Product Description

AIRPORT EXPRESS IN

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39377 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Apple
• Model: 941722
• Released on: 2005-06-02
• Platform: Windows
• Dimensions: 1.32 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
AirPort Express with AirTunes is an incredible wireless product that allows you to play iTunes music over your wireless network to your home stereo or powered speakers. It also allows you to share both a broadband Internet connection for up to 10 users and a USB printer. If you already have wireless at home, powered by an AirPort Express or AirPort Extreme Base Station, you can easily extend the range of your wireless network by connecting a second AirPort Express to it. AirPort Express has a small unique design made for life on the go. There are no separate power supplies or cables required, making it easy and convenient to take with you. AirPort Express is also designed to fully support both Mac and PC users.

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Customer Reviews

Excellent - if you have a Mac get Airfoil
The airport express is a great piece of kit. Ironically I found it easier to set up from a PC rather than a Mac.

To make it really sing get a copy of Airfoil. Excellent Mac software that lets you stream any sound source - Realplayer, Firefox, BBC radio - from your Mac to the Airport. Fantastic if you use it with the BBC Radio listen again feature.

It's a very cost effective way to create a multi room hifi system.

Good Product (while it lasts)
The Airport Express is a great idea that works really well FOR AS LONG AS IT LASTS. However, mine having died after about 15 months did not provide me with a satisfactory return on my investment. When it died, I did a Google search and found that the internet is littered with references to dead Airport Express devices all seemingly suffering the same fate. I cannot bring myself to either buy another one nor recommend it to anyone based on my own experience and what I have read of others. Maybe if they had a 24 month warranty on them it would give me more confidence.

Windows Users Beware Of Setup
Typical Apple product, works like really well, but is really quite expensive for what you get (really just remote ITunes for most users in a Windows network I expect). I expected the sound to be a bit poor in comparison to my CD player, but was pleasantly suprised.

SOMETHING TO BE WARY OF: The setup wizard you get with this product is not very good if you want to add it into your existing wireless network. I just followed the instructions from the star review on the amazon.com site and was up and going in about 30 minutes (including time spent messing around moving around my stereo). I have cut and pasted these steps from Mr Mark Conway's review below for the good of all...thanks Mark!

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If you have the typical Windows wireless network setup (computer, router, laptop, access points, etc.), then follow these easy steps to get your AirPort up and running.

1. Before you go wireless, physically connect your AirPort to your router with an Ethernet cable. Plug in the AirPort, and wait until the LED turns solid green.

2. Start the AirPort Admin Utility for Windows. You now want to configure the AirPort to join your existing network "wirelessly". You should see the AirPort Base Station appear with its IP address in the Base Station Chooser.

3. In the lower right-hand corner, click on Configure... Click on the AirPort tab. In the "AirPort Network" section, Use base station to: "Join an Existing Wireless Network". Underneath that, type in your existing wireless "Network Name". You will be asked to change the password as well.

4. Click "Update" in the lower right-hand corner of the Configure window. Your AirPort will be restarted, and the LED should turn solid green again.

5. Finally, disconnect the AirPort from your router, and remove the connecting cable. You should NOW be able to plug in your AirPort anywhere to join your existing network.