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AppleTV: can i use Airplay without the TV switched on?

Europe calling

Europe calling

macrumors regular
Original poster
Jun 27, 2007
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The Netherlands
Hi,

Can AppleTV be used in a similar way as an AirportExpress? If i were to have it connected to my stereo though its optical audio output. Can i then play my iTunes music without having the TV on?
I could control it with the Remote app on my iPhone?

Does anyone have any experience with this?
 
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bp1000

macrumors 65816
Jul 7, 2011
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Yes, it will pass through audio without having the TV on.

I believe the previous update broke this functionality, requiring the TV to be on, but it was a temporary bug and soon patched as it created a lot of upset people.

Be aware that if this is for high quality audio for hi-end hifi, it resamples to 48Khz from 44.1Khz as it is primarily a Video device.
 
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