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impossiblyfree

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I'm looking for a way to connect an apple tv 2 to a monitor without built in speakers or audio outs. I think I can get the video out via an hdmi-dvi connection, but am hoping to export the sound via optical toslink to 3.5mm stereo cable.

i know it can work from a mac to a receiver but would it work the opposite way too? can you go digital to 3.5mm without a converter?

not so worried about sound quality as opposed to being able to hear to do it on the cheap.
 

Intell

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Jan 24, 2010
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3.5mm as in a headphone jack? In that case, no. 3.5mm TRS connectors are all analog. The Apple TV 2 does not output anything in analog, only digital.
 

From A Buick 8

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I'm looking for a way to connect an apple tv 2 to a monitor without built in speakers or audio outs. I think I can get the video out via an hdmi-dvi connection, but am hoping to export the sound via optical toslink to 3.5mm stereo cable.

i know it can work from a mac to a receiver but would it work the opposite way too? can you go digital to 3.5mm without a converter?

not so worried about sound quality as opposed to being able to hear to do it on the cheap.

I think you will need an adapter like this one.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10423&cs_id=1042302&p_id=6884
 
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