Airplay and Pioneer Reciever Connectivity

Question

Level 1

19 points

Airplay and Pioneer Reciever Connectivity

Just bought a Pioneer reciever (VSX-2) with Airplay. I have exhausted myself trying to get the two to talk. My Pioneer needs to connect to Airport Xtreme base station. Pioneer requires DCHP, DNS, IP etc on a manual basis versus automatically recognizing like Apple TV, etc. Pioneer wisely incorporated Airplay into it's new recievers (VSX 50, 51 52, 53, etc) but made it difficult for the Apple network to recognize. I feel like they want to make you buy there adaptor which connects to the back of the receiver but that costs $149.

My quick fix is to spend $99 on Apple TV and not go throught the pain with Pioneer, then again, there must be a way to make the Airport Extreme and Pioneer VSX52 talk and I'm just one step away from seeing that happen.

Airport Express: I can use one but don't think I need one as a bridge between Pioneer reciever and Airport Extreme.

This is all recently new so the knowledge base in combining is also new with regard to recievers (Pioneer/Phillips).

Help please....

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.1), 20 " , 2.0 GHZ, 2 GB RAM, 250 HD, Wireless MM, Wired keyboard

Posted on Sep 6, 2011 1:43 PM

Reply

Answer 1

Tesserax

Level 10

158,622 points

Sep 6, 2011 2:16 PM in response to Burndog

So, if I understand your correctly, you need to provide the Pioneer network setup with the proper DHCP, DNS, IP address information from your AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBS) ... correct? If so, is the AEBS the only router in your network configuration? That is, is it connected directly to the Internet modem and not to another router or gateway device?

Reply

Answer 2

Burndog Author

Level 1

19 points

Sep 7, 2011 12:44 PM in response to Burndog

yes...how do I configure the Pioneer receiver settings (DHCP, DNS, IP address) so that the Pioneer AirPlay and AEBS talk. The instructions are vague in the Pioneer manual, Pioneer installed AirPlay and the Airplay not as smooth of a set-up as say Apple TV. More of a manual configure versus having Apple TV just prompt you with 5 network choices in the area. Of course, all i need is my own with password.

I'm puzzled as to why Pioneer makes it so difficult if they have AirPlay. AirPlay should make it easier to simply connect. Totally unnecessary and buyers should be aware it is not a 'snap'. Love the receiver except the AirPlay as advertised is not a 'plug-in-play". (this mimics more like XBOX trying to connect with AEBS) Thank you for any help you can provide.

Reply

Answer 3

Burndog Author

Level 1

19 points

Sep 7, 2011 12:46 PM in response to Burndog

AEBS is the only router on my network...yes. Pioneer needs only to talk to AEBS. There is no bridge in between such as Airport Express.

Reply

Answer 4

Tesserax

Level 10

158,622 points

Sep 7, 2011 1:29 PM in response to Burndog

Not sure why your Pioneer receiver is unable to perform as a DHCP client, but adding the appropriate IP address information should be relatively straight-forward.

You can easily get the information using your iMac and going to: System Preferences > Network > Ethernet or AirPort depending on how your iMac connects to the network.

Here's an example from mine. Note: I'm using OS X Lion so it will look a bit different from yours.

For the Pioneer, the DHCP address = Router address; DNS = DNS Server, etc. However, DON'T use your iMac IP address for the IP address used by the Pioneer. The IP address you should use would be in the same subnet, BUT OUTSIDE of the DHCP server range of your router. By default, the AEBS, uses 10.0.1.2 thru 10.0.1.200 for these addresses. I would suggest using 10.0.1.210 for the Pioneer.

Reply