IPod Touch and Bose

Question

I have a new iPod iTouch 16 gig touch screen. I have a Bose 321 system. Using the small white plastic iDoc I use RCA cable to plug into the iPod from the Bose Auxilliary port. The ipod is a sinlge port and the Bose uses 2 ports, left and right. It works. Music comes through, but is muted or reduced no matter how much I turn up the volume. I checked the bose by playing a CD of the same songs as the iPod and it plays fine. Switch back to the iPod, and reduced sound. I adjusted the settings on the iPod for music out put, but nothing works. It almost seems as if the iPod doesn't have enough power going into the Bose. The battery is fully charged. When I use headphones, the iPod sounds fine. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Answer 1

If your Nano G3 will only control Bose SoundDock volume...
If your Nano was updated to v 1.0.3 from a prior version it may not work with the Bose Sounddock. It appears only the Nano's that shipped from Apple with v1.0.3 will work.
Here's the scoop on the SoundDock remote not working exept for the volume. For Christmas I purchased my son a G3 Nano directly from Apple (the red one...it supports aids charities in Africa). I also purchased my wife one from Circuit City. My son's came with version 1.0.3 loaded from Apple. My wife's had to update from 1.0.2 through Itunes when I was setting it up. My son's worked perfectly with the SoundDock but only the volume control worked with my wife's unit. After much brain bashing, I determined that the upgrade version may have a problem, so I returned my wife's Nano to the retailer and ordered one directly from Apple. It arrived on New Year's eve and guess what, it worked perfectly with the Bose Sounddock. So lesson learned...if your Nano was 1.0.2 and was upgraded to 1.0.3, it may not work with the SoundDock. The native version from Apple works fine.