Marshall Amplification WOBURN User manual

WOBURN - ACTIVE STEREO LOUDSPEAKER
USER MANUAL

WOBURN
YOU’VE JUST BROUGHT HOME YET ANOTHER UNCOMPROMISING ADDITION
TO MARSHALL’S LEGACY OF LOUD, THE WOBURN. THE MEETING POINT
BETWEEN MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND VINTAGE MARSHALL STYLING, THIS
ACTIVE STEREO LOUDSPEAKER BRINGS MARSHALL’S ICONIC HARD AND
HEAVY SOUND DIRECTLY TO YOUR LIVING ROOM.
BUT, WAIT A MINUTE, BEFORE YOU TURN IT UP, MAKE SURE YOU READ THIS
MANUAL CAREFULLY AND HOLD ON TO IT, ALONG WITH THE INCLUDED
WARRANTY INFORMATION IN CASE YOU EVER NEED IT.
WHEN IT COMES TO SOUND QUALITY, THE WOBURN SPARES NO EXPENSE.
IT’S DESIGNED WITH LOUD IN MIND AND YOU’LL QUICKLY HEAR BY ITS
PERFORMANCE THAT IT HOLDS TRUE TO THE MARSHALL NAME. THIS
LOUDSPEAKER HITS HIGH TREBLES CLEANLY, HANDLES LOW BASS WITH
EASE AND HAS A CLEAR, LIFELIKE MID RANGE. THE ANALOGUE TREBLE,
BASS AND VOLUME KNOBS GIVE YOU CUSTOM CONTROL OF YOUR SOUND.
WITH UNIQUE SOUND DESIGN AND QUALITY COMPONENTS, IT’S MADE TO
DELIVER ACCURATE RESPONSE THROUGHOUT THE FREQUENCY RANGE. THE
WOBURN IS LITERALLY BUILT TO THRILL.
THE WOBURN GIVES YOU THE FREEDOM TO HOOK UP YOUR SMARTPHONE, TAB-
LET OR LAPTOP USING THE 3.5MM AUXILIARY INPUT, CONNECT WIRELESSLY
VIA BLUETOOTH®, PLUG IN YOUR RECORD PLAYER USING THE RCA INPUT,
OR USE THE OPTICAL OUTPUT FOR DEVICES LIKE APPLE TV.
BUT LET’S BE HONEST, LOOKS MATTER, AND WITH IT’S DURABLE VINYL
COVERING, GOLD PIPING, VINTAGE STYLE FRET, AND ICONIC MARSHALL
SCRIPT LOGO, THE WOBURN DOES NOT DISAPPOINT. IT’S CLASSIC DESIGN
ECHOES THE VIBE OF THE GOLDEN YEARS OF ROCK’N’ROLL.
SO, PLUG THIS BEAST IN, CRANK IT UP AND HEAR THE DEFINING SOUND
THAT PUT MARSHALL ON THE MAP

BOX CONTENTS
001. USER MANUAL & WARRANTY INFORMATION
002. DOUBLE-ENDED COIL CORD WITH 3.5MM STEREO PLUGS TO
CONNECT TO YOUR MUSIC PLAYER
003. POWER CORD
004. MARSHALL WOBURN ACTIVE STEREO LOUDSPEAKER
006.
NOTE: OPTICAL AUDIO CABLE AND
RCA CABLE NOT INCLUDED WITH
THE WOBURN AND MUST BE
PURCHASED SEPARATELY.

WOBURN
CAUTION: LIFT ACTIVE
LOUDSPEAKER FROM BOTTOM.
DO NOT LIFT BY PROTECTIVE
BAG FOR RISK OF DROPPING
THE PRODUCT.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
001. INPUT FOR 3.5MM
STEREO PLUG
002. LED LIGHT SOURCE INDICATOR
003. VOLUME
004. BASS
005. TREBLE
006. PAIR BUTTON
007. SOURCE/WAKE BUTTON
008. POWER SWITCH
009. STANDBY MODE SWITCH
(POWERSAVER MODE AND
STANDARD MODE)
010. RCA INPUT (LEFT & RIGHT)
011. OPTICAL INPUT
012. BACK PLATE
013. BASS PORT
014. POWER JACK
015. POWER CORD
008.

