Hi there,
Yesterday I opened the box on my new CQ-20B! I set up my iPad Air 2 with MixPad, and connected over wifi no problem (2.4ghz, wpa password enabled). I set about configuring all the channels for my band. To test the config, I plugged in a microphone, and set up bluetooth from my iPhone 14 to play some spotify through the mixer. I was sitting right next to the mixer at home (minimal other network devices around). Over about 45 minutes, I saw a MixPad message on the iPad screen like a dozen times - something like “connection unstable” - it would pop up for a few seconds, then go away.
Also, after about 15 minutes, I noticed the bluetooth playback started glitching/stalling/rewinding - making it unusable.
This raises some big concerns!! If this is all happening at home, what’s going to happen at the gig?? Can I depend on bluetooth for a between-set playlist, or is it going to start glitching like that? Will the wifi be stable when there’s 5 band members connected with cq4you, and there’s a few hundred audience phones in the room?
Are there some best practices to ensure smooth operation? I understand 2.4ghz wifi is supposed to be more stable than 5ghz. But iiuc, Bluetooth operates in the same frequency range. Should I switch the wifi to 5ghz?
Thanks!
John