Richard ..
No .. you can then actually get sound out of both places .. however I find
there is a slight lag and get a tiny bit of echo .. strangely the echo only
seems to be on dialogue...
What I have done is ...
HDMI - Apple TV to TV
HDMI - Dish receiver to TV
HDMI - Blue ray DVD to TV
Digital audio - Apple TV to Sound bar
Digital audio - Dish receiver to sound bar
Digital audio - DVD player to sound bar
Actually the connections all run into a splitter then into the sound bar.
This way I can get the audio from all inputs out through the sound bar, my
sound bar has only 2 inputs. I also can just get it from the TV as all of
these are connected to the TV via HDMI. Never have to turn the TV on to
actually watch TV or a DVD. Only need the TV when watching video content
from Apple TV, and then a lot of times after it gets going can turn off the
TV and continue listening via the sound bar.
If you want to contact me off list .. that is fine: pdlloga...@gmail.com
and I can hopefully help you out. I just setup this last month...
Hope that helps ..
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2015 10:53 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Apple TV Question
That makes quite a bit of sense to me. Thanks. If I have two cables coming
from the Apple Tv, an HDMI to the TV and Digital Optical to the sound bar,
will they conflict?
-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2015 10:42 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Apple TV Question
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. Is this
possible?
Thanks,
Richard
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