I want to watch movies on my iMac but use Cambridge audio Aero 5.1 speakers through AV receiver Cambridge Audio Azur 751R. How do I connect my Mac to the av receiver? What cables/connectors do I need?
thank you for your help!
To do this the right way, get an AppleTV ($59 refurbished from Apple's online store), set up the AppleTV and connect it to the AppleTV's Optical out to the Receiver & HDMI out to your TV. Then set up Home Sharing in iTunes on your iMac and finally wireless stream movies to the big screen TV from the AppleTV. Anything else is a kluge and won't work as well as you would like. If you have a 2011 or later iMac you can also use the AppleTV to mirror the iMac's content to the BigScreen TV.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/FD199LL/A/refurbished-apple-tv
Learn more about Home Sharing - Apple Support
To do this the right way, get an AppleTV ($59 refurbished from Apple's online store), set up the AppleTV and connect it to the AppleTV's Optical out to the Receiver & HDMI out to your TV. Then set up Home Sharing in iTunes on your iMac and finally wireless stream movies to the big screen TV from the AppleTV. Anything else is a kluge and won't work as well as you would like. If you have a 2011 or later iMac you can also use the AppleTV to mirror the iMac's content to the BigScreen TV.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/FD199LL/A/refurbished-apple-tv
Learn more about Home Sharing - Apple Support
I don't have a separate TV. I can only watch movies on my iMac. Is this still possible.
i Highly appreciate your help!
get a cable which connect to the headsets digital part and connect it to the speaker systems
tigerrr_ wrote:
I don't have a separate TV. I can only watch movies on my iMac. Is this still possible.
i Highly appreciate your help!
Yes, however the Mac does not have a TV receiver, you need a their party device from Elgato to connect from your TV source to the iMac.
I Don't want to watch TV only DVDs, itunes library and Netflix from Safari on my iMac.
Rudegar: what is this cable called?
Then it is VERY easy, if your receiver has optical input you need this cable:
Hey thanks a lot. I ordered the cable
one more question:
my av receiver does not have wifi/Bluetoot, AirPlay :-/. Is there a way to wirelessly stream music from iPhones/iPads to it if I buy Apple TV? Or any other way? I am clueless
thank ant you so much!
The receiver doe not need Bluetooth or Airplay, all it needs is the optical input to stream music from the iMac via the AppleTV. I haven't tried to stream music wirelesses from our iPhone or iPad however you don't really need to. If you have music in iTunes for $25/year you can buy Apples Match (Google it) and then your AppleTV can download your music library wirelessly via the Cloud.
How to connect my iMac to AV receiver?
