A:AnswerSorry, I don't know. It does have bluetooth capability, so if your phones also have it, then I should think that you could connect them. Whether it mutes the Bose speakers, though, I do not know.
A:AnswerYou can use the optical port on your cable box but you will only get audio for the cable box. You can always connect an aux cable to the headphone jack on your TV.
A:AnswerNo, there isn't any auto volume capabilities on the Bose solo 5, as it's the lower end entry level soundbar and very simple and straight forward without the bells and whistles. But Bose does have higher quality soundbars that may have that feature.
A:AnswerIf this is the older one that the TV sits on, i had one of these. Over the past year, i had to reset a few times. I did by unplugging the unit entitely and waiting about 5 minutes. Unfortunately the last time it happened, i could not get it to power back up. So now i have the soundbar version.
A:AnswerThe connections for the Solo 5 Soundbar are optical, aux (3.5) and coaxial. It does also have Bluetooth. In regards to sound, this is subjective and we encourage you to listen for yourself!
