I have an older Bose radio and want to hook it up to an Onkyo CD player?

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Hi Rosellen,

May I know the exact model of your Bose radion and the exact model of the onkyo CD player. 

Hi Rosellen,

May I know the exact model of your Bose radion and the exact model of the onkyo CD player. 

I need the exact model name. For example BOSE Wave music system IV or onkyo cd player c-7030. 

Ok so that is Bose: awr101 and Onkyo: dx-c390.

Please hold on. 

Ok. What you want to is to connect your onkyo player to your bose radio so that you can play cds from the onkyo player and the sound will be coming our from the bose radio. Is that correct? 

Do you see audio out port at the back of your onkyo player? 

Alright great. Do you see Audio in port at the back of the onkyo receiver? 

Sorry Audio in port at the back of the Bose Radio. 

Yes. You have 4 audio ports at the back of the Bose radio. The 2 ports (red/white) at the top is the Audio in ports and the 2 ports below is for the audio out. 

Ok heres what you need to do. Grab and audio cable and connect it at the back of the onkyo audio out ports (red/white)  then then connect the other end of the cable at the back of the Bose Audio in port. Press the Aux button on the Bose player so that system will be forced to use the audio in port. Try to play CD on the onkyo player then you should hear the sound coming our from the Bose radio.

That would be it. 

Check the cable that you use. Try a different audio cable. This the same procedure from the Bose user manual. Here's the print screen of the user manual.

Select your CD player, tape player, or other auxiliary source by pressing the AUX button o nthe Bose Radio.

are you playing disc already on the onkyo player? Try to adjust the volume of your onkyo player using the onkyo remote control...

You can still adjust the volume controls of the onkyo player by using its remote control. I suggest put the volume to the max on the onkyo player and later on control  the volume on the Bose radio. 

Is the Onkyo Cd player already playing a disc? 

Did you pressed the aux button on the bose radio and see if it can pick out the sound from the onkyo receiver. 

The sound should be coming out by now from the bose radio. The disc is already playing on your Onkyo player, right? 

can you try to restart first both device by turning them off and unpluggingthe power cords from the outlet for a minute. Plug the cords back and turn on the unit and test it again. 

Ok. Let me know the result after restarting both devices. 

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Dear Rosellen, It was a pleasure helping you with your Bose issue today. Here is a summary of the resolution.
Issue identified : cx want to connect her bose and her onkyo player
Solution Implemented : chat and called cx. provided steps to connect the bose and onkyo device. Sound not coming out from the bose device though connections are correct. Told cx to connect the player to a different component to test further. cx connected the player to a different component same result. told cx that the player is defective. cx will go back to the store and have it replaced. Answer accepted. 
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