WOBURN
NOTE: DATE CODE
AND SERIAL
NUMBER STICKER
LOCATED HERE.

TURNING THE POWER ON/OFF
001. INSERT THE POWER CORD INTO THE POWER JACK.
002. CONNECT THE CORRECT POWER CORD TO THE WALL SOCKET.
010.
NOTE: DEPENDING ON YOUR
REGION, A POWER CORD WITH AN
APPROPRIATE PLUG IS SUPPLIED.
002.
001. 001. 002.

WOBURN
003. TO TURN THE ACTIVE LOUDSPEAKER ON, SWITCH THE ON/OFF
SWITCH. THE LED LIGHT INDICATOR WILL FLASH RED ON THE
SOURCE MARKED AS BLUETOOTH.
004. TO TURN THE ACTIVE LOUDSPEAKER OFF, SWITCH THE ON/OFF
SWITCH. THE LED INDICATOR WILL TURN OFF.

USING THE WOBURN WITH YOUR DEVICES
THE WOBURN IS A LOUDSPEAKER CREATED FOR TODAY’S WORLD. WITH
MULTIPLE CONNECTION SOURCES, THERE ARE LOADS OF WAYS TO CONNECT
TO YOUR SPEAKER, WHETHER VIA YOUR PHONE, TURNTABLES, TV OR
WIRELESSLY VIA THE LATEST VERSION OF BLUETOOTH®, FEATURING
aptX® TECHNOLOGY. THE ADVANTAGE OF aptX® TECHNOLOGY IS THAT
THE SOUND QUALITY VIA BLUETOOTH IS SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN
A2DP BLUETOOTH. BELOW YOU WILL FIND MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE
CONNECTION SOURCES, IN TWO CATEGORIES:
• WIRELESS CONNECTION VIA BLUETOOTH
• CONNECTION VIA THE 3.5MM, RCA, OR OPTICAL AUDIO CABLE
012.
CAUTION: MAKE SURE THAT
THE VOLUME IS SET TO
LOW ON BOTH THE ACTIVE
LOUDSPEAKER AND THE
MUSIC PLAYER WHEN YOU
START PLAYING MUSIC.

CHOOSING YOUR SOURCE
001. PUSH THE SOURCE/WAKE BUTTON TO CHOOSE YOUR SOURCE AND/OR
TO SWITCH BETWEEN CONNECTED SOURCES.
002. A LIT LED LIGHT INDICATES WHICH SOURCE YOU HAVE SELECTED.
ORDER OF CONNECTIONS (FROM TOP TO BOTTOM):
• BLUETOOTH
• OPTICAL
• INPUT 1 - 3.5MM STERO PLUG
• INPUT 2 - RCA PORTS
002.

