Bose® WAVEMSIVPS Owner's Manual

Press 

RADIO to turn it on to the station last selected. Press 

RADIO as necessary to select FM or AM radio.

When you select FM radio, Radio Data System (RDS) information 

for the current station is displayed. This is controlled by the RADIO 

TEXT setting in the setup menu. To disable RDS and view only the 

station frequency, change the RADIO TEXT setting to OFF. See 

“Changing a system setting” on page 14.

When you press 

RADIO, Seek/Track, or Tune/MP3 to tune to a 

radio station, the frequency appears in the center of the display 

while you are tuning.

Station frequency 

while tuning

•  Press 

Seek/Track 

 to find a   

lower-frequency station with a strong signal.

•  Press 

Seek/Track 

 to find a 

 higher-frequency station with a strong signal.

•  Press 

Tune/MP3 < to manually tune to a  

lower frequency.

•  Press 

Tune/MP3 > to manually tune to a  

higher frequency.

•  Press and hold 

Tune/MP3 < or Tune/MP3 > to 

rapidly change the frequency.

Note:  If AM reception is weak, rotate the system clockwise or 

counterclockwise to improve AM reception. If FM reception 

is weak, make sure the power cord is straightened as much 

as possible. To improve FM reception, you can install an 

external FM antenna (see page 13).

You can store up to six FM and six AM radio stations 

for quick recall using the 

Presets buttons. Storing a 

preset replaces any station previously stored to that 

preset number. 
1.  Tune to the station you want to save as a preset.
2.  Press and hold one of the six PRESETS buttons until you hear 

a double tone and the preset number and station frequency 

appear on the display.

3.  Press one of the PRESETS buttons to quickly tune to a 

 previously stored FM or AM station.

Unwind and straighten the power cord to ensure the best FM radio 

reception. The power cord is used as an antenna.

Insert the disc, label side up, into the CD slot below the display. 

The disc player pulls the disc in and begins playing.

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Press 

 if the CD source is not selected.

•  When playing an audio CD, source information is displayed:

Selected source

Play 

mode

Clock time

Track number

Elapsed track time

•  Press 

Play/Pause to pause a playing CD. The 

elapsed time flashes while paused. Press 

Pause again to resume play.

•  Press 

 to skip to the beginning 

of the current track; Press

 

again to skip to the beginning of the previous 

track. 

•  Press 

Seek/Track 

 to skip to the next track.

•  Press and hold 

Tune/MP3 < to scan backward 

quickly through a track; press 

Tune/MP3 > to 

scan forward quickly through a track.

•  Press 

Stop/Eject to stop a CD. Press Stop/

Eject again to eject a CD. If a CD is playing, 

press and hold 

Stop/Eject to stop a CD and 

eject it.

Notes:
•  When you play a stopped CD it will always resume from the 

place it was stopped.

•  If you eject a CD but do not remove it from the CD player slot 

within 10 seconds, the CD player will pull the CD back into the 

player and reload it. 

CAUTION:   DO NOT INSERT mini CDs or non-circular CDs into 

the disc player. These discs may not play properly and 

could interfere with the system’s ability to eject them.

Listening to Other Sources