How is it for just boosting audio on tv shows or movies I am watching on iPad, iPhone or iMac? I bought bluetooth one last night, here in a few days
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It is LOUD. A bit unflexible as it will be where your electric jack is, unless you use an extension cord. And have some latency but for movies you can delay the video to fix it.
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Due to the nature of Bluetooth, there is a slight delay in the audio. This means that if you are using this to watch TV with this there is a perceptible delay. When I first used mine I noticed it immediately and was disappointed, however after I used it for a while the delay was not nearly as noticeable and it didn't bother me at all. This is because your brain actually becomes used to the delay and compensates, there is actually an experiment were audio was delayed during a test, and when it was put back in perfect since, the brain perceived it as actually happening before the video. Now having said all of that if you get all focused on looking for the delay, you are definitely going to see it, but I found that it was fine after you got used to it.
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I have heard you can on some smart tv's with the download of an app. It sounds its very limited with this current version. I know it wont even connect to my macbook pro through bluetooth (lame) The bluetooth drops sometimes during regular use at gym for no reason. I rate these as just okay. If they were $50 cheaper id be happy.
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It worked for us! My advice is still to buy an Apple TV and use the HDMI cable to connect it to your TV - the adapters haven't lasted long for me so it was cheaper in the long run to buy the little box and set it up - you can use the Bluetooth to mirror your ipad or iphone onto the TV if you want to use an app that isn't already pre-programmed into Apple TV
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How did you all get it to work? My MacBook Pro recognizes the device but will not play via bluetooth
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hi claudine. sorry i never use it on the tv because we dont have bluetooth capable tv. we use it on the apple and android tablets and phones and its a ok.
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I actually have them connected to my apple TV and not the TV. So either you can stream via AirPlay thru the Apple TV or just by Bluetooth. In your case if there is not TV involved, the bluetooth option works great and still you have an optical audi input to plug another audio device
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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.
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I'm wondering if anyone who owns the system can tell me how the sound is for regular 2 channel audio. I want this to be an awesome home stereo system as well, and use my apple tv to enjoy itunes through it!
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Agree with other answers - the unit does not have built-in Bluetooth. I stream using Airplay from my iPad and it sounds great.
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iPads connected to Pandora streamed to this speaker just fine. We keep iTunes downloads on our MacBook Pro, which has bluetooth, I would imagine it would work the same for the MBP.
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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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Generally you need to select a different audio output from your source device. I watched a movie from my ipad mini connected to the projector via a HDMI cable and used bluetooth for the sound to my Bose headset. I am going to try a bluetooth dongle to hook up a surround sound system. So far the wireless projection is pretty much false advertising. From an iPad it only does pictures and documents loaded in a special app. No video, PPT, etc. Useless!!!
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No. Adding AirPlay is actually expensive ($20-30 per unit is the reported cost, mostly due to license fees for it) and it isn't as widely compatible as Bluetooth. You could add AirPlay with an AppleTV, but then it won't trigger the unit on automatically when used.
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I have not tried this, as I haven't connected this to my TV. However, from other reviews that I read, I observed that another user had utilized it to watch TV, and it worked well for them.I have used this with my stereo system for:1) TO broadcast music from my iPhone & iPad2) To listen to other music from my stereo to my Bluetooth Headphones - Crystal Clear Reception !!And this Sony "TWO WAY ADAPTER" works extremely well !! - It Receives as well as Broadcasts my music.Please determine the cable ends - type of terminals required (RCA / EP / DIN / 3.5mm) as different equipment require differnt terminal wires.I haven't seen another / next generation transmitter from Sony. I have not tried this, as I haven't connected this to my TV. However, from other reviews that I read, I observed that another user had utilized it to watch TV, and it worked well for them.I have used this with my stereo system for:1) TO broadcast music from my iPhone & iPad2) To listen to other music from my stereo to my Bluetooth Headphones - Crystal Clear Reception !!And this Sony "TWO WAY ADAPTER" works extremely well !! - It Receives as well as Broadcasts my music.Please determine the cable ends - type of terminals required (RCA / EP / DIN /... » Read More I have not tried this, as I haven't connected this to my TV. However, from other reviews that I read, I observed that another user had utilized it to watch TV, and it worked well for them.I have used this with my stereo system for:1) TO broadcast music from my iPhone & iPad2) To listen to other music from my stereo to my Bluetooth Headphones - Crystal Clear Reception !!And this Sony "TWO WAY ADAPTER" works extremely well !! - It Receives as well as Broadcasts my music.Please determine the cable ends - type of terminals required (RCA / EP / DIN / 3.5mm) as different equipment require differnt terminal wires.I haven't seen another / next generation transmitter from Sony. « Show Less
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i absolutely love mine. i use it on my ipad and my computer. it works with the netflix app, itunes, youtube, etc. on my ipad. on my laptop i just use the cinemin as a secondary display. it's great. the only thing i don't love about it is when using it on my ipad i would prefer to keep the sound on the ipad over the tiny speakers on the cinemin.
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Sorry, I don't use the bluetooth function. I connect with a very short audio cable. A friend of mine told me that audio quality is depreciated via bluetooth transfer vs. direct audio cable. Thus, I have not bothered to compare for myself since I am fine with resting my ipod atop the speaker, as it is connected via the audio cable.