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Maintaining Your Speakers
Problem
Possible cause
How to find out
Solution
If
To clean your 141
series II bookshelf speakers
Wipe the Model 141 speaker cabinets clean using a soft cloth dampened with a mild
detergent. Do not allow liquids to spill into the speaker grilles.
No other regular maintenance is required.
Troubleshooting
If you have a problem with your 141 series II bookshelf speakers:
1. Turn off your amplifier or receiver and check all connections between the speakers and
the amplifier or receiver.
2. Check your amplifier or receiver owner’s guide. That component may be the source of the
problem.
3. Use the troubleshooting guidelines below. If they do not solve your problem, contact your
Bose
®
dealer to arrange for service. Or, to contact Bose directly, refer to the listing on the
inside back cover of this guide. Bose Corporation will make every effort to remedy any
problem within the terms of your warranty.
Defective speaker or
malfunctioning receiver
or amplifier channel.
Both speakers do not
play or sound distorted.
Defective speaker cord.
One speaker doesn’t play
or sounds defective.
Switch the speaker cords
at both ends. Connect the
right speaker cord to the
left speaker and to the
left speaker channel of
the amplifier or receiver.
Connect the left speaker
cord to the other speaker
and amplifier channel.
If the originally faulty speaker
now plays properly and the
other does not, the cord on
the malfunctioning speaker
is defective.
If the originally faulty speaker
still does not play properly,
the speaker is probably
defective. Call Bose or your
retailer to arrange for service.
If the originally faulty speaker
now plays, one channel
in the amplifier or receiver
is probably defective. Try
another receiver.
Switch the cords at the
speaker end only.
Reconnect the speakers to
another amplifier or receiver
that is working properly.
Defective amplifier
or receiver.
