It's a mobile home, which is that wonderful pressure treated wood, so have no idea how that would affect the signal there, and our back door doesn't have a screen. On Apr 12, 2014, at 12:43 PM, Kayaker <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > It's not just steel that's the problem. Is your house stucco or veneered > brick or stone? What really stops wireless signals is wire mesh. Stucco > usually is placed on a house with a wire mesh frame that might as well be a > cellphone, wireless and bluetooth damping field. Also, if the door has a > screen made of metal and not nylon, that can be an issue too. The range of > bluetooth is usually about 33 feet. I'd try aligning your computer and > speaker through a line of sight that passes through a window, or move the > laptop along the wall, even a solid wall, until the signal picks up. > Remember, just because it's closer doesn't mean the signal is stronger. Try > wrapping your speaker in aluminum foil and try to get music out of it. > Smile. I'm guessing you will fine some sweet spot that will work for you. > > Worst case, run an extension cord outside for the laptop. > > Happy experimenting. > > Best, > --k > Faith doesn't give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the > questions. > > > > > > On Apr 12, 2014, at 12:22 PM, Jessica Moss <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Not far, and as soon as I take it outside and close the door, the signal >> gets choppy then eventually cuts out, I have an audio speaker that does the >> same thing when I have the computer in my room then take it in Hannah's room >> to play with her and close the door, and don't know if it's because there >> are walls in-between the rooms, or what the case is, but that can be >> annoying as well, but I don't want to crank the sound up so it can be heard >> all over the house sense that A, distorts it, and B, can be an inconvenience >> to other people here who may not want to hear it at the time. >> On Apr 12, 2014, at 11:04 AM, David Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> How far is the speaker from the computer overall? Have you tried the >>> computer the other way round, in front of the door, or putting the speaker >>> closer? Just experiment. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Dave >>> >>> On 12 Apr 2014, at 15:00, Jessica Moss <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> The back door is a French door, so not sure how much help that is, and had >>>> the laptop sitting in Hannah's room, which is about a foot or less away >>>> from the back door, kind of off to the lide a little, sitting on her >>>> drawing table which sits up against the wall. What would you recommend I >>>> do differently, or can that not really be remmoddied? >>>> I obviously can't keep the back door open all day unless I want to let the >>>> warm air in the whole time and invite gnats into the house, so not sure >>>> what else to do aside from not having any music. >>>> On Apr 12, 2014, at 9:52 AM, David Taylor <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> A door is not a door, and a wall is not a wall. No, seriously, depends >>>>> what material the doors and walls are made of, which way you have the >>>>> bluetooth on the computer pointed, and many other things. External doors >>>>> and walls often include steel, which can impeed signals. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Dave >>>>> >>>>> On 12 Apr 2014, at 14:47, Jessica Moss <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I have a waterproof bluetooth speaker that I'm wanting to take out by >>>>>> the pool this afternoon, but tested it out a few days ago only to find >>>>>> that even after moving my laptop to a location closer to where the back >>>>>> door is, as soon as I take the speaker outside and close the back door, >>>>>> the signal cuts out. Can anyone explain to me why that is? >>>>>> I don't have that issue when the computer is on in my room and I have >>>>>> the speaker in the shower with the bathroom door closed, so have no idea >>>>>> why that would be an issue here, which is really disturbing to me, so >>>>>> would really love some info on this. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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