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is there a way to connect the Apple TV 4th Generation to a home theater system

I want to know if there is a way to connect an Apple TV 4th Generation to a home theater system? If so what cords do I need to connect them?

Posted on Nov 25, 2015 8:31 PM

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Nov 25, 2015 8:37 PM in response to jake2002944

That would depend entirely on the Home Theater system. Since the Apple Tv 4 only has an HDMI output, if the home theater does not have an HDMI input, you would need whatever adapter / cable your Home theater has input for.


Tell us what Home theater system you have or what inputs it has and we may be able to provide a more specific answer.

Nov 25, 2015 8:58 PM in response to jake2002944

Going by the specs on Samsung's own website:

http://www.samsung.com/us/video/home-audio/HT-J4500/ZA


It does not appear you can connect an Apple TV 4 directly.


You could connect it through the Optical input for Audio only using one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/Panlong-Converter-Extractor-Splitter-De-embedder/dp/B00ISQ 8VB8


You would need a couple of HDMI cables, and an optical spdif cable for the audio.

Optical SPDIF Audio cable

http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Digital-Optical-Audio-Toslink/dp/B00NH11H38/r ef=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1448…


Alternatively if your TV has an optical audio output, you can use that instead to get the Audio out to the home theater through its optical audio input.

is there a way to connect the Apple TV 4th Generation to a home theater system

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