Hey Christopher can you hit me up off list as I got some questions can give you a quick call as the model I am looking at is called Wilton Sound bar and I am wanting to do all of this without a TV in my bedroom. Email me your number off list if you don’t mind. Thanks, > On Jul 14, 2015, at 8:45 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > So... what I did is, I have a surround sound theater system which has HDMI > in, and HDMI out. So I took one cord, ran out of the Apple TV, into the > HDMI1 source on the receiver, then I ran out of the receiver's HDMI out, to > the HDMI on my TV itself. So, what this allows me to do is, I now can > basically pipe all HDMI data being sent out the Apple TV into my receiver > before it hits my TV. This way, for example, I can turn my TV completely > off, yet still get sound out my receiver surround speakers throughout the > room, Then, if I want! to actually see the picture side of it, all I have to > do is turn on my TV, set its source to HDMI, and boom! I'm up and running. > It's a really really sweet way of doing it in my opinion. Frankly, I loved my > Apple TV before, but since I've gotten this receiver, which is my very first > 5.1 dolby/prologic surround unit, you'd not believe! the difference it has > made! It's totally spoiled me! > > OK, as for the soundbar, I am not totally sure. I think it depends on which > one you get. Generally though, from what I understand, yes. They do have > HDMI on them. I can check for you to be totally sure. I got a friend who > has one, so let me call 'em real quick before it gets later, and I'll check > for ya. > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Fischler" <brianfisch...@me.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 8:29 PM > Subject: Apple TV Connection Question > > > I am finally thinking about getting an Apple TV, but am curious as I know you > have to connect it via HDMI, but am curious can I buy a Sound Bar home > receiver that has an HDMI input and then use the Apple TV without a TV? > Thanks, curious if you just need any receiver with a HDMI input. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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