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Using airplay to play music

I have an iPhone XR running 16.1.1. For years I used airplay on my iPhone to play music from Sirius XM or Amazon Music apps to my Onkyo TX-8160 stereo receiver without entering a password. However, about two years ago, when I tried to play music on my stereo, I would get a message saying "Enter the password for TX-8160". I've never set up a password, so while I can play music using Bluetooth, I'm locked out of using airplay (which I prefer using for lots of reasons). Can anyone help?

iPhone XR, iOS 16

Posted on Dec 28, 2022 2:11 PM

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Posted on Dec 29, 2022 12:35 PM

Hi JenStac,


Thanks for contacting Apple Support Communities!


We understand that you're attempting to play music to your Onkyo TX-8160 stereo receiver and it's prompting you for a password to do so.


We would suggest that you contact the manufacturer of your Onkyo TX-8160 stereo receiver since Onkyo isn't an Apple product. They'd be best suited to assist you. You can find their contact information here: Contact Onkyo


Take care!

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Dec 29, 2022 12:35 PM in response to JenStac

Hi JenStac,


Thanks for contacting Apple Support Communities!


We understand that you're attempting to play music to your Onkyo TX-8160 stereo receiver and it's prompting you for a password to do so.


We would suggest that you contact the manufacturer of your Onkyo TX-8160 stereo receiver since Onkyo isn't an Apple product. They'd be best suited to assist you. You can find their contact information here: Contact Onkyo


Take care!

Dec 29, 2022 2:53 PM in response to Miche11e_P

Thanks Miche11e_P for the response. As I mentioned in my post, I was able to play music from my iPhone to my stereo receiver for years with no password required. Then, all of a sudden, a password was required, which meant that I haven't been able to use airplay from that day until now. So, the first thing I did once I got the error message was to call Onkyo's help line, and their representative had no answer for me. Thinking that I possibly connected with an untrained person on the helpline, I called a second time, spoke to a new person, who also had no answer for me. Finally, on my third call to Onkyo, the representative told me to try 0000 as my password. I tried 0000 and that didn't work. I still get the same message whenever I try to use airplay.

Dec 30, 2022 10:07 AM in response to JenStac

Problem Solved! I took your advice and contacted Onkyo again. This time I got a reply telling me that I needed to refer to page 38 of the TX-8160 manual and "clear the password that was created manually in the settings of the receiver". I did this and NOW I CAN USE AIRPLAY AGAIN TO PLAY MUSIC ON MY STEREO. Thank you so much for your help!

Using airplay to play music

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