You are right. You do need two Chromecasts. But the chrome cast audio cost something like $30, maybe less if you find a deal. That's still way cheaper than spending a bunch of money on Sonos speakers, for example
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 26, 2017, at 7:38 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > Hi Mary, > > If you have two traditional stereos which are not in any way connected or > working on any wireless how can one Chromecast connected to one stereo > provide the same sound on another stereo? I can see how if you had two > Chromecasts and one was connected to each stereo that maybe you can group > them, but it is my understanding that the Chromecast needs to be physically > connected to the stereo where you are streaming/casting the music. > > Fanus, as for why they make an audio and a video version it is simple. The > audio only Chromecast plugs into a 3.5mm port so you can connect it to any > powered speaker which has a 3.5mm input port and you can easily connect it to > an older analogue stereo with a 3.5mm to RCA cable. The video version, either > the regular Chromecast or the Chromecast Ultra which supports 4K streaming > only have HDMI ports so unless you have a newer receiver with HDMI inputs > this one wouldn’t work for just music/audio on a system where HDMI is not > available. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Mary Otten > Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 8:21 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Chrome Cast [was "Re: A couple of iPhone questions"] > > If you don't care about video, the chrome cast audio is cheaper. You can > connected to an existing stereo and get good sound. Lots of absence support > casting, even on iOS, with the sad exception of Apple Music, of course. I > wish they get their head out of their whatever and just realize that not > everybody has airplay or wants to buy whole new stereo or new speakers to get > airplay. I still have it because I have old airport expresses. But they are > really old I mean really old, and they don't make more. The good thing about > casting audio is that, once you have made the connection, the phone isn't > doing the work anymore. You can still skip songs etc. on the phone, but the > phone isn't losing as much battery as it would otherwise. At least that's > been my experience. Chromecast audio versus air play through the same stereo > with the same phone. And if you happen to have two stereos, you can use one > chrome cast to set up a group and play all of your music through both at the > same time, that's giving you music on two separate floors or throughout the > house or whatever. Again, it's just puts lots of new life into older > equipment and makes it totally unnecessary to spend hundreds and hundreds if > you want this kind of set up. . > > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 26, 2017, at 6:40 AM, Fanus <buys.fa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Sieghard > Thanks for the explanation. I did a google search to find out more and there > I learned that one gets a Chrome cast HDMI for vidio but also an Audio Chrome > cast. I wonder why do they have two products instead of doing one for all > purposes. > Regards > Fanus > > > From: Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 1:31 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Chrome Cast [was "Re: A couple of iPhone questions"] > > The Chromecast don't have any memory, they are strictly streaming devices but > as Christopher pointed out, they work differewntly from Airplay, for example, > since once you start streaming via your Chromecast it takes over that stream. > For example, if you have a regular Chromecast or a 4K capable Chromecast > Ultra connected to your TV and you have Netflix on your iPhone, you can pick > a movie or show in the app on your phone, send it to the Chromecast and at > that point the Chromecast which is of course connected to your WiFi streams > the content and you could actually completely turn off your iPhone and the > movie would still continue to play/stream. > You can not save any music or other media to a Chromecast. > > Regards, > Sieghard > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 4:26 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Chrome Cast [was "Re: A couple of iPhone questions"] > > I am fascinated! How much can you get onchrome cast in terms of memory, or > do they vary? At that price, most people can afford them! Do they sound > really good through big speakers? am I right to assume that the only way to > put music onto a chrome cast is in fact to send it across Wi-Fi? Now I will > leave you in peace! Good night and thanks!Carol P Sent from my iPhone using > MBraille > > On 18 Oct 2017, at 9:37 pm, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The ChromeCast is a small flat disk that fits in the palm of your hand. I'm > guessing it's a bit larger in diameter but a bit thinner then an Oreo cookie. > It has a micro-USB connection for power, connects to your wifi and has either > a 3MM or HDMI connection. > > > I have a ChromeCast Audio which has the 3MM audio jack on it. You'd connect > it to a pair of audio speakers or anything else that takes audio input. It > looks like it costs $35, but I'm pretty sure I got it on sale for $25 last > Christmas. > > > There's the original ChromeCast which has an HDMI connector on it. I don't > have this device, but it looks like it also costs $35. > > > Finally, there's the ChromeCast Ultra which has an HDMI connector and > supports 4K video. I also have one of these hooked to my home theater > receiver. > > > One thing I should have mentioned, is that once you start the streaming to > your ChromeCast device, your iPhone is taken out of the loop and is no longer > needed. This is nice since you're no longer using your smart phone resources. > You can go back into the app your casting though and cancel the casting. > > > There's an app on Android called Google Home that allows you to control your > ChromeCast devices. It looks like you have the same thing in the App Store at > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-home/id680819774?mt=8 > > > When casting from an app, only the audio or video from that app is sent over > to your ChromeCast. Your TTS is not sent over. There is an option in Google > Home to mirror the audio from your smart phone though, and if you use this > feature then all of the audio on your phone is sent over to the ChromeCast > including the TTS. > > > > > On 10/18/2017 09:52 AM, 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone wrote: > > OK, got the picture. Sounds interesting and, presumably, it's pretty small > > and can fit with all your other items without difficulty. > > > > Do you get better ones than others, or are they just one make and as good > > as each other? > > > > Carol P > > > >> On 10/18/2017 12:54 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: > >> I don't think I've used Chrome Cast on an iPhone, but it is accessible > >> from Android, and I believe I've also used it from a browser, like Chrome. > >> I don't see why it woudln't be accessible with an iPhone. > >> > >> > >> Basically, you buy a Chrome Cast device which you add to your wifi network > >> and plug into the audio input of a device, such as to a home theater > >> system with HDMI or powered external speakers with a 3MM jack. Now you > >> find an app that supports Chrome Cast and double tap the cast button and > >> choose your destination. Like I said, I do this all of the time from my > >> Android smart phone. > >> > >> > >> > >>> On 10/17/2017 08:03 AM, Simon Wong wrote: > >>> Hi everyone! Hope you all are doing well, I have a couple of iPhone > >>> questions which I hope somebody can answer, when you put a appointment or > >>> schedule something in your calendar, does it give you any notification or > >>> sound when it's time to remind you? When I tried to put something in my > >>> calendar, I got no sound or notification to let me know that there was > >>> something scheduled there. 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