Bose Acoustimass 16 - Manual (Page 9)

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Setting Up
1. Connect the wire pair marked CENTER to the center cube speaker array. Press the termi-
nal tab on the back of the cube speaker array. Insert the marked (+) wire into the red ter-
minal and the plain (–) wire into the black terminal. Release the tab to secure the wires.
2. Connect the wire pair marked RIGHT to the right front cube speaker array (to the right of
the TV as you face it).
3. Connect the wire pair marked LEFT to the left front cube speaker array.
4. Plug the other end of each cable into the CENTER FRONT , RIGHT FRONT , and LEFT
FRONT blue RCA jacks, respectively, on the Acoustimass ® module.
Connecting rear cube speaker arrays to the Acoustimass module
Each rear cube speaker array is connected to the Acoustimass module with a 50-foot (15m)
speaker cable (Figure 5). Be sure to match the correct cable with the corresponding speaker
location. Rear speaker cables have orange RCA connectors at one end with
LR (left rear), RR
(right rear), or CR (center rear) molded into the connectors. The other ends of the cables have
two wires. The red collars on the + wires are labeled LEFT REAR , RIGHT REAR , or CENTER
REAR .
1. Connect the wire pair marked RIGHT REAR to the right rear cube speaker array (on your
right as you face the TV). Press the terminal tab on the back of the cube speaker array.
Insert the marked wire into the red terminal and the plain wire into the black terminal.
Release the tab to secure the wires.
2. Connect the wire pair marked LEFT REAR to the left rear cube speaker array.
3. If you have a center rear cube speaker array (Acoustimass 16 system or upgraded Acous-
timass 15 Series II system), connect the wire pair marked CENTER REAR to the center
rear cube speaker array.
Note: The Acoustimass 15 Series II system may be upgraded by adding a center rear cube
speaker array. See “Upgrading your Acoustimass 15 Series II speaker system” on page 12.
4. Plug the other end of each cable into the RIGHT REAR , LEFT REAR , and CENTER
REAR orange RCA jacks, respectively, on the Acoustimass module.
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