Apple TV without HDMI??

[machenryr]

I had the bright idea to get my mom an ATV. There are some shows she likes to watch. She's almost 94. I bought it and am getting ready to install it. I bought ATV 4 for myself and am giving her my 3. But I just found out her TV doesn't have HDMI. She has a cable box that has it. Am I screwed? I will start troubleshooting this. Busy at the moment. But there seems to be a digital input but I don't know what kind it is.

 

[jerwin]

you can convert hdmi to dvi (if the digital input is dvi) using the appropriate cable. HDCP may be a problem, though. Hovever DVI doesn't carry sound, so you'll probably need something that can accept an optical input.

 

[machenryr]

Can I plug the HDMI into the cable box? On the back of her TV are just the cable connectors, digital audio, USB support and the old RCA.

 

[jerwin]

Depends on the cable box-- look for a copy of it's manual. But probably not.

 

[machenryr]

I went to radio shack and got a HDMI to RCA video converter. Let's see how that works.

 

[machenryr]

Seems to work EXCEPT the video output display is all out I whack. I can only see a third of the screen. Hopefully I won't have to re subscribe to all the channels. But mom doesn't have her TV remote, only her cable remote, so I haven't figured out yet how to change the settings. I can't see enough of the ATV3 screen to change it there.

 

[LiveM]

Go to the settings and change the resolution to 576/480 according to the TV.

 

[machenryr]

Thank you. It fixed automatically eventually. But I couldn't get to the settings because I couldn't see them or get them.