Static and file sharing

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forestflaw

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We have 2 ibook g4's, and use airport express to play music on our creature speakers. It's worked great up till now. We setup file sharing on both laptops ... and suddenly all we get is static when we try playing music in itunes.

- You can hear the music, but it's very faint under the static
- Speakers work fine when used with our dvd player etc
- Installed Airfoil, and the speakers gave the same static when used with media player - Itunes was closed at the time.
- Noticed after we had turned file sharing on, the password required feature was suddenly also switched on when the screen saver activates ... so maybe some default setting has been flicked on somewhere that also affected this?
- Have sinced turned off file sharing but static remains
- Rebooted both machines ... it couldn't hurt :-\
- We both use the latest itunes & osx vers

Am running out of ideas ... any help would be greatly appreciated!!
 
Are you in a crowded area, or have you installed a new wireless device? Try switching channels with the Airport Admin utility.
 
Definitely not a crowded area ... and no new wireless devices. will try the channel switch right now. Appreciate your help!
 
You may also want to try a channel far from "2", say "11". It's possible that the automatic setup was on something near 2, and you're still getting that static. Does this happen when the iBook is right next to the airport express? Are the speakers good if directly hooked up?
 
switched to channel 11 ... no change. tried ibook in the next room with no change. I plugged the speakers into the headphone jack on the laptop and it sounded just right ... so something 2 do with airport express?
 
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