Bose Acoustimass Powered Owner's guide - Page 13

Compensating for Room Acoustics. The acoustics (sound properties) of your listening iri mcanaffect theoverall sound quality of peaker system. In general, many probwith acoustics can be solved by the judis use of your room compensation controls, as in the common situations listed below . Note, however, that using these controls in their maximum output position reduces the maximum volume level that the Acoustimass" powered speaker system can produce. 1. Not enough treble sound. Rooms with a lot of sound-absorbing furnishings. such as stuffed furniture, wall-to-vialt carpet. or heavy drapes. may reduce the treble sound of your Acoustimass powered speaker system. The missing treble sound can be restored by slightly turning up the treble control. 2. Too much treble sound. Rooms with too few sound-absorbing furnishings, especially those with bare floors and walls, may sound overly shrill or "bright" because of too much treble. Turning down the treble control will usually solve this problem. 3. Too much or too little bass. If your system seems to have too much or too little bass, you can adjust it using the bass control. You may also move the Acoustimass Iliss module closer to a wall and/or corner increase bass, or closer to the center of e room to decrease it (see the paragraph on LocatiorVPosition of the Acoustimass bass module in the previous section, for details). Automatic lbm-on/ Shutoff Feature When plugged in(and with the bassmodule's POWER switch, if so equipped. in the ON (I) position), the Acoustimass powered speaker system will automatically shut off ()coiner to the bass module if no audio signal is received in 2 minutes. The system remains in a ready-to-play state. however, and automatically restores power to the system and begins playing when it receives an audio signal. • 12