connect optical audio speakers to tv with no optical audio (1 Viewer)

so i am new to this. i recently bought a Bose CineMate GS Series II digital home theater speaker system, along with my Avol tv. The tv has no optical audio port for it, so i cannot connect it directly to the tv like i would like to. I am looking for a solution, but nobody i know has any expertise on this subject.

i was looking at getting an AV reciever, but again i do not know how i would set it up to make all of the sound run through my speakers, let alone which one to even get. i have a budget of about $300. if anyone can help me out with some solutions and diagrams i would greatly appreciate it.

here is the set up i would like to create:

Xbox 360, DVD player/blue ray, and possibly laptop computer all hooked up to AV reciever
speakers play audio from any of the electronic devices when selected

Does your TV have either a digital coaxial (single RCA) or analog stereo (Red/White RCA) audio output?

If it has a digital coaxial output, a simple coaxial to optical converter would allow you to connect the TVs digital coaxial output to the Bose optical input.

If it has analog stereo outputs, then you should be able to directly connect the stereo outputs on the TV to the analog inputs on the Bose system (assuming this is the Bose system you have).

If your TV has absolutely no audio output whatsoever, then an AVR is what you need - however those Bose speakers aren't really the best thing to hook up to an AVR. The Bose system uses that little controller box thingy to separate the channels (and probably do some other Bose magic). Those are the things that an AVR is supposed to do.

If you are interested in getting an AVR, then you should really consider selling or returning the Bose speakers and putting that money towards a standard AVR + real speakers setup (even if you want to stay 2.1). $300 plus whatever you get for the Bose would provide you with many options for AVR and 2.1 speakers.

What model TV do you have?

It sounds like Jason is really really giving you the best advice. If you're looking for all those sources you're going to want to use an AVR and really get rid of the Bose. That Bose system is really meant to come off the TV to provide an easy to setup solution for beginners. With it you normally use the TV as your switcher as the Bose will just amp and output what's on the TV.

Even if you did get an AVR you can't really hook it up to that Bose system. You're better off just sticking with the Bose (no AVR) or just getting a whole new system.