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Wirelessly send music from my laptop to speakers?

post #1 of 7
7/21/07 at 1:36pm
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Hi there- I don't know if this is the right place to post or not but I thought because it's slightly to do with me mac laptop
Anyway- is there any way for me to be sitting on my bed and wirelessly transmit music to my speakers? I've got a set of those Apple creature speakers and want to know is there something I can buy to transmit music wirelessly to them- without having to plug something into my mac- I know you can media transmitters... but will they work without having to have anything plugged into my macbook pro?

Thanks for any help- and any mods please move if this is not the right place

Thanks again
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post #2 of 7
7/23/07 at 10:55am
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Originally Posted by ferco View Post
Hi there- I don't know if this is the right place to post or not but I thought because it's slightly to do with me mac laptop Anyway- is there any way for me to be sitting on my bed and wirelessly transmit music to my speakers? I've got a set of those Apple creature speakers and want to know is there something I can buy to transmit music wirelessly to them- without having to plug something into my mac- I know you can media transmitters... but will they work without having to have anything plugged into my macbook pro? Thanks for any help- and any mods please move if this is not the right place Thanks again
You can use the Airport Express to not only repeat your existing wireless connection, but to also stream iTunes. You plug the Airport into the wall (looks a lot like the power brick for the MBP) and then you plug the speakers into that directly. You can also use it to share a printer apparently, but not a hard drive (for that you need the Airport Extreme, but that doesn't have the line-out for audio ) and will run you around $90 after student discount, but it is a handy little thing for when you are on the road and there is a wired internet connection but no wireless.
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post #3 of 7
7/23/07 at 11:49am
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Awesome- sounds good- just want to check something- so if there is a wired net connection; say in a hotel room can you literally just 'bang' the airport thing in the wall and get instant wireless net? Or is it slightly more complicated than that lol
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post #4 of 7
7/23/07 at 11:54am
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aha just found this on the apple site: http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObje...07A&nplm=M9573
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post #5 of 7
7/23/07 at 11:58am
You plug the airport express into the wall, plug the wired ethernet into that, and you should be immediately online. You may still have to punch in a code (just like if you were wired) since some hotels do that, but that is about the extent of the setup (at least that is my understanding)
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post #6 of 7
7/23/07 at 12:04pm
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Awesome just two more things:
One- At my house with our network; We have like one router thing upstairs with the wireless transmitter which the cables etc. are plugged into; now I was planing to by one of these airport express things so I could just 'whap' it in the wall and get wireless network; but it seems you have to have the ethernet cable there? Which I don't understand because sure enough in the diagrams on the apple website they show a net cable going into it; but it also says you can just plug one in around the house- I don't have net cables around the house? I got wireless net to stop that? How does this work exactly?

Two- I also just wanted to check- I read on the apple website that if you get the airport express you can extend your wireless network; now can you do that even if you don't have an airport extreme or that is to say I'm using I think Linksys... will the airport express just latch onto this network? or will I need to buy an airport extreme hub as well?

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post #7 of 7
7/23/07 at 2:50pm
I think that the Airport express will pick up and repeat the Linksys signal. You will want to use the Airport Assistant on your MacBook to configure it though. And that is the answer to both of your questions
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