Hi all, following up with my previous post. I was able to get my AppleTV hooked up the old analog pre-amp I have in my bedroom using an HDMI to Composite I found on Amazon. I'll post the link below. As someone else mentioned the key is to use a converter that has its own power supply. My pre-amp has a few switched outputs on the back so that made for an easy place to plug it in. So basically there are three connections. The first is the AC adaptor. The second is an ordinary HDMI cable between my AppleTV and the coverter. The third is the cable to the Yellow, Red, and White RCA jacks. As my pre-amp is audio only I left the yellow connector disconnected and only used the Red and White. Just tuned my pre-amp to the appropriate input and that was it. The AppleTV remote doesn't have great range but I can sit on the edge of my bed and get it to work. The link is below: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00H4SO0WK/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?qid=1414864346&sr=8-5 Frank
-----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2014 3:25 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: appleTV to RCA (composite) Only my way of thinking of course but it does sound to me like very unecessary and time wasting work doing something like this and I say that with a variety of reasons in mind. Yes, I do udnerstand that many of us are cash strapped - thought I'd point that out before those who can't read eMail waste more band width <smile> - but when all is said and done you're probably going to throw more good money after bad. Secondly, the picture quality of composet is nothing like that of even S-Video and certainly nothing like the quality of HDMI, that's not an Issue I myself am worried about however for those who want to watch videos from your Apple TV? Well they're going to be incredibly disappointed. Next is the fact that HDMI does far more than send video to a TV, HDMI is a digital link which is interactive so I'm not at all surprised that some people may have had problems getting converter boxes working with an Apple TV particuarly when it comes to Voiceover. Given that HDMI TV'S are literally being given away these days I'm sure it wouldn't take you all that long to find one and of course we're not talking about the latest TV'S either. I have a Samsung 19 inch model here which - whilst isn't a 4K ultra HDTV - does a very good job I'm told by those who watch it, I'm planning on getting something bigger in the future but its not a priority for obvious reasons and - even suppose I did get something bigger - where would i put it? The 19 inch Samsung sits very nicely thanks in my cabinet. When I first got that TV I didn't have my Donon HDMI Receiver so I ran a HDMI lead from the Apple TV to the Samsung Television and then ran an Optical Digital link from the TV to the Yamaha Receiver which I was using at the time so both picture and sound quality were more than reasonable doing things this way, just some points for you to ponder. On 2/11/2014 5:26 AM, Frank Ventura wrote: > Hi all, has anyone had any luck connecting an AppleTV to RCA (red/white audio > and yellow video - composite) jacks on a pre-amp or receiver? I have tried > several adaptors without any success. > Frank
