20 Most Recent Bose Acoustimass 15 System - Page 4 Questions & Answers

Check for a power source nearby. Speakers are notorius for hissing (60 cycle hum) when near an electrical wire, outlet, 'zip-strip', amplifier or tranformer. It sounds like this might be likely in that it is only one speaker that is misbehaving.

After you swivel the center latch, press down on the two plastic latches on either end (in the same crack) with a flat head screwdriver. Make sure you remove the knobs used to adjust the base and LFE levels. Now you can push the plastic cover back about a 1/4 inch and then lift it off (I used a flat head screw drive to pop it off - took some effort). Inside, remove the 2 phillips screws from the top of the green circuit board, unplug the board, and push the 4 plastic holders out of the way so you can flip the board over. Replace the 3 amp, 250 volt fuse.

I haven't tried putting mine back together again yet. I'm off to Radio Shack...

hi,
can be chance for fuse blowing. also check is there is any MOV ( used for over voltage surge protection) chance to become shorted. if MOV is there, insert fuse only after replacing MOV.
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you cannot get help by this,. You should clarify your question. But for usual errors, check the cables and the connectors. Once i found the pin of my connector folded, and my speaker system was not working well. just check for it.. or just try replacing the chord.

the right front and the right rear speaker are not functioning any help on what will be the damage. thnks

Hi,
Acoustimass 15 series 2 system is available in Amazon.com
Click above link to view price info.
However, you can use Acoustimass 10 series 3 system too as both has same output that is 200W and it is also available in Amazon.com
Hope these info will help you.
Thanks.

Hi,

• Check all the connections from Acoustimass module and the module to the cube speaker. Check to be sure all speakers are connected to the proper terminals.

• Check if there is any control which balance the volume of speakers.

• Set your receiver to Stereo mode.

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you might need a reciever for starts thats usually the main factor needed it should all come together after that

your bass box woofer driver is bad. Need to replaced the driver board. There no easy out.

If it's a wireless system, the circuits are drifting off frequency or could be picking up interference from just about anything. If not wireless, you probably have a part (transistor or chip) inside that is developing noise by itself.

There is a way to send this in for the repair at www.AnyoneCanFixIt.com. Fast service and way cheaper than what Bose quoted.

I just bought mine yesterday and have the same problem... did you find a solution (other than throwing it out the window)?

I had the same problem.
Step one: pop of the grille with a screwdriver or knife inserted from the bottom so that any marks will be hidden when you get the two halves back together.
Step two: If the speaker is held in by screws, you are lucky. Just unscrew the speaker and remove it. If the speaker isn't held into the case by screws, it is a newer model that is glued to the back cover / box. You can separate the glue with a bread knife or thin screwdriver (I used a paint scraper and thin screwdriver). Be careful to work around all four sides. Also, there is a small (about 1/4" long) plastic bump in the center of each of the four sides that clips into a matching groove in the speaker, so you will have to spring apart at least two adjacent sides at the same time to release the speaker from the cover easily.
Step 3: Once you have the speaker out, remove the acoustic sponge, and sit the bottom half on a solid table. Make sure the rubber gasket between the speakers is seated properly and note the position of the 3 notches in the hole of the bottom speaker cover. Place the top speaker cover in place and insert the white plastic 3 pronged clip though the the hole so that the prongs match the notches. Press down hard with two thumbs and it should snap into place.
Step 4: Replace the sponge and push the top speaker back into the cover. Replace the screws if you had them. Otherwise you can glue it again but the clips are quite solid if not damaged by the removal so you can save some effort the next time it happens by leaving it unglued, and just snapping the speaker into place.
Step 5: push the grille back on.

You don't connect an Ipod directly to any unpowered speakers since they need an amplifier between them and your source. Presumably, your speakers already have an amp source? Then what you need to know is how to connect the Ipod to the amp. Without specifics, I can only offer general advice. Get an adapter for the Ipod headphone it to make it compatible with either an RCA input or a headphone jack.

Is a cord loose?

Have a good look at your set up in regards to volume output to each channels .
you may have only one channel working due to volume turn down or a faulty connection from the console head unit .
After going through all these , i would suggest to get your sub amp checked as you may have a faulty amp .

If you know the sub has no power (tried new outlet or tested the current) the fuze may have been blown. The problem is that it could be more than the fuze in this case. Also the fuze is not easily replaceable in these bass modules. I'd call Bose tech/repair support to see what they offer for repair options. (they're actually pretty reasonable considering the cost of their products)

Okay, here's the verdict. No such din connector for the Bose AM15's exist. I thought I would take another look to see if anything had changed since I had looked last. Once again, all is the same and it makes using standard wiring a pain. However, it is possible to do what you want to do, which I assume is a nice clean install. I have rigged many of these systems, and, here's what I do.

First, the biggest pain is the 25' LFE cable. Shortening it is a pain because the wires are thin and dificult to splice. Lengthening it isn't a great idea either because you want to keep the cables as short as possible. However, a lesser of 2 evils exist and that is to keep this cable whole. Before you begin, peel the LFE cable from the buch untill it is separated from the bundle. Next, peel the speaker wire for each speaker so the pos and neg for each speaker is together, but, separated from the bundle. Then you'll place the sub where you intend it to go, plug in the 13 pin din (I even looked at vga options...nada) and stretch the cable to the wall and cut one speaker wire at a time (+ and -) being CAREFULL to mark which wire is positive and which is negative after the cut. DO NOT cut the LFE cable, and make sure you give yourself an extra foot or so before you cut the wires.

Once the cuts are complete and you have labeled pos and neg for each wire, you may strip the wire and plug into your regular speaker wire wall plate (banana or clips). On the reverse side of the plate, attatch the pos and neg to the plates making sure everything is consistant. Then, run the wires to your receiver (or vise versa). Regular speaker wires typically distingush pos from neg through some sort of marking on the wire housing.

The other cable you will run is the sub (LFE cable). If you want to just drill a hole in the wall and stuff the cable in and run it to the receiver, that's one way, but if you want to keep it clean, use a single RCA connection wall plate. Then, to minimize loss of LFE sound, run a TV coaxial cable from the sub to the receiver and terminate both ends with RCA terminators.

Once the wires are run to the receiver, double check that all the speakers are hooked into the sub and the wiring is complete. Take a AA battery and mark the location of the speaker that corresponds to the wire. In other words, with the speaker wire, hold one end to one side of the battery and the other end tap lightly to the other side of the battery. You will hear a crackle or pop locating the speaker the wire goes to. Once this is identified, label the wire and plug into the appropriate output making sure the pos and neg are consistant.

A picture is worth a thousand words, so, I drew a diagram and will attach it to this forum asap. Good luck and have a blast!