Bose Al8 Manual

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BOSE
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Link AL8
HOMEWIDE WIRELESS AUDIO LINK
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SAFETY INFORMATION
Please read this owner’s guide
Please take the time to follow the instruct ions in this owner’s guide carefully. It will help you set up and operate your syste m 
properly and enjoy all of its advanced features. Pl ease save this owner’s guide for future reference.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock,  do not expose the product to rain or moisture.
WARNING: The apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing,  and objects filled...

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INTRODUCTION4
The BoseŠ link AL8 Homewide Wireless Audio Link   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
Unpacking the carton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
What distinguishes the two units  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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INTRODUCTION
The BoseŠ link AL8 Homewide Wireless Audio Link
Congratulations on your choice of Bose to provide an audio expansion solution free from the 
need to run cumbersome wires between rooms. 
The audio link consists of a transmitter and receiver. They deliver audio signals from your 
LIFESTYLE
® 18 or 28 Series II system or LIFESTYLE® 38 or 48 system in one area of your 
house to the system or speakers you have set up in another area.
One transmitter can also send...

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What distinguishes the two units
The connection panel on each unit identifies it by name: TRANSMITTER or RECEIVER. Two 
Bose® link jacks and a Channel button further distinguish the transmitter.
For compatibility, the two units have a matching Setup Code, set at the factory with both 
switches in the “up” position (Figure 2). A Status LED lights when each unit is plugged in and 
the two units are communicating.
Figure 2
Connection panels on the 
two...

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SETUP
Making the connections
You can connect one transmitter and up to 8 receivers for each LIFESTYLE® system.
The transmitter and receiver each use one of the two supplied Bose
® link A cables, which are 
7 feet (2 meters) long. Each unit also connects to power using one of the two supplied power 
packs.
Note:
Instructions for use with a non-Bose tuner/receiver vary slightly from those below. For 
details, refer to “Instructions for non-Bose or older Bose products” on page...

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For the receiver
1. Connect one end of the second Bose® link A cable to the jack labeled Bose® link 
OUTPUT on the receiver.
2. Connect the other end of the cable to the Bose link Input jack on the expansion room 
system, amplifier, or powered speaker (Figure 5).
Figure 5
Connection to a Bose link 
amplifier, as an example
Bose link 
Input jack ReceiverAC
PowerLIFESTYLE® SA-3 amplifier
Status
LED
Bose® link 
OUTPUTBose link 
A cableBose link Output jack
3. Insert the...

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Figure 6
Connections using the 
adapter cable
TransmitterReceiver Expansion Room Product
Audio Input
L

R Source Product
Audio Output
L

R
Adapter cable Adapter cableBose
® link 
INPUTBose® link 
OUTPUT
3. Complete the connections using the power pack:
– Insert the small plug on the power pack cable into the AC Power jack.
– Plug the pack into an AC wall outlet. 
The Status LED lights to verify this power connection.
Note:For information on the meaning of the...

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The transmitter Channel button 
You can use the Channel button to narrow the selection of frequencies the transmitter uses.
The transmitter is factory set to avoid WiFi channel 6. This helps prevent performance prob-
lems, such as slow or intermittent data transmissions, on a wireless network. If you have a 
wireless network set up on another channel, you can set up your transmitter to avoid that 
channel, or you can move the WiFi network to channel 6. 
To reserve a...