BillG
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Thanks to everyone who helped me with your experience and knowledge.
No problem. I'm glad it worked out for you eventually...
Thanks to everyone who helped me with your experience and knowledge.
....the unit doesn't appear to go into standby on its own (after 15 min idle, etc.)....
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No that is not normal, unless it is being fed a signal it shuts down.
There is a Klipsch Powergate Firmware Update that you should complete which will modify the sleep behavior. I would do the update before determining anything is wrong.
The instructions and a short video on how to do it is here. It involves installing another app on your phone called Klipsch Utility.
There are also a few Play-Fi firmware updates the Klipsch Play-Fi app installs. If you have completed those and it still does not sleep we can try more troubleshooting.
Yes, it switches automatically after no signal for 15 minutes from White lights to red...which is standby. If you are certain there are no other live inputs I am not sure what the reason is. I know that when I had issues with one of the updates (...the newest Playfi on android update came to me 2 days ago), the Klipsch utility allowed me to install the system firmware again. You could try that.
ADD: I see in the most recent version of the Android Play-Fi app (original and Klipsch flavored) there is under Advanced Settings a "Power Sleep Timer" setting. I cannot adjust this on mine, but you might look there.
There are a few people here who want that feature (no turn off). So, you could contact Klipsch for a fix, or perhaps sell it as a beneficial mod for a profit.
As for the supposed design flaw within Play-Fi, I thought that as well upon my initial review of the PowerGate. However, I've come to view my assessment as erroneous: it operates just like Apple's AirPlay and various DLNA/UPnP implementations I've used, in that the stream initiator acts as a gateway to the endpoint. Yes, this is different from how Chromecast functions (Chromecast fetches the stream independently of the initiator) and I do prefer Chromecast's ease of use and battery savings on mobile devices. But flawed? No, I don't believe so...
my only disappointment is that both of them do not have an equalizer.
So I started searching for solutions to play the music from Windows directly to the CCA which I couldn't accomplish natively from the PC. Finally I found a forum that suggested using a third party software called Airfoil that gives you the ability to do that. The software costs 30 bucks, I would highly recommended it if you are willing to pay for it and of course if you have the need to connect the CCA to a PC.
however in your case it might not be worthy.
No, it wouldn't be for me as I've no problem with Play-Fi on Windows. As for why you were, I can't say other than the usual advice of checking out your entire network configuration...
Does it look like a sound device then?The Airfoil however gives the ability to your PC to stream anything from your pc to CCA and not only one application, it establishes a permanent link to the CCA.
It establishes the connection between the PC and the CCA. Opening the "door" sort of speaking to choose what application you want to use to stream to the CCA. It has a drop down menu where you can select what to use for playing your music, in my case I selected Foobar2000 being my favorite player. It can also adjust the volume, has it's own equalizer and additional sound tweaking features. By itself it's not a player. Because of whatever reason my laptop doesn't like the Play-Fi software but has no problems streaming any other programs. The Airfoil has been a revelation, at least in my case. On the other hand I never had any problem streaming from my phone using the Play-Fi app which has been very stable.Does it look like a sound device then?
If you're looking for a full featured Android music player, which supports casting from local storage with DSP enabled, it doesn't get any better than Poweramp:
https://powerampapp.com/
Thanks for the Powerampapp, you are right it's the best app I tested so far and the equalizer is actually working. I'm still exploring its features. I also like your screenshot. Mine doesn't have "back" and "forwarding" arrows, but I guess it's part of the customization process.
.......Although the system works, the audio latency is around 5-10 seconds, making it extremely annoying when you can hear the source from another room!