Hi Rob, As Larry pointed out, HDMI and Optical out are the only outputs on the Apple TV. If you plan to connect your Apple TV to your LCD TV via HDMI and you have a pair of powered speakers connected to your TV's optical audio ot then yes, this should work as long as you are able to switch inputs on your TV. I have a Sony and the only way to switch inputs is by pressing the input button on top of the TV or on the remote and then to arrow up and down in a menu which shows all inputs. I have that list written down so if I know what input I am on, for example, HDMI 1, I can switch to HDMI 2 easily enough as it is just one below, if I wanted to switch to Component 1 I would have to go up 2 clicks. Not ideal but workable. I used to have a fairly high-end Sony home theatre receiver and a lot of the major inputs could be selected by pressing a button on the remote. But I just decided to downgrade in a way and upgrade in another way and I bought a Sonos Playbar and Sonos Sub. I decided to sell my Sony receiver which when I bought it 5 years ago was $2,000 and to get rid of my big main speakers in the living room and the centre speaker on top of the TV replacing it all with the Playbar and the Sub and down the road probably with 2 Play 3 players for rear channels completing a 5.1 surround system. I have had other Sonos players for 5 years and love the accessibility of the app, the ease of use and all the options as well as the fact that I get regular upgrades with new features. I guess if the best stereo sound for music was my main concern I wouldn't do this, but I have another very high-end stereo system in my music room downstairs with a tube amp and custom-built speakers and subwovers so if I want the best music listening I go downstairs, upstairs is for convenience and for TV/movies/audio books and so on.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rob Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 10:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Apple TV audio questions Dear List, I am looking to purchase a Apple TV to use as an AirPlay device for audio. If my TV has RCA audio out jacks, will the audio from the apple TV go through those jacks to my powered amp speakers? or if not, what would I have to do in order to get my speakers with RCA audio connectors to connect to the apple TV? these questions may seem strange, but remember I never had a apple TV before. Thanks, Rob -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
