Bose 321GS manual Introduction, Before you begin, How text is used in this owner’s guide

Introduction

Before you begin

Thank you for purchasing the Bose® 3•2•1 or 3•2•1 GS home entertainment system, which offers superb sound, elegance, and simplicity in an advanced home audio setup. Using Bose proprietary signal processing technology, the 3•2•1 systems provide improved spaciousness from stereo recordings, and bold movie effects from surround-encoded materials. Yet its few parts require little effort to set up, so you can enjoy your new system’s performance right away.

Your system includes:

•Integrated AM/FM tuner and DVD/CD player in a small console

•Small, easy-to-place shelf speakers and an attractive floor-standing Acoustimass® module

•Easy-to-use infrared remote control

•Console input jacks for connecting other source components (such as a VCR, DSS, CD changer, or tape deck)

Selecting compatible discs

The DVD/CD player built into the 3•2•1 media center can play the following types of discs identified by their corresponding logos:

• Video DVDs

• Audio CDs

•CD-R and CD-R/Ws

•MP3 on CD

Check for region code compatibility

For a DVD player and DVD disc to be compatible, their region code numbers must match. These numbers are allocated according to where the player and disc are sold. The 3•2•1 home entertainment system has a region code which must also match the DVD discs. The user cannot change the 3•2•1 home entertainment system’s region code. Therefore, the system should be purchased in the region in which it will be used.

Check the region code number on the carton of the 3•2•1 home entertainment system or on the bottom of the media center that comes in the carton. Then be sure to choose only DVD discs that show the same region number on the disc label or front cover. For example, a Region 1 DVD disc should display the following mark:

MP3 playability

To be compatible with the 3•2•1 or 3•2•1 GS home entertainment systems, MP3s must meet the following criteria: 1) All tracks must be burned in a single closed session; 2) The disc for- mat must be ISO9660; 3) Each file must have a “.mp3” extension and have no other periods in the filename; 4) Although the system does not display ID3 tag information, the system may not recognize files with tags higher than ID3 (ID3v1).

How text is used in this owner’s guide

These instructions refer to buttons on the remote control and on the media center front panel, menu items that appear on your TV screen, and status indicators on the media center display. To help you differentiate them:

Button names appear in bold type. If a button has only a symbol, that alone will be used.

On-Screen Display messages appear in bold type with a line above and below.

MEDIA CENTER DISPLAY items are represented by bold capitalized type

Important guidelines for trouble-free performance of your home entertainment system (and its additional components) are shown in gray boxes.

English

AM271966_00_V.pdf August 18, 2003

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