Airport Express as Repeate doesnt work

Hello. I have a TIme Capsule an older modell with 1GB Harddisk and Wifi function.
The Time Capsule is in an other house circa 8 meter next to me. In my house i have in Airport Express MB321Z/A that i will use as a repeater. I had done this configuration.
The LED of the Airport Express is green, aber 1 Meter next to the Airport Express the Signal is very weak. I dont really know if the Airport Express really works as repeater.
A time capsule 8 meter next to me trough two walls an one roof is that to much?? The Airport Express LED shines green but i think the signal is not better.
What is the problem??

A time capsule 8 meter next to me trough two walls an one roof is that to much??
Each intervening obstruction will attenuate wireless signals a certain amount.
Try relocating the Express closer to the Time Capsule. The wireless information it is capable of repeating is only as good as the quality of signal it can receive.

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at first I have to excuse myself for my English, i come from Germany.
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I am really hoping someone can think of what's going wrong with my set up. I keep getting an error message "an unexpected error occurred, please try again" when i try to do my configuration. I only want it to stream music from my ipad to my stereo. I would really prefer to do the set up only using an ipad, if at all possible.
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• Turn off the Airport card and then turn it back on.
-- I did this during the initial attempts (all further attempts will have to wait until tomorrow, as it's past my bedtime)
• "network showing up in the drop down menu" with a check mark next to it?
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-- I'll try all of these tomorrow
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