A receiving device having a wireless transmission circuit arranged to form a logical communications link between the wireless transmission circuit and an audio output device. The wireless transmission circuit is arranged to communicate audio data to the audio output device via the logical communications link. A wireless reception circuit is arranged to receive user commands, and a first logic circuit is arranged to identify a mute command received via the wireless reception circuit. A second logic circuit is arranged to mute the audio data from transmission to the audio output device while maintaining the logical communications link.