Logitech Wireless Music System for PC

by Logitech

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7 x 10 x 3 inches ; 1.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BI2CIO
• Item model number: 980414-0403
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (175 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,769 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #66 in Electronics > Home Audio & Theater > Multiroom Digital Music Systems
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 15, 2005

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Listen to your music anywhere in your home! It's never been easier to stream audio files wirelessly from your computer or laptop to your home stereo system. It's as simple as plug and play. Just plug the wireless transmitter into your PC, plug the music receiver into your stereo system, and press Play on the remote control. It's your music - anywhere!

Easy to Set up:

Plug
Plug the USB music transmitter into a USB port on your PC.

Plug
Plug the music receiver to your stereo system.

Play
From your PC, open your favorite playlist and press "Play."

Enjoy
Sit back, relax and enjoy.

Easy to control:

Enjoy your digital music--in uncompromising digital audio quality--anywhere in your home. The Wireless Music System for PC works with your existing PC media player--and with any type of music: downloads, subscription services, and even Internet radio. It connects to any type of speaker system, whether it's your home stereo system or powered multimedia speakers, and everything youneed comes in the box!

USB music transmitter
(Shown with included desktop stand) Plugs directly into your computer.

Music Receiver
Connects to either your home stereo or powered multimedia speakers. Includes standard RCA and stereo-mini (3.5mm) jacks.

Remote control
Control your music from your listening room.

Features

• Easy to set up. Everything you need is in the box.
• Use it with your existing media player software. No need to switch players!
• Listen to whatever you want. Supports all music formats, including purchased downloads, subscription services and Internet radio.
• Connect it to any type of speaker system. Use it with your home stereo or powered multimedia speakers.
• Enjoy and control music anywhere in your house. Wireless range extends up to 330 feet!
• Expand your system to multiple rooms. Music receivers for additional speaker systems are available.

System Requirements

PC:
Windows XP or Windows 2000 (SP3 or later)
Available USB port

Speakers:
Any home stereo system with stereo RCA input jacks, OR
Any powered multimedia speaker system with a stereo-mini input jack

Remote Control:
Track control buttons work with any media player that supports multimedia keyboard commands, including (but not limited to):

• Windows Media Player 9 (and higher)
• Musicmatch 9.0 (and higher)
• iTunes 4 (and higher)
• RealPlayer 10 (and higher)
• WinAmp 5 (and higher)

Package Contents

• USB music transmitter for PC (with desktop stand)
• Music receiver for stereo system (with AC adapter)
• Remote control
• Stereo RCA interconnect cables
• Software CD
• Quick-start guide
• 2-year limited warranty

Product Description

Includes: USB music transmitter with desktop stand, music receiver with AC adapter, remote control, stereo RCA interconnect cables, and software. Logitech Wireless Music System for PC - You're tech savvy. You've got your music ripped and tagged, organized on your PC, and downloaded to your portable player. So why are you still swapping CDs on your home stereo? Get with it, and get this wireless music system from Logitech. Attach the receiver to the stereo, attach the transmitter to the PC, run a playlist in your favorite media player software, and stream that music to any room in your house! Any room that has either a stereo system or powered multimedia speakers that is. They even give you a remote, so you don't have to run back and forth to your PC.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

81 of 84 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent sound and does what it says!, March 26, 2006

By 

Bron "Bron" (Mechanicsville, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Logitech Wireless Music System for PC (Personal Computers)

This cool little gadget does what it claims and does it very well. It's very small and unobtrusive and the sound quality is very good. No hiss, noise, or other artifacts that I could detect. Sounds as good as a CD to me.

You can just plug it in and go (without the software) and it will work. But if you want to really control your setup, then you'll have to load the software. I would have given it 5 stars, but the software is a bit buggy. I got it to work but it took some playing around. On my PC the logitech took over as the default audio device. I went into the SoundMAX Control panel and set everything back to my PC's internal sound. Then I used the Logitech software to setup MusicMatch output to go to this device. After twiddling a bit and rebooting my PC, everything finally settled down and now it works like a champ. WinAmp, Windows Media Player, and the many other audio programs I have now output through my PC speakers (before they all went to the Logitech device) and now only Music Match outputs to the Logotech device which is what I wanted.

The remote is cheap and uses he plastic "bubble" keys, so you can get multiple key presses sometimes, but once I got used to it, it worked fine. But I programmed my main "learning remote" and now use that all the time, reserving the small remote Logitech remote as a backup. You have mute, play, pause, stop, previous track and next track commands available. Note there is no power off. There is no power off switch on either device (receiver or transmitter). Not a problem on the transmitter as it draws power from the USB port and so will be off when your PC is off (and vice versa). The receiver stays on all the time. I doubt that it uses very much current, but I still would have preferred an on/off switch. How much could it cost? Anyway, no switch seems to be the (stupid) trend these days.

Note also that there is no track display on the receiver - not a big deal IMHO, but if you want that look elsewhere. Note also that the receiver for this device will work with anything that has audio in (analog)- a stereo receiver, a TV w/audio inputs, a boom box, whatever! That's nice, so if you have power out on your deck, take your boom box and the recevier out there with you and you're in business! The receiver is small and there's no power "brick" just an oddly shaped plug (with the transformer in it, I assume)so it's very portable. You can buy extra receivers and the Logitech software will let you select (on your PC) which one is active. It did not appear to allow multiple receviers active, but I only have one so I can't be sure about that. Since it is a 2 way channel (remember you are controlling the Player on your PC via the remote), I guess only one 'pair' can work at a time. Still, nice that you have the option to route the output to different rooms or locations (via multiple receivers). The transmitter could easily be moved from one PC to another (or to a laptop, etc.) as well. Very versatile!

All in all, a great product for the price and I am very happy with it. I set 'shuffle' on MusicMatch and it's like having my own satellite radio station. ;)

63 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Works great--if you turn everything else off., March 8, 2007

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Tony C. Sparks (Oakland CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Logitech Wireless Music System for PC (Personal Computers)

This product works great--unless you have any of the following:
Cordless phone (2.4 ghz)
any other blue tooth devices
wireless internet
microwave oven

If any of these are in use, the logitech system is rendered useless--at any distance.
If however--you turn these all off--and make sure nobody calls--it works great.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buy one, hook it up, be happy!, March 4, 2006

By 

Gadget Girl (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Logitech Wireless Music System for PC (Personal Computers)

I did my research and found too many "issues" with the other products meant to connect to a receiver through my wireless network (no DRM support, WEP/WPA security issues, price, flaky connectivity). I decided to try this Bluetooth device as it circumvents these issues and professed a longer range. I had a difficult time finding a unit in a retail store, and when I did find it in CompUSA, they had them displayed with the iPods instead of with the other digital music/networking equipment. I bet they'd sell more of these if they were in the proper aisle! Anyway, once I got it home the install took 2 minutes (no joke!) Plug in the flashdrive-sized transmitter to a USB port on the PC, plug in the receiver to the provided A/C adaptor and your stereo's aux or phono jacks with provided RCA cables, and voila! They found each other and lived happlily ever after. I opened up Windows Media Player and was listening to my 1000+ MP3 and WMA songs in no time. The caveat here is that you may have to play with the volume levels between your PC, the reciever, and your stereo to avoid distortion. I also found using the equalizer in WMP helped refine the sound - the low frequency output is a little heavy and tends to make mud. I listened to it a while and decided to install the optional software so I could separate the PC sounds from the music being beamed to my stereo.

My only complaint is that there is no digital connection. For the price ($149) it should really have a digital option.

Bottom Line: Great device for turning your PC's audio library and your stereo into a whole-house music system. Glad I took a chance on this one!