If your Soundbar has a digital optical input you should be able to run a tosslink optical cable from the optical output of the Apple TV to the optical input of your soundbar. I am not sure why soundbars even use HDMI since HDMI is for video and autio in one connection and you only need to send audio to the soundbar. Most soundbars I have seen have an optical input which you connect to the optical output of your TV and some maybe have some analogue inputs. I guess the primary purpose of a soundbar is to replace the TV speakers which is why many of them just have an optical input which connects to your TV and the TV becomes your hub for all your devices.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Monday, January 05, 2015 7:38 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple TV Question Thanks Mary, How do I cable it then? Right now, I have an HDMI cable from Apple Tv to my Sharp tv and HDMI cable from my Sharp to my sound bar. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Monday, January 05, 2015 8:54 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Apple TV Question Hi Richard, If all you want to do is stream purely audio programming, such as your iTunes, or other audio sources through your Apple TV to the sound bar, you don't need a TV. However, if you want to watch something on the Apple TV which has a video component, such as Netflix, or some other video thing, then yes, you need that TV connection. Or the thing won't work. It needs to see the video. That doesn't mean you have to use the TV for your audio. But it does mean you need the HDMI from your AppleTV to the television. This is true for my first generation Apple TV. I have no reason to think it would be any different for the second generation, but I can't prove it. When I looked up the differences, the only thing I found was at the second-generation let you have a higher video then what I have, 1080 P versus whatever it is I have that I don't remember. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 5, 2015, at 5:31 PM, Richard <rqli...@rogers.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Don't know if this has been covered here; hope I'm not asking out of turn. > I'm looking to stream audio from my Apple TV and wonder if I can do > this without a TV. I have a tv but don't want to use it if possible. > Therefore, I want to have audio go directly to my sound bar. 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