Hi Spiros!,

The problem is that the AppleTV is only providing Component (digital) output and your BV3 is an old school analog TV that has Scart/Composite inputs.

The BV3 is an excellent TV ( I have one myself connected to the aTV) and there are two ways ( as far as I know) to fix this :

1. Get an adaptor (which usually is expensive if you want a good one and its probably going to make your picture less "sharp" or "clear"
     There is one,  that is probably better than the ones I have tested, at link

2. This is the solution I am using instead ..and it works great!. Get the software hack from and install it on your aTV
    You simply attach the yellow composite video to the green component video output on the aTV and then you activate the composite
    software on the aTV that comes with "aTVflash" (and a lot of other enhancements too).  Somehow it turns the component output into
    composite!  I wonder why Apple didnt make it this way originally...it works perfectly. The only thing is that you have to activate composite
    colour when you have rebooted the aTV but apart from that..the picture quality is stunning!

Hi Peter,

Thank you very much for the links!!!!

Indeed atvflash seems to be the right choice and will go for this.

Just one small detail I need. From what I saw on the website, no where it is mentioned that there is a component to composite switch. I really have no doubt about it but most probably it is in the "others" not mentioned.

May I assume that you used the standard composite cable?

Many thanks for all the support.

Best regards

Spiros 

Hello Peter.

I did install the atvflash and I can confirm it is an excellent tool!!!!!

However although I did install the Composite software still I get a black and white picture (after several reboots as well).

Do you remember if you did something else too or was it automatically confirgured?

Many thanks in advance for your input.

Best regards

Spiros

Hello again Spiros,

I also had to mess around a bit before I understood how it worked.. I read in your post above that you have installed the "TV/Composite" package, right?

Next step is to activate it. To do that you go to the "Utilities" menu and the choose the "Composite .kext" which you find in the bottom.
( I am not currently at home to see exactly how it looks, since i dont have my aTV with me.)  When you click on it, you should see the frame around the word turning blue (takes a second) , and VOILA...there is colour.

There is a forum at atvflash that explains this, but it is not exactly correct since I think it shows the menues with different names. Its probably from an earlier version, but have a look, maybe it will help you anyway:

Magic!!!!!!!!!!!

Peter thank you very much for the tip.

It worked perfectly.

Happy and Healthy New Year

>Get the software hack from

Thanks!

I am happy it worked fine for you too..I just love my BV 3..still cant see any reason for me to upgrade to
LCD or Plasma since the picture quality on a BV 3 is still outstanding..Since 32 inch is big enough for me and I dont need to hang it on a wall, I think its the best TV yet..  

But, it was kind of frustrating not being able to use an Apple TV, until i found atvflash. 
I tried several converters and they all gave such a blurry picture and extra hardware and cables that I didnt want.
I think atvflash should really promote the composite option more..I guess there is a big market for them..

btw, I am in Sweden, nice to be connected here at Beoworld, I have a few things to share and also ask about…This is a great forum!!

/Peter 

you are most welcome Peter, we are now over 10,000 Beoworlders all over the world 

a very happy new year to you

Dear Peter,

You are more than welcome. Beoworld is the largest B&O Forum world wide and the biggest source of information as well. Worth being a gold member as you will find it extremely useful in the future!!!!!

Just a small explanation if you have the time! I already have quite a few videos in Avi and other formats. However these cannot be copied from itunes to Apple TV thus not being able to watch. How do you manage this? 

Best regards

Spiros