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William Brosam:
So im on the quest to make my stereo interact with my 40" LED smart tv.

problem enlies the audio out on TV is optical or SPDIF or other new forms.

audio input on bose is analog RCA, and also all speakers are RCA connections also,

New receivers that i can find all are quite tall and require speaker wire style connections.

has anyone tackled this with adaptors or anything lately?


i bought a digital to analog converter, which takes optical and makes it output to headset style 2.5mm jacks and then from there i covnerted to RCA to get sound to the bose but now i cant get any sound and has baseline noise in back ground before so i think the receiver or the amp is dead. (dvd part of BOSE doesn't work either its stuck in there.)

Dick Simonis:
When I put in the new 32" Scepter I simply plugged the Bose into the analog output and it works fine.  I would really like to know how you got a 40" TV in that cabinet!!!  I wasn't even sure the 32" would fit.

I also replaced the rear Sony with the 26" Visio that was originally in the front and can not figure out how to make the rear Bose work since it can watch different channels.  If you figure that one out, I'd love to hear how you do it.

FYI, Bose still supports these units as I found out when mine bit the bullet after a power surge.  Something like $300.00 to repair both the console and amp.  They may be able to help you with adapter recommendation also.  Following is a note from Bose:


"Per our conversation, we can repair your Bose Built-Invisible Home Theater amp for a flat rate of $250 plus tax. If you decide you want to send your LifeStyle music center in at the same time, the flat rate is $259 (for both units).

The best number for Bose Built-Invisible support is 877-633-4405. We hope to hear from you soon.

Take care,

Peter Behravesh

Bose Product And Technical Support Specialist III

Advanced Technical Group"

William Brosam:
At the moment, it is sitting on the drivers captins chair facing the kitchen.

but i plan to buy an arm to actually attach it in place of the small lCD thats up there now.


there is no analog output on the tv my choices are only digital

Dick Simonis:
Yep, that's what I did and it nestles up against the cabinet nicely than swing out, to the side, and forward.  Pat always had problems seeing the TV as the Bose speakers and wall sconce got in the way.  Now she is a happy wife (the best kind).

Joel Weiss:
You cannot assume that the optical output of a modern TV will necessarily pass audio under all viewing situations.  For example, our LG TV will pass audio through its optical output only when the TV is getting a signal via its antenna/cable jacks.  If, in comparison, a device is feeding a signal to the TV via the HDMI port the optical output is not active even if the HDMI signal contained audio.  I think the assumption is made that if you have components feeding signal to the TV via HMDI then one of those devices will have taken the audio signal and amplified it prior to it getting to the TV.  If, on the other hand, you are feeding in an antenna or cable signal to the TV the audio will need to be separated by the TV tuner and then fed back to the audio system.

This is yet another reason why I decided to ditch all the electronics in our coach when the Bose failed.  IMHO there was no point to paying to repair electronics that were more than a dozen years old.  No matter how much you paid you still, for example, wouldn't have a device that could handle the HDMI output of our Roku (it doesn't have any other output) nor would you have a dash radio that even has a jack for an iPod or similar device.  The Bose system is at least two generations behind current technology and even though it sounds great, it is functionally obsolete IMO.

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