Which hole at the back of BOSE Wave Radio, to plug green cable in?

[StackExchange]

I plugged one end of this green cable to my laptop's port. By trial and error, I plugged the other end in each of the 4 holes in the green rectangle below of my BOSE Wave Radio/CD below. All 4 holes sounded, turning my BOSE into a computer speaker!

But which hole is best for the green cable?

 

[Snarfie]

You need a cable like this. However on my Bose Wave i use a cable like yours to connect a Bluethoot receiver.

 

[StackExchange]

But my green cable works just fine. Thus I don't "need" another cable. Please reread my post?

 

[LTig]

And connect the red and white plugs to AUX IN.

 

[GXAlan]

You do want the other cable to get stereo sound. You may be somehow getting the center plug through and then having a floating ground.

Buying the cable for $5-10 on Amazon will solve your problems and give you stereo instead of mono sound.

Good luck!

Amazon.com

 

[TonyJZX]

all the effort OP went into this post and the pics and windows paint and they are still this snarky... to save a few bucks

good lord

 

[Snarfie]

all the effort OP went into this post and the pics and windows paint and they are still this snarky... to save a few bucks

good lord

If you go to a thrift store it's probably for free or 0,25 cents

 

[Reddoc]

Amazing that he gets sound from all four holes!

 

[solderdude]

But which hole is best for the green cable?

As has been said... the green squared connectors are RCA connectors and NOT 3.5mm TRS connectors.
So NONE of the holes are intended for usage with the green cable.

You would need the cable shown below (by @Snarfie) to make a proper connection between a 3.5mm source and the use the RCA in with same color.

Or you can use the output (OUT) of the Bose to connect to a stereo input on a PC soundcard so you can record the output from the Bose for instance.

The fact that you get sound when plugging in the 3.5mm cable into the RCA sockets is because the signal is on the tip (and ring) of the 3.5mm and simply makes contact with the left (or right depending on where you plug it into) RCA connector.

It is NOT the correct plug though despite the fact you can push it in there and it makes contact.

Hope this makes sense.