Best way to send MP3's from PC

Stout · Post by **Stout** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 8:50 am

Wonder what you guys/gals use/recommend for sending MP3's from PC to my home stereo w/o wires. What's the best wireless gear to play from the PC.

It's only about 35', but not a chance to get wires around it.

Thanks a lot,
Stout

TheSovereign · Post by **TheSovereign** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 8:51 am

wouldnt know my stereo is a pizza box pc with an amp next to it

Stout · Post by **Stout** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 8:59 am

I hear you

But I still have the same stereo that I had in college (16+ years old) setup in the billiard/dart room and tired of draging CD's from one changer to another.

Any clues?

I guess I could just build a BOX and put next to the stereo. With all the parts that I have laying around could build 3pc's... haaa?

Ineteresting!

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 9:34 am

you could get this

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Wireless-B Media Adapter

The Linksys Wireless-B Media Adapter lets you bring the digital music and pictures stored on your computer to your Home Entertainment Center, without running cables through the house. Using a wireless connection, the Media Adapter displays your digital photographs on the TV for the whole family to enjoy. And your digital music collection is finally freed from those little computer speakers and can play in full glory through your stereo system.

The Wireless-B Media Adapter sits by your home stereo and television and connects to them using standard consumer electronics cables. Then it connects to your home network by Wireless-B (802.11b) wireless networking, or if you prefer, it can be connected via standard 10/100 Ethernet cabling. Using the included remote control and the user-friendly menus on your TV, you can browse through the digital pictures on your computer by folder, filename, or thumbnail. You can view pictures one at a time, or watch an automatically created slideshow of all the pictures in a given folder. The Media Adapter supports four popular picture formats: JPG, GIF, TIF and BMP. Use the remote control's Zoom button to get a close-up of the details in your pictures.

You can also use the remote to browse your MP3 or WMA formatted music collection by title, artist, genre, folder, or playlist. Choose the music you want, and let the Wireless-B Media Adapter play it through your stereo system. You can even let music play in the background while you browse your pictures.

Let the Linksys Wireless-B Media Adapter bring your digital media out into the living room for the whole family to enjoy.

Connects your Home Entertainment Center to a Wireless-B (802.11b) network
Listen to your MP3 and WMA digital music collection through your stereo system
Browse your digital pictures on your television (JPG, GIF, TIF, and BMP)
Select songs and pictures from on-screen menus with the easy-to-use remote control

canton_kid · Post by **canton_kid** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 3:30 am

tired of draging CD's from one changer to another.

Hmm, could burn a second set

Since your talking MP3 I assume you burned these to disk to begin with, cds are cheap, and always good to have an extra in case one gets ruined.

That linksys should be a good device, $140 at newegg!!! freeshipping.
Out of stock on refurbs, but it showed $100 price for it.

I don't recall where I saw it at, but there is a wireless deal that will connect to your cablebox with RCA type jacks and send the signal to a receiver in other rooms and those I beleave connect to the tv or stereo with RCA jacks also. It was not very expensive, maybe $75 tops, and that should send stereo audio from your computer the same as stereo audio from a cable box. Should just have to connect a line out to your sound card and have rca lugs on the other end for the transmiter. I have one of those cables here I got either at wal-mart or radio shack. Mini din one end 2 rcas other end.

I think myself I would look for those senders for remote TV's. I've seen them around alot but never needed one. I would think the ones with rca jacks should work fine for stereo, you just don't need the video, but then it's an option latter perhaps too. I've seen them advertised for cable boxes, vcr's, dvds, ect. Anything to play in one room but watch in a different room. I think wal-mart might even have one, and pretty sure radio shack would.

Or build that spare parts system and use wireless networking to jumps rooms.

Stout · Post by **Stout** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 1:22 pm

Originally posted by canton_kid
Hmm, could burn a second set
Since your talking MP3 I assume you burned these to disk to begin with, cds are cheap, and always good to have an extra in case one gets ruined.

Thanks... Already have a set for each car and another for the stereo... But, I still d/l some songs from itunes and so forth, and sometimes want to play straight from the pc.

I'll either build another box for mp3's only, use old laptop and find the way to get the CAT5 cab that way; or go with one of these wireless deals.

Thanks a lot