Technical information
Table Of Contents
- Additional safety information
- Please read this owner’s guide
- Where to find…
- Before you begin
- Unpacking the carton
- Placing your speakers to achieve realistic home theater sound
- Connecting the speakers
- Connecting front cube speaker arrays to the Acoustimass module
- Figure 5
- Cube speaker array connections to the Acoustimass module
- 1. Connect the wire pair marked CENTER to the center cube speaker array. Press the terminal tab o...
- 2. Connect the wire pair marked RIGHT to the right front cube speaker array (to the right of the ...
- 3. Connect the wire pair marked LEFT to the left front cube speaker array.
- 4. Plug the other end of each cable into the CENTER FRONT, RIGHT FRONT, and LEFT FRONT blue RCA j...
- Connecting rear cube speaker arrays to the Acoustimass module
- 1. Connect the wire pair marked RIGHT REAR to the right rear cube speaker array (on your right as...
- 2. Connect the wire pair marked LEFT REAR to the left rear cube speaker array.
- 3. If you have a center rear cube speaker array (Acoustimass 16 system or upgraded Acoustimass 15...
- 4. Plug the other end of each cable into the RIGHT REAR, LEFT REAR, and CENTER REAR orange RCA ja...
- Connecting the Acoustimass® module to the receiver
- 1. Insert the multi-pin connector on the system input cable into the input jack on the Acoustimas...
- 2. Connect each wire pair on the other end of the system input cable to your surround receiver. C...
- 3. If applicable, connect the RCA plug marked LFE on the system input cable to the LFE/SUBWOOFER ...
- Cube speaker array connections to the Acoustimass module
- Figure 6
- Checking the connections
- Connecting the Acoustimass module to power
- Upgrading your Acoustimass 15 Series II speaker system
- For realistic home theater sound
- Setting your digital surround sound receiver
- Be sure to get the digital audio signal
- Setting your analog surround sound receiver
- Troubleshooting
- Customer service
- Cleaning the speakers
- Technical information
- Warranty period
- Accessories
5
Setting Up
Figure 1
Carton contents
Placing your speakers to achieve realistic home theater sound
A suggested home theater layout is shown in Figure 2. You may want to place the speakers
differently to take advantage of the sound characteristics of different rooms. Here are some
suggested guidelines for placing your speaker system:
• The cube speaker arrays are identical and can be used for any channel.
• All cube speaker arrays are magnetically shielded to prevent interference with a TV picture.
• The top and bottom sections of the cube speaker arrays can be rotated to create
room-filling sound patterns (Figure 3).
• Bose
®
wall brackets and floor stands can extend your placement options. See “Accesso-
ries” on page 17. Please follow wall bracket instructions carefully. Proper mounting will
ensure optimum performance and safety from your system.
Note:
The Acoustimass 15 Series II may be upgraded by adding a center rear cube speaker
array. See “Upgrading your Acoustimass 15 Series II speaker system” on page 12.
Powered Acoustimass
®
module
20-ft (6.1m) system input cable
Three 20-ft (6.1m) front speaker cables
With Acoustimass 15 Series II system With Acoustimass 16 system
Rubber feet for front center
cube speaker array
Five cube speaker arrays
Six cube speaker arrays
Two 50-ft (15.2m) rear speaker cables
Three 50-ft (15.2m) rear speaker cables
Power cord (1)
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AM264924_00 _V.pdf • August 13, 2002