How to configure iPhone, iPad or Android for Bose Lifestyle?

MyURemote (My Universal Remote Control) is the App for your BOSE lifestyle system.

• Control your Bose lifestyle multiroom and all the devices connected with it.
• All additional rooms integrated in 1 uniform interface.
• Supports display with live feedback.
• Supports Bose Soundtouch.
• Add recognizable labels to your Rooms, Inputs and Scenarios, so that buttons are familiar.
• Replace your broken remote control with this app. MyURemote is the ideal replacement when the original lifestyle remote does not work anymore.

Compatible Lifestyle Systems and Bose link amplifiers:

• click here for Bose lifestyle 40 – 50
• Bose Lifestyle 18, 28, 38, 48 (>2002)
• Bose Lifestyle T10, T20, V25, V35, 135, 235, 525, 535, 135II, 235II, 525II, 535II
• Bose Soundtouch 10, 20, 30, 120, 130, SA4, SA5
• The Bose lifestyle 600 and 650 Soundtouch systems do support IP control, so configuration happens like this.

What do you need?

• Smartphone or tablet (Android or Apple) or PC
• Home Network
• Controller (iTach, iTach Flex or GC100 models) with serial output(RS232) (e.g.  (recommended) Global Caché itach IP2SL, Buy it fi on amazon
  -note: – don’t buy too much!: you also need Flex Serial cable only with iTach Flex (not with GC100 or iTach IP2SL/WF2SL)!
• RS232 connector to mini jack connector (click image to enlarge)

How does it work?

• When tapping a command button (for instance “PLAY”), MyURemote sends the command to your controller.
• The controller (fi Global Cache itach IP2SL) addresses its serial port and passes your command to the Bose lifestyle.
• The command is executed by the Bose or forwards it to the connected device (via the Bose IR eye).

How do I connect my Bose with my tablet or smartphone? Physcial connection

• Connect the controller with your LAN. If a wired connection is not possible you may use a WiFi model for example WF2SL. Click here if you need more information how to configure the wireless controllers of Global Caché
• Connect the Bose Lifestyle with the serial output of your Global Caché via the RS232 to mini Jack connector.

Lifestyle 18, 28, 38, 48, V30 and V40 connections:

Lifestyle T10, T20, V25, V35, 525, 535, 135, 235 and Videowave connections:

Configuration of MyURemote with Global Caché controller.

Take the following steps:

1. Preparations.
2. Define your Bose lifestyle.
3. Define your tabs (for each room a tab).

1- Preparations.
MyURemote automatically detects your serial controller and configures it ready to use. Once the app is running on your tablet/smartphone it takes 60 seconds to discover your network.

You can now proceed configuration on your smartphone, tablet, or even your PC. click here to go to the configuration panel.
2- Define your Bose lifestyle.

• Goto SETTINGS.
• Wait a few minutes while MyURemote discovers your network

• Click on “Devices”.
• Click the “+” icon.

• Label your Bose lifestyle: This can be “Bose lifestyle 535 zone A”.
• Select the brand and
• select the type of your Bose Lifestyle (+ the zone you want to configure) in the dropdownlist.”.

• SAVE your device.
• Select the controller that connects your Bose Lifestyle with your network (this can be a IP2SL or a GC100 or a Flex).
• MyURemote is able to discover you controllers automatically, but you can also add a controller manually:

• Click the SAVE button.

3- Define your Zones.

• Click on “Zones” and add a new zone.
• Select an icon for your zone.
• Add any label (This can be the name of the room you want to use the tab for: fi “Living”)

• Select in the Amplifier dropdown-list the Bose lifestyle zone you want this tab to use for.
• If you have a television on that room add this to your setup.

• Click the SAVE button.
• Add your inputs

• The configuration of Bose lifestyle systems differs clearly from conventional AV setups. Here is the Bose lifestyle the amplifier and the IR-controller. Therefore you select as Input device always the TAB’s amplifier (In our example this is “Bose zone Living room”. See text in orange here above)
• Label your devices and select the input they’re connected with.