Re: Patio Music Solution. Airtunes????

2009-10-05 Thread bigredsky
Hi Rob AirTunes works a treat and requires an airport express and some powered speakers. Alternatvely a product from griffin as below... //www.griffintechnology.com/products/evolve If you end up using AirTunes you may wish to explore Airfoil which sends audio content outside of iTunes only

Re: Patio Music Solution. Airtunes????

2009-10-05 Thread Rod Blitvich
Thanks Ab and WAMUG people Have looked a bit harder at this. One solution is to run speaker wire to external outdoor speakers. The speaker wire has to plug in to the indoors sound system. (thanks Neil) When I looked at my DVD home theatre system it doesn't seem to have a spare output for a

Re: Patio Music Solution. Airtunes????

2009-10-03 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Michael, This could be handy for your coaching. http://www.baysportsaustralia.com.au/headzone.htm For wireless waterproof speakers. I did a search on google for wireless waterproof speakers plenty available. Sent from Ronni's iPhone On 01/10/2009, at 9:52 PM, Michael Hawkins

Patio Music Solution. Airtunes????

2009-10-01 Thread Rod Blitvich
Hi WAMUgersWe have added a patio/pergola outdoors, just off the Living Room.We are about to get an electrician to wire up the lights and powerpoints to this outdoor area.I am thinking about speakers/music.Should I install some outdoor speakers? Any recommendations?Should I get the electrician to

Re: Patio Music Solution. Airtunes????

2009-10-01 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Rod, The bit that is missing is an amplifier. The audio output from the airport express is meant to drive the input of an amplifier/receiver/music centre (typically via an ³Aux in² input port). There is no amplifier in the Airport Express and the output is insufficient to drive the speakers

Re: Patio Music Solution. Airtunes????

2009-10-01 Thread Michael Hawkins
Slightly different question. Are waterproof wireless speakers available? I umpire rowing and one of the difficulties is that crews who are 80 metres or so from the starter can not hear the word ³Go² unless megaphones are used, and if megaphones are used the wind carries the sound hundreds of