Soundbar systems

In 2011 Bose released its first soundbar system, following the release of Polk Audio's surroundbar in 2005 and Philip's Ambisound in 2007. The Cinemate 1 SR is designed primarily to receive the audio output from a television, while the Lifestyle 135 is similar to a home theatre receiver in that audio and video signals pass though the unit before reaching the television.

## Timeline of Soundbar and TV systems

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Systems have been color coded by their receiver models.
Sources: Bose owners guides
## Cinemate 1SR

On September 26, 2011, Bose released the Cinemate 1 SR. This system includes a wireless subwoofer and a soundbar. You connect the TV's Digital or Analog audio out to the SoundBar directly. In addition to the connection from the TV, you can connect up to two audio/video devices directly to the CineMate system’s auxiliary inputs. The SmartSource input selection system constantly monitors the CineMate’s audio inputs and automatically switches the signal as needed.

The Bose Cinemate 1SR soundbar has five drivers, with the two at either end married to a phase guide similar as to one used in the VideoWave allowing sound to be pushed out and directed around the room. This system also has AdaptiQ, which analyses the room’s acoustics and calibrates the sound accordingly, and Flexmount to adjust for speaker placement.

### TrueSpace

This is technology built into the system that simulates surround sound from stereo or surround sound sources.

### FlexMount

Flexmount automatically determines if the soundbar is placed on a table or mounted on a wall. It then adjusts the audio accordingly, thus offering two choices for speaker placement.

### AdaptIQ

The key feature of the system is the ADAPTiQ audio calibration system which allows for the system to adapt to the owner's personal living room environment. The system plays tones through each speaker and listens with a microphone headset worn by the user, and based on what it hears the media center will calibrate and equalize each speaker to compensate for any acoustic abnormalities in the room. In this manner any Lifestyle system will sound as good as the professional demonstration in any size living room.

## Lifestyle 135

Bose released the Bose Lifestyle 135 on September 26, 2011 this system includes a Bose designed receiver, iPod dock, wireless subwoofer and a soundbar. The Bose Lifestyle 135 soundbar has five drivers, with the two at either end married to a phase guide similar as to one used in the VideoWave allowing sound to be pushed out and directed around the room.

The system has four HDMI 1.4a, two component and three composite inputs. There is one HDMI 1.4a video output that scales input video up to 1080p output resolution. It supports three non-HDMI audio inputs: optical, coax and RCA. The AV35 receiver decodes DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-MA (core) and uncompressed multi-channel PCM (aka LPCM). The included iPod dock is compatible with all iPods/iPhones (with the exception of the iPod Shuffle), it has two USB jacks for firmware updates and to view pictures & extra RCA inputs to support BoseLink expansion.

This system also has Unify, Bose software for setting up new devices, AdaptiQ, which analyses the room’s acoustics and calibrates the sound accordingly to get the best out of your system, and Flexmount to adjust for speaker placement.

 **AV35** | AM/FM RadioiPod Dock2 USB 2.0UnifyAdaptIQUniversal RF RemoteVideostage 5TrueSpace
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### VideoStage 5

VideoStage 5 is a technology Bose includes to convert any stereo or mono source into surround sound.

### BoseLink

Boselink allows the system to expand to 14 additional listening areas and can connect to any other Boselink device, there is also a wireless expansion option. Listeners use a local radio frequency remote to communicated back to the main system thus allowing it to control the volume and to select the audio source for that room.

### Unify

This system guides users through installation of any products connect to the system through an on-screen wizard. It uses a reverse lookup to recognize the remote of 3rd party products to program its own universal remote.

## References

1. ↑ http://reviews.cnet.com/speakers-speaker-systems/polk-audio-surroundbar-50/4505-6467\_7-32780776.html
2. ↑ http://www.techdigest.tv/2007/01/ces\_2007\_philip.html
3. ↑ Bose Music Systems Guides, Bose Home Theatre Owners Guides. This is a list of Bose Soundbar and TV home entertainment systems, Retrieved December 23, 2011.
4. ↑ Gadget Review - Bose LifeStyle 135 Soundbar
5. ↑ B&H In Depth - Bose CineMate 1 SR Speaker Array
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Techradar - Bose launches soundbar home cinema solution
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 techcrunch - Bose Announces Two Soundbar Systems
8. ↑ CNET Bose intros $2,500 sound bar system
9. ↑ 3D Update
10. ↑ Update Manual