using ipod touch 4g with Bose and Sony speaker system

Has anyone tried to connect the new 4g Ipod Touch with a Bose or Sony Ipod speaker system? Both these speaker systems are new items and work well with my Iphone 4. I got the new 64GB Touch to store and play all my music collection on these speakers but it won't even begin to connect at the base. I notice the base connection on the new Touch 4g is slightly further back than all the others and this I think is the problem. It has really upset me as that is what I bought it for. Any ideas please?

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Posted on Sep 25, 2010 7:31 AM

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Feb 7, 2011 11:48 AM in response to technomum45

I am suffering from exactly the same problem. I spent a lot of money on a Bose Sounddock series II to accompny my new iPod touch 64gb 4th gen that I was getting for christmas I then try to play music through it it won't recognise the iPod. Sure it will charge but just won't play music. I then tried out my old iPod touch 32gb 2nd gen and everything was fine.

So I went and read the small print from Bose - any Bose speakers that plug into the wall are NOT compatible with the iPod touch 4th gen. This made me angry for I was misled by the sales staff and apple that the sound system and my iPod would work together and I forked out a lot of money to have the two only to find that the speaker is rendered useless....

Mar 2, 2011 7:40 PM in response to schays

I, too, bought an iPod touch 4G & so far it has worked beautifully. However, 2 weeks ago I bought the Bose portable sounddock system to play my music I have on the iPod. I discovered that no matter how much I wiggled the iPod, after I docked it with the Bose, it would not play. I tried removing it & putting it back on & that did'nt work either. Tonite I read a blog from a customer like me & they ordered a dock Stubz from a outfit called "cablejive.com". The company claims that this dockStubz works with ANY ipod or iphone. It seemed to work for that person, so, I ordered one & Ihope, when it arrives, that it will solve my problem. To date, Bose has not answered the 2 e-mails I sent them.

May 13, 2011 7:13 AM in response to technomum45

Purchased my 64GB ipod touch yesterday & brought it to work today. Put it on my Bose portable speaker & it didn't work at first. Went on this forum to see what I can do. Read everybody's issues that were similar to mine. Then I realized the KISS method: take the protective case off the stupid ipod touch. I put the ipod back on the dock & it played like a champ.Sometimes...it's just that easy. 😀

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