Problems with airtunes

i use my macbook pro to stream music via my airport express, which is connected to my stereo via a standard audio cable. when i do this, the sound comes out of only one speaker, and very faint out of the other speaker. nothing is wrong with my receiver or my speakers, when i connect using the same cables directly to my mac (rather than to the airport express unit), the sound comes out of both speakers. any idea what could be causing this?

Nicholas, the original poster probably does not appreciate you jumping in on his question. Nonetheless, (in an attempt to save some time for Tesserax), we already verified that your internet connection was working correctly and the issue was with the Direct TV DVR. Did you contact Direct TV support as requested?
If yes, what did they suggest so that we don't ask you to repeat things that you have already done?
If you read some of the posts on the Direct TV forum, you have probably already noticed that there are two schools of thought about troubleshooting an internet connection.
One school recommends nothing connected to the ethernet port and then a red button reset, which will take 5-10 minutes for service to come back. Then attempt the connection.
The other school recommends that the ethernet connection be made and then a red button reset be made, again with 5-10 minutes to be allowed for service to be restored. Then try to connect.
I already mentioned that it was likely that the DVR is looking for a connection with a minimum bandwidth requirement of xxx amount in order to establish a connection. Since you are attempting to connect via wireless through Internet sharing on your laptop to the ethernet port, I started my response to your question with a statement that this would be "iffy". My opinion on this was based on experience. You may recall that I also mentioned that I had tried this in the past with a very good wireless connection and the results were not very encouraging. At best, things were all very, very slow. No doubt some of this is due to the Internet sharing which you are attempting to use.
Tesserax may have some additional comments here if he chooses to respond. If he does, we'll both be fortunate to hear from the top expert on the forums.
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Music
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at first I have to excuse myself for my English, i come from Germany.
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