CONNECTING VIA BLUETOOTH
WITH THE HELP OF BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGY, BLUETOOTH-COMPATIBLE
DEVICES CAN EASILY BE CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER OVER A SHORT
WIRELESS CONNECTION. USE YOUR BLUETOOTH-ENABLED SMARTPHONE,
TABLET OR COMPUTER TO STREAM MUSIC TO YOUR DIRECTLY TO YOUR
WOBURN WITH NO WIRES ATTACHED. USE YOUR NEWLY FOUND FREEDOM
TO MOVE AROUND WITH ALL YOUR MUSIC AT YOUR FINGERTIPS. FOLLOW
THESE STEPS TO CONNECT YOUR WOBURN WIRELESSLY TO YOUR
BLUETOOTH DEVICE.
001. TURN THE WOBURN ACTIVE STERO LOUDSPEAKER ON (SEE PAGE 010.).
002. SELECT BLUETOOTH AS SOURCE BY PUSHING THE SOURCE/WAKE
BUTTON UNTIL THE BLUETOOTH LED IS LIT.
003. ACTIVATE THE BLUETOOTH FUNCTIONALITY ON YOUR DEVICE
(SMARTPHONE, TABLET, COMPUTER).
004. PRESS THE PAIR BUTTON. THE LED LIGHT ON THE WOBURN WILL
START TO FLASH RAPIDLY IN RED.
005. ON YOUR DEVICE, SELECT THE WOBURN SPEAKER FROM
YOUR LIST. THE LED LIGHT ON THE SPEAKER WILL TURN TO A
STEADY RED.
006. YOU ARE NOW READY TO PLAY YOUR MUSIC WIRELESSLY VIA THE
WOBURN SPEAKER.
014.
NOTES:
• YOU ONLY NEED TO PAIR YOUR SMARTPHONE/TABLET/COMPUTER WITH THE
WOBURN ONCE, AFTER WHICH THE DEVICE WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF YOUR
BLUETOOTH DEVICES.
• WHEN PAIRING A NEW DEVICE, PRESS THE PAIR BUTTON AGAIN, AND REPEAT
STEPS ABOVE.
• UP TO SIX DEVICES CAN BE STORED IN THE SPEAKER’S MEMORY.

CONNECTING VIA BLUETOOTH
004.
005.
003. 005.
002.

016.
LOCATING YOUR DEVICES VIA BLUETOOTH
SELECT BLUETOOTH AS THE INPUT SOURCE BY PRESSING SOURCE/WAKE
ON THE SPEAKER. BLUETOOTH IS NOW ACTIVATED, WITH A FLASHING RED
LIGHT IF NO DEVICE IS CONNECTED, AND A SOLID RED LIGHT IF A DEVICE
IS CONNECTED. WOBURN SPEAKER WILL NOW AUTOMATICALLY SEARCH
FOR PAIRED DEVICES FOR 3 MINUTES, AND THE LED WILL RAPIDLY FLASH
RED DURING THE SEARCH. THE WOBURN SPEAKER WILL LOCATE DEVICES
WITHIN RANGE THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONNECTED AND WILL
CONNECT THEM AUTOMATICALLY. IF NO DEVICES ARE LOCATED WITHIN
THREE MINUTES, THE WOBURN SPEAKER WILL REVERT TO STANDBY
STATUS (EITHER POWERSAVER MODE OR STANDARD MODE, DEPENDING
ON WHICH OPTION YOU CHOOSE. THERE IS MORE INFORMATION ON MODES
IN THE STANDBY MODES SECTION ON PAGE 022.). IF THE PAIR BUTTON IS
PRESSED WHILE BLUETOOTH IS SELECTED AS THE AUDIO SOURCE, THE
WOBURN LOUDSPEAKER WILL PERFORM A NEW SEARCH FOR THREE
MINUTES AFTERWARDS, DURING WHICH TIME, THE LED LIGHT WILL
RAPIDLY FLASH RED.
NOTES:
• THE AUTO CONNECTION FUNCTION WILL NOT WORK IF THE WOBURN LOUDSPEAKER
IS TURNED OFF VIA THE MAIN POWER SWITCH AT THE TOP OF THE UNIT.
• CONNECTING A SEVENTH DEVICE WILL ERASE THE FIRST DEVICE STORED IN
THE WOBURN’S MEMORY
• ALWAYS START BLUETOOTH IN YOUR SMARTPHONE/COMPUTER FIRST, AND THEN
START WOBURN LOUDSPEAKER TO RECEIVE AN AUTO CONNECTION.

