Gary, I'm guessing that the HDMI cable you have mentioned goes from your cable box to your TV. You will need to connect the Apple TV somewhere else, either to an HDMI input on your cable box, if your cable box has an input, or do another HDMI input on your TV, if it has one. However, it sounds as though you have things in hand there, and checking the other resources makes sense. I think you will want to get an Apple ID as well, though.
There are multiple ways to get an Apple ID. If you think you may want to be streaming stuff from your computer to your system, you may want to install iTunes on your computer. There is an option within iTunes to create an Apple ID. If you do this, you will want to understand some about iTunes as you will need to decide to what degree you want iTunes to manage media on your computer and whether you want iTunes to become your media player. You can also just do a Google search for create apple id and find a link that way. The link I found is https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/wa/createAppleId But there is a CAPTCHA on that page and I did not see an audio alternative that I found. There is no CAPTCHA when creating the ID through iTunes. There are not a lot of functions on the Apple TV, so as Mary said, it likely won't work with another remote unless that remote supports the Apple TV as another device. That could happen at some point, and maybe a programmable remote could learn the Apple remote's codes, but I don't know if it is worth it. The big thing that is useful is a keyboard to type in searches if you use your Apple TV to look for YouTube videos or movies. You can do it using the Apple remote and the on-screen keyboard, but it is slower. Using another TV remote won't help this process at all, even if you could program it. The Apple remote is pretty much just four arrows, a select key, a play/pause, and a Menu button which is also a "Back" button. I don't have the remote in my hand so I could be missing something, but it is pretty basic. Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 03:37:59 -0500, Gary Wood wrote: >I do have an HDMI cable that's connected to my cablebox. I have everything >connnected to my surround sound. surround >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacob...@visi.com> >To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 10:21 PM >Subject: Re: Apple TV >> Gary, >> >> You need to plug the Apple TV through an HDMI plug to an HD TV. If your >> cable box has an HDMI input that can be routed to your TV, that might >> work, I don't know. Cable boxes I have seen have HDMI >> OUT to go to a TV, and that will not work. You may need to get some help >> there from someone who knows what equipment you have. >> >> Once you get the Apple TV connected to a tv and to a sound source, >> probably your TV speakers, then you need to get voiceover turned on. I >> believe that the first time you start the apple TV, it will speak a >> prompt to turn on voiceOver using the little remote control. If it has >> already been turned on, you may have missed the prompt, but I believe >> there is a shortcut to turning it on with the remote. Once you have >> voiceover going, you will need to explore the menus some. You will next >> need to get it connected to your WI-FI network because everything you >> watch on it comes through the internet. I believe that you will >> next need to enter an Apple-ID and password into the unit. >> >> You might try doing some Google searches to see if anyone has instructions >> for blind persons. The PDF user's guide is all right but some of the >> steps are shown in pictures. It is hard to know how much more to >> try to say without knowing your setup. If you bought it at an Apple >> Store, they are pretty good to answer questions as well, although this can >> vary. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Steve >> >> On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 21:07:52 -0500, Gary Wood wrote: >> >>>Can someone tell me how to install it? I've never seen one of these >>>things >>>before, but what I've seen, it's pretty small. Someone told me that you >>>plug it into HDMi of my cable box, and that's it's accessible using >>>voiceover. I'm sorry that this may be offtopic, but I just want something >>>for starters. I may get an IPhone in the near future. >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Mary Otten" <maryot...@comcast.net> >>>To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>>Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 8:52 PM >>>Subject: Re: Apple TV >> >> >>>> No, you do not need an iPhone to make an apple tv work. >>>> >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> >> >>>To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> >> >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
