Bose 701 Owners Guide

The Bose® 701® Direct/Reflecting® Speakers

Owner’ s Guide

December 20, 2001

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Customer Information

Congratulations on your purchase of Bose® 701® Direct/Reflecting® speakers. We ar e
confident that their fine sound quality will provide you with full listening enjoyment.

Please read and follow the instructions in this owner’s guide. That should ensure proper
operation and performance of your speakers.

For your records

The label on the bottom of each 701 speaker shows the serial number.

Serial numbers and

Date of purchase

Retailer’ s name

Retailer’ s address

City State Zip

Telephone

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

We, the offerer:

Bose® Corporation, The Mountain,

Framingham, MA 01701-9168 USA

acknowledge our sole responsibility , that the product:

Kind of equipment: Loudspeaker

T ype designation: 701

in accordance with EMC Directive 89/336/EEC

and Article 10(1) of the Directive,

is in compliance with the following norm(s) or document(s):

T echnical regulations: EN50081-1, EN50082-1

Accredited by Bose Corporation

®

SPEAKER

6 October 1995

Bose B.V.

Nijverheidstraat 8, 1135 GE Edam

The Netherlands

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General Manager, Bose Europe Manufacturer’s

authorized EU representative

Paul Olean

Where you’ll find...

Getting Started ...................................................................................................................4

Introduction ........................................................................................................................4

Unpack the speakers..........................................................................................................4

Speaker Placement ............................................................................................................5

Where to stand the speakers..............................................................................................5

Connections .......................................................................................................................6

Choose the speaker cord ...................................................................................................6

Prepare the cord .................................................................................................................6

Make the connections ........................................................................................................6

Check the connections.......................................................................................................7

Test the connections ..........................................................................................................7

Maintenance.......................................................................................................................8

To clean your speakers.......................................................................................................8

Contents

Troubleshooting..................................................................................................................8

How to troubleshoot problems ...........................................................................................8

Warranty.............................................................................................................................9

Warranty information ..........................................................................................................9

Technical Information..........................................................................................................9

Technical information..........................................................................................................9

For Service .......................................................................................................................10

To contact Bose®..............................................................................................................10

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Getting Started

Introduction

Your 701® Direct/Reflecting® speakers re-create a natural balance of reflected and direct
sound energy for an open, spacious performance. As with all Bose® products, their design
is meant to bring you high quality listening pleasure. For instance, there are distinct left
and right speakers, to make the most of your room acoustics. And the multi-chamber
bass enclosure in each one reproduces low frequencies free of audible distortion. So it
delivers a wider band of pure, deep bass than conventional designs that are considerably
larger and more costly.

Unpack the speakers

Carefully unpack the speakers and inspect each one. If either speaker appears damaged,
do not use them. Repack both speakers in the original carton and notify your authorized
Bose dealer immediately.

CAUTION:

To avoid danger of suffocation,
keep the plastic bag that wraps
these speakers out of reach of
babies and children. The thin film
may cling to nose and mouth
and prevent breathing.

Figure 1

The product label on the bottom
of the speaker indicates if it goes
on the left or the right side of your
room.

Left

Speaker

“Right

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C

A
L

Speaker”

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