Hi Sieghard; What brand of receiver are you using?
Some of the list members may find this information very useful. Thanks in advance. Anthony Sent from my Verizon iPhone 5! On Jan 6, 2013, at 9:46 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Linda, > > How you switch depends on how your cable box and Apple TV are connected. If > you have a TV which has multiple HDMI inputs which most TV's do nowadays and > you have your cable box on HDMI 1 and your Apple TV on HDMI 2, then the only > way to switch is to use your TV's remote and use the Input selection > feature. Unfortunately most TV's have a button for this, then pressing that > button brings up a menu on the screen which shows all your inputs and you > would have to use the arrows on your remote and the enter button to select > the one you want. This could be done without sight provided the menu focus > is always at the top so you know you would have to arrow down once or twice > or something like that. > > I have a surround sound receiver, all my sources (satellite, blueray player, > Apple TV etc.) are connected to the HDMI inputs on the receiver and the HDMI > output of the receiver is connected to HDMI 1 on my TV. This way I never > have to do anything with the TV except turn it on or off and, unless > somebody is around who can see, I don't even turn on my TV. The receiver's > remote fortunately has shortcuts to the most common inputs on the remote so > I know which button is HDMI 1 (my satellite), which one is HDMI 2 (my > blueray player) and which is HDMI 3 (my Apple TV). This setup is a bit more > user friendly, but if you use a TV maybe ask a sighted person to figure out > how to change it and teach you the combination of buttons and arrow keys you > need. First of all you have to of course understand how your cable box and > Apple TV are connected, but unless your Apple TV is somehow connected > through your cable box, changing things with the remote for it won't help. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