BLUETOOTH AUTO CONNECTION
IF A DEVICE IS MOVED OUTSIDE THE RANGE OF WOBURN SPEAKER
(APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES WITHOUT OBSTACLES), THAT DEVICE IS
DISCONNECTED. THE DEVICE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONNECTED AGAIN
WHEN IT IS MOVED BACK WITHIN RANGE. THE WOBURN SPEAKER CAN
MEMORISE UP TO SIX DEVICES AND ALWAYS STARTS SEARCHING FOR THE
LAST DEVICE THAT HAS BEEN CONNECTED. IF THE WOBURN SPEAKER HAS
BEEN CONNECTED TO DEVICES A–B–C–D–E–F IN THAT ORDER, DEVICE F IS
GIVEN FIRST PRIORITY, WHILE DEVICE A IS GIVEN LAST PRIORITY. EVERY
TIME THE WOBURN STARTS UP, IT WILL PERFORM AN AUTO CONNECTION
OF DEVICES WITHIN ITS RANGE.

CONNECTING SOURCES BY CABLE
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS TO CONNECT TO YOUR WOBURN THE OLD
FASHIONED WAY, USING A CABLE. USE ONE OF THE THREE AUDIO INPUTS
AVAILABLE: INPUT 1 - 3.5MM STEREO PLUG, INPUT 2 - RCA ANALOGUE
INPUT OR THE OPTICAL AUDIO DIGITAL INPUT.
• INPUT 1 - 3.5MM STEREO PLUG
USE THE DOUBLE-ENDED COIL CORD WITH 3.5MM PLUGS TO
CONNECT TO AUDIO SOURCES THAT HAVE AUDIO OUTPUT SUCH AS
A MOBILE TELEPHONE, IPHONE/IPAD/IPOD, MP3 PLAYER, OR
AIRPORT EXPRESS.
• INPUT 2 - RCA ANALOGUE INPUT
USE THE RCA ANALOGUE INPUT TO CONNECT TO YOUR CD PLAYER,
TURNTABLE (WITH RIAA) OR SONOS UNIT.
• OPTICAL AUDIO DIGITAL INPUT
USE THE OPTICAL INPUT TO CONNECT TO YOUR TV, APPLE TV,
AIRPORT EXPRESS, HARD DISK PLAYER, STREAMING PLAY, AND
SATELLITE OR CABLE RECEIVER. OPTICAL INPUT WORKS WITH PCM
STEREO ONLY. IF A CONNECTED DEVICE SENDS 5.1 AUDIO (OR
SIMILAR SURROUND SOUND), THE WOBURN WILL NOT FUNCTION.
SET THE AUDIO OUT TO STEREO ONLY ON YOUR TV, EVEN IF THE
SHOW IS BROADCASTED IN 5.1 AUDIO.
018.
NOTE: OPTICAL AUDIO CABLE AND RCA
CABLE NOT INCLUDED WITH THE WOBURN
AND MUST BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY.

INPUT 1 - 3.5MM STEREO PLUG
001. CONNECT THE CORD WITH THE 3.5MM STEREO PLUG TO THE INPUT
LABELLED INPUT 1 ON THE LOUDSPEAKER.
002. CONNECT THE CORD WITH THE 3.5MM STEREO PLUG TO THE MUSIC PLAYER.
003. SELECT INPUT 1 AS SOURCE BY PUSHING THE SOURCE/WAKE
BUTTON UNTIL THE INPUT 1 LED IS LIT (SEE PAGE 013.).
001.
003.

INPUT 2 - RCA PORTS
001. SELECT INPUT 2 AS SOURCE BY PUSHING THE SOURCE/WAKE
BUTTON UNTIL THE INPUT 2 LED IS LIT (SEE PAGE 013.).
002. CONNECT THE CORD WITH THE RCA PLUGS TO THE MATCHING
SOCKETS (LEFT AND RIGHT) ON THE LOUDSPEAKER.
003. CONNECT THE RCA CORD TO THE RCA PORT ON YOUR SOURCE.
020.
002. 003.
NOTE: TURNTABLE
MUST HAVE A
BUILT IN RIAA
PREAMPLIFIER,
OTHERWISE A
SEPARATE PRE-
AMPLIFIER WILL
BE NEEDED.

