Apple TV 2 through Surround Sound

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Apple TV 2 through Surround Sound

I just bought Apple TV 2 as my Dad wants to stream football games onto our New Hisense SmartTV. My only problem is that I want Apple TV to play through the LG DVD reciever surround sounds speakers instead of the inbuilt internal TV speakers. The surround sound speakers already works with normal TV channels and I want to keep it that way but want able to play it also with ATV2. At the moment ATV2 is only playing through the internal speakers, making me having to change the sound settings on the TV, so that internal is on again. The DVD receiever doesnt have HDMI only analog ports and an optical in. If i buy an optical fibre cable and run it from the ATV2 to the dvd receiver will that make the sound work through the speakers?

What's the best / easiest way to go?

AppleTV 2

Posted on Mar 4, 2014 6:14 AM

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helena92 Author

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Mar 4, 2014 6:39 AM in response to helena92

Oops I made a mistake I have Apple TV3

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Mar 4, 2014 6:44 AM in response to helena92

You can definitely use the Optical Audio out from the Apple TV to your surround system.

Just a note: I've seen the Audio come through "scratchy" with some Optical cables due to a scratch on the lens of the fibre cable, so be mindful of that... but yes, that should work for you!

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lkrupp

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Mar 4, 2014 6:46 AM in response to helena92

The Toslink (optical cable) will work. That cable is very inexpensive so it won;t cost you much to experiment.

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helena92 Author

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Mar 4, 2014 7:01 AM in response to Saito_Chikara

Fingers crossed that this works. Ive been reading up so much thinking I have my analog cables connected incorrectly. Thanks for the help

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Jan 12, 2015 11:46 AM in response to helena92

Yes, Toslink Digital Optical cable is cheap from Amazon and connects from Apple TV into your audio receiver (the device to which your surround sound speakers are connected). BUT Make sure you have the Audio & Video setting in your Apple TV right (Doby Digital, etc.) and that when you are playing Apple TV through your surround sound speakers. If no sound comes out, make sure that your surround sound device (DVD/Blu Ray player, etc.) is set to the right function: TV, not DVD or regular audio.

This blog has a short tutorial about this too: http://www.caramooneydesigns.com/blog/2015/01/12/how-to-connect-your-apple-tv-to -surround-sound-speakers/

Hope this helps!

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