Marshall Woburn - Active Stereo Loudspeaker Manual

INTRODUCTION

YOU'VE JUST BROUGHT HOME YET ANOTHER UNCOMPROMISING ADDITION TO MARSHALL'S LEGACY OF LOUD, THE THE MEETING POINT BETWEEN MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND VINTAGE MARSHALL STYLING, THIS ACTIVE STEREO LOUDSPEAKER BRINGS MARSHALL'S ICONIC HARD AND HEAVY SOUND DIRECTLY TO YOUR LIVING ROOM.

BUT, WAIT A MINUTE, BEFORE YOU TURN IT UP, MAKE SURE YOU READ THIS MANUAL CAREFULLY AND HOLD ON TO IT, ALONG WITH THE INCLUDED WARRANTY INFORMATION IN CASE YOU EVER NEED IT.

WHEN IT COMES TO SOUND QUALITY, THE WOBURN SPARES NO EXPENSE. IT'S DESIGNED WITH LOUD IN MIND AND YOU'LL QUICKLY HEAR BY ITS PERFORMANCE THAT IT HOLDS TRUE TO THE MARSHALL NAME. THIS LOUDSPEAKER HITS HIGH TREBLES CLEANLY, HANDLES LOW BASS WITH EASE AND HAS A CLEAR, LIFELIKE MID RANGE. THE ANALOGUE TREBLE, BASS AND VOLUME KNOBS GIVE YOU CUSTOM CONTROL OF YOUR SOUND. WITH UNIQUE SOUND DESIGN AND QUALITY COMPONENTS, IT'S MADE TO DELIVER ACCURATE RESPONSE THROUGHOUT THE FREQUENCY RANGE. THE WOBURN IS LITERALLY BUILT TO THRILL.

THE WOBURN GIVES YOU THE FREEDOM TO HOOK UP YOUR SMARTPHONE, TABLET OR LAPTOP USING THE 3.5MM AUXILIARY INPUT, CONNECT WIRELESSLY VIA BLUETOOTH®, PLUG IN YOUR RECORD PLAYER USING THE RCA INPUT, OR USE THE OPTICAL OUTPUT FOR DEVICES LIKE APPLE TV.

BUT LET'S BE HONEST, LOOKS MATTER, AND WITH IT'S DURABLE VINYL COVERING, GOLD PIPING, VINTAGE STYLE FRET, AND ICONIC MARSHALL SCRIPT LOGO, THE WOBURN DOES NOT DISAPPOINT. IT'S CLASSIC DESIGN ECHOES THE VIBE OF THE GOLDEN YEARS OF ROCK'N'ROLL.

SO, PLUG THIS BEAST IN, AND HEAR THE DEFINING SOUND THAT PUT MARSHALL ON THE MAP

BOX CONTENTS

NOTE: OPTICAL AUDIO CABLE AND RCA CABLE NOT INCLUDED WITH THE WOBURN AND MUST BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY.


LIFT ACTIVE LOUDSPEAKER FROM BOTTOM. DO NOT LIFT BY PROTECTIVE BAG FOR RISK OF DROPPING THE PRODUCT.

1. USER MANUAL & WARRANTY INFORMATION
2. DOUBLE-ENDED COIL CORD WITH 3.5MM STEREO PLUGS TO CONNECT TO YOUR MUSIC PLAYER
3. POWER CORD
4. MARSHALL WOBURN ACTIVE STEREO LOUDSPEAKER

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

NOTE: DATE CODE AND SERIAL NUMBER STICKER LOCATED HERE.

1. INPUT FOR 3.5MM STEREO PLUG
2. LED LIGHT SOURCE INDICATOR
3. VOLUME 004. BASS
4. TREBLE
5. PAIR BUTTON
6. SOURCE/WAKE BUTTON
7. POWER SWITCH
8. STANDBY MODE SWITCH (POWERSAVER MODE AND STANDARD MODE)
9. RCA INPUT (LEFT & RIGHT)
10. OPTICAL INPUT
11. BACK PLATE
12. BASS PORT
13. POWER JACK
14. POWER CORD

TURNING THE POWER ON/OFF

NOTE: DEPENDING ON YOUR REGION, A POWER CORD WITH AN APPROPRIATE PLUG IS SUPPLIED.

