Blu ray compatible w/ Bose?

I have a Bose 321 series III home theater and was curious how I could hook my blu ray player up so it would play through the Bose system?

Optical Audio perhaps?
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I'm sorry that there in no 3D when playing back the 3D disc in the 3D Blu-ray Disc Home Theatre System. Based on the information you have provided, I suggest that you set BD output to 1080P. Please follow the steps mentioned below to set BD output to 1080P:
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I looked at this setting when I received the above response, and found the BD/DVD-ROM 1080/24P Output was already set to "auto" . It didn't occur to me immediately to try setting it to "off", however, after 24 hours with no solution I decided to try turning that setting off to see what would happen, and guess what? PROBLEM SOLVED!    Here is what the setting looks like on the screen.
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