Comments on: Connecting your Apple iPhone to the Bose® Sounddock® Speaker System

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By: Eelctronics Guru

Eelctronics Guru — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 03:10:08 +0000

Garrit,

Sorry, I don’t know of any case that you can leave on the iPhone and still have it seat in the Bose SoundDock properly. You can call Bose at 1-800-999-2673 to see if they have any recommendations for a case.

By: Garrit Anderson

Garrit Anderson — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:50:50 +0000

I have a bose soundock portable and my iphone works perfectly on it but ive always had to take off the case on the iphone for it to work. personally id rather have a case on it at all times but it doesnt work on the sounddock. i recently bought a bumper but that doesnt work either.i was wondering if there is anything i can do to keep the case on the iphone 4 while still playing music or if u know of any other case that the sounddock is compatible with?

By: Eelctronics Guru

Eelctronics Guru — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 02:53:23 +0000

Kristi,

It sounds like it may have a pin loose on the dock connector. It would be hard to tell if the pin is loose on the iPhone or the Bose SoundDock though. Is there a way you could take the phone into a Bose store and test it on a known good SoundDock they have on display?

By: Kristi

Kristi — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:49:05 +0000

I have an iPhone 3GS and jost got a Bose Sounddock series II for Christmas. It charges the phone when docked but I’m having issues when playing music. It will play for short periods of time then will stop. I get a message on the phone saying “This accessory is not optimized for this iPhone. You may experience noise interference and a decrease in cellular signal strength”. Once I hit dismiss, it will start playing again and then stops again. I’ve tried resetting the phone, unplugging the dock to reset it, and nothing is helping. Bose says its something wrong with my iPhone since their solutions aren’t working and Apple is saying its something with the sounddock and not the iPhone. Any suggestions?

By: Eelctronics Guru

Eelctronics Guru — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 02:14:45 +0000

Will,

There is no way to bluetooth the audio to the Bose Portable SoundDock. They do make a Bose SoundDock 10 that does offer this. The bluetooth is an accessory piece that would need to be purchased separately.

By: will

will — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 00:35:37 +0000

i have a bose portable sound dock and an iphone 3gs with an otter box.Is there anyway to bluetooth the connection or buy an extention cord for the docking plug?

By: Electronics Guru

Electronics Guru — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:38:54 +0000

tbird:

As noted on the product page, the original SoundDock doesn’t list the 3Gs at all, and even the 3G is under the limited category. Newer versions of the SoundDock work with the newer iPhones. Unfortunately there is no AUX input on the original. You might try calling Bose to see if there are options, either for accessories or maybe trade-up programs.

By: tbird

tbird — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:56:30 +0000

I have the original SoundDock and it worked perfect with my iPod Nano. I bought a 3Gs iPhone but it doesn’t work with the iPhone. I have loaded the latest 4.0 OS. The Apple store recommended to buy an adapter from a 3rd party because they said the pins were not 100% compatible. This doesn’t work either. Any suggestions?

By: Electronics Guru

Electronics Guru — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:56:39 +0000

Angelo:

Unless there are third-party cables, there is no way for the iPad to be connected to the older Bose SoundDock units.