sources to two separate areas of the home simultaneously. Just add Bose
®
powered loudspeakers (a wide variety is available to fit your customers’
needs and budgets) and a remote control for each additional room. Customers can enjoy
home theater in one room and a radio program in another – all from the same media center.
One easy-to-use radio frequency remote controls all functions of the Lifestyle
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system and provides access to the most frequently used commands for the TV, VCR,and cable box or satellite
receiver. In addition, the system can control many important functions of a connected personal
video recorder or CD jukebox.Also, with the supplied TV power detector,the system knows
whether to turn the TV on or off,so one button can turn on the Lifestyle
®
system and the TV.
Sound from the system and video from the TV can be activated with a single button press.
In addition to its radio frequency remote, the Lifestyle
®
system has an infrared (IR) control
system which includes an IR receiver and an IR transmitter, plus an extensive multi-brand IR
commands database. Additionally, published Bose IR codes enable the IR remotes to control
the Lifestyle
®
system.
What is the benefit provided
by Digital Dynamic Range
®
compression circuitry?
How does the Lifestyle
®
system deliver proper
signal processing both for
movies and music?
What is the benefit of the
multi-room/multi-source
expansion capability
included with the
Lifestyle
®
28 system?
What additional equipment can the Lifestyle
®
system control?
Can the Lifestyle
®
system be
controlled by universal or
learning remote controls?
Can the Lifestyle
®
28
system decode a DTS
®
or Dolby®Digital 5.1
program?
CONTROL INTEGRATION
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The Lifestyle®28 system’s media center houses four audio inputs for TV,VCR,AUX and Cable/Sat.
Each input has L/R analog and a coaxial digital connection.
The Lifestyle
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28 system’s media center has an optical digital input that can be assigned to one of
the four audio inputs.Simply identify which input the optical connection should be associated
with in the on-screen menu, and make the necessary cable connections.
• Floor stands – (pair), UFS-20 (Black,White or Silver)
• Wall bracket – (single), UB-20 (Black,White or Silver)
• Table stand – (single),UTS-20 (Black,White or Silver)
• Bose
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link-enabled powered speakers and systems, including the 3·2·1 system and
3·2·1GS system
• Lifestyle
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SA-2 stereo amplifier, Lifestyle®SA-3 stereo amplifier
• RC-18S remote control
To order accessories, call your nearest Bose dealer or contact Bose Customer Service at
1-800-367-4008. Be sure to specify color, using the model numbers above.
With Bose
®
link, the ADAPTiQ®audio calibration system, RF remote, and control integration,
the Lifestyle
®
28 system offers a quality combination of performance, elegance, simplicity and
expandability. In detail, the Lifestyle
®
28 system offers:
•A high-quality,elegant media center with DVD/CD player and Bose
®
link
expansion capability.
• Hideaway Acoustimass
®
module and five Direct/Reflecting®cube speaker arrays that fit
into practically any décor.
• Unmatched simplicity of operation with the radio frequency remote control and
control integration.
•ADAPTiQ
®
audio calibration system, ensures high-quality,customized sound in almost
any room.
• Bose
®
link expansion capability.
Every customer considering a home theater purchase should experience the benefits of
Lifestyle
®
home entertainment systems. Their unique blend of performance, elegance, simplicity
and expandability, made possible through patented and proprietary Bose technologies and
integrated systems design, make Lifestyle
®
systems truly unique. And since no other systems
have the ADAPTiQ audio calibration system, we believe no other systems perform like Bose
DVD Lifestyle
®
systems. We also believe that when customers discover these benefits first
hand – the lifelike, dramatic sound, ease of operation,innovative listening approaches,and creative solutions to the problems posed by conventional home theater – they will be motivated
to join the Bose family. The Lifestyle
®
28 system provides these benefits in an elegant, high-per-
forming package that is aspirational to customers who desire to move up to Bose.
What additional equipment
can be connected to the
Lifestyle
®
system?
What can customers do
if they have a satellite
receiver with “Optical
Output” only?
What accessories are
compatible with the
Lifestyle
®
system?
How should I present
the Lifestyle
®
28 system
to customers?
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