According to a guide on the Bose website. This is how to put the system into discovery mode: If you have the Wave Bluetooth Music Adapter: Press and hold the AUX button on your remote control until BLUETOOTH appears on the system display Press and hold the 5 button until DISCOVERABLE appears on the system display If you have the Wave SoundLink adapter: Press and hold the Wireless button on your remote control until SOUNDLINK appears on the system display Press and hold the 5 button until DISCOVERABLE appears on the system display (edit see comment below) More on reddit.com

If they said a universal remote, I'm assuming they are talking about third party ones you get from any electrical store. Unfortunately that probably means they no longer have official Bose ones as well. In which case, yes pretty much any universal one should be fine. Most will be Infra-Red, so they don't need to be paired, but they will need to be programmed. It will probably have 20-50 codes for Bose products, and you would need to go through each to find which one works best, but you still may not have full control over the system (depending on what buttons it actually has and most are designed for TVs/DVDs/Home theatre). Realistically these remotes are becoming less useful and less available, as TVs switch to BT remotes. So an electrical store may only have one or two styles anyway. More on reddit.com

So I got my dad's old Bose Wave Music System, I'm pretty sure it's the first model since it doesn't have a "II" or "III" on the tag with the serial number. Basically we lost the remote over the summer, and it appears that no one sells new ones anymore. More on reddit.com

You either have a Wave Music System (aka WMS) sold from 2004 until 2012 or a Wave Music System III (aka WMS III) sold from 2012 to 2015. My parents have a couple of WMS systems throughout their house. They are good speakers. It does not have Bluetooth built-in but AM/FM radio & 3.5mm AUX. As for Bluetooth. That's possible through the AUX with some 3rd party devices . Yet Bose did sell a device called the Wave SoundLink adapter (aka Wave SoundLink upgrade kit ) and then later the Wave Bluetooth Music Adapter . They are the same device just one comes with a power plug and the other does not (well the SoundLink one does include a PC Bluetooth USB dongle)... If you read the Wave Bluetooth Music Adapter Amazon page , it says: Compatible Devices 2010 or later Bose WAVE Music System III, WAVE Music System, WAVE Radio III and Acoustic WAVE Music System II models I learnt this the hard way. During a move, we couldn't figure out why the WMS would not work with the Bluetooth adapter as it was working before. We found out that one wave was made before 2010 and the other was after 2010. They got swapped around and we found out that Waves Before 2010 could not power the Bluetooth adapter and needed an external power supply. Yet swapping the waves around quickly solved the issue. So for clarity, that Amazon Listing really should have said: Compatible Devices WAVE Music System III, WAVE Radio III, 2010 or later WAVE Music System, and 2010 or later Acoustic WAVE Music System II We also discovered if you have the WMS III it can not only power the Bluetooth adapter and iPod dock . But it also could power the SoundTouch pedestal . So, if you have a WMS III, it will work with the first-generation SoundTouch pedestal (it has a silver plate on the front and is slightly flat on the top). This connects to your WiFi and adds SoundTouch (Internet radio & different streaming services depending on your region ), & Airplay 1 ... but no Bluetooth. Yet the SoundTouch IV pedestal (it has a black plate on the front and concaved in on the top) DOES have Bluetooth (along with SoundTouch and Airplay 2 )... but I have not known anyone who has tried this pedestal with a WMS III... My theory is this is a cosmetic difference and nothing more. Yet I am unsure. More on reddit.com