Re: bluetooth speaker question.

2014-04-12 Thread Jessica Moss
It's a mobile home, which is that wonderful pressure treated wood, so have no idea how that would affect the signal there, and our back door doesn't have a screen. On Apr 12, 2014, at 12:43 PM, Kayaker wrote: > Hi, > > It's not just steel that's the problem. Is your house stucco or veneered >

Re: bluetooth speaker question.

2014-04-12 Thread Chris Blouch
Some windows have a metal film between the panes to help reflect away heat and there is also insulation in some walls that has a metal foil. These could all interfere. Bluetooth is just designed to go a short distance. CB On 4/12/14 12:43 PM, Kayaker wrote: Hi, It's not just steel that's th

Re: bluetooth speaker question.

2014-04-12 Thread Kayaker
Hi, It's not just steel that's the problem. Is your house stucco or veneered brick or stone? What really stops wireless signals is wire mesh. Stucco usually is placed on a house with a wire mesh frame that might as well be a cellphone, wireless and bluetooth damping field. Also, if the door has

Re: bluetooth speaker question.

2014-04-12 Thread Jessica Moss
Not far, and as soon as I take it outside and close the door, the signal gets choppy then eventually cuts out, I have an auvio speaker that does the same thing when I have the computer in my room then take it in Hannah's room to play with her and close the door, and don't know if it's because th

Re: bluetooth speaker question.

2014-04-12 Thread David Taylor
How far is the speaker from the computer overall? Have you tried the computer the other way round, in front of the door, or putting the speaker closer? Just experiment. Cheers Dave On 12 Apr 2014, at 15:00, Jessica Moss wrote: > The back door is a French door, so not sure how much help that

Re: bluetooth speaker question.

2014-04-12 Thread Jessica Moss
The back door is a French door, so not sure how much help that is, and had the laptop sitting in Hannah's room, which is about a foot or less away from the back door, kind of off to the lide a little, sitting on her drawing table which sits up against the wall. What would you recommend I do dif

Re: bluetooth speaker question.

2014-04-12 Thread David Taylor
Hi, A door is not a door, and a wall is not a wall. No, seriously, depends what material the doors and walls are made of, which way you have the bluetooth on the computer pointed, and many other things. External doors and walls often include steel, which can impeed signals. Cheers Dave On 12