Connecting iTunes to Samsung smart TV using airport express.

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Connecting iTunes to Samsung smart TV using airport express.

Does anyone have any experience of connecting airport express to a Samsung smart TV to use as powered speakers? I have connected using a standard convertor cable from 3.5mm jack to dual connections but this is not showing up on the TV 'Source'. Samsung support have not been very helpful but I dont think I'm trying to do anything ground-breaking?! This worked perfectly well on the previous TV.

If this is a no-go - has anyone managed to stream iTunes onto the TV using the wireless network?

Any help/hints/warnings would be greatly appreciated.

Posted on Nov 2, 2012 11:39 AM

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Tesserax

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Nov 3, 2012 11:59 AM in response to Rforsyth

I do not have a Samsung TV, but I have steamed iTunes audio to my Panasonic HDTV. I only done so just to see if it would work. My Panasonic has RCA-type analog inputs for audio.

In the long run, I found using an Apple TV connected to my HDTV a much better solution for streaming iTunes.

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Nov 5, 2012 5:40 AM in response to Tesserax

My TV has RCA-type analog inputs but for some reason they do not recognise the input from the Airport Express. The music is streaming ok because if I connect headphones to the port on the airport I can get music playing.

I'm loathe to buy Apple TV to do what the Airport Express should do for me - however, I might end up down that route. Can I play all content from my iMac - even music which was loaded from CDs onto the machine rather than purchased through iTunes. I really dont want to have to pay £25 a year to mirror content I've already purchased in iCloud so that I can play it in my own house.

Thanks for the advice.

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Tesserax

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Nov 5, 2012 6:41 PM in response to Rforsyth

You can stream any audio that plays in iTunes. To stream from other sources, you would need additional software, like Rogue Amoeba's Airfoil to do so.

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