Hi Esther and others,
This is exactly the info I needed and I feel confident that not only
will the apple TV meet my current needs but possible future needs. I am
currently old school mainly using some nice but very old receivers. Most of
them only have RCA inputs. I'm using the Airport Express with analog cables.
This actually works very well. But, I want to be able to do more then just air
play with iTunes and my iPhone. the mirror feature, I believe will let me send
all audio to the receiver hooked to my computer. I also like the idea of
taking my laptop anywhere in the house but keeping the clear audio coming
clearly through the receiver speakers.
This was all new and helpful information. I never heard of a Toslink cable
before!
I'm off to go look up the hardware noted in this post!
Gratefully,
Eric Caron
On Jan 8, 2013, at 8:32 PM, Mac-Access <mori...@mac-access.net> wrote:
> Hello Eric,
>
> Hopefully you'll get a response from someone who is more informed than me,
> but a quick search of various web sites indicates that you can just use an
> optical cable between the Apple TV and your receiver. Basically all Apple
> TVs of the past few years (2nd and 3rd generation models) can use either HDMI
> cables or optical digital audio cables (also known as TOSLINK cables -- you
> may be using one with an AirPort Express to stream audio). HDMI is more
> common now for the latest model TVs, but connecting from the ATV's optical
> digital audio port is also common for home theater receivers.
>
> Here's the Apple Knowledge Base article on the Guide to Ports and Connectors
> for the Apple TV:
> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1586
>
> I would just buy an AmazonBasics Digital Optical Audio Toslink Cable for
> about $5.50. They also sell an AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Cable and
> Toslink Digital Audio Optical Cable, 2 Pack for $9.99, so you could get one
> of each of the two kinds of cables that the ATV uses, in case you later get a
> receiver or TV that uses HDMI cables.
>
> HTH. Cheers,
>
> Esther
>
> On Jan 7, 2013, at 5:14 PM, Eric Caron <eric_ca...@mac-access.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi listers,
>>
>> I am interested in purchasing a Apple TB to use with my stereo receiver.
>> I'm not sure how to do this as I understand the Apple TV has a HDMI output
>> and my receiver has something called a DVD optical in put, that is square.
>> A single port called a digital input that is round. and analogue input with
>> RCA jacks.
>>
>> Can anyone let me know if they are using a Apple TV with a stereo receiver,
>> and let me know if any of my input options could work?
>>
>> Eric Caron
>>
>>
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