Gary, The Apple TV must be plugged into an HDMI input. If your cable box lets you switch between inputs as a few do, this should work. Still, you have to be more specific if our answers are going to mean anything. How is your cable box connected to your TV? Does your cable box have an HDMI input as well as an HDMI output? Does your TV have multiple HDMI inputs assuming that one is being used by your cable box? If you are not sure of all this, you will need to get someone who is familiar with these kinds of connections to give you a hand. There are other variables as well, just too many to guess at. Cable boxes can generally be connected to a TV by HDMI, other analog cables, or using an RF coaxial cable putting its signal on a TV chanel, but this last is not generally used on newer TV's. Some cable boxes have the ability to add extra inputs, usually for games, and an apple TV could be plugged into such an input if it is an HDMI input. TV's themselves often have more than one input, often to accommodate a DVD player, or games, etc. an Apple TV could go there as well if the input is an HDMI input. If a TV is not an HD TV and if it doesn't have HDMI inputs, one can buy converters as mentioned before that will allow an Apple TV to be plugged into older style inputs. To figure this out, though, one has to have an idea of how it needs to be approached and what is available on a particular TV and Cable box. It is really very similar to figuring out how you would connect another input device such as a VCR or video game except that the Apple TV only has an HDMI output for audio and video. There is another Optical audio input that could be used to connect to an audio system, but that's separate from the cable box issue.
Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 03:04:01 -0500, Gary Wood wrote: >At this time, I don't have it set up, because I had to get a replacement for >my cablebox. You see, when a frind of mine got it plugged in, my cablebox >wouldn't work. I don't know if the box failed because she plugged the Apple >TV into it, or not. I hope that shouldn't effect it though. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacob...@visi.com> >To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 12:31 AM >Subject: Re: Apple TV >> Please explain more what you mean. The Apple TV is an input to your >> regular TV so it does not interfere with what you watch on your regular >> TV. The Apple >> TV only received programming from the internet so it does not receive >> cable channels directly. However, I'm not sure I answered your question. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Steve Jacobson >> >> On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:50:16 -0500, Gary Wood wrote: >> >>>When someone sets up Apple TV, can he or she still watch the cable >>>channels normally watched, or can they only watch ones on the Apple TV >>>system? >> >> >> >> >>
