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Linksys Wireless-G Music Bridge WMB54G - Network audio player
Binding: Electronics
Manufacturer: Linksys
Features:
Average Rating: 1.5
Total Customer Reviews: 8
Sales Rank: 74
Product Description
The Linksys Wireless-G Music Bridge lets you bring the digital music streaming to or stored on your computer to your Home Entertainment Center, without running cables through the house. Using a wireless connection, the Music Bridge finally frees your digital music collection from those little computer speakers to play in full glory through your stereo or surround sound system.The Wireless-G Music Bridge sits by your home stereo and connects to it using standard consumer electronics cables. Then it connects to your home network by Wireless-G wireless networking, or if you prefer, it can be connected via standard 10/100 Ethernet cabling. The included software creates a virtual sound system in your PC, which sends the audio output of any application to the Music Bridge and the stereo system. Use your favorite media player to play your music, and listen in the comfort of the living room.Let the Linksys Wireless-G Music Bridge bring your digital music out into the living room for the whole family to enjoy.
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Users Product Reviews: |
Product Review Summary: Another crappy Linksys product Just doesn't work. After hours of work and no help from Linksys, this thing is sitting at the bottom of a box in my basement. Save your money.
Product Review Summary: Don't buy this piece of junk I saw this thing marked down to $25, from $100 (!) last year and asked for it as an xmas present from my wife. I figured there was probably a reason why it was marked down so much, but it was such a deal I figured why not give it a try. So I opened up the present, thanked my lovely wife, and tried getting it set up. I had to jump through so many stupid hoops to get this thing working. I am an IT consultant by trade and it took me quite a while to get this piece of junk to talk to my computer. In the end, I ended up having to upgrade both the software on the device itself and download the latest software that runs on my computer, amongst several other annoying things. It was finally working, but it skips all the time so it's useless. Also the drivers/client software often experience memory and CPU leaks that caused my machine to slow to a crawl.
So now it's sitting in my drawer of useless computer junk that I can't throw away because it would be bad for the environment, so I have to find somewhere to recycle. Right next to that Zip Drive from 1997 and that external 80gb Hard Drive I outgrew years ago.
Don't bother. I'm sure there are other wireless music bridges that work perfectly fine, but this one soured me so much that I haven't tried any yet.
Product Review Summary: Good Luck Configuring the Software I should have believed everything I read. Each review said that it was difficult to impossible to configure. After 5 hours I gave up and its sitting in a closet. Dont waste your money.
Product Review Summary: trouble connecting I have had the music bridge for about 6 months. I love the sound quality when it works. I have a lot of trouble connecting to it. It works the best when you use an Ethernet cable and forget about the wireless part of it.
Product Review Summary: not for the inexperienced user If you have a Vista computer, set up will be difficult and time consuming. The firmware and software must be upgraded before use. Even then, the software will not work without changing the properties of the individual executable files. If this is not done correctly, then the software must be uninstalled and reinstalled. Of course, the uninstall feature does not remove the software completely so the various registry files must be identified and individually removed before reinstalling the software.
None of these problems, or the procedures to work around them, are provided by Linksys- it has to be obtained from an internet search. It took me a week to get it operational. Even then, the player won't work after a restart unless the utility program is uninstalled/reinstalled, or the executable files are manually started.
Once it is operational, it works as advertised, although there is an occasional brief pause in playback.
Bottom line: If I had to do it again, I would not purchase this player; I would buy a different one, probably the airlink.
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