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The Bose ® Acoustimass ® 15 Home Theater Speaker System Owner’ s Guide October 22, 2001 AM194452_06_V .pdf.
2 October 22, 2001 AM194452_06_V .pdf Introduction Thank you W e appr eciate your choice of the Bose ® Acoustimass ® 15 home theater speaker system. With these Virtually Invisible ® speakers you will surround yourself with r ealistic sound, with a minimal amount of equipment.
AM251174_03_V.pdf October 22, 2001 a Important Safety Instructions 1. Read these instructions – for all components before using this pr oduct. 2. Keep these instructions – for futur e refer ence. 3. Heed all warnings – on the pr oduct and in the owner ’ s guide.
English b October 22, 2001 AM251174_03_V.pdf Important Safety Instructions Antenna gr ounding Example of antenna grounding as per National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFP A 70.
AM194452_06_V.pdf October 22, 2001 3 Contents Where to find... Introduction Thank you ..................................................................................................................... 2 Important Information .......................
4 October 22, 2001 AM194452_06_V.pdf Befor e you begin Bose ® Virtually Invisible ® speaker technology allows you to enjoy lifelike home performances from the very latest surr ound-sound encoded movies, CDs, and television shows, without a room full of speakers.
AM194452_06_V.pdf October 22, 2001 5 Placing your speakers to achieve r ealistic home theater sound A suggested home theater layout that conforms to the guidelines described above is shown in Figure 2. Y ou may want to place the speakers differ ently , to take advantage of the sound characteristics of differ ent rooms.
6 October 22, 2001 AM194452_06_V.pdf Setting Up Left and right fr ont cube speakers The left and right front speakers cr eate a sound image wider than the screen that seems natural to viewers sitting anywhere in the r oom. Y ou can place them near a TV screen with no picture interfer ence.
AM194452_06_V.pdf October 22, 2001 7 Setting Up Connect the speakers Connect the cube arrays to the Powered Acoustimass ® module, and then connect the module to your receiver . The supplied cables make this easy . The cables may be separated or “ unzipped ” as much as needed to comfortably r each the speakers.
8 October 22, 2001 AM194452_06_V.pdf Setting Up Connect the Powered Acoustimass ® module to the surr ound cube arrays The 50 foot (15 m) cable with two pairs of wires connects the Powered Acoustimass module to the Right and Left surround cube arrays.
AM194452_06_V.pdf October 22, 2001 9 Setting Up Check the connections Check all connections from the r eceiver to the Powered Acoustimass module and fr om the module to the cube arrays (Figur e 6). Make sure all cube arrays ar e connected to the proper terminals according to their position in your r oom.
10 October 22, 2001 AM194452_06_V.pdf Using Y our Acoustimass ® 15 Speakers For realistic home theater sound LFE level control The LFE level contr ol on your Powered Acoustimass module incr eases or decreases the relative level of low fr equency effects on movie soundtracks.
AM194452_06_V.pdf October 22, 2001 11 Be sure to get the Dolby Digital signal T o be sure that the Dolby Digital or other digital signal from your DVD player r eaches your receiver , connect its digital sound output to the digital sound input on your r eceiver .
12 October 22, 2001 AM194452_06_V.pdf T roubleshooting If you have a problem with your Acoustimass 15 speakers, turn of f your sound source and try the solutions below . If you still have a problem, contact your Bose ® dealer to arrange for service. T o contact Bose directly , refer to the inside back cover of this guide.
AM194452_06_V.pdf October 22, 2001 13 Product Information T echnical information Power ed Acoustimass ® module power rating USA/Canada: 120V ~ 50/60 Hz 260W Eur ope/Australia: 220-240V ~ 50/60 Hz 260.
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