i replaced my bose 2000 to a sony avr reciever. does anyone know how i can use the bose subwoofer? i connected my left and right audio to a y connector and connected the way connector to pre out for subwoofer on reciever. the problem is i get nothing. there is one more connector next to the y connector. its a 3 point male plug in. can i plug that in to a status output on reciever? the subs a powered sub.

why?

its my fatherinlaws. i dont want him to spend money on a subwoofer that he watches a movie a month on.

If you park on an incline you could use the bose as a wheel chock, other uses:
Anchor
Tiger play toy
"Club" house for annoying neighbor child
And the most popular an "a*s" jack.

You could give it to a relative you really dislike.
Take it out into the woods and set it free, in a place where it can do no harm to anyones hearing.
Give it a burial at Sea.
Use it to listen to Country music?

maybe use it as a plant stand?

we use em to chock the wheels on trucks...

not familiar with that model but often you can't do anything with a bose sub unless it's hooked to a bose system. As you may have guessed you won't get much help on Bose here as most of the pros hate the stuff and the ones that don't are usually operating out of the trunk of their car.