{"id":859,"date":"2015-08-25T14:34:21","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T14:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bristol-computer-support.co.uk\/bristolcomputersupportblog\/?p=859"},"modified":"2015-08-25T14:37:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T14:37:35","slug":"cyrus-lyric-music-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bristol-computer-support.co.uk\/bristolcomputersupportblog\/?p=859","title":{"rendered":"Cyrus Lyric Music Player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The dreaded salesman strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Just been on a call where I&#8217;m told the WiFi doesn&#8217;t reach a room. \u00a0I arrive on site, and that is not the issue at all&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There is a wonderful looking device called &#8220;a Cyrus Lyric 9&#8221;. \u00a0I connect the unit to the WiFi using the power-line connectors the client has already bought, and I prove the unit is now on the internet &#8211; it plays all the wonderful Internet Radio channels.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not what the client was interested in. \u00a0He wants to play his iTunes and Spotify through this device &#8211; with no wires! \u00a0The manual advises you to copy all your files to a NAS drive or a USB drive &#8211; great in theory. \u00a0Normally iTunes has encrypted them because they are purchased through iTunes!<\/p>\n<p>To play any music from his iMac, we have to download and install a 3rd party bit of software that makes the iMac into an uPnP server. \u00a0It still won&#8217;t play Spotify unless an iPad is plugged into it. \u00a0\u00a31500 and the system does not do what my client needs it to do.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.cdn.whathifi.com\/sites\/whathifi.com\/files\/styles\/big-image\/public\/CyrusLyric09v1.jpg?itok=4XLK9Sq0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For lest than \u00a350, I recommended a solution for the client to connect in a simple Bluetooth music device into his existing excellent Hi-Fi system, and from there he can play whatever his iPad plays. \u00a0He&#8217;s got to have his Spotify app installed, and his music on his iPad, but he can hold the iPad and choose his music without getting up!<\/p>\n<p>If you want good common sense computer support, that can save you money in the long run, Bristol Computer Support Ltd.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tweetthis\" style=\"text-align:left;\"><p> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home\/?status=Cyrus+Lyric+Music+Player+http%3A%2F%2Fbristol-computer-support.co.uk%2Fbristolcomputersupportblog%2F%3Fp%3D859\" title=\"Post to Twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bristol-computer-support.co.uk\/bristolcomputersupportblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/en\/twitter\/tt-twitter.png\" alt=\"Post to Twitter\" \/><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home\/?status=Cyrus+Lyric+Music+Player+http%3A%2F%2Fbristol-computer-support.co.uk%2Fbristolcomputersupportblog%2F%3Fp%3D859\" title=\"Post to Twitter\">Tweet This Post<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dreaded salesman strikes. Just been on a call where I&#8217;m told the WiFi doesn&#8217;t reach a room. \u00a0I arrive on site, and that is not the issue at all&#8230; There is a wonderful looking device called &#8220;a Cyrus Lyric &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristol-computer-support.co.uk\/bristolcomputersupportblog\/?p=859\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-networking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bristol-computer-support.co.uk\/bristolcomputersupportblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bristol-computer-support.co.uk\/bristolcomputersupportblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bristol-computer-support.co.uk\/bristolcomputersupportblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bristol-computer-support.co.uk\/bristolcomputersupportblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bristol-computer-support.co.uk\/bristolcomputersupportblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=859"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bristol-computer-support.co.uk\/bristolcomputersupportblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":861,"href":"https:\/\/www.bristol-computer-support.co.uk\/bristolcomputersupportblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859\/revisions\/861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bristol-computer-support.co.uk\/bristolcomputersupportblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bristol-computer-support.co.uk\/bristolcomputersupportblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bristol-computer-support.co.uk\/bristolcomputersupportblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}