How to keep music playing?

[kagharaht]

Is there a way to not leave the TV on just to be able to play my music through iTunes on my iMac from the other room. Soon as I turn of the TV to turn the screen off the music stops. I have to wait a min or two and hit play again to continue. I know its a minor inconvenience, but it seems like there is no other way to prevent it. Unless someone has a tip that I'm not aware of. The Remote App on the iPhone doesn't help much to go through playlist without having to turn the TV back on again.

 

[benjitek]

It depends on the TV -- some have the ability to blank the screen but leave everything else as-is.

 

[westrock2000]

You should be able to log in with the iOS Remote app and hit play again after turning off the TV. Thats what I do. And you can use the playlist feature to start music without ever turning on the TV and all.

 

[priitv8]

You should be able to log in with the iOS Remote app and hit play again after turning off the TV. Thats what I do. And you can use the playlist feature to start music without ever turning on the TV and all.

That only works, if aTV is directly connected to receiver (a HDMI-equipped receiver is required for aTV 4, as the Optical out is gone). If you use your TV as the HDMI-to-Optical converter between aTV and receiver (like I do), then obviously you need to keep the telly running for the audio passthrough to happen.