How to build your own AirPlay audio system

Once you’ve configured the AirPort Express or Apple TV to receive AirPlay streaming (see the Enable AirPlay section, below), setup is simple. If your existing speakers use an analog-audio connection, only the AirPort Express will work. You just run a standard analog cable—with a 1/8-inch stereo miniplug on the AirPort Express end, and either a miniplug or left/right RCA plugs on the other, depending on your stereo’s audio-input jack(s)—from the AirPort Express’s audio-out jack to that audio input.

If you’ve got a speaker system—or, more likely, a home-theater receiver or a dedicated digital-to-analog converter (DAC)—with an optical-digital audio input, you can use either an AirPort Express or an Apple TV. You simply run an optical cable from the audio-output jack on the Apple TV or AirPort Express to an optical input on your audio system. The Apple TV requires a standard TosLink connector; the AirPort Express uses a Mini-TosLink plug. If you don’t have the cable you need, you can pick one up from most electronics stores or—for a lot less money—online from a site such as Monoprice .

You can control volume using the audio system’s own volume control, or you can set your stereo at a comfortable level and then instead use iTunes or your iOS device to adjust the volume level.

If you don’t already have a good audio system, or you’ve been thinking about buying a new one for AirPlay use, you’ve got plenty of options, including buying a full-size stereo or a bookshelf/mini stereo system. But if you’ll be using this system mainly for AirPlay—in other words, you don’t need all the bells and whistles of a multi-function stereo—you might consider, in the spirit of my older article on building your own iPod stereo , putting together your own compact AirPlay-audio system.

To stream audio to an AirPort Express or Apple TV, you must first connect the device to your network, then you must enable AirPlay on it. On an Apple TV (second-generation only), go to the Settings menu, choose AirPlay, and then make sure the AirPlay option is set to On. If you’d like to give the Apple TV a more-descriptive name—the name that will appear in the AirPlay menu in iTunes and iOS apps—you can do that in the General screen of Settings.

For an AirPort Express, you must launch AirPort Utility (in ), choose the AirPort Express, and then click Manual Setup. Click the Music icon in the toolbar, and then check the box next to Enable AirTunes. You can also rename the AirPort Express here.

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