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Sound is marred by a
loud hum or buzz, which
may be electrical in
nature (not harmonic)
• Contact Bose
®
Customer Service to determine if and how other electrical components
in the room may be creating unwanted signals, and the possible remedies.
No sound from center
speaker
• Make sure the center speaker cable is connected at both ends.
• Select 3- or 5-speaker mode.
Too much sound from
center speaker
• Decrease the Center Channel setting.
No sound from
surround speakers
• Select 5-speaker mode.
• Increase the Surround setting for the source being played.
• Make sure the video sound source is stereo-encoded or surround-encoded, and the
component used (DVD, VCR, DVR, etc.) is stereo.
Surround speakers
are too loud
• Decrease the Surround setting for the source being played.
• Make sure that the left and right front speakers are connected to the front speaker jacks
(blue), and the left and right surround speakers are connected to the surround speaker
jacks (orange).
Lifestyle
®
remote
behaves erratically or it
does not work
(If this occurs in
conjunction with use
of a plasma-screen TV,
see the problem listed
next.)
• Check batteries and their polarity (+ and –).
• If you are using a plasma-screen TV, make sure the media center power source is as far
away from the TV as possible.
• Move the remote (or the media center) a few feet to avoid an area of “dead spots.”
• Make sure the remote control and media center house codes match.
• Contact Bose Customer Service for assistance.
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