Here are a few suggestions to help you get the best answer to your question as quickly as possible:

1. Search
   the forum using this search form with Google or the Forum Find Tool
   It's likely someone has already answered your question. If you find it, you won't have to wait for someone to see your post to get an answer.
   
   
2. Post in the correct forum
   Experts in various areas tend to stick to forums that focus on those areas so you are more likely to get an answer if you ask in the right forum.
   
   A question about a Guitar processor in the Vocals area will likely take a lot longer to be answered than the same question in the Guitar forum.
   
   The forum descriptions are good indications of what you will find in each area.
   
   
3. Use the Subject line to Describe the problem
   We are all volunteers on the forum. We often skim through question subjects to quickly find the ones where we can be helpful.
   
   A Subject line: "Urgent! Help needed!"
   is not as likely to get answered as
   "Wireless mic to Channel 1/2 or 3/4?".
   
   A specific, detailed subject is far more likely to get a response than a general one.
   
   
4. Give details about your problem
   Rather than
   "When I turn on the power I get feedback, please help",
   provide details like the make/model of the microphone, how it is being used (vocal or instrument) and the general environment (for example: room size, stage size, distance from the microphone).
   
   If possible, include the make and model and a link to any non-Bose gear that is part of part of your signal chain.
   
   If you are connecting something to Channels 1 or 2, please tell us if you are using XLR connections or 1/4 inch phone connections. It makes a difference.
   
   The more information you provide when you ask your question, the more likely it is that the first response will be an answer instead of a request for details.
   
   
5. What have you already tried?
   Tell us what you have already tried and what happened when you did it. Details are the keys to your answer.
   
   
6. When you get a solution add " - solved" to your Subject line
   It lets people scanning the forums know that they can find an answer to that question by reading the thread.
   
   
7. Stay on Topic
   IF you are reading a discussion and want to ask a related question, consider posting it as a new question in new discussion.
   
   You will likely get more focus for your question this way, and you will not be distracting from the original discussion.
   
   
8. Resurrect Old Discussions
   If you come across an old discussion and want to pursue it, just post another message in the same discussion. If you start a new discussion, you lose the connection to the history and context that the old discussion provides. If you really want to start a new discussion - please post a link to the old one.
   
   
9. .......::: :::....... Around here we use L1® to refer to the Bose® Personalized Amplification System™ family of products.
   -- click for details --
   

The people-at-Bose try to keep spam and inflammatory comments out of the forums. However if you do catch something that was missed, use the report button (yellow triangle at the bottom right of every post) to let the moderators know about your concerns. We all want to keep the forums on-topic and a friendly place to go for help with your questions!

-ST-

This was inspired by an article on the Microsoft site.

Edit ® replaces ™ so L1™ is now L1®

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Brilliant.

Make it "sticky!" (in First Time Here?)

How to change the subject line of your post.







More tips about posting

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Posting a link

Posting a link is easy

For an Entire Discussion
right click in the area where the web address is visible (e.g. http://bose.infopop.cc/eve/forums?a=tpc&f=.....) then click 'copy' in the popup menu.

Compose a message and when you get to the place where you want to insert the link follow the 4 steps in the picture below.



For an Individual Post
In the post to which you create a link, right click this icon


click Copy Shortcut (Internet Explorer) or Copy Link Location (Mozilla/Netscape) or Copy Link (Safari).

-or- simply click that icon and copy the web address from the address bar in your browser.

Navigate to wherever you want to post the link and follow the 4 steps in the first picture above. You will paste the URL in step 2 above.


More? See
More tips about posting

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ST,
THANK YOU soooo much for that tip on changing the TOPIC.
I have always wanted to go back and change a few of mine.
Now the dream is a reality.

Quoting text in messages



Be careful not to delete either of these special codes that will appear around the quoted text.

 [QUOTE]  [/QUOTE] 

Turn on Notifications so you get an email when someone adds something to a discussion you are following.

Scroll up to the beginning of the discussion.

ST,

As always, prompt and helpful. I knew about these, but it is nice to have a refresher, and for the newbs and those not board savvy, very helpful.

Thanks,