Have The Experience Of A Lifetime

Wake up to a new Lifestyle. TheLifestyle® 38 Series IV is designed to listen, learn, and adapt to your entertainment preferences, all while bursting with Bose® quality sound. This 5.1 channel system adapts to your unique room acoustics with the intuitive ADAPTiQ® technology. And Direct/Reflecting® cube speaker arrays combine with a newly designed horizontal center channel speaker that fits easily in your living room. Sticky theater floors will be a distant memory after you've invited the Lifestyle® 38 IV into your home.

The New VS-2 Video Enhancer

No one gets left out when the Lifestyle® 38 IV comes to play. The new VS-2 video enhancer simplifies the integration and use of multiple video sources (even those with HDMI). It enables both audio and video switching at the touch of a button, while automatically providing the highest video quality your TV can accept, from any attached video source (like VCR, PVR, cable/satellite box, or other video devices.) The Lifestyle® 38 IV also plays well with a vast majority of TV's, including those with HDMI.

Breakthrough Technologies Make Listening Easy

Technology may get overwhelming, but not when it comes to intuitive systems like the Lifestyle® 38 IV Series. You can keep your life simple, if you want, but your Lifestyle® 38 IV will bring on the cool new technologies. The DVD system advances a legacy of performance, elegance and simplicity with proprietary technologies that make listening easy and exciting. The ADAPTiQ® audio calibration system evaluates your room's acoustics and where your speakers are placed. Then it automatically adjusts the sound to your room environment, ensuring consistent Bose® quality performance. Now, consider that CD collection you've compiled for years. Why let it eat up space when you can have thousands of songs right at your fingertips? The Lifestyle 38 IV DVD system features the uMusic&trade intelligent playback system to digital store up to 200 hours of your music. While you're listening to your CDs, the uMusic&trade system learns your preferences so it can automatically select and play the songs you enjoy. No menus, no playlists, no computer. All of this technology resides in one elegant media center, featuring an integrated progressive scan DVD player and AM/FM tuner. So sit back. Relax, while the Lifestyle® 38 IV does the tech work.

Enjoy Bose® Sound Throughout Your Home

Bose® sound is distinct. Which matches your tastes, right? All Lifestyle® DVD systems are equipped with Bose® link to bring pristine sound to as many as 14 additional rooms, even outdoors. This sound system has more tentacles than a Pirates of the Caribbean character. But in a good way. With Bose® link technology, you can have independent volume control in each room, as well as access to two different audio streams from the same Lifestyle system. This technology can also be enabled without any room-to-room wiring with the purchase of the Bose® link AL8 homewide wireless audio link.

Small Speakers, Big Performance

Direct/Reflecting® cube speaker arrays stand just over 6 inches high, but provide thrilling, enveloping sound for everything you listen to or watch. A horizontal center channel speaker locks dialogue on screen and provides an aesthetic match for flat-panel televisions. These small speakers work in concert with the proprietary Acoustimass® module — now 30 percent smaller than the previous model — to fill your room with lifelike surround sound. The Acousticmass® module produces resonant lows that add impact to action sequences and depth to musical selections. Just place it in a corner or behind furniture, and all the sound seems to come from the center channel and cube speaker arrays.

In The Box

Media center: Acoustimass® module, 4 cube speaker arrays, 1 horizontal center-channel speaker, remote control, 5 speaker cables: 3 front speaker cables and 2 surround speaker cables, audio input cable, stereo audio cable, Video cable (6'), 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.

Comparison Specifications

• Media Center With Integrated Progressive Scan DVD Player
• Proprietary Videostage® 5 Decoding Circuitry, Digital 5.1 Decoding
• Direct/Reflecting® Cube Speaker Arrays
• Horizontal Center Channel Speaker
• Acoustimass® Module (Two 5 1/4" Woofers In Module)
• 2 Digital Audio Output (1 Optical, 1 Coaxial), Stereo Analog Output
• 1 Video Input/1 Video Output (Composite, S-Video, and Component — Component Requires Included Adapters)
• Universal Radio Frequency Remote Control

Additional Specifications

• Inputs and Switching for 4 Audio Sources (4 Analog, 4 Coaxial Digital, 1 Optical Digital)
• ADAPTiQ® Audio Calibration System
• Bose® Link Compatible
• uMusic® Intelligent Playback System
• Integrated System Design
• Direct/Reflecting Speaker Technology
• Control Integration
• VS-2 Video Enhancer
• Stereo AM/FM Radio Offeres 50 Presets, Scan And Seek
• Digitally Stores 200 Hours Of Your CDs

Manufacturer Specifications

• 69.5 Lbs.
• VS-2 Video Enhancer: 1 2/3" H x 15 2/3" W x 4 2/3" D
• Media Center: 3 3/4" H x 15 3/4" W x 11 1/2" D
• Cube Speakers: 6 1/4" H x 3" W x 4" D

Dimensional Specifications

• Center Channel Speaker: 3 18"H x 6 1/4" W x 4 1/8" D
• Acoustimass Module: 13" H x 8" W x 21 5/8" D

Bose Lifestyle 38 Series IV Black Warranty Details

One-Year Limited Warranty