Airport Express 'names' not updating in Itunes 'speakers'

Love the iphone remote app
purchased a few airport expresses -
Named them - Renamed them
BUT itunes is NOT picking up the renames -
any clues on how I 'refresh' the speaker list names in itunes?

It has a separate name for the AirPort itself and the "iTunes Speaker Name." Use the AirPort Utility and click "Manual Setup" for the AirPort Express, then click the Music icon in the toolbar at the top. From there you can change the name it shows in iTunes.

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Any ideas?

Welcome to the discussions!
I've been able to fix this issue in the past by doing a factory default reset on the AirPort Express and then updating the firmware before reconfiguring the device.
To do this, power down the Express
Hold in the reset button and keep holding it in as you plug the device back into power
Release the reset button after approximately 10 seconds
You can also return the device to factory defaults when it is selected and you have AirPort Utility already open. From the Base Station menu at the very top of your screen up by the Apple icon, select Restore Default Settings
It might be a good idea to temporarily connect an ethernet cable from you computer to the Express to help AirPort Utility "discover" the device once you have done the reset.

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another forum answered it.
airport utility, manual setup, music tab, there is a space for the name to show in itunes.
simple and solved.

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Hi,
I'm really hoping someone can help me. I have just got an ADSL connection at home and have started using my Airport Express I've had for years but haven't used, model number A1088. I can use the Airport Express to use AirPlay from my iPhone, iPod and iPad. iTunes 10 on my 2010 13" MacBook Pro recognises the Airport Express as an AirPlay device, however when I attempt to play music through remote speakers using the Airport Express as the AirPlay device I receive the error message "An error occurred while connecting to AirPlay device "emptyk86 Airport Express". The network connection failed". I have performed numerous hard resets and resets within the Airport Utility, to no avail. I could accept that as the Aiport Express is quite old now, that it could be broken, but as it works for all iPhones, iPods, and iPads I don't understand what I'm doing wrong!
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The same thing started happening to me this morning. I have an old Airport Express, New MacBook Pro, recently updated to Lion, have the latest version of iTunes. Everything worked fine until this morning. I was playing music, stopped it, and when I tried to resume, got the error message. I turned evertying off and on and reset everything. The problem persisted. However, I had no problem playng music from my iPad library through the system using the iPad.
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Speaker names not updating in itunes

Love the iphone remote app
purchased a few airport expresses -
Named them - Renamed them
BUT itunes is NOT picking up the renames -
any clues on how I 'refresh' the speaker list names in itunes?

nobody on this one ?
I guess I just have to paperclip reset them and start over.

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I have been using itunes with my airport express flawlessly for a couple of months. 2 nights ago I updated to itunes 11.0.3 and when I opened itunes and tried to select Airport over the speakers the little icon was missing. I shut down and restarted itunes with no change.

Hey sckeith,
We have an article that goes over troubleshooting if your AirPlay icon doesn't appear on iTunes on your computer:
Troubleshooting AirPlay and AirPlay Mirroring
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4215
Cheers,
David

Airport Express will not update

My Airport Express is 7.4.1 and over the last two years where it asked me to update to 7.6.1, it never works. Why?

I have had a similar problem with one of my AEX's.
The hard reset & direct ethernet connection would not allow a reset or a firmware update.
I have just discovered that if one hovers over the device at hand when it appears in the Airport Utility list (column on the left) & right-click (or control-click), a virtual menu appears that includes "Restore to Default Settings," which was successful. The device was ethernet-connected for the reset & once it was restored I was able to update the firmware to 7.4.2.
It now is back in working order wirelessly.
Hope this may be of help to others!

My Airport Express will not update from 7.4.1 to 7.6.1.

No matter how many times I press the button, the update never seems to occur. Anyone have any ideas?

Power-Cycle it, including your device.
If it still doesn't work... factory re-set and start from there.

ITunes recognizes one Airport Express but not the other

I have two Airport Express and have updated both with V6.3. Now when I try to connect iTunes to the stereos to which they are connected, one works fine, the other says "The remote speaker is not compatible with this version of iTunes. I'm running iTunes 6.05.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.

Answered myself. Both Airport Express were sharing the same IP address. Changed one over and now everything works fine.

