My speakers are now on my wifi. A bloke called Jason from Pioneer called me this morning and told me to ignore the manual and instead to do the following:
- Turn the unit off and unplug it from Ethernet and power.
- Plug the power back in and turn the unit back on — wait for it to power up again.
- Plug your iOS device (assumes you have one, and that it is currently connected to your wifi) into the USB port in the back of the speakers and unlock the iOS device so that it shows the home screen.
- Press and hold the
Input button at the front right of the speakers, along with the hidden little black button on the back labelled • Network Setup / - wireless direct, and keep both held down for about 3 seconds.
- A dialog box will appear on your iOS device saying "A connected device wants to share your network settings (cancel) or (allow)."
- Press (allow).
- Wait about 10 seconds and open the Music app on your iOS device and click on the AirPlay icon. Your speakers will appear in the list of available speakers.
- You can now unplug your iOS device as the speakers are connected to your wifi.
I actually had to try this process twice to get it to work but now it's working perfectly. In Safari on your Mac under the Bonjour menu in Bookmarks your speaker will appear and you can then perform any other configuration you like, such as giving the speakers a more sensible name.
Okay, after dealing with this for quite some time, I finally found a solution that worked for me. I figured I'd come and share for others as well.
In order to resolve the choppy playback, I ultimately went in to Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset All Settings. After resetting, the device downloaded the very latest OS for the Apple TV, and after everything was done, the Airplay quality between the MacBook and AppleTV is actually pretty decent.
In testing, I was able to mirror my display without any noticeable choppiness. I was also able to extend my desktop on to the TV, and this worked surprisingly well. Even playing YouTube videos was of decent quality, with almost zero choppiness during playback.
What I have not tried yet... and will update this answer later on, is reconnecting my photo streams. As it's common to have 1000+ photos in my shared streams, I'm concerned that this may have slowed the device down (just a guess, honestly). I'll do some more testing today, mirroring as is, then adding the photo streams and comparing, to see if that causes any issue. If it does, I can always reset again.
Best Answer
Put the device in AirPlane mode and that disables AirPlay.
At that point, you can turn on WiFi and make sure that AirPlay doesn't pair with anything. If it does, back into AirPlane mode and power off the device.
If you can't keep the device from connecting - you will need to erase the iOS and/or seek hardware service.
Keep in mind - AirPlay will always show as an option when WiFi is on - just having the option to see what AirPlay connections are found doesn't mean AirPlay is on. Just tap iPhone/iPad/iPod and the AirPlay function will be disengaged.