Warning: without a doubt this voids the warranty/insurance of the device. This hack is never endorsed nor approved by Bose.
I did not come up with this hack, credit to Mike for this great
tutorial. Please read Mike's tutorial also before hacking your sound dock.
For years I have lived in frustrations with the lack auxiliary input on this sound dock. What made me decide to do this hack is the absence of support for iPhones. Yes, the audio from iPhones will come out but it will not charge and you will not be able to receive phone calls. Besides when I docked my iPhone it got very hot, I then phoned Bose UK about my concerns, and gladly asked for 70£ for converting it, I know I can do it a lot cheaper or I can just buy a Firewire to USB converter for less than 20£.
Back to the hack, you will need the following; soldering iron, soldering lead, phillips screw driver, torque screw driver (T8), stereo jack (preferably screw type) and wires (preferably stranded), strong adhesive. I used the wires of an old non-functioning iPod controller which has 6 wires inside, much cleaner cleaner result. Just use your imagination ΓΌ
Now unscrew 4 phillips screws, then 3 torques, now you should be able to pull the circuit board which is connected to a ribbon wires a few inches from the dock, be gentle you don't want to break the connection or else say your sound dock goodbye. It should look like this.
Now to find pins 13 (right audio), 14 (left audio) & 24 (ground) it's very easy, just on the ribbon connection you'll see nos. 1 on the left and 24 on the right side. Which means that you'll start counting from the left. Once you've found pins 13 & 14 start soldering. Remember these are very fine space on the PCB just enough for a very fine wires.
Note: if your soldering skills it not that good I suggest practicing before the attempt to have more control on the soldering iron. Too much heat will certainly damage the PCB even your sound dock. Here it is after soldering.
Next step is to solder the audio jack side. After soldering you can now test if its working or not.
iPod must be docked to power the sound dock. The remote control should also work.
Now, find a place for the stereo jack, you can put it anywhere you want. I was tempted to put it at the front but, for aesthetic reasons I decided to put on the left side of the docking system. I had a screw type jack but the thickness is not enough so I ended up using a glue to fix the audio jack. Enjoy your very cheap aux in with a very expensive satisfaction.
Now you can play anything on your Bose Sound Dock, not just iPods.
Total cost 1.59£ for the Audio jack (at Maplin Store) and 1 hour of my time ^_^
Hope this helps.
-- Post From My iPhone
Now to find pins 13 (right audio), 14 (left audio) & 24 (ground) it's very easy, just on the ribbon connection you'll see nos. 1 on the left and 24 on the right side. Which means that you'll start counting from the left. Once you've found pins 13 & 14 start soldering. Remember these are very fine space on the PCB just enough for a very fine wires.
Note: if your soldering skills it not that good I suggest practicing before the attempt to have more control on the soldering iron. Too much heat will certainly damage the PCB even your sound dock. Here it is after soldering.
Next step is to solder the audio jack side. After soldering you can now test if its working or not. iPod must be docked to power the sound dock. The remote control should also work.
Now, find a place for the stereo jack, you can put it anywhere you want. I was tempted to put it at the front but, for aesthetic reasons I decided to put on the left side of the docking system. I had a screw type jack but the thickness is not enough so I ended up using a glue to fix the audio jack. Enjoy your very cheap aux in with a very expensive satisfaction.
Now you can play anything on your Bose Sound Dock, not just iPods.
Total cost 1.59£ for the Audio jack (at Maplin Store) and 1 hour of my time ^_^
Hope this helps.
-- Post From My iPhone
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