Airport express and stereo channel drop-out

I'm running iTunes on my home stereo system through airport express. I can only get one channel of stereo to play. This does not occur with controls such as playing my stereo components(radio receiver, CD player) outside the network. Is this a common or avoidable problem?

I'm also having problems getting both stereo channels to balance equally when running itunes through my home stereo. However, I'm not using airport express. I have a 1/8 inch cable from the headphone jack of my ibook G4 going to a RCA Y splitter (into the stereo receiver). I have only a faint response in my left stereo channel while most of the signal is in the Right channel. All of my cables are plugged in properly, and everything is fine when I use my stereo components, radio and cd player.
Anyone know why this might be happening? I bought the Y splitter from Radio Shack--it's brand new and doesn't seem to be faulty.
thanks,
Gabe

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Room 1
1. router/ DSL modem 802.11b/g
2. Airport express b/g "joined" to network created by router, connected to stereo.
Room 2
1. airport express n "joined" to network created by rounter in room 1, also connected to stereo
2. Vista laptop b/g connecting to network created by router in room 1
I have the following problems..
1. When using airtunes in room 2 the music keeps cutting out, even though I am sat with my laptop next to the airport express.
2. Airport utility keeps loosing sight of the airport express in room 2 and I cannot see its configuration..
What can I do to improve the performance of the network in room 2, this is using a newer airport express however the older one in room 1 performs much better.
Are the issues down to the fact that the AE in room 2 is in a different room to the router.. I cannot configure the network any other way such as WDS or extend network (only available on an N network)..
so what are the options.. the airport express in room 2 is not really usable at the moment.. BTW room 1 and 2 are not exactly far from each other..
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I just read that if you run iTunes in Adminstrator mode for Vista, that the drop-outs disappear. Try right-click on iTunes icon and Run As administrator. Your user might have adminstrator user rights, but you should do this anyway. If this works, then you can change this in Properties -> Shortcut -> Run as Administrator. You will have to type in the administrator password, or click through on UDC, each time that you run iTunes.
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It just stops sending data to the iMac. All firmware and software are up to date. I have the same problem when using Back to My Mac outside the home. Sometimes I can connect and sometimes I can't.
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Hi, Thanks for the suggestions. Here are the answers to your questions:
Channel selection is on Automatic. I have tried switching channels on both my DSL router (and it doesn't go to the channel I select!) and on the AE. Performance is the same.
iMac still drops connection even if MBA is not logged onto the network.
Screen Sharing's performance is poor, even if iMac is receiving other internet data (Safari or iTunes downloads)
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Each machine is using 10.5.5. This problem exists only in the last couple of months when my DSL provider (all Linux) changed some of their configurations.
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my desktop has an original airport card, in perfect working order, and suffers from non-stop dropouts when streaming music via airtunes. my macbook streams flawlessly. Is this a backwards compatibility issue and is there a fix? I switched the desktop's internet connection to ethernet to test whether laying off the express would improve the streaming. it didn't. airtunes is vital to my computing environment. if i can't fix this, i will have to go back to the old express.

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Quicksilver G4 using Ethernet connection directly to Belkin Wireless G Plus
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loudspeakers. Was able to choose (from iTunes window) whether to play thru
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done this using both a laptop G-4 (successfully to be able to a/b select
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wireless Belkin router to the Airport Express and stereo. (I don't want to
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With your QuickSilver G4 connected via Ethernet to the Belkin router, you should be able to stream iTunes to the AirPort Express Base Station (AX) by joining the Belkin's wireless network as a wireless client.
Try the following...
To set up AirTunes on the AirPort Express Base Station (AX), temporarily connect your computer directly (using an Ethernet cable) to the Ethernet port of the AX, and then, use the AirPort Admin Utility to check these settings:
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- Wireless Mode: Join an Existing Wireless Network (Wireless Client)
- Wireless Network: <select the existing wireless network>
Music tab
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I've tried hours and a trip to the Apple Store to resolve this problem, and no luck so far.
We have two Airport Expresses -- one is an older "g" version (from 2006), one is a newer "n" version (a couple of years old).
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Ok, if you are connecting the AirPort Express Base Station (AX) to the existing wireless network, then the DSL in the next room is most likely a combination DSL modem and wireless router. Thanks for clarifying that for me.
Although they may only be separated by a single wall, the building material used in that wall may be enough to prevent the AX from receving a "good" signal from the DSL router.
Since I don't know what computing equipment you have available, please check out this AirPort User Tip: AirPort - Optimal Base Station Placement to see if you can get some SNR measurements at the location of your AX. To do this properly, you will want to power-off the AX and only get these measurements for the DSL router.

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My Airport Express Base Station signal drops on and off about every 2 minutes. It’s quite frustrating. I currently have a Windows XP PC, with a Linksys Wireless Router. I’ve taken several steps as prescribed in the support chats to no avail. I’ve switched channels, updated software/firmware (iTunes, Base Station and my Router), reconfigured my security settings to no security back to my regular security settings, I’ve placed the base station right next to my router in case it was due to interference, I’ve used headphones in the event it was my stereo, I’ve changed different utility settings (interference robustness, stream size, etc). I’ve opted to use the option “Create a Wireless Network” versus “Existing Wireless Network” and back to “Existing Wireless Network”. Again, all to no avail. Can someone offer some insight to help solve this problem? The problem is so annoying that I no longer use the base station.
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Rene
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