Stand alone Airport Express for Sound system

Hi
Can I have an Airport Express on it's own connected to a sound system.
I have a normal (Sky) Wireless router at home and no other Aplle networking.
I want to be able to airplay music to my sound system and was told that an Airport express would allow me to do this.
But, My iphone will not find it, My ipad will not find it and I can not connect through the utility.  I have tried so many things but can not make it work.
Will it ever work?  Can I do this?  How?  Please help...
Cheers
Richard

Can I have an Airport Express on it's own connected to a sound system.
Yes. The AirPort Express Base Station (AX) can be configured to provide its own wireless network for the purpose of iTunes streaming. It does NOT require an Internet connection.
The issue you would have is that you would need to switch wireless network between the goal of streaming vs. Internet access.
To resolve this, you would just need to reconfigure the AX to "join" the Sky's wireless network so you do both simultaneously. (ref: AirPort Utility > Select the AX > Manual Setup > AirPort > Wireless tab > Wireless Mode = Join a wireless network.)

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