Bowers & Wilkins Formation Bar User Manual

SOUND THAT PROVIDES

A CLEARER PICTURE.

Wireless soundbars are supposed to help give a full, immersive home theatre sound

experience in a compact design, but often they fall short, with too few speakers that

aren’t placed at an optimum angle due to the limited shape and size. With Formation Bar,

Bowers & Wilkins has created a powerful multiroom soundbar that delivers legendary

sound quality with wireless streaming fl exibility. Bowers & Wilkins engineers designed

nine optimised drive units born from their legendary loudspeakers and have them

optimally positioned in a sleek design to create a wider, all-inclusive, soundstage, while

a dedicated centre channel layers in crisp, clear dialogue. The combination makes an

entire room “centrestage,” for a truly immersive audio experience that will make your

home theatre experience a part of the Highest Form of Sound™.

Model Formation Bar

Description Wireless Soundbar

Technical features Apple

Spotify

®

AirPlay 2® Technology

®

Connect
Roon Ready
Bluetooth In
Dolby Digital
Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
Digital Amplifier
Dynamic EQ

Drive units 3 x 25mm (1 in) double dome tweeter
6 x 65 mm (2.6 in) woven glass fibre cone bass/midrange

Frequency response 40Hz to 28kHz

Amplifier power output 6x 40W

Input voltage 100V – 240V – 50/60Hz

Power consumption Below 6 Watts (Sleep)*

Connections Digital audio in (Toslink)

Network (RJ45 Ethernet or WiFi)
USB – service only

Bluetooth Bluetooth

®

v4.1, Class 2
aptX HD
AAC
SBC

Dimensions Height: 109mm (4.3 in)
Width: 1240mm (48.8 in)
Depth: 107mm (4.2 in)

Weight 5.5kg (12.1 lb)

AirPlay 2 compatibility iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with iOS 11.4 or later,

Apple TV 4K or Apple TV (4th Generation) with tv OS

11.4 or later, Mac or PC with iTunes 12.8 or later.

*Formation products create a mesh network. Each product
in this network dynamically chooses the optimal path to
route audio-data between products, in order to ensure a
robust streaming experience. We have therefore certified
Formation products for High Network Availability (HiNA)
and conform to the appropriate power requirements set
out in the ERP directive.