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VB1 FAQs
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Q: What is the power consumption in standby mode and low power mode?
A: Standby mode: < 2W; low-power-standby mode: < 0.5W
Q: What does low power mode do? Can I override it?
A: Some country energy regulations require products like the VB1 to save energy by entering a low-power mode
when they are not in use. The VB1 supports and meets these requirements. And yes, it is easy to override by
setting Low Power Mode switch to OFF in Bose Work Configuration or Management.
The VB1 has two levels of energy savings, standby and low-power standby. Both are disabled if the low power
mode switch is set to OFF. If low power mode is set to ON, the VB1 will enter standby mode after 18 minutes of
inactivity. If no activity occurs for 2 hours, it will enter low-power standby. You will notice it is in standby or low-
power-standby as the white led below the logo will be off.
See the first column below for activities that prevent the VB1 from entering standby. After 18 minutes without
any of these activities, the VB1 enters standby. At this point, any of the same activities will wake up the VB1 from
Standby or by plugging in USB (see column 2 below). If none of the activities occur for 2 hours, the VB1 enters
low-power standby. At this point, the VB1 requires and on-device button press, an IR remote command or USB to
be plugged in to wake up (see column 3 below.)
These actions prevent VB1 from
These actions wake up
These actions wake up
entering Standby
the VB1 from Standby
the VB1 from low power Standby
Audio input (USB, Aux in or BT)
Audio input (USB, Aux in or BT)
On-device button press (Mute, BT)
On-device button press (Mute, BT)
On-device button press (Mute, BT)
VB1 IR remote command
USB traffic from BWC
USB plugged in
USB plugged in
WiFi/Ethernet traffic
WiFi/Ethernet traffic from BWM
from BWM or BWC
or BWC
Bluetooth connection is active
Bluetooth connection is active
PC connected and driving display using
DisplayLink
Note: If a VB1 is connected to a wired or WiFi network it will not go into low-power standby.
Q: I have connected the analog audio out of my TV to the VB1 analog input. As long as VB1 is not in sleep
mode, everything works fine, but after VB1 went to sleep, I cannot wake the bar up with my TV. I need to plug
it into my computer to get it to work. How can I get the VB1 to stay on or wake up from the TV audio?
A: The analog input does not support wake-up from low power standby so if the analog audio from the TV goes
away for 2 hours, the VB1 will enter low power standby and the new presence of analog audio (say when the TV
is turned on the next days) will not wake it up.
You would need to set low power mode to OFF in Bose Work Configuration to have the VB1 always awake for
your TV audio input.

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  • Page 1 VB1 went to sleep, I cannot wake the bar up with my TV. I need to plug it into my computer to get it to work. How can I get the VB1 to stay on or wake up from the TV audio?
  • Page 2 Q: How can the CTRL Input port be used? A: It can, for example, be connected to a building fire alarm system to mute the VB1 in case of emergency. Q: How many VB1 videobars can be supported on a network? A: We test up to 500 devices.
  • Page 3 A: VB1 includes a USB-C and USB-A adapter. Q: Can the USB-C port on VB1 can only be connected to a PC? If I have a device with Android OS (Smart TV or smartphone), and I can convert its connector (say a Type-C) to USB, and then run Cloud UC platform, will VB1...
  • Page 4 Also ensure DisplayLink is enabled in Bose Work Configuration. Q: Why does my laptop detect a 2nd monitor on my laptop even though I have nothing connected to the VB1 HDMI port? A: This is a side-effect of the ‘one-cable meeting’ feature. We have a DisplayLink chip built into the VB1 and the DisplayLink driver in the PC (windows, Mac and Chrome) detect the chip as a monitor.
  • Page 5 Q: What are the guidelines for setting the Width and Depth in the microphone screen “Configure Room”? A: First, note that these settings do not affect the VB1 microphone beams, they only change the length of the virtual mic beams as they appear screen. In other words, changes to these parameters have no effect on the mic pickup pattern or resulting audio.
  • Page 6 Q: Does the VB1 include Acoustic Echo Cancelling (AEC)? Or does it rely on the UC software? A: Yes, the VB1 includes AEC. For UC clients which the VB1 is certified, the UC AEC will be disabled automatically. Q: Does the VB1 support analog out, for example for assistive listening? A: No, the VB1 only support audio out over USB and Bluetooth Hands Free Protocol.
  • Page 7 Q: Does the Bose Work mobile app need to be installed for basic Bluetooth functionality? A: No, you can pair to the VB1 using the IR remote or button on the VB1 and then stream audio or make a call using your mobile phone.
  • Page 8 Q. Why does the lightbar turn white in Teams but not in other UC clients? A. The solid white light bar indicates the PC is in a meeting or Bluetooth call. For applications for which the VB1 is certified, e.g., Teams, the VB1 knows it is in a call and will show this on the lightbar.

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