Bose E4 manual Contents

Contents

1.0 E4 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1.1 The Bose® FreeSpace® E4 Series II business

music system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1.2 E4 system accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1.3 FreeSpace Installer™ software . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.0 Designing with the E4 System		15
2.1	Introduction	15
2.2	Basic design steps	15
	2.2.1 Step 1 – Determine source routing	15
	2.2.2 Step 2 – Determine Auto Volume
	requirements	15
	2.2.3 Step 3 – Determine volume control
	requirements	18
	2.2.4 Step 4 – Determine the speaker
	requirements	18
	2.2.5 Step 5 – Determine the E4 requirements . 19
2.3	Auto Volume layout examples	20
3.0 E4 Hardware Description		23
3.1	Front panel	23
	3.1.1 Controls	23
	3.1.2 Indicators	23
3.2	Rear panel	24
	3.2.1 System controls	24
	3.2.2 Audio source inputs	24
	3.2.3 Amplifier outputs	24
	3.2.4 AC power	24

4.0 Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 4.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 4.2 Included accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 4.3 Placement guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 4.4 Shelf mounting the E4 unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 4.5 Rack mounting the E4 unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 4.6 Installing accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4.6.1 Sensing microphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 4.6.2 User interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4.7 System wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 4.7.1 Auto volume microphone inputs . . . . . . . 29 4.7.2 Serial data communications . . . . . . . . . . . 29 4.7.3 User interface connections . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 4.7.4 Remote standby switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 4.7.5 LINE 1/LINE 2 source input . . . . . . . . . . . 30 4.7.6 AUX MIC/LINE 3 source input . . . . . . . . . 30 4.7.7 PAGE/MIC/LINE 4 source input . . . . . . . . 31 4.7.8 DIRECT IN/CONTROL source input . . . . . 31 4.7.9 Amplifier ZONE OUT outputs . . . . . . . . . . 32 4.7.10 Output voltage setting (70/100V) . . . . . . 32 4.7.11 ZONE 4 LINE OUT output . . . . . . . . . . . 33

4.8 AC power connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

5.0 Using FreeSpace® Installer™ Software		34
5.1	Installing the software	34
5.2	Connecting to the E4 system	34
	5.2.1 No hardware detected	36
	5.2.2 Incompatible microcontroller code	36
	5.2.3 Sample design files	36
5.3	The Installer™ software user interface	37
5.4	Set Up Hardware mode	39
5.5	Set Up Schedule mode	40
	5.5.1 Setting the clock	41
	5.5.2 Adding events	41
	5.5.3 Viewing and changing event settings . . .	42
	5.5.4 Removing events from the list	42
5.6	Service Hardware mode	43
6.0 E4 System Setup		44
6.1	Introduction	44
6.2	Connecting your PC to an E4 system	44
6.3	System setup procedure	45
	6.3.1 Output gain	45
	6.3.2 Zone setup	46
	6.3.3 Input gain	47
	6.3.4 Source assign	49
	6.3.5 Source EQ	50
	6.3.6 Page set up	50
	6.3.7 Zone EQ	52
	6.3.8 Dynamic EQ	53
	6.3.9 Auto Volume	53
7.0 User Interface Operation		59
7.1	Enabling keypad operation	59
7.2	Turning the system on	59
7.3	Standard user interface operation	59
7.4	Auto Volume user interface operation	60
7.5	Multi-zone paging user interface operation . . .	61
8.0 E4 System Troubleshooting		62
8.1	Introduction	62
8.2	E4 hardware indicators	62
	8.2.1 Normal operation	62
	8.2.2 System fault	62
	8.2.3 Amplifier fault	63
	8.2.4 Input clipping	64
	8.2.5 Direct input is active	64
	8.2.6 No STANDBY and SYSTEM indicators . .	64
8.3	FreeSpace® E4 system Error Log	65
	8.3.1 Contents of the Error Log	65
	8.3.2 Hardware configuration	65
	8.3.3 Power-on self-test results	65
	8.3.4 Amplifier alarms	66
	8.3.5 Solving faults reported in the Error Log . .	67

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