Sirocco Wireless Audio Bridge >> Product FAQ

A: The Sirocco Wireless Audio Bridge allows you to take any audio from your PC or notebook, and send it anywhere in your house, wirelessly.

A: Sirocco is essentially a "wireless sound card". This means that like conventional USB and PCI-based soundcards, it can play back all of the audio from your computer. With the benefits of C-Media Wi-Sonic technology, this means that Sirocco can play back lots of content that other wireless audio players can't: iTunes® protected content, Rhapsody, Yahoo!, and AOL subscription services, Internet radio, game audio, and more!

• Streams your audio anywhere in the house, wirelessly
• Plays any audio from your PC, including copy-protected and "DRMed" content. 100% compatible with all audio formats and players.
• The only wireless audio player with real-time encoding of 5.1 channel Dolby Digital audio
• 5.1 channel analog outputs for direct connection to multichannel stereo systems
• No additional hardware required on your PC or laptop- uses your existing 802.11b/g wireless card

A: Dolby Digital is a real-time encoding technology that converts any audio signal into a Dolby Digital bitstream. You can use a single digital cable to send 5.1-channel Dolby Digital audio from Sirocco to your receiver. Click here to read more

A: Yes! Even protected AAC files can be streamed from your PC to your Sondigo Sirocco.

A: The jack is there for setup purposes. In order to communicate with your Sirocco the first time, we need to use a wire to can access the device and set the security settings to work with your wireless network. Once the setup is done, you don't need to use the wire any more.

However, if your home is already wired with Ethernet cable, Sirocco will also work great on your wired network. Just install the Sirocco software as instructed in the Quick Start Guide, and when the "Sirocco Setup Wizard" appears to set up your wireless connection, click "Cancel". The Sirocco Control Panel will then automatically detect your Sirocco if it's connected to your wired network.

A: Yes, Sirocco supports both WEP and WPA (non-LEAP) encryption.

A: Dynamic Audio Switching makes it easier for your to switch your audio between any of your computer's audio devices (most often your local speakers), and your Sirocco.

With Dynamic Audio Switching OFF: After disconnecting your Sirocco, your active audio programs will need to be restarted for audio to play to your local speakers. This is Windows' default behaviour for switching between audio devices.

With Dynamic Audio Switching ON: If you disconnect your Sirocco while playing music, your music will seamlessly switch to your selected device, such as your local speakers, automatically. Likewise, if you connect your Sirocco while playing music, the music will seamlessly switch to playing through your Sirocco.

*Note that enabling Dynamic Audio Switching may cause a slight latency, or delay, between the time the sound is played by your program, and the time you actually hear it. This latency is why the feature is not turned on by default. It is not recommended for movie playback.

*Also, make sure that you disable Dynamic Audio Switching temporarily if you are going to install another audio device onto your computer.

A: From one PC, you can only stream audio to one destination at a time. However, if you have multiple PCs on your network, you can connect to a different Sirocco from each PC, all at the same time.

You can not play the same audio to your local sound card while it is streaming to the Sirocco. This is because the Windows audio system will only allow you to use one default audio output device at a time.