User's Manual

16 Chapter 2 Using AirPort Express
How to Set It Up
1 Connect your AirPort Express to your home stereo or powered speakers using a digital
fiber optic cable, analog mini-stereo-to-dual-RCA, or mini-stereo to mini-stereo
(depending on what type of connectors your stereo uses) connected to the stereo
mini-jack (-
).
Note: You cannot use powered USB speakers with AirPort Express. Use powered
speakers with a stereo mini-jack connector.
2 To join the wireless network, use the AirPort status menu in the menu bar on a
Macintosh. On a Windows computer, hold the pointer over the wireless connection
icon until you see your AirPort network name (SSID), and choose it from the list if there
are multiple networks available. Enter the network password if necessary.
3 Open iTunes on your computer and choose your stereo or speakers from the speakers
pop-up menu in the lower-right corner of the iTunes window.
Wireless computers within range of AirPort Express can wirelessly stream music to it
using iTunes 4.6 or later. Only one computer at a time can stream music to AirPort
Express. You cannot stream music to more than one AirPort Express at a time.
Do not connect AirPort Express to the phono jack on your stereo.
Using AirPort Express to Share a USB Printer
When you connect a USB printer to your AirPort Express, all of the computers on the
wireless network can print to it.