Bose SA-3, SA-2 manual Setting Up Your Lifestyle Stereo Amplifier

Setting Up Your Lifestyle® Stereo Amplifier

Connecting speakers to your Lifestyle® stereo amplifier

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Connecting speaker cable to SPEAKER OUTPUTS

CAUTION: DO NOT connect any make or model of powered speakers to the speaker outputs of the Lifestyle® stereo amplifier. Doing so may cause damage to the equipment.

CAUTION: Make sure that the amplifier is disconnected from AC power before making speaker connections.

CAUTION: The Lifestyle® stereo amplifier requires a 6-ohm minimum load.

Speaker cord consists of two insulated wires. One wire is usually marked (striped, collared, or ribbed), indicating that it should be connected to the positive (+) terminal. The plain wire should always be connected to the negative (–) terminal. For recommended wire sizes and lengths, see “Wire recommendations” on page 29.

1.Remove the terminal block connector from the SPEAKER OUTPUTS jack on the rear panel of the amplifier.

2.Connect the left speaker cord to the L positive (+) and minus (–) terminals of the 4-pin terminal block connector.

3.Connect the right speaker cord to the R positive (+) and minus (–) terminals of the 4-pin terminal block connector.

4.Plug the terminal block connector into the SPEAKER OUTPUTS jack.

Rear panel of Lifestyle® stereo amplifier

Positive (+) wire (marked with stripe)

Terminal block connector

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