Bose Acoustimass 20 powered speaker system Sold from 1995 to 2004 User Manual

The Bose® Acoustimass® 5 and 20 Powered Speaker
System
Owner’s Guide
December 20, 2001
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Safety/Maintenance Information
Additional safety information
See the additional instructions on the Important Safety Information page enclosed with this
owner’s guide.
Please read this owner’s guide
Please take the time to follow this owner’s guide carefully. It will help you set up and operate
your Acoustimass 5 or 20 powered speaker system properly. Save your owner’s guide for
future reference.
Class B emissions limits
This Class B digital apparatus...

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Important Safety Instructions
1. Read these instructions – for all components
before using this product.
2. Keep these instructions – for future reference.
3. Heed all warnings – on the product and in the
owner’s guide.
4. Follow all instructions.
5. Do not use this apparatus near water or
moisture – Do not use this product near a
bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink, laundry tub, in a
wet basement, near a swimming pool, or any-
where else that water or moisture are...

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Important Safety Instructions
Antenna grounding
Example of antenna grounding as per National Electrical
Code, ANSI/NFPA 70.
Note to CATV system installer
This reminder is provided to call the CATV system
installer’s attention to Article 820-40 of the NEC (of USA)
that provides guidelines for proper grounding. In particu-
lar, it specifies that the cable ground shall be connected
to the grounding system of the building, as close to the
point of...

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Contents
Where to find…
Setting Up
Before you begin ........................................................................................................... 4
Unpacking the carton ................................................................................................... 4
Select the location for your speaker system ................................................................ 5
Speaker locations...

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Before you begin
Thank you for purchasing the Bose® Acoustimass® 5 or 20 powered speaker system. These
speakers are designed specifically for use with the Bose Lifestyle® music systems to deliver
high-fidelity, room-filling sound to additional rooms in your home.
Because these speakers are different from other systems, we recommend that you take the
time to read this owner’s...

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Select the location for your speaker system
When you place your speakers according to the guidelines below, a combination of reflected
and direct sound provides a good stereo image virtually everywhere in the room. You may
experiment with the placement and orientation of the cubes and the Acoustimass
® module to
produce the sound most pleasing to you.
To adjust your system for the characteristics of your listening room, see “Fine-tuning your
system” on page 16....

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Select the locations for your speaker system (cont.)
Acoustimass® module location
Follow these guidelines to select a location for the Acoustimass module.
1. Place the module along the same wall as the speakers, if possible.
2. Select a convenient location – under a table, behind a sofa. Do not allow furniture or
drapes to block the ventilation openings of the module.
3. Place the module within reach of the audio input cable, speaker cables, and an AC...

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Connect the speakers and the Acoustimass® module
Connecting the Acoustimass 20 Jewel Cube® speakers to the
Acoustimass module
1. Insert the connector of each speaker cable fully into the jack on the rear of each speaker
(Figure 5). Match the ridge of the connector to the notch at the top of the jack.
2. Connect each 20-foot (6.1 m) cable to the corresponding left or right green jack on the
Acoustimass module. Speaker cables have green connectors at one end, with L...

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Which Lifestyle® system center do you own?
Identifying multi-room interface systems
Figure 7
Front and rear of the multi-room
interface and Personal® music
center
The multi-room interface allows you to connect up to four rooms or listening areas with
additional speakers. These systems are operated using a Personal music center. To connect
additional speakers to a multi-room interface, see “Connecting the Acoustimass
®
module to multi-room interface...