Care And Maintenance; Caring For Your Product; Cleaning; Troubleshooting - Bose L1 Compact Owner's Manual

C M
ARE AND

Caring for your product

Cleaning

• Clean the product enclosures using only a soft, dry cloth.
• Do not use any solvents, chemicals, or cleaning solutions containing alcohol,
ammonia, or abrasives.
• Do not use any sprays near the product or allow liquids to spill into any openings.
• If necessary, you may carefully vacuum the grille of the L1
Stand.

Troubleshooting

If you experience problems while using this product, try the following solutions.
Recommended troubleshooting tools
• Spare AC power cord
• XLR and ¼-inch phone plug cables
Problem What to do
System is plugged • Make sure you are using the included L1
in, power switch is
• Make sure the power cable is fully engaged into both the Power Stand and the AC outlet.
on, but power LED
• Make sure you have power at the AC outlet. Try operating a lamp or other equipment
is off
from the same AC outlet.
• Try a different power cable.
• If available, try a different Power Stand.
Power LED is on, • Make sure the Volume control is turned up on the Power Stand.
but no sound
• Make sure the volume control is turned up on your instrument.
• Make sure your instrument or audio source is plugged into the appropriate input jack.
• Connect your instrument or audio source to the Power Stand using a different cable.
Middle to high • When in the collapsed position, always place the system on a tabletop so it is level with
frequencies absent the listeners' ears.
from the L1 ®
• Make sure the L1
Compact
seated in their connectors.
Loudspeaker Array
• Make sure connections are not bent or broken.
• Try cleaning the contacts on the loudspeaker top and bottom with electronic contact
spray cleaner.
Instrument or audio • Lower the volume of the connected audio source.
source sounds
• If you are connecting an external mixer, make sure the equalization controls for low, mid,
distorted
and high on the mixer are set to mid position.
• Reduce the output of the mixer.
Microphone is • Position the microphone so it is not pointing directly at its respective L1
encountering Loudspeaker array.
feedback
• Try positioning the microphone so it nearly touches your lips.
• Try a different microphone.
• Try a different position for the L1
on stage.
• Increase the distance from the loudspeaker to the microphone.
• If using a vocal effects processor, make sure it is not contributing to the feedback.
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AINTENANCE
® Compact Extensions and L1
®
Compact Power Stand power cable.
® Compact Loudspeaker Array are firmly
® Compact Portable Line Array System and/or vocalist
® Compact Power
® Compact