Bose VB1 Faqs

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.