Optical Audio - Apple TV

Hi, what you want is not possible. You are connecting two outputs to each other. The only way to produce sound through your TV speakers is to connect your Apple TV with a HDMI cable on the TV. The optical cable only can be used to send the sound from the Apple TV to a reciver with optical cable entries.

Willumpku, I have a similar problem, I have a stereo amp with no optical input, So I bought an optical/RCA converter box and I'm connecting the optical out of the apple tv into the converter box and the rca cables from the converter box into my receiver. The TV is connected to the Applte TV with an HDMI cable. This is not working, no sound at all. Please help!

Hi Frankoys,

First of all I'm not a specialist but also a consumer who's sufferIng from problems with the Apple TV. But in this particular case the problem you have is different to what's discussed in this thread. Your configuration seems technically OK to me but the Apple TV doesn't always deliver what is promised by Apple.

But to offer any additional help with this I need to know what it is you want with this configuration. Do you want to hear the sound of your TV (via the Apple TV) at your stereo(speakers) or do you want to hear the sound of your stereo through the speakers of your TV set ?

Franjoys,

Your "optical/RCA converter box" is not the proper device. You will need a DAC (digital analogue converter) as the name implies, to produce an analogue signal for your amp. Modern receivers have an internal DAC so optical from ATV is fine. Outboard optical DACs are generally $180 up, so it's questionable to pursue.

Thanks David,

I believe it is what I bought, the vendor specified it was a DAC

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004C4WPXA/ref=pe_175190_21431760_M2T1_SC_dp_1

and this is my amp

http://www.rotel.com/NA/products/ProductDetails.htm?Id=12

if its not the same as what you're suggesting, what's the difference?

Hi Frankoys,

I stand corrected; your box is indeed a DAC and should work according to reviewers.

Try conncting each input except Phono. If they're all dead then the DAC must be defective.

Sorry I've nothing more practical. Good luck.

I have an Apple TV set up in a high school Media Center with an LCD projector, a sound converter, and a mixer/amplifier. I can get sound only from the projector speakers, not from the mounted speakers. Here's what I've got:

NEC projector with HDMI input

Sewell D-Bloq Pro digital-to-analog converter

http://www.amazon.com/Sewell-D-Bloq-Pro/dp/B007W2ZIMY/ref=cm_cd_pdp?_encoding=UT F8&cdPage=1&newContentID=Tx2PYCKGAF22QB6&noLL=1#CustomerDiscussions

TOA mixer/amplifier with RCA inputs

http://www.toaelectronics.com/downloads/BA-200/bg220_pr1e.jpg

http://www.toaelectronics.com/downloads/BA-200/bg220_cs1e.pdf

I'm running a TOSLink optical cable from the Apple TV to the converter, then RCA cables to the mixer/amplifier.

I've called both Sewell and Apple and both support reps say the setup should work.

Am I missing something? I've tried two different RCA cables, two different projectors and two different Apple TV's, the red light on the optical cable works...

Do I have a defective converter? Any other ideas?

Thank you