Customer Reviews

Bose Wave Connect Kit for iPod

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I feel duped by the connect kit. All the connect kit does is give a lineout from the Ipod over the proprietary Ipod connector. It uses an oversized AC adapter just to do the same job as those small cell phone connector that charges over USB.

The remote is even more horrible since all it can do is play, fastforward and rewind. There is no ipod menu controls so it is impossible to navigate the ipod with the remote. (The playlist controls are useless and yes i know how they work)

Save your money and just get a 3.5mm jack connector from the ipod to the aux in of bose wave system. If you seriously want a dock then stick to apple's

Same thing can be done by connecting a 10 $ ipod aux connect cable. that plays ipod through wave just as well.
So save your 100 dollars and buy a cheap ipod to aux connect cable instead.

I was very disappointed after buying this item for $100, and then finding out you can't even set it to "wake to ipod", which is the main reason I bought it. A lot of money for something that does very little.

The first review is right on accurate not much more to add. It is a complete waste, the only benefit is that the color will sort of match you Wave Radio and it says Bose. Regarding the plug it is one of those large rectangular converters, horrible to look at not to mention takes room from other plugs. The only difference in controller that comes with the Wave and the control with this connector kit is that the auxiliary button now has a picture of an iPod.

Bose must have rushed this product to market because it is definitely not what I expected from Bose - huge disappointment!!!

The AC adapter is really big, and the controls in the remote are not useful for the ipod. This product certainly is not worth 99.99

I recently got a wave music system as a gift. The iPod connect came free as a promotion offer. I already had a regular iPod dock. The only advantage to this is that it let's you flip through playlists on a touch or iPhone. The playlist feature does not work with my iPod video.

The best feature about the connect is that you get one remote for the system v. 2.

The value of this dock is really incremental. Since the Bose wave music system alarm cannot wake to aux or iPod, the only reason to get this is because it is free.

The Bose wave system itself has good sound for an iPod dock. Only the Bose sound dock 10 or B&w Zeppelin, sounds better, but neither have a built in alarm or radio or CD player. The Bose wave is easily the best overall Alarm clock with an iPod interface. The Polk isonic (which I also own) sounds MUCH better, but is a very very buggy product. So I feel the wave system is worth it. This connector is good if you can get it for free or included with the wave.

While the $99. price may seem off putting at first, the seamless functionality of the Wave Radio iPod kit makes it a welcome addition to any iPod or iPhone user that also uses a Wave Radio. The IR remote control to operate the iPod is easy and convenient, the unit has a hefty "wall wart" power supply to charge your iPhone or iPod, and overall sounds very good. If you can afford it, it's worth it for the IR Remote alone.

Like a number of other products from Bose, this is a complete ripoff. Why are they charging $99 for a $9 connector ? Because they can.

Bose made great products upto the 80s and early 90s. Then they learned a lesson from Apple. Make trendy looking products and advertise like hell using catchwords like "lifelike" and "spacicous" and "direct/reflecting" ..that mean absolutely nothing, and charge through the nose. People will pay.

Back to the dock. You don't necessarily require a digital connection for your iPod, and especially not a proprietary digital connection like "Bose Link". An analog connection will be more than sufficient. Yesterday I got a $35 Gigaware iPod dock from Rdio Shack and using a $6 stereo to 3.5mm cable from Target, I hooked up my iPod to the Wave radio. Works beautifully! Not to mention a remote that's more capable than Bose's.

PS: I am not trashing Bose. They make ok products which should not be confused with audiophile products. I own a pair of Bose 601 series III floor standing speakers that were made in the late 80s. They were outstanding in their day and even today hold their own against some very respectable brands. But their prices today have no bearing on reality.

We have a 10 year old Bose Wave, model CD-3000. It is the tall unit, single CD player, no clock radio function. It is the best sounding bookshelf stereo in the world and we love it. It works fine, so why replace it?

We use our Apple iPod touch 32 GB (4th Generation) NEWEST MODELs with it by just connecting a cable from the iPod to the Wave aux inputs. It sounds great, but is somewhat of a pain to use because the Bose remote only controls the Wave and we have to walk over to the system to pause the iPod or to move to the next song or next playlist. This is particularly a drag at parties on the deck (the Wave sounds great outside, too).

We have a Bose® SoundDock® 10 digital music system in the living room and a Klipsch iGroove SXT Speaker System for iPhone and iPod (Black) in the bedroom upstairs. Our goal is to get an iPod docking sound system in each room, so we can just carry our iPods around the house.

So I ordered a Wave Connect Kit for the iPod. Pricey, but the perfect fit: one 'mote to rule them all, and charging for the iPod.

Imagine my dismay when I discovered that the remote that came with the kit will control the iPod just fine, but doesn't work at all with our Wave! It turns out, somewhere along the line, some genius in Bose product engineering (probably a new hire straight out of MIT) changed the codes that the remote uses. ("Heck, remotes are kept with just one system. The old codes are sooo messy. I'll just revise them all and add in the new functions and Everything Will Be Better. Who cares about backward compatibility...")

If I was willing to use two remotes, everything would be fine. Sorry, there are already too many 'motes in this house, and that is even with Logitech Harmony One Universal Remote with Color Touchscreens spread about. I even get dizzy over the complexity, not to mention the rest of my family.

Bose was happy to take the kit back and refund my money, but I am still bummed.

Buy an audio cable (stereo) and connect your ipod/iphone to Bose yourself, unless you don't mind spending $100 for something you could have for $10.