Raeuber wrote:

If you want to have digital sound from ATV on BV7 you need a digital optical to digital coaxial sound converter. You must connect the one (not two for analogue) cinch cable from converter to SPDIF sound input of BV7. Then you'll get digital sound (PCM and Dolby Digital).

Regards

Räuber

As I have already written the TV needs to be on DSM 3.01. Otherwise there will be no sound at all.
This SW cannot be updated with flashing but requires an newer DSM IC (and a recent TV SW, too)
To change this IC the TV needs to be disassembled. To gain access to this modul you have to remove a large steel frame hold by many screws.

You can see the SW version in customer service menu.

BR,
BeoMotion. 

My BV7 is DSM SW 2.7 I'm not aware if there is a digital audio in on my TV. If there is, do you know where I would find it? Also, the TV is set up to a Beolab 7.1 speaker which I plan to play the sound through from the TV.

Thanks
 

maxwellmember wrote:

Where do I find the SPDIF sound input on the BV7?

There are 4 coax SPDIF inputs near the DVI connector. 
Please check your DSM SW before. If ou are not on 3.01 it won't work. 

maxwellmember wrote:

I am running an optical audio cable from the Apple TV into a coax input on the converter.

How is this possible? Are you using 2 converters? Optical to coax and coax to analogue?

maxwellmember wrote:

My BV7 is DSM SW 2.7 I'm not aware if there is a digital audio in on my TV. If there is, do you know where I would find it? Also, the TV is set up to a Beolab 7.1 speaker which I plan to play the sound through from the TV.

Ok, with SW 2.7 and Apple TV you really have to use the analogue converter.
I think at least every BV7-40 MK1/2 had those 4 SPDIF inputs. I am not sure about BV7-32 without cinema modul...
Those SPDIF inputs are working with a lot of devices even with SW 2.7. There are only difficulties with Apple TV which requires a newer SW. 

Thanks for all your help. It's really helpful. According the the Status Info this TV is as follows

AP SW 7.7

IOP SW 22.0

M2 SW 7.74

STAT DISP SW 1.0

STB TABLE 3.8

PROJ TABLE 1.0

DSM SW 2.7

I'd be really grateful to find a way to modify the TV so that I can get sound from it

Currently I am running the digital audio optical from the optical audio of the Apple TV into the coaxial input of this DAC 

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/digital-to-analogue-audio-converter-a14kf?gclid=Cj0KEQjw4qqrBRDE2K_z7Pbvjo8BEiQA39AImfaqGzl4JO7aiUf-02z-Oih4tr_6isJ1x6aZlh-yv90aArj98P8HAQ

Then I'm running ordinary L/R audio jacks from the output of the DAC into the L/R audio of the AV4 on the BV7

maxwellmember wrote:

Currently I am running the digital audio optical from the optical audio of the Apple TV into the coaxial input of this DAC

I think you mean that you are running the optical audio cable from your Apple TV into the optical audio input (toslink) of your converter?
The optical and coaxial SPDIF cables are not compatible...

maxwellmember wrote:

Then I'm running ordinary L/R audio jacks from the output of the DAC into the L/R audio of the AV4 on the BV7

Since you are on DSM 2.7 this is the only possibility. If you only have a 7-1 connected this should be totally okay.
Just make sure that everything is set up correctly in TV connection setup menu. 

The cable from the Apple TV is going into the Coaxial input on the converter, not the optical. It can be put in the optical instead but all the other forums I read said put it into the coaxial (there is an adapter that allows it to fit). 

Then the issue is on the set up menu on the TV there is no option for PCM. The only audio options on this version are for AVC to be either "on" or "off"

maxwellmember wrote:

The cable from the Apple TV is going into the Coaxial input on the converter, not the optical. It can be put in the optical instead but all the other forums I read said put it into the coaxial (there is an adapter that allows it to fit). 

Then the issue is on the set up menu on the TV there is no option for PCM. The only audio options on this version are for AVC to be either "on" or "off"

Sorry, but I think you are confusing something. 
You have to connect a toslink (e.g. 

Thanks. I've tried it now in both the coaxial and the optical input on the DAC and there's no sound with either!!