Bose L1 Compact Portable Line Array Multilingual Owners Guide - Page 20

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TAB TAB TAB TAB 4, 11 TAB 3, 10 TAB 2, 9, 16 English CARE AND MAINTENANCE Caring for your product Cleaning • Clean the product enclosures using only a soft, dry cloth. • Do not use any solvents, chemicals, or cleaning solutions containing alcohol, ammonia, or abrasives. • Do not use any sprays near the product or allow liquids to spill into any openings. • If necessary, you may carefully vacuum the grille of the L1® Compact Power Stand. Troubleshooting If you experience problems while using this product, try the following solutions. Recommended troubleshooting tools • Spare AC power cord • XLR and ¼-inch phone plug cables Problem What to do System is plugged in, power switch is on, but power LED is off • Make sure you are using the included L1® Compact Power Stand power cable. • Make sure the power cable is fully engaged into both the Power Stand and the AC outlet. • Make sure you have power at the AC outlet. Try operating a lamp or other equipment from the same AC outlet. • Try a different power cable. • If available, try a different Power Stand. Power LED is on, but no sound • Make sure the Volume control is turned up on the Power Stand. • Make sure the volume control is turned up on your instrument. • Make sure your instrument or audio source is plugged into the appropriate input jack. • Connect your instrument or audio source to the Power Stand using a different cable. Middle to high frequencies absent from the L1® Compact Loudspeaker Array • When in the collapsed position, always place the system on a tabletop so it is level with the listeners' ears. • Make sure the L1® Compact Extensions and L1® Compact Loudspeaker Array are firmly seated in their connectors. • Make sure connections are not bent or broken. • Try cleaning the contacts on the loudspeaker top and bottom with electronic contact spray cleaner. Instrument or audio • Lower the volume of the connected audio source. source sounds distorted • If you are connecting an external mixer, make sure the equalization controls for low, mid, and high on the mixer are set to mid position. • Reduce the output of the mixer. Microphone is encountering feedback • Position the microphone so it is not pointing directly at its respective L1® Compact Loudspeaker array. • Try positioning the microphone so it nearly touches your lips. • Try a different microphone. • Try a different position for the L1® Compact Portable Line Array System and/or vocalist on stage. • Increase the distance from the loudspeaker to the microphone. • If using a vocal effects processor, make sure it is not contributing to the feedback. 14

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TAB
TAB
TAB
TAB 4, 11
TAB 3, 10
TAB 2, 9, 16
English
C
ARE
AND
M
AINTENANCE
Caring for your product
Cleaning
Clean the product enclosures using only a soft, dry cloth.
Do not use any solvents, chemicals, or cleaning solutions containing alcohol,
ammonia, or abrasives.
Do not use any sprays near the product or allow liquids to spill into any openings.
If necessary, you may carefully vacuum the grille of the L1
®
Compact
Power
Stand.
Troubleshooting
If you experience problems while using this product, try the following solutions.
Recommended troubleshooting tools
Spare AC power cord
XLR and ¼-inch phone plug cables
Problem
What to do
System is plugged
in, power switch is
on, but power LED
is off
Make sure you are using the included L1
®
Compact
Power Stand power cable.
Make sure the power cable is fully engaged into both the Power Stand and the AC outlet.
Make sure you have power at the AC outlet. Try operating a lamp or other equipment
from the same AC outlet.
Try a different power cable.
If available, try a different Power Stand.
Power LED is on,
but no sound
Make sure the
Volume
control is turned up on the Power Stand.
Make sure the volume control is turned up on your instrument.
Make sure your instrument or audio source is plugged into the appropriate input jack.
Connect your instrument or audio source to the Power Stand using a different cable.
Middle to high
frequencies absent
from the L1
®
Compact
Loudspeaker Array
When in the collapsed position, always place the system on a tabletop so it is level with
the listeners’ ears.
Make sure the L1
®
Compact
Extensions and L1
®
Compact
Loudspeaker Array are firmly
seated in their connectors.
Make sure connections are not bent or broken.
Try cleaning the contacts on the loudspeaker top and bottom with electronic contact
spray cleaner.
Instrument or audio
source sounds
distorted
Lower the volume of the connected audio source.
If you are connecting an external mixer, make sure the equalization controls for low, mid,
and high on the mixer are set to mid position.
Reduce the output of the mixer.
Microphone is
encountering
feedback
Position the microphone so it is not pointing directly at its respective L1
®
Compact
Loudspeaker array.
Try positioning the microphone so it nearly touches your lips.
Try a different microphone.
Try a different position for the L1
®
Compact
Portable Line Array System and/or vocalist
on stage.
Increase the distance from the loudspeaker to the microphone.
If using a vocal effects processor, make sure it is not contributing to the feedback.