Gary, To get your Apple TV going, you could move the HDMI cable from your cable box to your Apple TV. That should work. You probably don't want to do that in the long run, though, as those connectes may not stand up to that kind of frequent connecting and disconnecting. As someone else mentioned, it is quite possible you have a second HDMI input on your TV, and if that is the case you will probably want to use a separate HDMI cable to connect your apple TV to that input. You will need to be able to switch between inputs in that case, cable box or Apple TV using your TV's remode.
The problem is that we could be giving you useless information since I don't know if you have a second HDMI input on your TV, nor do I know if you might have an HDMI input on your cable box. I've seen cable boxes with game inputs for example. You probably need someone there to work with you on this to figure out the best solution, or gather some additional information so we can be of better assistance. TV's and even cable boxes nowadays can vary a good deal in terms of inputs and outputs. Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 20:40:38 -0500, Gary Wood wrote: >Thanks Steve. Maybe I shouldn't have given you this much yet. One end of >my hdmi cable is connected to the cable box, and the other end is connected >to my TV. Now the end that is connected to the cablebox, should that end be >connected to the Apple TV? >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacob...@visi.com> >To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 12:21 PM >Subject: Re: Apple TV >> Gary, >> >> Yes, Apple TV comes with its own remote but it doesn't look like a normal >> remote. It is very thin and fairly narrow and is made >> of metal. When you open your Apple TV, you could easily miss it. As I >> mentioned bfore, it has only a few buttons. If you have >> not opened the box yet, you definitely should check out some of the >> resources and read about it to make sure you have everything >> you need. For example, I don't think mine came with an HDMI cable, so if >> you got this as a result of an auction, you will need to >> see if you have an HDMI cable for it. It sounds as though we may be >> giving you too much information too quickly if you haven't >> seen the remote control yet. If you have more basic questions, we can try >> to help, but there is a lot we don't know about your >> setup. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Steve Jacobson >> >> On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:35:18 -0500, Gary Wood wrote: >> >>>Thank you. Then it comes with its own remote. >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Mary Otten" <maryot...@comcast.net> >>>To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>>Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 8:37 AM >>>Subject: Re: Apple TV >> >> >>>> Gary, no you can't use the cable tv remote to interact with the apple >>>> tv for things like selecting netflix movies or iTunes movies etc. >>>> >>>> Mary >>>> >>>> >>>> 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
