A platform for attachment to a sound system and wirelessly sending control signals to the sound system, is constructed and arranged to support said sound system, and has a plurality of control buttons exposed outside the sound system when said sound system is attached to the platform. The platform has a wireless transmitter constructed and arranged to illuminate a sensor of the sound system constructed and arranged to receive wireless control signals from a remote control associated with the sound system. The platform has a signal processor intercoupling the wireless transmitter and the control buttons constructed and arranged to respond to actuation of a control button for producing an emission from the wireless transmitter for activating a corresponding control function in the sound system.