Second AirPort Express Basisstation not found after update

Hello!
I'm trying to set a second AEBS in client mode (as defined on http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108040), because I want to use it for AirTunes while I'm connected to the Internet thru the other AEBS I've had.
I'm following the instructions founded in the support-sites: I do a hard reset for my second AEBS and then configure it with the AirPort Utility (latest version) to use the existing network of my first AEBS.
Everything is ok *ONLY if I let the network unprotected*!
As soon as I try to use some kind of protection (thru WPA/WPA2 and password or by hiding the name of the network or even restricting the computers aloud to access the network thru the MAC-adresses), the second AEBS couldn't be founded anymore after the update.
I've tried this from my MacMini PPC running Leopard and from a pre-latest MBP running Tiger ... both succesless!
Do you have any advice?
Thanks!
Regards,
Vlad
P.S. Here are the settings for my two AEBS ... in german (sorry!):
The first AEBS:
AirPort Express-Name: BS1
Basisstation-Status: Normal
Version: 6.3
Seriennummer: ...
AirPort-ID: 00:11:60:2E:7D
Ethernet-ID: 00:11:60:2E:7C
USB-Drucker: LaserDrucker
Drahtloser Modus: Drahtloses Netzwerk anlegen
Netzwerkname: NW1
Schutz: Persönlicher WPA/WPA2
Kanal: 1 (Automatisch)
Drahtlose Clients: 1
Verbinden über: PPPoE
IP-Adresse: 85.182.10.203
Netzwerkname: NW1
Sendermodus: 802.11b/g-kompatibel
Kanal: Automatisch
Schutz: Persönlicher WPA/WPA2
Optionen für drahtloses Netzwerk:
Multicast-Rate: 5,5 MBit/s (but I have also tried with 2 MBit/s)
"Als geschlossenes Netzwerk anlegen" is choosen (but I've tried also without)
"Störunempfindlichkeit aktivieren" is choosen (but I've tried also without)
The second AEBS after the hard-reset and before update:
AirPort Express-Name: BS2
Basisstation-Status: notLocalized (ist auch gelb)
Version: 6.3
Seriennummer: ...
AirPort-ID: 00:11:24:EB:58:C5
Ethernet-ID: 00:11:24:EB:58:C5
Drahtloser Modus: Mit drahtlosem Netzwerk verbinden
Netzwerkname: NW1
Schutz: Persönlicher WPA/WPA2
Kanal: 6 (Automatisch)
Verbinden über: Drahtloses Netzwerk
IP-Adresse: (leer)
Drahtloser Modus: Mit drahtlosem Netzwerk verbinden
Netzwerkname: NW1
Schutz: Persönlicher WPA/WPA2
Passwort habe ich eingetragen
Optionen für drahtloses Netzwerk:
"Störunempfindlichkeit aktivieren" is choosen (but I've tried also without)
Verbinden über: (inaktiv)
IPv4 konfigurieren: DHCP verwenden
IP-Adresse: (leer)
Teilnetzmaske: 255.255.255.255
everything else is void
"AirTunes aktivieren" is choosen
P.P.S. After clicking on "Update" I receive the following error-message:
"Das AirPort-Dienstprogramm kann Ihre Basisstation nach dem Neustart nicht finden.
Die Einstellungen für diese Basisstation wurden erfolgreich aktualisiert. Es gab jedoch ein Problem beim Verbinden mit dem drahtlosen Netzwerk oder die Basisstation wurde nicht gefunden. Wählen Sie Ihr Netzwerk aus dem AirPort-Menü und versuchen Sie es erneut."

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I'm not able to configure it.
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Contact HP for support.
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If you mean by "airport express" the square airport router you plug in and has a usb port then run the Airport Utility located in your Utilities folder to set it up again. If AU doesn't see it you may need to do a re-set of the AE.

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I have 2 airport express stations that are 6.3 and they have always been able to connect to my qwest wireless router no prob. I've recently updated to Leopard and was surprised to see the new airport utility instead of the airport admin and airport setup tools. I like the new utility and interface as it seems less confusing than the old but now I'm having issues.
1. I can get the new utility to recognize my airport express ONLY when I do a hard reset to the airport express.
2. As I've done many times in the past, I go through the following setup protocol to join my current wireless network. I simply want to join my current network so I can talk to my stereo and printer wirelessly.
3. When I finish the setup and hit update, the airport utility updates the express successfully and then attempts to restart the express in order to join my network. This is where the problem lies.
*Here's the error message I get:*
AirPort Utility was unable to find your Apple wireless device after restarting.
The settings for this Apple wireless device have been successfully updated, but there was a problem re-joining the wireless network or finding the Apple wireless device. You may need to select your network from the AirPort menu and try again.
Now, I've tried repeating this process 10 times with both airport express stations and the same result happens? Remember, the only way for the utility to find the express is to hard reset the express. What gives? I bought both of these express stations over a year ago and they've been working fine til now. Because they are older and updated to 6.3, I shouldn't update them to the 802.11n7.3.1 update or should I? Is there something different about this new airport utility in Leopard that is causing the problem?
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I've got the solution! It took me some fair hours, though...
It seems the Airport Express can not handle the WEP-encryption properly, nor the 64 or the 128 bit versions. Here's how to work around it:
1) change your routers encryption to WPA2 with passkey (WPA-2-PSK). You may use the 10-digit code supplied with most routers or any of your own choice.
2) Change all wireless cards in your network to WPA2-PSK. It can take some time to figure it all out, but in the end you'll fix it. I had to download a new driver for my D-Link card DWL-G650 for instance.
3) Do the usual config thing with the Airport Express. Choose to connect to an existing network, apply the 10-digit passkey (be sure to choose the WPA2-PSK-option in the drop down-menu).
4) Off you go! Itunes will find the remote speakers, green lights all over and everybody turns happy...
/W

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In more detail:
Previously I had a Comcast internet connection which went through a Linksys wireless router. My Mini picked up the internet with this connection. Then I had an Airport Express hooked up to some remote speakers. They worked fine. Now, I have the Verizon wireless router hooked in directly to my Mini through the ethernet cable. I see the wireless network created by the Verizon router. I still see the wireless network created by the Linksys router. However, my iTunes can not connect to my AE/AirTunes speakers.
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Airport Express 'names' not updating in Itunes 'speakers'

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