Need to unplug and re-plug airport express every time I want to use it
Hi there,
just bought an Aiport Express (new generation), the sole purpose being to stream i-tunes music from a Macbook Air and Ipad to my old analog stereo without having to hook it up with cables.
The airport is "joined" to an existing wifi network (non apple product) which works flawlessly with all my other Apple products. The Airport Express is connected to the stereo using a normal minijack/phono cable (works 100%). Setting up the airport express was a lot more complicated than anticipated. Could not follow instructions (the airport express icon does not exist in my mac os (should be under wifi) ) and had to fiddle a lot to get it set up - including hooking it up with cables to my macbook just to find and configure it with hotline help.
Finally I got it working and once it is connected, it works flawlessly.
A continuing problem though is to get it connected:
Even the led is green, neither my macbook air nor my ipad (3rd gen) can find it unless I unplug (power) the airport express, wait 30 sec, plug it back in, wait another 3-5 min before the Led is green.... then sometimes I can find and use it but not always. Pressing the reset button is less succesful...
If it was wrongly configured, then it should just not work, but the annoying part is that it works most of the times - when i unplug (=restart and not reset it). Have others had similar experiences?
This is so annoying that it forfeits the purpose and I will have to find another hardware solution soon unless I can get it fixed.
So my questions would be:
Was it wrong to buy/use an airport express (new gen) to play itune usic from my macbook on my old analog stereo?
If this was a wrong purchase, with which hardware can I play itunes on my stereo without cables from my macbook?
And if my purchase is correct, any ideas how to make it more reliable and easy to use?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
thank you
Yogesh
Update: 2 months later and several visits to Apple care who insists the device works. It still doesnt work. I have spent countless hours following advise found here on this forum but all to no avail. Apple you dissapoint me!
Have now shelved the AE and am looking for better hardware/brands to stream itunes to an analog stereo using wifi. Any (non Apple) recommendations anybody?
Thanks
Yogesh
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