Use HDMI extractor in my setup

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MA
Madskp
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Posted January 22, 2020 at 19:39 GMT
#2132231

I am working on a way to use airplay 2 from my Apple TV 4 with my speakers without turning the TV on.

My idea is to connect it like this:

I already have most on the components shown on the sketch except the HDMI audio extractor. 

There are two use scenarios:

1) Music via airplay: TV is turned off. audio from apple TV is extracted from HDMI and going through powerlink switch to speakers.

2) Video from Apple TV: TV is turned on. Video and audio is passed through to the TV and audio is going from the TV through the powerlink switch to the speakers. 

My question is mostly regarding scenario 2, because i have a hard time figuring out the different terms used for these HDMI audio extractors. will it actually work like I wan't it to? Are there something I have to look out for? As I can see some extractors will only work for HDMI ARC

 

 

 

Location: Denmark

OL
oli
Bronze
153 posts
Posted January 23, 2020 at 06:41 GMT
#2132232
All this just to get the audio signal without activating the V1 ? Why not just connecting the Beolabs to the V1 and switch the picture off after activating the source set for the Apple TV (lets's say DTV) ? You have PICTURE MUTE in the LIST menu of the Beo4. Or even use the AV button on the Beo4 (in the LIST menu) and then activate the source to leave the screen off and activate only the sound (AV then DTV in my example) ?
MA
Madskp
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Posted January 23, 2020 at 09:33 GMT
#2132233
Hi. The reason for this setup would be to avoid to many remotes and keypresseswhen starting music, and as i allready have most of this setup today (but with a dying Sonos unit for music) I would make the control more complicated if I did what you suggest.

Location: Denmark

Guy
Guy
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Posted January 23, 2020 at 09:57 GMT
#2132234

I fully understand the desire for a 'one device' (or even one button) music initiation process, and the setup that you describe seems sensible.

The audio extractor that I use is definitely NOT taking the sound from the ARC (I know this because there can be no ARC along the DVI/HMDI lead to my BV6!)  I use one of these to extract the audio from my ATV4 before then feeding the signal to my BV: 

Location: Warwickshire, UK

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MA
Madskp
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Posted January 23, 2020 at 12:12 GMT
#2132235
Sounds good. Im not worried about the powerlink switch functionality as that has been used in my current setup for a while.

But do you know if the sound is also transported through the HDMI port to the TV as i would like to use the built in speaker when watching video content from the ATV

Location: Denmark

Guy
Guy
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Posted January 23, 2020 at 13:28 GMT
#2132236

I’ll check that later with one of my other TVs

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Millemis
Millemis
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Posted January 23, 2020 at 14:02 GMT
#2132237

@madskp

Are you using a Beo4 or a BeoRemote One for controlling the V1?

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

MA
Madskp
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2142 posts
Posted January 23, 2020 at 15:25 GMT
#2132238
I am using a Beo4.

Location: Denmark

Guy
Guy
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Posted January 23, 2020 at 18:13 GMT
#2132239

madskp wrote:

But do you know if the sound is also transported through the HDMI port to the TV as i would like to use the built in speaker when watching video content from the ATV

 

I just did a test with my Sony TV, and yes it is.  I had the ATV4 sound concurrently (and in sync) from the TV and the A2 Active (connected to the audio extractor's 3.5mm output).

 

 

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MA
Madskp
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Posted January 23, 2020 at 18:24 GMT
#2132240
Thank you very much for testing this 🙂 at least now i know this one will do the job

Location: Denmark

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