Reset airport express flashing orange

I've reset my airport express and reconnected it to my reciever however the orange light keeps blinking. My airport utility says it's green; however when I play via iTunes, I get an error saying the airport express is not connected to any speakers. I have it going into my CD port on my denon reciever, Please help.

I would suggest that you perform a "factory default" reset on your AirPort Express Base Station (AX), and then, use the AirPort Utility again to reconfigure it for streaming. If this still doesn't remedy the situation, please post back with some additional details about your current network configuration with the AX; also include which version of the AirPort Utility that you are using.

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    jason_h wrote:
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    phunk wrote:
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