I recently purchased an Onkyo stereo receiver with a wireless USB adapter, UWF-1, and want to stream audio from my MacBook Pro through my stereo system. The receiver tells me it is connected to my wireless LAN, but I cannot get music to play?

I just pulled up the specs for this Onkyo receiver (nice unit by the way), but I didn't see anything that said that this receiver is AirPlay-enabled. In order for you to stream from iTunes on the Mac directly to this receiver it would need to use AirPlay to do so.

So I have been searching the iStore for Airplay and I find lots of information about what it is, but nothing about how much it costs, how/where to buy it, etc.?

Fortunately, AirPlay does not cost anything as it is a streaming protocol used by Apple. Currently, the AirPort Express and Apple TV are AirPlay-ready. A number of other companies, like JBL, iHome, Denon and Klipsch are also rumored to be working on AirPlay versions of their products.

Your other option would be to get an AirPort Express and connect it to your Onkyo analog or optical digital audio input and stream from iTunes that way. I currently do this with my 10+ year old Harmon Kardon HT receiver.

Hey DRR59,

I am in a similiar situation, trying to stream my itunes library to my Onkyo TX-NR717 receiver. I have not been able to do so, did you come up with a solution?

FYI, I run fusion on my Mac, and windows media 11 allows me to connect it's library to the receiver, but I can't seem to see the drive I store my files on to add them to the libarary.

I would really like to make the itunes library available through the receiver. Any assistance would be great, thanks.

Chris

You can't do it directly because the receiver is not airplay compatible. I stream to an Airport Express that's plugged in next to the receiver, and then I run a digital cable from the Airport Express to the receiver (plugs into the same Airport Express socket as the audio-out cable). Works fine, but you'll need to buy the Airport router. You can get an iPhone app that will let you control the reciever (volume, on/off, etc) through your phone, but that's not the same as the Apple Remote app, which lets you control the itunes streaming.

I'm thinking of buying this receiver also, for its Networking capabilities. I wonder if I could just put my Airport Express onto my network and plug Ethernet from the Express straight into the Onkyo? I'd rather not purchase Onkyo the wireless adapter as I already have an Express and Extreme basestation.

Does anyone know if this would work?

Can you walk me through this a bit more? What is a digital cable? A special 1/8"-to-RCA cable to goes from the audio out port of the Airport Express to one of the RCA ports on the Onkyo receiver?

Also: what is the app you mention that can control the Onkyo receiver? An Onkyo app?

Thanks.

Streaming from Apple devices to a receiver is fairly simple if you have an Apple router and an Apple Airport Express (audio only) or an Apple TV (audio and video).

Make sure your Airport Express/Apple TV and your Airport Extreme/Time Capsule are on the same wireless network as your iOS device or Mac. Attach the Audio-Out socket of the Airport Express to one of the receiver's input ports, or plug the HDMI output of the Apple TV to an HDMI input port of the receiver. Choose the right input selector on the receiver and start streaming.

I have an Onkyo TX-NR636 and the Apple TV via HDMI works like a charm. I currently stream from iTunes on my Windows PC to my PC speakers, my old Technics stereo (via Airport Express) and my Onkyo 7.1 stereo in the next room (via Apple TV) simultaneously.

The one thing I would be able to do though, and have not yet figured out how to do, would be to go into the reverse direction, i.e. to stream from my Onkyo receiver to my Apple network enabled devices, e.g. buy a few Airport Express and attach speakers in various rooms, streaming radio to all devices.