PANARAY®
802®Series III
Loudspeaker
General Description
The Bose®802 Series III loudspeaker
is a 240-watt speaker designed for
permanent installations and portable
use in indoor and outdoor commercial
applications. As a new addition to the
Bose line of Installed AnywhereTM
loudspeakers, it meets our strictest
standards for outdoor use.
The 802 Series III loudspeaker offers
the following features:
•Wide-range reproduction over a
broad dispersion area
•Arugged, portable enclosure with
metal grille and protective cover
with carrying handle
•Low profile, aesthetic styling
•Weather-resistant design for reliable
performance indoors and outdoors
•Afull complement of brackets and
stands available for a variety of
product uses
Each 802 Series III loudspeaker uses
four (8) 11.34 cm full-range drivers
mounted in symmetric vertical pairs
on a faceted Articulated Array®
loudspeaker baffle assembly. The
drivers feature low-impedance, edge-
wound Ferrite V ceramic magnets,
and molded polyester frames. Their
advanced cone and motor system
gives them high linear excursion
capability and power output. Environ-
mental durability is built into soft
parts – cone, surround and spider –
and coated onto the hard parts of the
driver. These materials optimize the
weather resistance of the loud-
speaker when it is installed outdoors.
802 Series III loudspeakers are used
in combination with the PANARAY
system digital controller or the Bose
1600 or 1800 amplifiers with the 802
speaker plug-in EQ card for active
equalization of the system.
The PANARAY system digital control-
ler assures smooth, accurate spectral
Frequency Range
55Hz to 16kHz ±3dB
Sensitivity1
91dB-SPL @ 1W, 1m (pink noise)
Maximum Acoustic Output2
114dB-SPL @ 1m (pink noise)
116dB-SPL @ 1m (IEC3noise)
Dispersion (–6dB point, average,
1-4kHz)
Horizontal 120˚
Vertical 100˚
Long-Term Power Handling4
240W continuous
Impedance
8Ωnominal
Mechanical Specifications
Dimensions: 13.0"H x 20.5"W x
12.5"D
(33 cm H x 52 cm W x
32 cm D)
Weight: 31 lb (14 kg)
Available color: black
Technical Information
Installation
Installation and use instructions are
included with the loudspeaker.
The 802 Series III loudspeakers are
designed to be wall or ceiling
mounted, or mounted on stands for
portable use. The following versatile
accessories are available from Bose:
•WBP8 802 loudspeaker Wall
Mount Bracket
(0-45˚ pitch, ±40˚ yaw)
•SB8 802 loudspeaker Single Fly
Bracket
(0-45˚ pitch)
•SB82 802 loudspeaker Stacked
Pair Fly Bracket (0-45˚ pitch)
•SS10 Speaker Stand with Mount-
ing Adapter and Carry Bag
Connectors: Two (2) parallel-wired
NL4 connectors
Enclosure construction: Mica-
reinforced polyethylene copolymer
structural foam
1Full bandwidth pink noise is applied to the 802-III and amplified to a level at the loudspeaker
terminals corresponding to 1 watt as referenced to the nominal impedance. The average sound
pressure level (dB-SPL) is measured at 1 meter from the speaker in an anechoic environment.
2Full bandwidth pink noise is applied to the 802-III and amplified to a level at the loudspeaker
terminals corresponding to the long-term rated power handling of the speaker. The average sound
pressure level (dB-SPL) is measured at 1 meter from the speaker in an anechoic environment.
3Full bandwidth pink noise, meeting International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standard
#268-5, with a spectrum corresponding to average program material.
4Full bandwidth noise, meeting the IEC Standard #268-5 is applied to the 802-III and amplified to a
level at the loudspeaker terminals corresponding to the power handling of the loudspeaker. The
loudspeaker must show no visible damage or measurable loss of performance after 100 hours of
continuous testing.
