The goal: play music on Pandora over a cell phone in two rooms through eight speakers total, while being able adjust volume in both rooms separate of one another. Sounds easy, right?
The problem: It's in my Dad's cabinet shop. The only internet he has is on his phone, and he has zero interest in having separate internet to accomplish this goal.
The background: I purchased a Wiim Pro and an eight channel power amplifier on the recommendation of a salesman at Crutchfields. He told me that my Dad could connect to the Wiim Pro via Bluetooth and play Pandora over his cell internet through the amp via the WP. This does not seem to be the case, as I can't for the life of me make it work. Crutchfields suggested buying a Wi-Fi router just to have a Wi-Fi network (just the network, no Wi-Fi internet) to unify his phone and the WP. I tried this, but the obvious problem occurred-his phone can't be on a Wi-Fi network and cellular internet at the same time (unless someone knows a trick to make that happen). I downloaded the app on his phone, updated the WP, and got everything working fine using my phone as a hotspot, but when I take my phone out of the equation, I can find no way to make this work.
Separate internet is off the table, as is a mobile hotspot, as well as using his phone as a Hotspot. Is there any way to make this work under these parameters? Am I just missing something? Any help/recommendations are appreciated.
Also-he is currently using a Bluetooth adapter to play music from his phone through the eight channel amp. This is obviously a poor solution, as he can't adjust the speaker volume independently in both rooms without physically pulling out the amp and adjusting the individual speaker volume on the back, and he has no equalizer, so his music sounds like trash.
The problem: It's in my Dad's cabinet shop. The only internet he has is on his phone, and he has zero interest in having separate internet to accomplish this goal.
The background: I purchased a Wiim Pro and an eight channel power amplifier on the recommendation of a salesman at Crutchfields. He told me that my Dad could connect to the Wiim Pro via Bluetooth and play Pandora over his cell internet through the amp via the WP. This does not seem to be the case, as I can't for the life of me make it work. Crutchfields suggested buying a Wi-Fi router just to have a Wi-Fi network (just the network, no Wi-Fi internet) to unify his phone and the WP. I tried this, but the obvious problem occurred-his phone can't be on a Wi-Fi network and cellular internet at the same time (unless someone knows a trick to make that happen). I downloaded the app on his phone, updated the WP, and got everything working fine using my phone as a hotspot, but when I take my phone out of the equation, I can find no way to make this work.
Separate internet is off the table, as is a mobile hotspot, as well as using his phone as a Hotspot. Is there any way to make this work under these parameters? Am I just missing something? Any help/recommendations are appreciated.
Also-he is currently using a Bluetooth adapter to play music from his phone through the eight channel amp. This is obviously a poor solution, as he can't adjust the speaker volume independently in both rooms without physically pulling out the amp and adjusting the individual speaker volume on the back, and he has no equalizer, so his music sounds like trash.
