Airtunes Remote Control

Hi,
I'm not sure if this is the right place for the type of question but I'll post it here hoping someone has an idea.
Basically I have an imac that stores all my music and I stream the music from my mac to my stereo in another room using airport express, however I'm looking for a remote control device that can choose the music from the imac without having to physically walk into the computer to change a track, I think the keyspan express remote is very limited with no lcd display, I was hoping to get a device that you can actually browse your artists and pick songs from the remote control.
Thanks for any help
Paul

Hello Gateth Peate,
Please try the following one by one
1. Connect your iPod with your HiFi set via the universal dock - does it work?
2. Connect your iPod with your computer via the universal dock - does it work?
If both OK, then connect your iPod via universal dock - iPod USB or Firewire cable > Mac computer -airport express>HiFi's Aux

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-- Gary

Hi,
there is no remote control for AirPortExpress or Air Tunes. Maybe we will see something like this in the futue, who knows.
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I recently turned on the built-in firewall on my MacBook Pro. Ever since doing so, every time a run iTunes, get the following message:
[quote]
Your computer is using firewall software that prevents
you from using a remote control for AirTunes.
To use a remote control for AirTunes, open System Preferences, click
Sharing, then click Firewall, and select "iTunes Music Sharing."
[/quote]
I always tell it to "Ignore" and I am able to play music through my AirPort Express without any trouble. What is the "remote control" to which this message is referring? I have searched Apple's support pages and this forum without any luck. I thought that opening the "iTunes Music Sharing" port in the firewall would allow other people on my local network to see my music if I was sharing it, which I am not. I don't see what this has to do with a remote control.
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-- Gary
2.16 GHz MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.5) 2GB RAM, 7200 RPM HD

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Hi
I have (somewhere) a newton from about 1997, and wondered whether it would be feasible to get it wi-fi'ed up so as to use a remote control for airtunes, to use in a different room to the computer, maybe using the salling clicker or something similar. Has this been done before?, if so, are there details on the web anywhere?
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I am looking for a remote control for my music via Airtunes other than the premote app for the Iphone/Itouch. Keyspan has a solution but it's really old and I'm hoping to find a more updated solution. Ideally, I'd like to have a screen that will mimic my Itunes interface so I can scroll through my music. It's a shame that Apple doesn't have a remote to do this.
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Hi Sean,
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hi bohdik,
Welcome to the Lenovo Forums.
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I recently had a Verizon tech visit my house due to constant DVR and remote control freezing. TV content was freezing whether it was locally recorded, pulled from another DVR in the house, or On Demand. On a hunch after the tech tested everything and was about to leave, he unplugged my gigabit switch from the Fios router. Lo and behold everything started running perfectly. Since to the tech, the problem was solved, he closed the case and was on his way. The probem is of course I have more devices than the built in router switch provides ports for. My network is compised of an 8 port Netgear gigabit switch downstream from the Fios router with two wireless access points (with their own built in gigbait switches) connecting to the Netgear gigabit switch. There are no loops in the switch topology. I've tried changing out the router, the gigabit switch, removing the wireless acces points individually as well as plugging the access points directly into the Fios router switch (one at a time with no Netgear switch in the middle) and all scenarious cause the DVR/remote control freeezing to come back. The only devices I can plug into the Fios router without causing freezes are PC's....anything with it's own switch essentially brings the network to it's knees. If anyone has an idea how to get my network back in one piece AND make the DVR's/remotes behave, I'd greatly appreciate the help!
My Fios equipment:
MI-424WR GEN-3I rev I (eye) running firmware 40.19.36
5 Motorola HD-DVRs all QIP 7232-2 running software release 1.9.1 platform build 25.39 (Oct. 22, 2012)
Specific config:
75/35 Fios connecting via ethernet from ONT. Set-top boxes connect to Fios router coax port via powered splitter.
*All SNR/dB mesasurements taken by the tech from the set-top boxes and router are well within spec.
Fios router provides DHCP addressing. Wireless N access points are configured for roaming with the same SSID and non-overlapping channels. Access points are not providing routing or IP adressing...all layer 3 and up services still provided by Fios router
Diagram:
ONT
|
Fios Router ---------Cable Splitter---------Set Top Boxes
|
Netgear Switch
|           |
WAP1    WAP2

WayfarerII wrote:
... DVR ... remote ... freezing ... TV ... whether ... locally recorded, pulled from another DVR ...
... tech ... unplugged my gigabit switch from the Fios router ... and ... everything started running perfectly ...
... config:
75/35 Fios ... via ethernet from ONT ... Set-top boxes connect to Fios router via powered splitter ...
ONT
|
| cat5
|
Fios Router ---------Cable Splitter---------Set Top Boxes
|
Netgear Switch
|           |
WAP1    WAP2
I am inclined to echo several of the "tns" comments, particularly with respect to your splitter. My layout is based on a standard 8-port splitter of the type usually supplied in a VZ install. In addition I do have a ChannelPlus device that functions as a powered splitter, but its use is limited to distribution of secondary TV signals to older analog TVs. My first point then is that this may be an offender as "tns" has suggested.
In addition, I'd describe your wiring as "non-standard" (red-colored items in the above diagram)  As you're no doubt aware, with 75/35 you don't really need Cat5e from the ONT (your original diagram). It seems the highest tiers do require it, but in "standard" installations this run is coax directly to an 8-port non-powered splitter (below diagram), then from that splitter via coax to all STBs and CableCards, other TVs, et.), and also to the Actiontec.   Subsequent feeds from the Actiontec to wired devices (including WAPs) are via Ethernet (typically Cat 5e).
In fact I don't immediately see how your STBs get additional services such as On Demand and IMG with the wiring shown in your diagram (perhaps someone can help me out here). In "standard" installs the Actiontec must be connected via coax to the ONT to provide such services to other network clients. I don't see that requirement being met here.
For starters I'd recommend that you change your service from WAN Ethernet to WAN coax. This can easily be accomplished over the telephone. Then I'd run coax directly from the ONT to the Actiontec as in my revised diagram below (blue-colored items). If your setup can manage with this arrangement, I think it will help greatly with the "freezing" issue.
ONT - - - - - - coax - - - - -
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Fios Router --- coax--- Standard 8-Port Splitter --- coax --- Set Top Boxes
|cat5
Netgear Switch
|cat5          |cat5
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First shock the Service Center was dirty, the paint obviously several decades old and faded, the light kept to the minimum.
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I have a problem to install remote control on this notebook.
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SCCM remote control keeps dropping out when another network adaptor loses connection

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at work, we are running SCCM 2012, and I use SCCM 2012 config manager to manage the clients etc
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Here's an example for you:
a laptop with a wired, and wireless connection:
I remote control the machine through the wired network address (lets say 192.168.0.1), but if the wireless connection drops out (someone turns it off or it breaks) the remote control client will kick me off, lock the screen, and I have to wait 20-30 seconds
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The next time you notice the line gone from the System Preferences, open up your System Profiler (from the /Applications/Utillities/ folder) and check to see if the "IR Receiver" is listed under the USB section in Hardware.
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