1. INSERT THE POWER CORD INTO THE POWER JACK.
2. CONNECT THE CORRECT POWER CORD TO THE WALL SOCKET.
3. TO TURN THE ACTIVE LOUDSPEAKER ON, SWITCH THE ON/OFF SWITCH. THE LED LIGHT INDICATOR WILL FLASH RED ON THE SOURCE MARKED AS BLUETOOTH.
4. TO TURN THE ACTIVE LOUDSPEAKER OFF, SWITCH THE ON/OFF SWITCH. THE LED INDICATOR WILL TURN OFF.

USING THE WOBURN WITH YOUR DEVICES

THE WOBURN IS A LOUDSPEAKER CREATED FOR TODAY'S WORLD. WITH MULTIPLE CONNECTION SOURCES, THERE ARE LOADS OF WAYS TO CONNECT TO YOUR SPEAKER, WHETHER VIA YOUR PHONE, TURNTABLES, TV OR WIRELESSLY VIA THE LATEST VERSION OF BLUETOOTH®, FEATURING aptX® TECHNOLOGY. THE ADVANTAGE OF aptX® TECHNOLOGY IS THAT THE SOUND QUALITY VIA BLUETOOTH IS SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN A2DP BLUETOOTH. BELOW YOU WILL FIND MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE CONNECTION SOURCES, IN TWO CATEGORIES:

• WIRELESS CONNECTION VIA BLUETOOTH
• CONNECTION VIA THE 3.5MM, RCA, OR OPTICAL AUDIO CABLE
  
  
  MAKE SURE THAT THE VOLUME IS SET TO LOW ON BOTH THE ACTIVE LOUDSPEAKER AND THE MUSIC PLAYER WHEN YOU START PLAYING MUSIC.

CHOOSING YOUR SOURCE

1. PUSH THE SOURCE/WAKE BUTTON TO CHOOSE YOUR SOURCE AND/OR TO SWITCH BETWEEN CONNECTED SOURCES.
2. A LIT LED LIGHT INDICATES WHICH SOURCE YOU HAVE SELECTED.

ORDER OF CONNECTIONS (FROM TOP TO BOTTOM):

• BLUETOOTH
• OPTICAL
• INPUT 1 - 3.5MM STERO PLUG
• INPUT 2 - RCA PORTS

CONNECTING VIA BLUETOOTH

WITH THE HELP OF BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGY, BLUETOOTH-COMPATIBLE DEVICES CAN EASILY BE CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER OVER A SHORT WIRELESS CONNECTION. USE YOUR BLUETOOTH-ENABLED SMARTPHONE, TABLET OR COMPUTER TO STREAM MUSIC TO YOUR DIRECTLY TO YOUR WOBURN WITH NO WIRES ATTACHED. USE YOUR NEWLY FOUND FREEDOM TO MOVE AROUND WITH ALL YOUR MUSIC AT YOUR FINGERTIPS. FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO CONNECT YOUR WOBURN WIRELESSLY TO YOUR BLUETOOTH DEVICE.

1. TURN THE WOBURN ACTIVE STERO LOUDSPEAKER ON.
2. SELECT BLUETOOTH AS SOURCE BY PUSHING THE SOURCE/WAKE BUTTON UNTIL THE BLUETOOTH LED IS LIT.
3. ACTIVATE THE BLUETOOTH FUNCTIONALITY ON YOUR DEVICE (SMARTPHONE, TABLET, COMPUTER).
4. PRESS THE PAIR BUTTON. THE LED LIGHT ON THE WOBURN WILL START TO FLASH RAPIDLY IN RED.
5. ON YOUR DEVICE, SELECT THE WOBURN SPEAKER FROM YOUR LIST. THE LED LIGHT ON THE SPEAKER WILL TURN TO A STEADY RED.
6. YOU ARE NOW READY TO PLAY YOUR MUSIC WIRELESSLY VIA THE WOBURN SPEAKER.

