Connection on Airplay keeps dropping, suspect caused by IOS 7

i'm sure this is not the only reason these drop outs occur, but i fixed an issue in two classrooms.

we hade the appleTV plugged into a projector (via an hdmi-vga converter) into input 1. input 1 is shared with a video input and auto switches in the projector.

for some reason, the projector would drop the hdmi input and switch briefly to the video, then back again. this would make the entire HDMI line drop, so we'd lose audio too.

switching to input 2 ont he projector, which was VGA only, fixed drop outs on two boxes.

switching to wired ethernet fixed drop outs on another box

switching to 5gHz wireless fixed drop outs on the last box

i figure there are multiple issues going on and we need to work through every one to find out what is going on.

Apple TV is designed to work with HD only. Failure to work with a VGA converter is expected and not a defect on apples part.

Have you checked your internet speed?

Your internet provider may not be supplying enough speed or your modem may be failing.

In a way iOS 7 may be part of the problem. It demands good internet speed and connection to function.

Modems and routers have a life span also.

If your modem and router is older (4-5 years) it may not be keeping up. They don't die a sudden death, they tend to work intermittently requiring resetting often. If you find resetting your router and or modem helps, and it happens more often, it is those devices failing.

Next.... Placement of your router makes a difference.

Placing a router on your top floor and trying to connect in a basement doesn't work. The signal from a router fans up and out. Imagine an invisible cone from the router extending upwards and out. Reception is best when not blocked by metal beams or other wireless signals.

My AirPort Extreme is in my basement and covers my 3 story home to all ends and the yard close to the house.

gosh some people are so smug. riding their high horses

the adapter is a certified one, designed specifically for use with apple TV, and used all over the world in schools for exaclty this purpose. as you may have noticed, it was not the adapter's fault, but the projectors.

don't let the door hit ya on the way out.

Everyone is just guessing, Sure some of you might done something wrong when setting up their apple TV and the tips here might help you. But for most of us, there is no solution.

For me the signal can work fine for weeks and then go back to dropping out in short intervals.

The apple TV seems to be easily disturbed by other signals.

I've been wresting with this issue for a while to the point I stopped using Apple TV. I came across

an apple page that suggested plugging an Ethernet cable directly to the router. I know that kind of defeats

the purpose but it's seemed to work and fortunately my router is close enough.

Hopefully this helps.

Thanks to those who suggested a router channel change. Mine already had a fixed channel but as soon as I tried a different channel the Air Play symbol popped up. Cross fingers it stays but there are 12 more channels to try if not!

Jen

Wifi router channel change fixed everything for me - works perfect now. Was dropping out horribly before. I downloaded some wifi sniffing software and learned I live in a very densely packed wifi signal area, and my router was using the same channel as dozens of other routers. I simply forced my router to use a channel that nobody else was using - instead of the default setting of auto channel selection - traffic jam solved.

Same problem here.

Nothing to do with network or source since iPad Gen 1 running iOS 5 can play exactly same source (Spotify) over the same network without any glitches. Playing on iPad 4 (iOS 7) manages maximium 2-3 minutes before dropping and having to manually reconnect.

Does not seem to be problem with Apple TV either since exactly same behaviour using built in airplay on Pioneer VSX-2021 (works for iPad 1 bur kot iPad 4).

Please note that a workaround using fixed wifi channels or similar that solves the problem for someone is not an indication that it is a network issue. If an iPad 1 can handle non fixed wifi channels or any other setup an iPad 4 should also he able to handle it. However since Apple seems to ignore this issue any workaround is of course interesting.

I'm having the same problem as well with an iPad mini, but not an iPod touch, both running iOS 7.

Apple is still silent. It seems to me they didn't even test Airplay on iOS 7. The connection issues are constant. It's clearly a bug that has been ignored for far too long. Really a shame to watch issues like this become more and more common with Apple. I miss the days of Steve.

Same issue here - been testing / streaming with airplay and ios 6 for a while. No issues whatsoever. Updated to ios 7 a short time ago, now airplay craps out every 2-3 minutes.

I have upgraded my iPads to IOS 8.0.2, the Apple TV is also updated, and now there is the same problem of dropouts every 5-10 minutes. Happens on the iPad and on the iPad mini. Wish I would have left everything as it was.

The dropouts are in airplay, the internet line is monitored and now stable. Apple TV and airport extreme and iPads are around 2 years old, the Apple TV is hanging on an airport express of similar age. All devices are at least 2 meter apart so there should not be any proximity problem.

I will go through the suggested causes such as switching extender on and off and checking serial numbers, but I'm not very hopeful since everything was fine on airplay until now.

Soooo frustrating as it was only recently that the internet dropouts were sorted out!

Air played dropped out every 10 minutes or so

turned off the blue tooth function on my I pad

no problems nnow!

Changing router settings to fixed channel dramatically improved the situation. THX