Hi again Esther.
Would anything happen if I firstly didn't connect an audio cable to the
stereo and the airport express and told airport express I just wanted to use
the airport express to stream music on my iTunes to a stereo and then after
the setup went and connected the cable?
Does it actually make a big difference having the audio cable connected
first?
I understand your instructions just wondered if anything bad would have
happened if just configuring the express first then connect the audio cable
once set up and updated if this would work or if I should take the airport
express to the other room, connect the audio cable to the 3.5 mm jack and
then walk back to the mac and run airport utility?
Any thoughts?
I could of coursse do all this on my macbook right near the stereo as well
couldn't I seen's both iTunes libraries are both synced on both macs.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Esther" <[email protected]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 12:18 AM
Subject: Re: Airport express configuration assistance please
Hi Scott R. and Scott H.,
The recommended sequence is to plug in your AirPort Express and connect
any devices (printers, audio equipment, etc.), then run AirPort Utility.
As David Poehlman mentioned in the earlier discussion about the AirPort
Express, you'll be informed updates for the AirPort Express when you run
AirPort Utility, and you'll be asked if you want to download any updates
then. As with most Apple products, there's a product manual you can get
as a PDF file from:
http://support.apple.com/manuals
Just do a Google search for "Apple support manuals" if you need to find
that page again. Then type in "Airport Express" in the search field.
The first entry is for the AirPort Express Setup Guide (Early 2008):
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/AirPort_Express_Setup_Guide.pdf
Here's the section on "Connecting to an Existing Wireless Network"
(pasted from that document):
<begin quote>
Connecting to an Existing Wireless Network
You can use AirPort Utility to join an existing wireless network. When
you connect your
AirPort Express to your home stereo, computers on your wireless network
can use
AirTunes to play music from iTunes on the stereo. If you connect a USB
printer to your
AirPort Express, all of the computers on the network can print to the
printer.
Make sure you connect the audio cable to your stereo and the USB cable to
your
printer before you use AirPort Utility.
To connect to an existing network:
1 Open AirPort Utility, located in the Utilities folder in the
Applications folder on a
Macintosh, or in Start > All Programs > AirPort on a Windows computer.
2 Follow the onscreen instructions to connect your AirPort Express to
your wireless
network.
<end quote>
You'll probably want to read the sections about
"Using AirPort Express on an Existing Wireless Network and Stream Music
to Powered
Speakers or Your Home Stereo" and the tips for placing your AirPort
Express to avoid
interference.
Also, the AirPort Express can be used for streaming music on PC networks
from computers running Windows with iTunes, and there are instructions on
how to do that as well (not necessary in your case). Rogue Amoeba also
makes a Windows version of AirFoil that allows streaming audio content
(not just from iTunes) using the AirPort Express .
HTH
Cheers,
Esther
On Dec 21, 2008, at 6:45 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
You will use AirPort Utility to accomplish these things. It takes maybe
all of ten or so seconds to boot, but of course your going to have to
open the utility and see if it appears in the table of routers. It'll
have a name like Apple some number. Not sure how the new ones show up.
It'll then allow you to configure it and set it up not only to stream
music, but to act as an extender as well.
hth
On Dec 21, 2008, at 11:32 AM, Scott Rutkowski wrote:
Hi all mac listers.
can anyone please advise i've just purchased an airport express and i'm
wondering i've connected power to the unit and am wondering is the
first thing I should do is open airport utility and upgrade the
firmware and then how do I just tell airport express I want to stream
music wirelessly using iTunes?
I thought I remember Esther or someone saying I can tell airport
express to then connect to my wireless router using 80211n and then
once configured take it in to the next room and connect it to my stereo
aux in.
Is this correct so far or have I missed anything important?
how long does an airport express take to boot up when power is applied?
Does the firmware for airport express get upgraded only via the airport
utility and not via software update like other mac firmware?
Sorry for the questions am new to airport express and setting up an
airport device on a mac for the first time.
Thanks all for your assistance.
Scott Howell
[email protected]