NOTES:

• YOU ONLY NEED TO PAIR YOUR SMARTPHONE/TABLET/COMPUTER WITH THE WOBURN ONCE, AFTER WHICH THE DEVICE WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF YOUR BLUETOOTH DEVICES.
• WHEN PAIRING A NEW DEVICE, PRESS THE PAIR BUTTON AGAIN, AND REPEAT STEPS ABOVE.
• UP TO SIX DEVICES CAN BE STORED IN THE SPEAKER'S MEMORY.

LOCATING YOUR DEVICES VIA BLUETOOTH

SELECT BLUETOOTH AS THE INPUT SOURCE BY PRESSING SOURCE/WAKE ON THE SPEAKER. BLUETOOTH IS NOW ACTIVATED, WITH A FLASHING RED LIGHT IF NO DEVICE IS CONNECTED, AND A SOLID RED LIGHT IF A DEVICE IS CONNECTED. WOBURN SPEAKER WILL NOW AUTOMATICALLY SEARCH FOR PAIRED DEVICES FOR 3 MINUTES, AND THE LED WILL RAPIDLY FLASH RED DURING THE SEARCH. THE WOBURN SPEAKER WILL LOCATE DEVICES WITHIN RANGE THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONNECTED AND WILL CONNECT THEM AUTOMATICALLY. IF NO DEVICES ARE LOCATED WITHIN THREE MINUTES, THE WOBURN SPEAKER WILL REVERT TO STANDBY STATUS (EITHER POWERSAVER MODE OR STANDARD MODE, DEPENDING ON WHICH OPTION YOU CHOOSE. THERE IS MORE INFORMATION ON MODES IN THE STANDBY MODES SECTION). IF THE PAIR BUTTON IS PRESSED WHILE BLUETOOTH IS SELECTED AS THE AUDIO SOURCE, THE WOBURN LOUDSPEAKER WILL PERFORM A NEW SEARCH FOR THREE MINUTES AFTERWARDS, DURING WHICH TIME, THE LED LIGHT WILL RAPIDLY FLASH RED.

NOTES:

• THE AUTO CONNECTION FUNCTION WILL NOT WORK IF THE WOBURN LOUDSPEAKER IS TURNED OFF VIA THE MAIN POWER SWITCH AT THE TOP OF THE UNIT.
• CONNECTING A SEVENTH DEVICE WILL ERASE THE FIRST DEVICE STORED IN THE WOBURN'S MEMORY
• ALWAYS START BLUETOOTH IN YOUR SMARTPHONE/COMPUTER FIRST, AND THEN START WOBURN LOUDSPEAKER TO RECEIVE AN AUTO CONNECTION.

BLUETOOTH AUTO CONNECTION

IF A DEVICE IS MOVED OUTSIDE THE RANGE OF WOBURN SPEAKER (APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES WITHOUT OBSTACLES), THAT DEVICE IS DISCONNECTED. THE DEVICE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONNECTED AGAIN WHEN IT IS MOVED BACK WITHIN RANGE. THE WOBURN SPEAKER CAN MEMORISE UP TO SIX DEVICES AND ALWAYS STARTS SEARCHING FOR THE LAST DEVICE THAT HAS BEEN CONNECTED. IF THE WOBURN SPEAKER HAS BEEN CONNECTED TO DEVICES A–B–C–D–E–F IN THAT ORDER, DEVICE F IS GIVEN FIRST PRIORITY, WHILE DEVICE A IS GIVEN LAST PRIORITY. EVERY TIME THE WOBURN STARTS UP, IT WILL PERFORM AN AUTO CONNECTION OF DEVICES WITHIN ITS RANGE.

