Bluetooth output?

I have a device called iShower. It's like a waterproof radio for the shower, but it uses Bluetooth to receive a signal from iPad or iPhone. I use it to play music or satellite radio on either my iPad or iPhone. It has multiple Bluetooth "channels" to pair various devices. I can't find a way to transmit music from my iMac to the iShower device. I'm using Bluetooth on my iMac for a Magic Trackpad, but in that case, the iMac is receiving the signal. Is there a way to make the iMac transmit a signal? Is there such a thing as AirPlay on the iMac?

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# Bluetooth configuraton file
# Bluetooth services (allowed values are "true" and "false")
# Run the bluetoothd daemon (default: true)
#DAEMON_ENABLE="false"
# Run the sdp daemon (default: false)
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HIDD_ENABLE="true"
# Activate rfcomm ports (default: false)
RFCOMM_ENABLE="true"
# Run bluetooth dial-up networking daemon (default: false)
DUND_ENABLE="true"
# Run bluetooth PAN daemon (default: false)
PAND_ENABLE="true"
# rfcomm configuration file (default: /etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf)
#RFCOMM_CONFIG="/etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf"
# Options for hidd, dund and pand (default: none)
#HIDD_OPTIONS=""
#DUND_OPTIONS=""
#PAND_OPTIONS=""
DAEMON_ENABLE="true"
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Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
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Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: HIDP (Human Interface Emulation) ver 1.2
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Last edited by pratik_narain (2010-07-23 03:54:49)

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