Bose® LIFESTYLE® 48 Series III

Bose® LIFESTYLE® 48 Series III Details

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Bose LIFESTYLE 38 Series III
Smaller Acoustimass Module, 200 hours of music storage, horizontal center speaker
$2,399.00

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The Bose® Lifestyle® 48 Series III DVD home entertainment system will change the way you think about movies, music ... even your CD collection. Digitally store and organize up to 340 hours of digital music in the media center, featuring a progressive scan DVD/CD player. The ADAPTiQ® audio calibration system analyzes your room and adjusts your Lifestyle® system's sound for great performance. Tiny, award-winning Jewel Cube® speakers arrays and a newly designed horizontal center channel speaker fill your room with wondrous surround sound. And there’s more. Bose® link allows connections for compatible Bose products in as many as 14 additional rooms.

The hidden beauty of the Lifestyle® 48 III DVD system lies in the Bose technologies that make enjoying music and movies intuitively simple. Start with your main room—the size, shape, textures and other elements that affect the sound you hear. The ADAPTiQ system, found only in Lifestyle® DVD systems, was developed to analyze your room and then adjust the Lifestyle® system for a consistent, high-quality performance each time you listen.

No need to move furniture, speakers or anything else to get the best possible sound in your room. Just sit in up to five of your preferred listening spots, and allow the ADAPTiQ system to automatically make the necessary adjustments.

Now features speakers that blend even more seamlessly into your décor. Introducing a smaller Acoustimass® module and new  that integrates with the latest flat panel televisions.

• This system now features speakers that blend even more seamlessly into your décor.
• New sleek horizontal center channel integrates with today’s flat panel video displays.
• New smaller Acoustimass® module produces powerful sound effects and hides more easily out of sight.
• Award-winning Jewel Cube® speaker arrays utilize design innovations designs such as a nautilus-shaped port and Direct/Reflecting® speaker technology to deliver more open, spacious sound throughout the listening area.
• Proprietary technology in the Acoustimass® module delivers powerful, low-frequency sound effects used in today’s movies. You can hide the module out of sight, and all the sound seems to come from the tiny cube speakers. 
• ADAPTiQ® audio calibration system, only from Bose, analyzes and adjusts the system’s sound to the size and shape of your room, the placement of your speakers, and the locations where you sit to listen. As a result, you can enjoy greater freedom of speaker placement and the peace of mind that your system is delivering a quality Bose® performance.
• Digitally stores 340 hours of your CDs.
• uMusic® intelligent playback system revolutionizes how you listen to music. Takes your stored music collection to a whole new level by “learning” your musical preferences.
• Bose® link allows other Bose speakers and systems to seamlessly connect to a Lifestyle® system. Your Lifestyle® system becomes the center of a multi-room expansion solution that lets you enjoy sound throughout your home – even outdoors.
• Advanced control integration allows one Lifestyle® remote to control Lifestyle® system functions and the most frequently used commands for your TV, VCR, and cable box or satellite receiver – even from another room. Now includes better control integration with DVR systems.
• Media center with integrated progressive scan DVD player Enjoy high-quality playback of today’s most popular audio and video content, including DVD video, CD, CD-R/RW, VCD, PCM, digital 5.1, MP3 files, MPEG-2.

Bose® LIFESTYLE® 48 Series III Documents

• Owners Manual (1.72MB)
• The Bose® Lifestyle VS-2 Video Enhancer® is A Must for All Lifestyle Owners
• Placing Your Bose® Home Theater Systems and Speakers

Bose® LIFESTYLE® 48 Series III Specifications

Media center power pack power rating
USA/Canada: 120V 0.55A 50/60Hz 33VDC 1.1A
International: 220-240V 0.30A 50/60Hz 33VDC 1.1A
Dual voltage: 115/230V 0.55A 50/60Hz 33VDC 1.1A

Speaker system power rating
USA/Canada: 100-120V 50/60Hz 350W
International: 220-240V 50/60Hz 350W
Dual voltage: 100-120/220-240V 50/60Hz 350W

Media center inputs
AUX: 2Vrms, maximum
CBL-SAT: 2Vrms, maximum
VCR: 2Vrms, maximum
TV: 2Vrms, maximum
DIGITAL: SPDIF (1 each for TV, VCR, TAPE, and AUX)
COMPOSITE VIDEO: NTSC or PAL format 1Vp-p with sync 75"
S-VIDEO: Luminance 1Vp-p Chrominance 0.3Vp-p
COMPONENT VIDEO: NTSC or PAL 1Vp-p with sync on Y
OPTICAL INPUT: SPDIF digital, mapped to input
FM ANTENNA: 75"
AM ANTENNA: 12µH
TV SENSOR: Scan frequency sensing

Media center outputs
SPEAKER ZONES 1 and 2: Variable audio, user selectable
AUDIO OUT L and R, fixed audio, 2 Vrms maximum
DIGITAL AUDIO OUT: SPDIF
OPTICAL OUTPUT: SPDIF, –15 to –21 dbm
COMPOSITE VIDEO: NTSC or PAL 1Vp-p with sync 75"
S-VIDEO: Luminance 1Vp-p Chrominance 0.3Vp-p
COMPONENT VIDEO: NTSC or PAL 1Vp-p with sync on Y

Media center dimensions
15.8"W x 11.0"D x 3.5"H!
(40.1 cm x 27.9 cm x 8.9 cm)

Media center finish
Brushed aluminum

Media center weight
8.2 lb (3.7 kg)

Remote control range
65 ft (20 m)

Cube speakers • 4 1/2"H x 2 1/4"W x 3 1/4"D • (11.2 cm x 5.6 cm x 8.1 cm) • 1.0 lb (0.5 kg)

Center Channel speaker • 3 1/8"H X 6 1/4"W X 4 1/8"D • (7.9 cm H x 15.9 cm W X 10.5 cm D) • 2.36 lbs (1.07 kg)

Acoustimass® module • 13"H X 21 5/8"D X 8"W • (33 cm H X 54.9 cm D X 20.3 cm W) • 26.22 lbs (11.9 kg)

Bose® LIFESTYLE® 48 Series III Contents

• Media center
• Acoustimass® module
• 4 cube speaker arrays
• 1 horizontal center channel speaker
• Remote control
• 5 speaker cables
  • 3 front speaker cables (20 ft)
  • 2 surround speaker cables (50 ft)
• Audio input cable
• Stereo audio cable
• Video cable (6 ft)
• S-video cable
• 2 component video adapters
• Mounting strip
• Rubber feet for Acoustimass module and speakers
• 4 AAA batteries
• TV on/off detector
• AM loop antenna
• Discs 1 and 2
• FM antenna
• Optional IR emitter cable
• Media center power supply
• ADAPTiQ® audio calibration system headset
• Acoustimass module 120 VAC power cord
• Media center power supply 120 VAC power cord