I have purchased a Marantz MCR603 which is airplay enbabled but airplay keeps dropping out. I have been advised by both Apple and Marantz that my BTHomhob (3.0, the latest) does not support airplay protocols. BT,as usual, have no idea what I'm talking about. Can anybody advise?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6)
AirPlay is an Apple propriety protocol stack and is based on the RTSP network control protocol. An AirPlay device, such as your Marantz, would have to work with one or both of the following two services: ROAP used for audio streaming, and AirPlay for video/photo content.
ROAP uses TCP port 49152 and AirPLay uses TCP port 7000. Note: These ports would not need to be opened on your home router as all streaming is being done on the local network, but both the Marantz and the iTunes host device must be able to open these ports to communicate.
Thanks for this. The Marantz ans Apple support agents both said the BTHomeHub 3 is not compatable with Air Play.
Do you know of any configuration changes I can make to get it to work properly i.e. stop dropping out? If not can you recommend an ADSL modem/wireless router that will work with Airplay?
what protocol does air play use
