Product Guide
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• Connect an Apple AirPlay device such as AirPort Express
®
via line-in and play music wirelessly from your iPhone
®
, iPad™
or iPod touch
®
in any or every room of the home.
• Connect an external audio source like a CD player via line-in and listen to the CDs you haven’t had time to rip yet.
• Connect your TV to a PLAY:5, CONNECT, or CONECT:AMP and listen to the big game on the patio while cooking on the grill.
Connecting an AirPort Express to your Sonos system
1.
Connect the AirPort Express to your PLAY:5 (or other Sonos component with an Audio In connection):
• Connect the 3.5mm audio cable (supplied with the PLAY:5) to the
Analog Audio In
connector from the back of your
PLAY:5 to the
Line-out
connector on the AirPort Express. (If you are connecting to a different Sonos component, you
can use a standard RCA audio cable.)
• Connect an Ethernet cable from the Ethernet port on the AirPort Express to an Ethernet port on your PLAY:5.
• Plug the AirPort Express into a power outlet.
2.
Install
AirPort Utility
from the CD included with your Airport Express. (If you need help with this step, you can go to
http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/features/utility.html
.)
3.
Open
AirPort Utility
and follow the on-screen instructions to configure your AirPort Express.
During the setup process, be sure to update the following settings:
• Type
Sonos
as the AirPort Express Name.
• Select
I want AirPort Express to join my current network
.
• Select
I want to disable the wireless network on this AirPort Express and connect it to my computer or network
Note:
You can listen to music from the external device in any room, and use the Sonos
system to control the volume settings. However you must control the playback (forward,
pause, etc.) from the line-in source.
