HDMI port on the back of Direct tv dvr converter is hooked up to the tv. How do I hook up the Apple tv without losing my Direct tv. There is an ethernet port on the back of the HR44
the ATV will need an HDMI port in the tv (not direct tv box). For example, my tv has 5 HDMI input - HDMI 1 is direct tv, hdmi2 is ATV, hdmi3 is blueray. So depending on what source I want to watch i change the TV input accordingly...
Hi, thanks for the reply. I bought a switch and I have my direct tv box hooked into 1 port and the Apple tv into the other. Direct tv works, Apple tv does not. When I cross over manually it does not work. The Apple works only if I connect it directly to the tv and bypass the switch and direct tv box but I have no sound. When I hook it back up to the switch, only thr direct tv works. I have exchanged the cables on the switch ports, made no difference. Thank you
Tony
I don't know what is causing this - as it happens I have the same model switch connecting an Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV and a Roku 1 to the input of an Oppo Blu-Ray player which then passes it on to the television. It works perfectly well, though occasionally I have to manually select away from the input then back, using the switch's remote, to get it to pass the signal through, though this mostly happens with the Fire TV - the ATV has been OK. The other device may be producing a constant output, as the ATV does, preventing the switch from switching automatically, so you could try using the remote to switch manually.
I don't have that same brand of switch but it is of the same type. Even when I switch manually it does not work unless I hook up direct to the tv and bypass the switch, got me crazy.
hooking up Apple TV with Direct tv HR44
