Bose Lifestyle 900 Owner's guide - Page 9

Emsi

w.

•

Setting

Up

Connect

the

speakers

and

Lifestyle

music

center

•

•

Figure

6

•

A

Speaker

cable

connections

to

the

cube

speaker

Once

you

have

selected

locations

for

your

music

system,

connect

the

speakers.

CAUTION:

Make

sure

all

components

are

unplugged

from

the

power

outlet

before

you

begin

hooking

up

the

system.

Connecting

the

cube

speakers

to

the

Acoustimass"

module

Each

speaker

cable

contains

two

wires.

The

wire

marked

with

a

red

collar

is

positive

(+)

and

the

plain

one

is

negative

(-).

These

wires

match

the

positive

(red)

and

negative

(black)

termi-

nals

on

the

back

of

each

speaker.

To

lengthen

the

cable,

use

standard

RCA

extension

cables

or

splice

in

18

-gauge

or

thicker

cord

(connecting

+

to

+

and

-

to

-).

To

purchase

cables,

see

your

dealer,

electronics

store,

or

call

Bose

customer

service.

Note:

The

surround

cables

are

joined

together

for

your

convenience,

providing

an

easy

-to

-

use

cable

for

connecting

the

surround

speakers.

To

run

the

cables

in

different

directions

from

the

Acoustimass

module,

simply

pull

apart

the

cables

as

needed.

1.

Match

the

correct

cable

to

the

corresponding

speaker

location.

•

Front

speaker

cables

have

blue

connectors

at

one

end,

with

L,

R,

and

C

molded

into

the

connectors.

The

red

collars

on

the

+

wire

are

labeled

LEFT,

RIGHT,

and

CENTER.

•

Surround

speaker

cables

have

orange

connectors

at

one

end,

with

L

and

R

molded

into

the

connectors.

The

red

collars

on

the

+

wire

are

labeled

LEFT

and

RIGHT.

2.

Connect

the

wire

end

of

one

speaker

cable

to

the

terminals

on

the

rear

of

the

matching

cube

speaker.

a.

Push

each

terminal

tab

down,

then

insert

the

end

of

the

appropriate

wire

into

the

exposed

hole.

Release

the

tab

to

secure

the

wire.

Connect

each

wire

to

its

correspond-

ing

terminal,

positive

to

positive

(+

to

+)

and

negative

to

negative

(-

to

-).

b.

Repeat

this

step

for

each

of

the

five

cube

speakers.

(See

Figure

6.)

0

A

CAUTION:

Make

sure

no

strands

of

wire

from

any

terminal

touch

any

other

terminal.

Bridged

wires

create

short

circuits

that

affect

proper

operation

of

your

system.

3.

Connect

each

cable

to

the

corresponding

jack

on

the

Acoustimass

module.

a.

Plug

the

blue

connectors

into

the

matching

left

front,

center,

and

right

front

jacks.

b.

Plug

the

orange

connectors

into

the

matching

left

surround

and

right

surround

jacks.

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