iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual, eMatter Edition
260 iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual
Connecting the iPod
to a Car Stereo
equipped Macs and PCs in the house. (Yes, you’ll need an AirPort, AirPort
Extreme or compatible 802.11b/g card for each computer that you want to tap
into the new wireless network.)
3. Connect your stereo system or powered speakers to the AirPort Express.
After you plug the AirPort Express into the wall, use a Y-shaped cable (the one
with the two RCA plugs on one end and the miniplug on the other, mentioned
in the previous section) to connect the AirPort Express to a stereo system or a
pair of powered speakers. If your system has a digital Toslink port, you can also
use a digital fiber optic cable to connect the two. (Speakers that use a USB con-
nection don’t work with AirPort Express.)
4. Install the AirPort Express software from the CD in the box.
The AirPort Express Assistant installer software walks you through the network
setup process, automatically picking up your Internet settings and prompting
you to name the Express base station. And, in case you haven’t updated iTunes
in a while, the installer also gives you a copy of iTunes 4.6 or later so you can
use the AirTunes component to stream your music to the AirPort Express.
5. Open iTunes and look for a pop-up menu with the name of your AirPort
Express.
Once you start up iTunes with the AirPort Express running, you’ll notice a lit-
tle pop-up menu at the bottom of the iTunes window (Figure 13-4). One menu
item is Computer and the other is the name of the base station.
With everything connected and turned on, select the base station name in the
iTunes pop-up menu and click the Play button to blast your playlists out
through the stereo. This first flight on AirTunes takes the longest because of the
setup, but once the AirPort Express is configured, all you really need to do to
join the network and stream your songs is turn on the computer.
If you go whole hog and buy multiple AirPort Expresses to stash around the
house—say one for the living room audio system and one for the bookshelf CD
player upstairs—you’ll see the different names you’ve given them in the pop-up
list.
Note: Only one computer at a time can play iTunes music with a particular AirPort Express, so if you’ve
got only one Express and a house full of music lovers all jockeying to be the AirTunes disc jockey, you may
want to set up a programming schedule so everyone gets a turn.
Connecting the iPod to a Car Stereo
Since the glorious days of crackly AM radio, music and driving have gone hand in
hand. These days, a stereo system with AM/FM radio and a cassette deck is the
bare minimum for most cars, and late-model vehicles now cruise around with all
sorts of high-end equipment tucked inside, from MP3-compatible CD players to
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