CONNECTING SOURCES BY CABLE

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS TO CONNECT TO YOUR WOBURN THE OLD FASHIONED WAY, USING A CABLE. USE ONE OF THE THREE AUDIO INPUTS AVAILABLE: INPUT 1 - 3.5MM STEREO PLUG, INPUT 2 - RCA ANALOGUE INPUT OR THE OPTICAL AUDIO DIGITAL INPUT.

NOTE: OPTICAL AUDIO CABLE AND RCA CABLE NOT INCLUDED WITH THE WOBURN AND MUST BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY.

• INPUT 1 - 3.5MM STEREO PLUG
  USE THE DOUBLE-ENDED COIL CORD WITH 3.5MM PLUGS TO
  CONNECT TO AUDIO SOURCES THAT HAVE AUDIO OUTPUT SUCH AS A MOBILE TELEPHONE, IPHONE/IPAD/IPOD, MP3 PLAYER, OR AIRPORT EXPRESS.
• INPUT 2 - RCA ANALOGUE INPUT
  USE THE RCA ANALOGUE INPUT TO CONNECT TO YOUR CD PLAYER, TURNTABLE (WITH RIAA) OR SONOS UNIT.
• OPTICAL AUDIO DIGITAL INPUT
  USE THE OPTICAL INPUT TO CONNECT TO YOUR TV, APPLE TV, AIRPORT EXPRESS, HARD DISK PLAYER, STREAMING PLAY, AND SATELLITE OR CABLE RECEIVER. OPTICAL INPUT WORKS WITH PCM STEREO ONLY. IF A CONNECTED DEVICE SENDS 5.1 AUDIO (OR SIMILAR SURROUND SOUND), THE WOBURN WILL NOT FUNCTION. SET THE AUDIO OUT TO STEREO ONLY ON YOUR TV, EVEN IF THE SHOW IS BROADCASTED IN 5.1 AUDIO.

INPUT 1 - 3.5MM STEREO PLUG

1. CONNECT THE CORD WITH THE 3.5MM STEREO PLUG TO THE INPUT LABELLED INPUT 1 ON THE LOUDSPEAKER.
2. CONNECT THE CORD WITH THE 3.5MM STEREO PLUG TO THE MUSIC PLAYER.
3. SELECT INPUT 1 AS SOURCE BY PUSHING THE SOURCE/WAKE BUTTON UNTIL THE INPUT 1 LED IS LIT.

INPUT 2 - RCA PORTS

NOTE: TURNTABLE MUST HAVE A BUILT IN RIAA P R E A M P L I F I E R, OTHERWISE A SEPARATE PRE- AMPLIFIER WILL BE NEEDED.

1. SELECT INPUT 2 AS SOURCE BY PUSHING THE SOURCE/WAKE BUTTON UNTIL THE INPUT 2 LED IS LIT.
2. CONNECT THE CORD WITH THE RCA PLUGS TO THE MATCHING SOCKETS (LEFT AND RIGHT) ON THE LOUDSPEAKER.
3. CONNECT THE RCA CORD TO THE RCA PORT ON YOUR SOURCE.

OPTICAL AUDIO

1. SELECT OPTICAL AS SOURCE BY PUSHING THE SOURCE/WAKE BUTTON UNTIL THE OPTICAL LED IS LIT.
2. CONNECT THE OPTICAL AUDIO CABLE'S CONNECTOR POINTS TO THE OUTPUT PORT LOCATED ON THE BACK OF THE LOUDSPEAKER LABELLED OPTICAL IN.
3. CONNECT THE OPTICAL AUDIO CABLE TO THE OPTICAL AUDIO INPUT ON YOUR HOME THEATRE, APPLE TV OR OTHER RECEIVER.

