I bought the bluetooth adapter, & assume I can play my iPad or PC through the receiver, + Pandora if I have it. What's different about this product?
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This product allows you to connect to your wireless network with your Yanaha receiver. It can only be used on those receivers that are set up with an Ethernet plug for connecting to a wired network and the Internet. Usually the AirPlay works through the Bluetooth connection which is not part of this device. This will allow you to connect to Pandora and SiriusXM services through your network and the Internet. If you have the receiver close to your network router and can plug an Ethernet cable into the receiver, you do not need this. If you have the receiver no where near your router and you have wireless network, you would benefit from it. This product allows you to connect to your wireless network with your Yanaha receiver. It can only be used on those receivers that are set up with an Ethernet plug for connecting to a wired network and the Internet. Usually the AirPlay works through the Bluetooth connection which is not part of this device. This will allow you to connect to Pandora and SiriusXM services through your network and the Internet. If you have the receiver close to your network router and can plug an Ethernet cable into the receiver, you do not need this. If you have the receiver no where near your router and you... » Read More This product allows you to connect to your wireless network with your Yanaha receiver. It can only be used on those receivers that are set up with an Ethernet plug for connecting to a wired network and the Internet. Usually the AirPlay works through the Bluetooth connection which is not part of this device. This will allow you to connect to Pandora and SiriusXM services through your network and the Internet. If you have the receiver close to your network router and can plug an Ethernet cable into the receiver, you do not need this. If you have the receiver no where near your router and you have wireless network, you would benefit from it. « Show Less
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Wifi transmits more information than Bluetooth. However, if you are considering a wifi connection there is nothing easier than an airport express.
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If I were you id return the Yamaha immediately; I had nothing but issues with it, it refused to connect to my network, and Yamaha's tech support had me on the phone for over 3 hours. Also - a rep told me that I need to hardwire my receiver instead of using the adapter. I bought a TP-LINK TL-WA801ND Wireless N300 Access Point and it works great! I can use Pandora and net radio. You dont need it to play your iPad thru the reciver. Get rid of the Yamaha YWA - is junk!
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The Yamaha YWA-10 wireless network adapter is a adapter wireless only, no bluetoothThe Yamaha YWA-10 wireless network adapter can be used to connect a device such as Yamaha receiver, a smart TV or Blu-ray Disc player etc to a wireless home network.The YWA-10 connects to the Ethernet port on the back of your device and communicates directly with your wireless router.
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I have a galaxy note 2, and the Pandora on the unit doesn't sync, so I just use the bluetoothe, to get Pandora to play thru the system
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This is the opposite. You plug this into your hifi system (or amplifier) to receive audio from a device that can send audio via Bluetooth. It only receives and needs ac power. I use it to send spotify/pandora from my iPad or iPhone to my outside speakers.
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Agree with Patrick. I use my simplyvibe to play music or video from my iphone. I simply connect to the speaker via bluetooth, and then stream music all day. It doesn't matter if you play music from your phone, ipad, ipod, (itunes) or any other device. I also, through bluetooth connectivity, play music from Pandora and Slacker. All said, this is a fantastic speaker for desktop use at home or office. It has great sound from such a small device. The battery last for quite a long time as well. I hope this helps you. I am getting ready to purchase a second speaker for my girlfriend to use at her office. Agree with Patrick. I use my simplyvibe to play music or video from my iphone. I simply connect to the speaker via bluetooth, and then stream music all day. It doesn't matter if you play music from your phone, ipad, ipod, (itunes) or any other device. I also, through bluetooth connectivity, play music from Pandora and Slacker. All said, this is a fantastic speaker for desktop use at home or office. It has great sound from such a small device. The battery last for quite a long time as well. I hope this helps you. I am getting ready to purchase a second speaker for my girlfriend to use at her... » Read More Agree with Patrick. I use my simplyvibe to play music or video from my iphone. I simply connect to the speaker via bluetooth, and then stream music all day. It doesn't matter if you play music from your phone, ipad, ipod, (itunes) or any other device. I also, through bluetooth connectivity, play music from Pandora and Slacker. All said, this is a fantastic speaker for desktop use at home or office. It has great sound from such a small device. The battery last for quite a long time as well. I hope this helps you. I am getting ready to purchase a second speaker for my girlfriend to use at her office. « Show Less
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If you have a BD player that streams Pandora and the output is properly connected to this receiver (hopefully you will use HDMI cables & not the old RCA cables), it should play the audio seamlessly. The only downside is you'll probably have to leave your TV on to see the Pandora info. I stream music from both my PS3 & Apple TV through this tuner pretty easily but I have to leave the TV on to see the station & song info. Hope this helps.
