Basically, Im in the market for a bluetooth receiver that I can plug into the home stereo and chuck music at it over bluetooth from the laptop/phone/toaster/whatever.
I've found a logitech one that seems ok, but wondered if anyone had experience of these (or alternatives).
Since this is YD, I dont want to change my home stereo.... i dont want something with a big H on it and no, it doesnt need to be CCR ready
I've been looking for something similar but not had a lot of luck yet.
I toyed with the AppleTV but it has no analogue audio out, then the Airport Express but that seems overkill, and would be fine for the iPhone/iPad but not any other Bluetooth devices we might choose in the future...
The issue for me so far is that none of them seem to pair to multiple devices. The logitech seems the best of the lot in as much as its pairing procedure is a piece of piss (press button, observe flashy light, 'discover' the device).
@Janos, range in the real world depends on the two devices, I've read plenty of reports suggesting that the logitech works with htc phones and macs reliably at 10-20m (a few claimed 30, but Im skeptical).
For wireless speakers, I cant help, theres plenty on amazon though.
Why not use a. Raspberry pi running some sort of media type distro and using DLNA?
I've rigged this up on our stereo using a version of RaspBMC and a DLNA plug-in. It was a tad sketchy and I've since got bored and used the pi for other stuff, but it's worth a go. If you have a spare kbd, mouse and SD card lying around, the Pi itself is cheap as chips!
Works great. I can plug it into the TV and listen on my bluetooth headphone or I can plug it into the stereo and stream music from my phone. Battery rechages from USB and lasts longer than I need to listen.
My recollection was *normal* BT ... so 10m ish but with a lot of depending ons!
It does remember several devices and when you fire it up it tries to connect with the last thing it was connected to ... if that is not within range it tries others but I don't know what sequence it then uses.
Mal
Thanks gents, useful stuff. Neils unit sounds like what i was after, but they're not common in the uk.
As to the 'install a dlna server'.... ho ho... YD
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