STANDBY MODES

ON THE BACK OF YOUR WOBURN, YOU WILL FIND A SWITCH THAT ALLOWS YOU TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT STANDBY MODES: POWERSAVER OR STANDARD.

EUROPEAN UNION REGULATION STATES THAT ELECTRONIC DEVICES MAY ONLY HAVE 0.5W POWER CONSUMPTION IN STANDBY MODE (THE EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE ON ENERGY RELATED PRODUCTS, OR ERP). THIS IS WHY THE WOBURN'S FACTORY DEFAULT SETTING IS THE POWERSAVER MODE, BECAUSE THE POWERSAVER MODE SAVES MORE ENERGY THAN THE STANDARD MODE.

AS THE NAME IMPLIES, USING THIS SETTING SAVES POWER. WHEN YOU STOP PLAYING MUSIC, THE WOBURN WILL GO INTO A LOW-POWER STATE AFTER 20 MINUTES. POWERSAVER MODE CAN BE DISABLED IF YOU WANT WOBURN TO START AUTOMATICALLY AND STAY VISIBLE ON YOUR LIST OF BLUETOOTH DEVICES AFTER 20 MINUTES. TO DISABLE POWERSAVER, SIMPLY CHANGE THE SWITCH TO STANDARD MODE.

POWERSAVER & STANDARD

1. POWERSAVER STANDBY MODE: THE WOBURN WILL GO TO POWER SAVING STANDBY MODE AFTER 20 MINUTES OF NOT RECEIVING A SOUND SIGNAL. IF YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO USE THE POWERSAVER STANDBY MODE, THE WOBURN WILL NOT WAKE UP AUTOMATICALLY WHEN YOU BEGIN PLAYING MUSIC AND WILL NOT SHOW UP AS AN AVAILABLE DEVICE IN YOUR BLUETOOTH LIST AFTER IT HAS GONE INTO THIS LOW-POWER STATE. TO ACTIVATE WOBURN AND PLAY MUSIC FROM ANY SOURCE AFTER THE UNIT HAS GONE TO STANDBY MODE, PRESS THE WAKE BUTTON ONCE. THIS WILL BRING THE WOBURN BACK TO LIFE AND READY TO PLAY AGAIN.
2. STANDARD STANDBY MODE: THE WOBURN WILL GO INTO STANDBY MODE AFTER 20 MINUTES OF NOT RECEIVING A SOUND SIGNAL. IF YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO USE THE STANDARD STANDBY MODE, THE WOBURN WILL AUTOMATICALLY 'WAKE UP' WHEN THE LAST SOURCE IS PLAYED. FOR EXAMPLE, IF A SOURCE CONNECTED WITH A CABLE BEGINS TO PLAY, THE SPEAKER WAKES UP AUTOMATICALLY WHEN THAT SOURCE IS SELECTED. IF A BLUETOOTH DEVICE WAS USED AS THE LAST SOURCE, SIMPLY TOUCHING THE LATEST BLUETOOTH DEVICE TO HAVE BEEN USED WILL WAKE THE WOBURN UP AUTOMATICALLY. IF YOU WANT TO PLAY ANOTHER BLUETOOTH DEVICE INSTEAD OF THE LAST ONE USED, PRESS THE WAKE BUTTON ONCE TO PLAY MUSIC AGAIN.

ADJUSTING THE VOLUME/BASS/TREBLE

TURN THE KNOB TO ADJUST THE:

1. VOLUME
2. BASS
3. TREBLE

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

SOUND SPECIFICATION

• ACTIVE STEREO LOUDSPEAKER WITH BASS REFLEX SYSTEM
• CLASS D AMPLIFIERS: 2X20W+1X50W
• 1" DOME TWEETERS: 2X (FERROFLUID COOLED)
• 5 ¼" WOOFERS: 2X
• MAX SPL: 110DB @ 1M (GROUND PLANE 300HZ 3%THD)
• BASS AND TREBLE TONE CONTROLS
• FREQUENCY RANGE: 35- 22.000HZ
• CROSSOVER FREQUENCY: 2800HZ