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Sound quality on Bluetooth devices is a confusing issue. So I'll try to clarify. There are two defining factors : 1. "Audio Source Quality" and 2. "Bluetooth transmission CODEC". 1. is simple enough, but 2. isn't. A BT device has several "Codecs", that it works with. For audio stream, major ones are "aptX" "AAC" and "SBC". And "SBC" is the root cause of "inferior audio quality on Bluetooth". "Sub-band codec" is the full name, and it's a codec designed for devices with low processing power. To put simply, it sounds absolutely aweful! If your smartphone supports "aptX" and or "AAC", the sound quality will be good, good enough that average person will not notice degration. With "SBC", most music fans will notice the difference. Then it will get really confusing, if a device only supports "aptX / SBC" and not "AAC". Most Androids support "aptX / SBC", in this case, "aptX" will be used and sounds fine. iPhones on the other hand, only supports "AAC/SBC" and not "aptX". In this case, iPhone falls back to using "SBC", and works with bad quality audio. And Mediabridge seems to be this device, that "Works well with Androids" and "Kinda works with iPhones, albeit with bad quality audio". If you ask anyone about the "Sound quality on BT device", it is vitally important to know "What was used with", as you may be comparing oranges to apples, two completely different codecs housed in the same box. For marketing reasons, as long as a device works even with SBC, it is labled as "Wokrs with iPhone". You should be very careful choosing a BT device for audio, to use with iPhone. #If you weren't satisftied with the earbuds that came with an early Apple iPhones, you will definitely notice the high-pitched harmonic distortion of SBC.
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Pair your iPad via the Bluetooth pairing button on the Sony unit ( it is the middle button) while you have the htxt1 set to play on Bluetooth. I would recommend getting the song pal app through iTunes, it makes adjusting the sound a breeze. Click on pandora and enjoy listening to your stations. It really works well.
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I dont think you need the iPhone for Pandora. The radio has a "Bluetooth Audio" setting. I just put it on that and it will play whatever audio my phone is playing. Podcasts, mp3s, Pandora, whatever.
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Wish I could help you. I bought the Bluetooth receiver to dock with my Sony mini hi-fi component system (MHC-EC609iP) product doesn't work with this system. It powers up and let's me connect via Bluetooth but the Sony keeps requesting that I dock my iPod touch, of course that can't happen, the Bluetooth receiver is docked there. Dumb stereo design by Sony? I plan to bring both my iPod & BT receiver with me when I shop for a different stereo so that way I can make sure it works. Hope this is helpful to anyone out there.
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So chapman, I don't need the Bluetooth thing to play music wirelessly. How did You get the ipad to play music to the receiver via wifi. Does the receiver comes out as a option in the ipad to play music wirelessly ? And how about the iPhone app does it work with the wifi or do I need to buy the Bluetooth adapter?
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The sound comes from the unit, the display is your iPhone. You should be able to play your music just fine through Bluetooth
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Yes it does airplay itunes radio, (don't have pandora so can't say yes) but the speaker can function as an audio to your ipad & iPhones. Yes you can control it via your ipad or any wifi device that you have. I used it basically to all of my audio/video apps. It can AirPlay YouTube, Netflix, any radios, movies and even use it on my samsung tv & laptop. Anything with wifi I think, you can use it. It's excellent.
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Dont buy that thing, its junk. But if you do, the hdmi cable will sync up the audio. If you choose to have audio coming from you tv and reciever at that same time. Plus if you stream pandora from an appliance be sure to use a fiber optic cable the sound quality will be vastly superior to hdmi.
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I use this to stream Pandora from my phone to my radio all the time, definitely no issues. There's also a iPhone specific version that might work better for you, if it's still available.
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Bluetooth is different from Airplay and it is inferior in single strength and sound quality among many other things. This has Airplay built in and it works great.
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The Pandora applications will not work, however it works just fine with the bluetooth streaming. Song, artist, album show on the display and you can pause, previous, next track.
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I used the Bluetooth function to receive music signal from my iPad. However, I got failures to pair other Bluetooth devices after pairing my iPad. It can't receive video from a DVD player by RCA. I'm not sure either if the receiver can send out music to your Bluetooth headphones.