ITunes Error when connecting to my Airport Express

Hi,
I am at home and my internet runs perfectly; my Airport Express is solid green but I cannot connect to it to stream my music from iTunes. I get the following error:"" There was an unknown error (-15006) connecting to the AirPlay device “air_express”" . (Or similar, my OS is in japanese hence the wording may not be exact). air_express is the name I gave to the Airport device.
Sometimes the device is recognized by Airport Utility application and sometimes not. I have very good coverage, (I am almost next to the wireless base station) and the Airport Express is the same as dead.
I have the latest version of the Airport Utility, I am running 10.5.8 and yes, I did reset the device and once it was recognised by the Airport utility I did a factory reset as well.
Any explanation, since I have now a nice white paperweight.....

Interference, especially in the 2.4 GHz / 802.11g band, can cause all sorts of headaches. The Express appearing and disappearing in AirPort Utility is a symptom of that, or of it being too far away from its wireless access point (which you ruled out already).
Microwave ovens, cordless phones, and wireless stereo speakers are possibilities too.
If your equipment is capable of 5 GHz / 802.11n, using it will mitigate the effects of interference or eliminate it completely. I have found its range to be more sensitive to intervening structures though.
Use iStumbler or something similar to determine if there are a lot of wireless networks in your area. It only takes a few competing wireless networks to cause problems. Changing wireless channels as you suggest may help.
If everyone else would simply use the minimum transmitter power necessary for their needs, interference would be less of a problem. Unfortunately that's not going to happen - it's like asking everyone to keep their voices down in a crowded room.

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