Suddenly can't get remote speakers to work

After having inserted a funky CD and having had the CD drive make strange noises, I tried to eject the CD, and it wouldn't. Tried to shut down, computer wouldn't. So took out the battery, reinstalled it, could eject funky CD. After that, tried to get music to play over my remote speakers, and, though I am able to go online and bring up ITunes, I can't get the remote speakers going. The stereo's fine. When I try to play music through the remote speakers, I don't get the "Connectin to remote speakers" message at the top of Itunes anymore; I get a special pop-up box that tells me it's connecting to remote speakers. But it never does: wheel spins and spins forever, no connection ever occurring.
Thanks to whoever has a solution to try.

Try shutting down ituens. Unplugging your AE, then
replug in your AE, give it about 2-3 minutes, then
start up iTunes again.
See if that gets you up and running.
THANKS.
What I did was shut down the computer, unplug Airport, push the reset button, and plug it in again. Did the trick! Thanks again.
Oye

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