Have you tried using your TV headphone jack?
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 23, 2014, at 12:10 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I would love to be able to do the audio and video through a single cable and > still be able to use good speakers. How can one do that? In both of my > scenarios, I have had to use the digital optical cable, in order to avoid > using the horrible TV speakers. How can that be done with just the HDMI? > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 23, 2014, at 9:51 AM, Anders Holmberg <and...@pipkrokodil.se> wrote: >> >> Hi! >> Do i have to connect it through a dac then? >> /A >>> 23 dec 2014 kl. 02:56 skrev Ray Foret Jr <rforet7...@comcast.net>: >>> >>> Actually, yes, the Apple TV box does have an optical output. However, let >>> me point out, that the optical output on the Apple TV is strictly for >>> nothing but digital audio. No video whatsoever passes through the optical >>> port. If you want to do the audio and the video through a single cable, you >>> have to use HDMI. >>> Your progress >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> The Constantly barefooted Ray, >>> >>> Still a very happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user! >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone, >>> the only smart phone with full accessibility for the blind built-in >>> >>>> On Dec 22, 2014, at 7:48 PM, jeffrey greene <greenebo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, The apple tv itself has an optical output, but i think you need to >>>> purchase the cable for it directly from apple. On the other hand, I have >>>> an apple tv approximately one year old and its choppy both with VO and >>>> movies through my tv’s speakers. It just started after the last apple tv >>>> software update. I’m hoping there will be a new update to correct this. >>>> Jeff >>>> >>>>> On Dec 22, 2014, at 8:42 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi all, I have an older Apple TV, the first model that had voiceover. I >>>>> have it connected to a TV through HDMI. >>>>> It works fine through the internal lousy TV speakers. When I connect my >>>>> sound bar to the TV using the TV optical output from the TV to my sound >>>>> bar, voiceover becomes very choppy and inconsistent, to the point to that >>>>> sometimes I hear no voice over output at all for the currently focused >>>>> menu item. I had this same problem with a different set up with the same >>>>> Apple TV, and thought it was a problem with either the cable or the AV >>>>> receiver I was using. Has anyone experienced this? I am now believing >>>>> there is a problem with my AppleTV, and I should just go buy another >>>>> one. But I would sure hate to get stuck with $100 loser. Still, it is >>>>> hard for me to believe that this problem with optical outs from a TV to a >>>>> sound bar or anything to do with optical out on the AppleTV would cause a >>>>> problem. 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