Lost airport express output connection from ipad

MY I pad had three output options which one could select affter a double click on the button on the right of the screen
1) Ipad 2) airport express 3) Apple TV : the airport express option has disappeared .. As a results I can no longer play music back through my amplifier (although it does work via the TV but the quality is nowhere ear as good. any ideas as to how I can retrieve my airport express connection would be hugely appreciated all best sammysoul

Once you have WiFi Explorer installed on your Mac, temporarily power off the AirPort Express and locate your laptop as close as possible to the location of the AirPort Express
Open WiFi Explorer and look for the SNR heading.
SNR is signal-to-noise ratio, which is a good way to analyze connection quality. The 'bars" at the top of the Macs screen are there pretty much for show...and they tell you nothing about the noise that may be present in the signal.
Use the following SNR guide to analyze the quality of your connection at the location of the Express:
40+          Superior
35            Excellent
30            Very Good
25            Good
20            Fair
15            Low
10            Very Low
5              Not useable
A reading somewhere between 25-30 should provide a reliable connection for the Express to "extend". Things fall off quickly below 25 though, so if you see anything below that value, that indicates either too low of a signal or too much noise on the connection.
The Express can only "extend" the quality of signal that it receives, so a good SNR is critical to reliable performance.

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