Bose UMUSIC Owner Manual

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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.

•

Organizes and categorizes your music collection.

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Discovers r

elationships 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.

Step 1: Store some music

Before you can listen with the

®

uMusic

store some of your CDs.

• Select 10 CDs that you like.

• Lift the front panel door on

• Follow these steps for each CD:

1. Press Open/Close on the media center.

2. Place a CD in the tray and press

3. Press

4.

system, you’ll need to

the media center.

Open/Close

again.

Store on the media center. While the CD

is being stored, the media center displays

STORING and shows the progress of this task.

Getting

Started

•

Gives you many ways to enjoy your music.

STORING no longer appears on the display,

When

you can remove the CD and repeat the process with

another CD.

Note: While storing the CDs, you can watch TV, listen to the radio, play already­stored music or enjoy any other audio source that doesn’t use the CD/DVD tray.

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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

Started

Getting

for you.

Listen to the songs you

like, and skip the songs

you don’t want to

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.

Media center display

The display on your media center gives you information about

the song that is playing.

Audio source

Elapsed time

Preset number

Getting

Started

hear. It’s that simple.

What to expect

®

uMusic

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 songs you skip.

Using its catalog of music information, the uMusic system

identifies up to 30 characteristics of the songs you seem to like,

including genre, artist, style and tone. Then the system selects

songs related to those 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:

STORED 1:49 P1
Rolling Stones

Artist

STORED 1:49 P1
Wild Horses

Song title

system preset name Mode

STORED 1:49 P1
TRACK 3 / 10 CD: 152

Track number

Tracks on CD

32

CD number

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uMusic®System Button Quick Reference

Stored: Select Stored music

Started

Getting

as the audio source. This

uMusic®playback

starts the
system.

Library*: Browse your

stored music collection.

System*: Access System

menus: change CD
information; clear Playlist;
name or clear Presets.

Navigation buttons:

Move through Library
items and System menus.

Enter: Enter submenus,

confirm selection of an
item.

Exit: Leave System,

Library or Info screen.

Different presets for different people or activities

The uMusic®system can keep track of nine different sets of

preferences, called

uMusic system uses Preset 1. To use a different preset, press

the number of the preset, 1 through 9.

The media center displays

number. The uMusic system keeps track of

your likes and dislikes in this new preset.

If different family members store their

uMusic®System Basics & Beyond

presets. When you first press , the

P and the preset

Basics & Beyond

uMusic

®

System

music on the system, each person can use

Track : Skip this song.

his or her own preset. You also can use a separate preset to

provide music to accompany an activity such as dining or

exercising.

Express your preferences more strongly

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.)

Info*: See information about

the song now playing.

– : Indicate dislike of a

song and skip it.

Encore: Play music most

like current 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.

CD #: Play a particular CD.

Press CD # and immediately
enter the CD number.

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.

Playlist: Press to play the

Playlist. Press and hold to
add a song to the Playlist.

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.

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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uMusic®System Buttons

Library*: Browse by genre, artist, album or track

Encore: If a song really captures your mood

If a song is just right for the moment, press Encore.

will create a focused listening session built

Encore

around this particular song. When the

Encore

session is done, uMusic®playback resumes.

Basics & Beyond

Whole CD: Play the whole CD of the song

uMusic

now playing

System

®

The whole CD will play, starting with Track 1.

Whole CD appears on the media center display.

System

®

When the CD finishes playing, the uMusic system

uMusic

Basics & Beyond

again selects songs for you.

Press Library. A screen appears on the TV where

you can search through your collection by genre,

CD #: Play a particular CD

Press CD # and immediately enter the CD number.

You also can find and play CDs in the Music Library

artist, album or track. Use the navigation buttons

to search. You also can browse the Library using

the media center display.

(see next page). When the CD finishes playing, the

Note:

uMusic system again selects songs for you.

uMusic: Return to uMusic playback

The media center
displays the word
shows two lines of information
from the Music Library.

LIBRARY and

Press this button to return to uMusic playback from

Encore, CD #, Whole CD or Playlist.

lay a track or CD from the Library

P

Info*: Find out more about the track now
playing

Press Info. A screen

appears on your

TV showing

information about

the track that is

playing. Press

Exit

to close the screen.

When you find a track or album you want to hear,

Enter. The track or album plays, and the

press

media center display says

song or CD is done, the uMusic

LIBRARY. When the

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system again

selects songs for you.

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