RoPieee XL and intermittent Airplay connection

[Nathan_Wilkes]

Hello @Mark_Henderson. I appreciate the feedback from a new user’s perspective. Welcome to RoPieee!

Assuming that you read the RoPieee Beginner’s Guide, please help me improve the guide:

@Nathan_Wilkes

I thought it might be helpful to create a beginner’s guide for RoPieee. With Harry’s permission (@spockfish), I have created an initial draft for feedback and improvement:

[Edit: the guide is now complete. Thanks.]

http://codexwilkes.com/downloads/ropieee-guide-for-beginners.pdf

Thanks.

@Mark_Henderson

1. I initially tried booting the Pi while connected to a TV via HDMI and then a computer monitor, assuming there would be config options. The screen kept turning off after the Linux boot sequence. It wasn’t clear to me that the screen output was disabled by design. Perhaps this should be clearly highlighted for first-timers?

Any thoughts on how to make this easier to understand?

@Mark_Henderson

2. I also somehow didn’t notice that the initial boot sequence was performing setup activities and would restart a few times and ultimately take up to 5 minutes to compete. When I finally found reference to how the flashing display light worked, this all fell into place for me.