Chapter 7. Use Your iPad as a Remote
Apple's free Remote app isn't included with the iPad, but it should have been. Its premise is simple: control iTunes or an Apple TV remotely over a Wi-Fi connection with an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.
Although the iPad makes a nice music player, you may wish to play music that's not on the iPad or through a better speaker system. For example, in my house, we listen to music streamed to an AirPort Express—Apple's small wireless base station that includes audio hookups—connected to the stereo. The music resides on my wife's laptop in the living room or my laptop in my home office upstairs. Remote lets me change playlists, pause the music, and control other aspects of iTunes without having to go to one of those ...
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