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Reconnecting my two Woodbourne's to wifi

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Polk CS,

I had to replace my router recently and need to reconnect my Woodbourne's to wifi at home. Trouble is, the Woodbourne app for my iPhone is out of date and is not supported for the latest iOS version.

How do I reconnect them?

Thanks,

John
No excuses!
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  • EndersShadowEndersShadow Posts: 17,086
    @KennethSwauger
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • deronb1deronb1 Posts: 5,094
    The play-fi app may be helpful.
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  • F1nutF1nut Posts: 44,450
    Technology.........making things obsolete faster than a speeding bullet.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • Strong BadStrong Bad Posts: 4,250
    F1nut wrote: »
    Technology.........making things obsolete faster than a speeding bullet.


    You got that right sir! UGH!
    No excuses!
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  • KennethSwaugerKennethSwauger Moderator Posts: 7,000
    Hello,
    I'll forward this to Polk for an answer, it probably won't be until tomorrow.
    "They thought we were too loud, but shoot, I had four army blankets folded over my amp, and the volume level was on 2. I'm used to playin' on 10!" S.R.V.
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  • Strong BadStrong Bad Posts: 4,250
    KennethSwauger wrote: »
    Hello,
    I'll forward this to Polk for an answer, it probably won't be until tomorrow.


    Thank you Ken, much appreciated!
    No excuses!
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  • MrBuhlMrBuhl Posts: 2,427
    watching this with interest
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  • Strong BadStrong Bad Posts: 4,250
    Still waiting....
    No excuses!
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  • KennethSwaugerKennethSwauger Moderator Posts: 7,000
    Let me re-ask.
    "They thought we were too loud, but shoot, I had four army blankets folded over my amp, and the volume level was on 2. I'm used to playin' on 10!" S.R.V.
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  • Strong BadStrong Bad Posts: 4,250
    Crickets...crickets...
    No excuses!
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  • mdaudioguymdaudioguy Posts: 5,135
    Strong Bad wrote: »
    Crickets...crickets...

    No news is good news, right? :s
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  • EmlynEmlyn Posts: 2,590
    A similar thing happened with the Squeezebox devices when the Logitech Server app stopped working on my iPads after an iOS update. There are third party apps available in that case.
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  • rooftop59rooftop59 Posts: 6,423
    Emlyn wrote: »
    A similar thing happened with the Squeezebox devices when the Logitech Server app stopped working on my iPads after an iOS update. There are third party apps available in that case.

    I really doubt anyone is making third party apps for the woudbourne :'(
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  • Strong BadStrong Bad Posts: 4,250
    I'm not a software developer, so I have no idea the amount of hours it would take to modify the code to work with the latest version of iOS. I can't be the only person that has this issue.

    I have 2 Woodbournes that are in perfect shape and honestly I love them.

    The Polk Audio of old would NOT have left this thread get to this point. Come on folks, get it gear!
    No excuses!
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  • KennethSwaugerKennethSwauger Moderator Posts: 7,000
    I've sent this to a friend in the engineering department.
    "They thought we were too loud, but shoot, I had four army blankets folded over my amp, and the volume level was on 2. I'm used to playin' on 10!" S.R.V.
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  • vhallvhall Posts: 1
    I was told by Support that the Play-fi App no long supports the Woodbourne. I connected to wifi with an Omni P1 adapter.
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  • Strong BadStrong Bad Posts: 4,250
    vhall wrote: »
    I was told by Support that the Play-fi App no long supports the Woodbourne. I connected to wifi with an Omni P1 adapter.


    The $300 adaptor? This better not be the only option available.
    No excuses!
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  • Strong BadStrong Bad Posts: 4,250
    and the beat goes on...not a word from anyone!
    No excuses!
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  • txcoastal1txcoastal1 Posts: 11,211
    You know that feeling ..... got the same feeling when I bought the Blue Sound Node, then they came out with the Node2 :/

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  • Strong BadStrong Bad Posts: 4,250
    It’s that Ned Beatty in Deliverance kind of screwed feeling.
    No excuses!
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  • mdaudioguymdaudioguy Posts: 5,135
    Will these instructions for connecting via a computer with a WiFi connection help you? I don't have a Woodbourne, so I don't know. Seems like it might help, if all the app does is connect you to WiFi. Everything else happens through Airplay after that, right?

    https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets.soundunited.com/polk/product_documents_legacy/Woodbourne_NetworkSetup.pdf
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  • KennethSwaugerKennethSwauger Moderator Posts: 7,000
    Let me try again to get an answer.
    "They thought we were too loud, but shoot, I had four army blankets folded over my amp, and the volume level was on 2. I'm used to playin' on 10!" S.R.V.
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  • Strong BadStrong Bad Posts: 4,250
    mdaudioguy wrote: »
    Will these instructions for connecting via a computer with a WiFi connection help you? I don't have a Woodbourne, so I don't know. Seems like it might help, if all the app does is connect you to WiFi. Everything else happens through Airplay after that, right?

    https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets.soundunited.com/polk/product_documents_legacy/Woodbourne_NetworkSetup.pdf

    mdaudioguy, you win the BIG prize! Everything! The Chocolate Factory, the Everlasting Gobstopper, the Oompa Loompas...ALL OF IT!

    These instructions worked like a charm. Took me roughly 2 minutes per Woodbourne and both are connected to my WIFI again.

    Turned it on, pressed the selector to WIFI, then held the button in until the WIFI indicator blinked very fast. That created a wireless network (SSID "PolkWoodbourne") and I connected to that. Opened browser, went to 192.168.1.12...and there was the config. Found my SSID, typed in password and BOOM...connected! Did it from my iPad.

    Thank you mdaudioguy for coming through.

    Polk CS...come on man! Did it really need to take this long and be this irritating?
    No excuses!
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  • EndersShadowEndersShadow Posts: 17,086
    edited August 2018
    Damn it.... I was hoping you would end up Karma'ing them off lol......

    I want me one or two of them as they are awesome!!!

    But in all seriousness I'm very happy you got them working again. They are the bees knees.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • Strong BadStrong Bad Posts: 4,250
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    Damn it.... I was hoping you would end up Karma'ing them off lol......

    I want me one or two of them as they are awesome!!!

    OMG, I bet you were sitting on this PDF just hoping no one else would post it and I would dump them. I see how it is! Uh huh...

    Yes, they are awesome! I see them on eBay here and there.

    No excuses!
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  • EndersShadowEndersShadow Posts: 17,086
    Strong Bad wrote: »
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    Damn it.... I was hoping you would end up Karma'ing them off lol......

    I want me one or two of them as they are awesome!!!

    OMG, I bet you were sitting on this PDF just hoping no one else would post it and I would dump them. I see how it is! Uh huh...

    Yes, they are awesome! I see them on eBay here and there.

    Nah.... I may be a ****.... but I'm not that big a **** lol.....
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • EndersShadowEndersShadow Posts: 17,086
    PS.... I figured you'd were about 2 days from this:

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    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • mdaudioguymdaudioguy Posts: 5,135
    Winner, winner, chicken dinner!!!
    Good to hear you're back in business!
    I'll send Polk CS the bill. ;)
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  • mdaudioguymdaudioguy Posts: 5,135
    @KennethSwauger, Kindly request you split your commission on this one with me. B)
    50% of... Ah, never mind, this one's on the house. :p
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  • pitdogg2pitdogg2 Posts: 16,288
    Good thing we didn't know anyone at polk this could be embarrassing...

    :p:p
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