CONNECTIVITY

• BLUETOOTH: STANDARD V4.0 + EDR aptX® CODEC
• INPUT 1 - 3.5MM: 1X
• INPUT 2 - RCA: 2X
• OPTICAL INPUT: 1X

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

• MAINS INPUT VOLTAGE: 100-240V~ /200W
• ABSOLUTE MIN/MAX: 90-264V~
• MAINS FREQUENCY: 50-60HZ
• MAX PEAK POWER CONSUMPTION: 200W
• TWO STANDBY MODES: POWERSAVER MODE (0,43W) AND STANDARD MODE (8,7W)
• MAX POWER OUTPUT: 80W RMS
• WEIGHT: 7.90KG / 17.42 LBS
• SIZE: 400 x 308 x 200MM / 15.75 x 11.40 x 7.87IN

NOTE: THE FRONT FRET IS NOT REMOVEABLE. THIS ILLUSTRATION INTENDS TO SHOW THE INTERNAL SPEAKER LAYOUT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE FRONT FRET FOR RISK OF DAMAGING YOUR ACTIVE LOUDSPEAKER.

TROUBLESHOOTING

ACTION

Plug the power cord into a working wall socket and plug the connector into the power jack on the back of the active loudspeaker.
Unplug and re-plug the 3.5mm cord/input cable/signal cable into both the active loudspeaker and the music player.
Turn up the volume on the active loudspeaker.
Turn up the volume on the music player.
Turn down the volume.
Try another sound file (mp3) or music player.
Turn down playback level on the volume knob or reduce the sound level on the music player.
Turn down the volume control on the control panel and/or music player. Reduce the bass boost on the control panel or excessive bass boost/eq on the music player. Turn down the volume on the speaker or on the music player. Reduce the bass boost.
Move the active loudspeaker to another spot or turn off or move other electronic devices.

BLUETOOTH TROUBLESHOOTING

ACTION
Place the Woburn closer to the Bluetooth device during the pairing process.
Move to an area with better reception to improve Bluetooth connectivity.
Move the Woburn closer to the Bluetooth device. If the distance exceeds the Bluetooth device's wireless range, the connection will be lost.
Ensure that the Woburn is placed near the Bluetooth device, and unobstructed by obstacles such as walls or doors.
Please ensure that there is no electrical interference surrounding the Woburn, that your Bluetooth device is on and working properly.

NOTES:

• A BLUETOOTH DEVICE COULD CAUSE SOUND-RELATED OR TECHNICAL FAULTS, DEPENDING ON USE, IN THE FOLLOWING CASES:
  • WHEN SOME PART OF THE BODY IS IN CONTACT WITH THE RECEIVING/ TRANSMITTING SYSTEM FOR THE BLUETOOTH DEVICE OR THE WOBURN LOUDSPEAKER.
  • ELECTRICAL VARIATIONS DUE TO OBSTACLES IN THE FORM OF WALLS, CORNERS, ETC.
  • EXPOSURE TO ELECTRICAL DISRUPTIONS FROM DEVICES WITHIN THE SAME FREQUENCY BAND, FOR EXAMPLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, MICROWAVE OVENS AND WIRELESS NETWORKS.
• THIS WIRELESS DEVICE MAY CAUSE ELECTRICAL DISRUPTIONS DURING USE.
• YOU DO NOT NEED TO ENTER THE PIN CODE (PASSWORD) WHEN CONNECTING THE BLUETOOTH DEVICE TO WOBURN SPEAKER. IF THE WINDOW FOR ENTERING THE PIN CODE IS DISPLAYED, YOU SHOULD ENTER <0000>.
• YOU CANNOT CONNECT TO A BLUETOOTH DEVICE THAT ONLY SUPPORTS THE HF (HANDS FREE) AREA FUNCTION.