OPTICAL AUDIO
001. SELECT OPTICAL AS SOURCE BY PUSHING THE SOURCE/WAKE
BUTTON UNTIL THE OPTICAL LED IS LIT (SEE PAGE 013.).
002. CONNECT THE OPTICAL AUDIO CABLE’S CONNECTOR POINTS TO
THE OUTPUT PORT LOCATED ON THE BACK OF THE LOUDSPEAKER
LABELLED OPTICAL IN.
003. CONNECT THE OPTICAL AUDIO CABLE TO THE OPTICAL AUDIO
INPUT ON YOUR HOME THEATRE, APPLE TV OR OTHER RECEIVER.

STANDBY MODES
022.
ON THE BACK OF YOUR WOBURN, YOU WILL FIND A SWITCH THAT ALLOWS
YOU TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT STANDBY MODES: POWERSAVER
OR STANDARD.
EUROPEAN UNION REGULATION STATES THAT ELECTRONIC DEVICES
MAY ONLY HAVE 0.5W POWER CONSUMPTION IN STANDBY MODE (THE
EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE ON ENERGY RELATED PRODUCTS, OR ERP). THIS IS
WHY THE WOBURN’S FACTORY DEFAULT SETTING IS THE POWERSAVER
MODE, BECAUSE THE POWERSAVER MODE SAVES MORE ENERGY THAN
THE STANDARD MODE.
AS THE NAME IMPLIES, USING THIS SETTING SAVES POWER. WHEN YOU
STOP PLAYING MUSIC, THE WOBURN WILL GO INTO A LOW-POWER STATE
AFTER 20 MINUTES. POWERSAVER MODE CAN BE DISABLED IF YOU WANT
WOBURN TO START AUTOMATICALLY AND STAY VISIBLE ON YOUR LIST
OF BLUETOOTH DEVICES AFTER 20 MINUTES. TO DISABLE POWERSAVER,
SIMPLY CHANGE THE SWITCH TO STANDARD MODE.
001. 002.

001. POWERSAVER STANDBY MODE: THE WOBURN WILL GO TO POWER
SAVING STANDBY MODE AFTER 20 MINUTES OF NOT RECEIVING A
SOUND SIGNAL. IF YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO USE THE POWERSAVER
STANDBY MODE, THE WOBURN WILL NOT WAKE UP AUTOMATICALLY
WHEN YOU BEGIN PLAYING MUSIC AND WILL NOT SHOW UP AS AN
AVAILABLE DEVICE IN YOUR BLUETOOTH LIST AFTER IT HAS GONE
INTO THIS LOW-POWER STATE. TO ACTIVATE WOBURN AND PLAY
MUSIC FROM ANY SOURCE AFTER THE UNIT HAS GONE TO STANDBY
MODE, PRESS THE WAKE BUTTON ONCE. THIS WILL BRING THE
WOBURN BACK TO LIFE AND READY TO PLAY AGAIN.
002. STANDARD STANDBY MODE: THE WOBURN WILL GO INTO STANDBY
MODE AFTER 20 MINUTES OF NOT RECEIVING A SOUND SIGNAL.
IF YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO USE THE STANDARD STANDBY MODE, THE
WOBURN WILL AUTOMATICALLY ‘WAKE UP’ WHEN THE LAST
SOURCE IS PLAYED. FOR EXAMPLE, IF A SOURCE CONNECTED WITH
A CABLE BEGINS TO PLAY, THE SPEAKER WAKES UP AUTOMATICALLY
WHEN THAT SOURCE IS SELECTED. IF A BLUETOOTH DEVICE WAS
USED AS THE LAST SOURCE, SIMPLY TOUCHING THE LATEST
BLUETOOTH DEVICE TO HAVE BEEN USED WILL WAKE THE WOBURN
UP AUTOMATICALLY. IF YOU WANT TO PLAY ANOTHER BLUETOOTH
DEVICE INSTEAD OF THE LAST ONE USED, PRESS THE WAKE BUTTON
ONCE TO PLAY MUSIC AGAIN.
POWERSAVER & STANDARD