Setting
Up
Your
Lifestyle™powered
speaker
system
CAUTION:
Be
sureall components
(Lifestyle music
center
or
other
source,
Acoustimass"
speaker
system, etc.)
are
unplugged from
the
power
(mains) out-
let
beforeyou begin hooking
up
the
Life-
style powered speakersystem.
1
Set
up
the
speakers.
Place
the
LEFT
and
RIGHT
speakers
in
theirrespective locations
in
yourroom
You
can
putthese compact
speakers
in
justabout
any
room
and
location
where
you
would
like
high
fidelity sound,
such
as
in
abookcase,
on
a
desk,
or
in
your
kitchen If
you
wish
to placethe
speakers
near
a
lV,
allow
at
least
9inches
(23cm)
of
clearance between the speakers
and
the
lV
screen,
to preventthe speakers' magnets
from disturbingthe
lV
picture Optional
Bose®
ceiling-and wall-mount bracketsoffer
even
greaterplacementversatility
2
Connect
the
speakers
to
each
other.
Look
at
the supplied two-conductorspeaker
wire,
the striped orribbed side
is
positive(+
),
and
the solid side
is
negative(
-)
These
posi-
tive
and
negative
conductors correspond
respectively tothe positive
(red)
and
negative
(black)
terminals
on
the backofthe
speakers
As
illustrated
in
Figure
1,connectthe positive
and
negativeconductors
at
one
end
ofthe
speakerwire to the corresponding positive
and
negativeterminals
on
the
LEFT
speaker,
and
connectthe other
end
ofthewiretothe
RIGHT
speaker
To
do
so,
simply
push
down
thetabatthe bottom of
each
terminal, insert
the
bare
end
ofthe appropriateconductor
intothe
hole,
and
release
thetab tosecure
thewire
in
place
Checkyourconnections to
make
sure
they
are
wired positiveto positive(+to+)
and
negativeto negative(- to
-)
Incorrectwir-
ing
will affectthe stereo
image
Also,
check
to
make
sure
that
nostrands
of
wire
fromanyterminal
are
brushing against
anyotherterminal. Such "bridged"
wirescreateshortcircuits
that
may
dam-
age
yourLifestyle powered speaker
system.
3
3
Connect
the
speakers
to
the
music
source.
A.
To
the
Lifestyle musiccenter.
Insert
the
red
and
black plugsfrom the
LEFT
speaker's inputcable into the cor-
responding
red
and
blackjacks
on
one
end
ofthe 50-foot
(15-m)
extension cable
Then,
insertthe
red
and
blackplugs
at
the
other
end
ofthe extension cable into the
red
and
black
"SPEAKERS
B" jacks
on
the Lifestyle music center
(Figure
2)
(Your
Bose
dealer
can
supplyadditional lengths
ofextension cable, if necessary )
B.
To
a
CD
Player, cassettedeck,
or
other
musicsource.
Insert
the
red
and
black plugs from the
LEFT
speaker's inputcable into the left
and
right audio outputsofthe music
source
(Figure
3)
If
you
wish to locatethe
speakers
furtherawayfrom the music
source,
use
the supplied 50-footextension
cable
as
follows
Insert
the
red
and
black plugs from the
powered
(LEFT)
speaker's inputcable
intothe corresponding
red
and
black
jacks
on
one
end
ofthe 50-foot
(15-m)
extension cable
2Insertthe
red
and
blackplugs
on
the
other
end
ofthe extensions
cable,
respectively, into the
RIGHT
and
LEFT
outputs ofthe source
NOTE
Portable
CD
players
often
use
a3 5mm stereo-
headphonejack,
instead
ofthe
RCA
jacksfound
on
largerstereo compo-
nents
If
this
is
the
case,
you
can
use
an
optional adaptor,
available
from your
Bose
dealer
3With
thethe
volume control on
the
left
speaker
turned all
the
way
down
(counterclockwise), plug
the
power
(mains) cord from
the
left
speaker
and
other
componentsinto
the
power
(mains) outlet.
On
models
equipped with apowerswitch, turn the
switch tothe
On
position
4
Set
the
volume control
to
the
two
o'clockposition,
turn
on
the
music, and enjoy!
