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Bose Sound Dock -> 1940's Radio Conversion

Step 4Position Sound Dock in case...

Position Sound Dock in case...
Now, I had the shell of a radio, with nothing in it. I stuck the Bose Sound Dock inside and plugged it into a plain, brown extension cord - the Sound Dock's regular power cord is bright white, and sticks out. I could have also spray-painted the Sound Docks's power cord, I guess.

The Sound Dock has an infrared wireless remote, and no clear, red window on the front of the unit, to show where the infrared receiver phototransistor is, so I looked at the screen mess over the speakers. I saw the phototransistor behind the mesh, so I knew where it was. It just so happened that the old radio's dial also had a hole in approximately the same location as the Bose's receiver phototransistor - so I just oriented the Sound Dock near that hole. Close enough - the remote works!
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