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SoundLink® Air digital music system

Sold from 2012 – 2014

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Sending audio to your SoundLink Air

We'll guide you through sending audio from your device to your speaker.

To play audio via AirPlay:

  1. On an AirPlay device, tap or click the AirPlay icon icon and select your product from the list of available speakers
    Tip: If the device is an AppleTV, select your speaker from the speaker list in Settings > AirPlay (On) > Speakers
  2. Begin playing music on the AirPlay device.

    Playback control (i.e. Play/Pause and Skip) can be controlled from your SoundLink Air remote control. (Tip: In iTunes, go to Preferences > Devices and enable Allow iTunes control from remote speakers). If your product is playing a device connected to the AUX In jack on the back of the speaker, it will automatically switch to AirPlay audio when started from your AirPlay device.

Send audio from a Mac running OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) to your Bose system.

System Preferences method

  1. Click the Apple icon in the top left corner of the screen
  2. In the Apple menu, click System Preferences...

    Mac screenshot showing the System Preferences selection
     
  3. Click the Sound icon

    Mac screenshot showing the sound icon
     
  4. Click the Output tab to view the available sound output devices
  5. Select the Bose system as the audio output device of the computer

    Mac screenshot showing the Bose SoundLink Air selection

Option Button method

  1. Hold the Option key while clicking the speaker icon in the menu bar

    Mac screenshot showing the Bose system name selection
     
  2. Select the Bose system as the audio output device of the computer
     
This feature can also be used for playing audio on any AirPlay speaker from a 3rd party application or webpage such as Pandora. Keep in mind that video being played from a web page or 3rd party application, the audio might be out-of-sync with the video. (This delay is not present in iTunes because of processing built into the iTunes software with AirPlay.)
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