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Bose Solo 5 Manual


Sections in this Manual

  1. Important Safety Instructions
  2. WARNINGS/CAUTIONS
  3. About your TV sound system
    1. System features
  4. Unpacking
  5. Placing the soundbar
  6. Sample soundbar placement
  7. Wall mounting the soundbar
  8. Cable options
  9. Connecting your TV
  10. Connecting the soundbar
    1. Option 1: Optical cable (preferred)
    2. Option 2: Coaxial cable
  11. Connecting to power
  12. Mounting ring
  13. Turning off your TV speakers
  14. Powering on your soundbar
  15. Confirming your TV speakers are off
  16. Remote control buttons
  17. Programming the universal remote
  18. Customizing the power button
  19. Resyncing your cable/satellite box and TV
  20. Switching between sources
  21. Function buttons
    1. Adjusting the volume
    2. Adjusting the bass level
    3. Resetting the bass level
    4. Dialogue mode
    5. Auto-wake
    6. Programming a non-Bose remote control
  22. Pairing a Bluetooth® device
  23. If you cannot pair your device
  24. Connecting to a paired Bluetooth® device
    1. If you cannot stream audio from a paired device
  25. Switching between connected devices
  26. Clearing the soundbar’s Bluetooth® pairing list
  27. Soundbar indicators
  28. Status indicator
  29. Bluetooth indicator
    1. No sound from a source(s) connected to your TV
    2. No optical or coaxial connector on your TV
  30. Connecting a source to the soundbar
  31. Connecting a source’s analog connector to the soundbar
  32. Connecting two sources to the soundbar
    1. Option 1
    2. Option 2
    3. Using two sources connected to the soundbar
  33. Connecting a TV headphones connector to the soundbar
  34. Troubleshooting
  35. Adjusting the audio for wall mounting
  36. Replacing the remote batteries
  37. Cleaning
  38. Customer service
  39. Limited warranty
  40. Technical Information
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Soundbar indicators

The status and Bluetooth® indicators on the front of the soundbar provide information on soundbar activity.

Soundbar indicator locations

Status indicator

Status indicator explained table

Bluetooth indicator

Bluetooth indicators table

You may need to use an alternate setup method for the following reasons:

  • No sound from a source(s) connected to your TV.
  • No optical or coaxial connector on your TV.

No sound from a source(s) connected to your TV

Some TVs do not deliver sound from connected sources to the soundbar. Use an alternate setup method to directly connect your source(s) to the soundbar.

No sound troubleshooting

No optical or coaxial connector on your TV

Some TVs do not have optical or coaxial connectors. Use an alternate setup method to connect your TV to the soundbar.

No video troubleshooting

Connecting a source to the soundbar

If you do not get sound from a source, such as a DVD/Blu-ray Disc™ player, cable/ satellite box, game system or DVR, connected to your TV, connect it to the soundbar. Use only one audio cable.

CAUTION: If using an optical cable, remove the protective caps from both ends. Inserting the plug in the wrong orientation can damage the plug and/or the connector.

  1. On the back of your source, locate the Audio OUT (digital) connector panel.
Connecting a source visual diagram

2. Choose an audio cable.

3. If you have not already, disconnect your TV from the soundbar.

4. Connect the audio cable from your cable/satellite box’s Audio OUT (digital) connector panel to the soundbar.

Note: Do not disconnect your source’s video cable, such as an HDMI™ cable, from your TV.

Connecting a source’s analog connector to the soundbar

If your source does not have an optical or coaxial connector, and only has analog
connectors (red and white), use a 3.5 mm to RCA stereo cable (not provided) to connect to the soundbar.

  1. If you have not already, disconnect your TV from the soundbar.
  2. Insert the RCA analog cable into the Audio OUT RCA (red and white) connectors on your source.
  3. Insert the stereo plug into the soundbar’s AUX connector.
Connecting an audio source to soundbar


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