Wireless Devices Archives

The Chromecast works on a wifi system and doesn't feature Bluetooth, so you wouldn't be able to use this with our Bluetooth products wirelessly. The Chromecast does have an analog output, so you can connect it to the analog input of our B2 wireless speaker.

Bluetooth has a delay of about 30ms (milliseconds) so you can watch videos from Youtube, for example, and stream out the audio through your Bluetooth product without any noticeable lag between the video and audio.

Our Bluetooth products should go into sleep mode after some time. The sleep mode keeps important parts on so you can easily pair and connect devices to it; the pair light will actually turn off when in sleep mode. When in sleep mode, you shouldn't have to press any buttons on the Audioengine device to reestablish the connection between it and the device as this is controlled by the bluetooth settings of whatever device you are using.

Here's how to use an Audioengine Bluetooth device to turn your 4th Generation Apple TV into a powerful home entertainment system:

First, make sure your Audioengine device is powered up and are ready to pair. Next, go into your Apple TV’s settings and choose Remotes and Devices. Then click on Bluetooth. Under Other Devices, you’ll see the Audioengine device (listed as Audioengine HD6, Audioengine B1,Audioengine B2, etc.). Click on that. Apple TV will pair with your speakers and will send the audio signal directly to the device.

At first they'll have the same name, such as "Audioengine [Product]". Some devices (most computers and Android devices for example) can rename devices once you're paired to them to make it easier to tell them apart when choosing which one to connect to. With an iOS device we have not found a yet to rename devices.

It is worth noting that renaming the device in the streaming source will only change the way that particular source recognizes the Audioengine device; there isn't a way to change the way the it will show up on new devices, so any new device will always see it as "Audioengine [Product]."

The B1 should still work great with the original A5s! You can use the B1 with the mini-stereo inputs on either the top or back of the speaker. To use the B1 with the original A5s, you would need to use either an RCA to mini stereo adapter (such as the one that was included with your A5s) or an RCA to mini stereo cable. It's important to note that the RCA jacks on the back of the original A5s is an output and not an input.

Ever wanted to create a multi-room sound system using your Audioengine Bluetooth speakers? Well, Mac users have a good reason to be happy because multi-zone audio is built-in to OS X! Here’s how.

Our Bluetooth products are receivers and not transmitters/senders, so it wouldn't be able to send a Bluetooth signal to another device, like your Bluetooth headphones. You may be able to use wireless headphones with our Bluetooth products given the right combination of adapters, though they weren't really designed with this in mind nor have we tested them with a setup like this.

There wouldn't be a way to add any extra security to the bluetooth receiver. The only ways to prevent a device from connecting to it would be for it to be off, or for it to be connected to your device already; it's worth noting that only one device may connect at a time. If a device that you don't want to be connected is connected to it, you can hold the pair button for a few seconds and it will disconnect from that device, allowing you to re-connect to it.