Well, Google gave us some info on this thing. All may not be lost for the
airplay. There's a PDF manual, looks like a UK site, if this is the one you
have at
http://www.google.com/url?q=http://uk.jbl.com/tl_files/catalog//jbl/multimedia/Manuals/OnBeat%2520Air/Owners%2520Manual%2520JBL%2520OnBeat%2520Air%2520English.pdf&sa=U&ei=AzBUT-N8w9mIAqDivLYG&ved=0CBoQFjAC&usg=AFQjCNEmKusQI2Wu89bdF-rYl9huuZ9Icw
It states a couple interesting things about the device. It has some kind of
connect button you can hold for 3 seconds after you power it up that makes
it create it's own wifi network. Just join that with the computer, Iphone,
or whatever, think they say it calls the wifi spot JBL on Beat and use the
web page http://169.254.1.1
and that will let it have you tell it what your router is that it should
join. That UK manual didn't mention a lot about that app you were talking
about besides the fact that it's there, nobody really knows what else it
does. Now I wish my old bose Speakers had airplay as I have to switch
machines to get good sound as the Macbook speakers aren't exactly great.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dane Trethowan" <[email protected]>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: more on jul onbeat speaker system
Its certainly very nice sounding that's for sure.
On 05/03/2012, at 2:16 PM, Brent Harding wrote:
I wonder if this thing is like a lot of airplay devices where it creates
its own wifi network you could connect to and get into a web page. I
wonder if this one would be better sounding than something like the
Klipsch IGroove or whatever it's called that I'm thinking about getting
one day?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" <[email protected]>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 9:04 PM
Subject: more on jul onbeat speaker system
Hi again!
What follows are very first impressions of the JBL Onbeat Air speaker
system. Unfortunately I’ve only been able to play with the dock connector
of the system, the “Airplay” facility is going to require some extra help,
in other words someone with some sight.
System sounds excellent, well worth the $299.00 purchase price. Plenty of
clarity across the spectrum plus plenty of volume.
Onbeat requires the installation of an IOS app, when you first plug an IOS
device into the dock you’re prompted to install the app.
It would seem that parts of this app are inaccessible so that’s what I
mean when requiring extra help to set the Onbeat Air up for complete
“Airplay”, this is the system which allows the user to “Stream”
audio/video from a computer and so on to the Onbeat Speaker system.
Onbeat Air comes with a 10 button remote control, I haven’t explored this
yet.
The system has the best dock connector I’ve seen, its very solid and the
IOS feels thus when connected.
The IOS device can be orientated into either “Landscape” or “Portrait”
mode and that’s a convenient addition to the system.
Using the supplied adapter stand its possible to connect an iPad to the
system.
On the back of the system are a number of sockets and buttons, 1 button
turns on and off the power and there are sockets for line-in, power
supply, USB in and a video out composite jack for watching movies or TV
shows from your IOS device on a television or such.
I’ll write more when I’ve been able to get the “Airplay” facility going.
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