Hi Dane,
I don't remember whether you can use the physical Apple Remote control unit
with the Airport Express, but can I ask why you would want to use this instead
of using the Apple Remote app (on an iOS device), which can do so much more?
With the Remote control unit you are restricted to line-of-sight IR signal, and
I've also read reports from people who have lost the physical remote for their
Apple TVs and then wonder how to operate them and reset them.
I'd guess that you can use the Apple Remote control unit with the Airport
Express, if you have a line-of-sight connection that within the limiting
physical distance of IR operation. These units also work for controlling
presentations on the older laptops. Of course, none of the MacBook Air models
have the IR sensors.
Matthew, you asked about whether you'd need another router if you use the
Airport Express. I just have the Airport Express connected to cable modem box
of my internet service provider for my local wi-fi network. The Airport
Express works quite well for handling up to 10 or so devices. It's just that
if you want to have a local wired network running, too, you'd probably choose a
different model Airport device, due to the limited number of ports. Also, if
you have a backup of your system from Lion, you might want to retrieve the
version of the Airport Utility software from there. The older Airport Utility
had many more features for configuration, diagnosis, and troubleshooting. It
still runs under Mountain Lion, but the Airport Utility tools that come with
Mountain Lion are stripped down a lot. See the archived list discussion
comments from Dónal and John Panarese from this April.
Cheers,
Esther
On 23 Jul 2013, at 03:29, Dane Trethowan wrote:
> Okay sorry, I didn't explain myself correctly.
>
> When I talk of Remote control here I'm talking about the Apple Remote control
> unit you hold in your hand, I think I read somewhere that if you have one of
> these, you can point it at the Apple Airport Express which in tern will
> control the source of the streaming say iTunes for example.
>
> On 23/07/2013, at 8:08 AM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dane,
>>
>> Yes, if you add these remote locations for your other speakers with the
>> Airport Express, you can use the Apple Remote app on your iOS device to
>> control the location where the sound gets directed to, and to play/pause,
>> change tracks, etc.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Esther
>>
>> On 22 Jul 2013, at 11:54, Dane Trethowan wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for that, 1 other thing and correct me if I'm wrong, I think the
>>> Airport Express can be used with an Apple Remote control?
>>>
>>> For example, suppose you're streaming iTunes to your Airport Express and
>>> its connected to a speaker system, you can use the remote control with your
>>> Airport Express to skip forwards, backwards, change track etc.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 23/07/2013, at 7:31 AM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Matthew,
>>>>
>>>> You're correct that the Airport Express will let you stream music content
>>>> across your network, but the actual device is about the size and shape of
>>>> a Mac power brick, and it only has a LAN port, a WAN port, and a USB port.
>>>> The recent models are dual-band (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz). You can also use
>>>> them to extend a network.
>>>>
>>>> Dane, I think that only the Airport Extreme has gigabit ethernet ports,
>>>> and the Express is limited to 10/100 mbps, but you might want to check
>>>> this. And as far as I know, you could always have plugged one of those
>>>> power extension cables for your power brick or iPad charger into the plug
>>>> adapter location.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Esther
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 22 Jul 2013, at 11:06, matthew Dyer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Are thees airport express units like routers with extra features? I am
>>>>> consittering getting one. I thought they have the abblility to play
>>>>> music as well. Just a little confused thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Matthew
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 22, 2013, at 8:42 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bought myself a new Airport Express, the oler model I had died recently
>>>>>> and I'm not at all surprised as that thing used to get incredibly warm.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have the new designed Airport Express which looks much like an Apple
>>>>>> TV so I've put a piece of scotch tape onto the top of it so I can tell
>>>>>> it apart from the Apple TV unit itself at first glance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm glad Apple have done away with the plug adapter found on the older
>>>>>> Airport Express model, now a power cord plugs into the Express unit
>>>>>> making it more flexible.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I do have 1 question regarding the Ethernet ports, is 1 a WAN and 1 a
>>>>>> LAN? Are both 1gigabit or 100 migabit ports?
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
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