I'm not sure about the mute, but you can't connect an Apple TV to an Avant can you?

Patrick

Hello,

I bought some beautiful BL4000s, which i bought from a guy here in Melbourne, and since I have given them to my father,  I setup with Airplay.

But you have to do a few things:

> The BL have the RCA to 3.5mm jack that goes in to an airport express

> But before they go in to the Airport Express you have to hook them up to an attenuator (volume control) because otherwise they go at maximum volume

> Then you can use airplay

Regards

Michael

Where do I buy an attenuator?

Patrick

mickhoog wrote:

> But before they go in to the Airport Express you have to hook them up to an attenuator (volume control) because otherwise they go at maximum volume

What's wrong with the volume slider in your iDevice or iTunes?

paddy2042 wrote:

I'm not sure about the mute, but you can't connect an Apple TV to an Avant can you?

 

Patrick

You can connect the first generation Apple TV to a U.S. Avant via component input. If the non-US Avant only has scary, you might need an adapter or converter. There are also converters to convert the HDMI from a second or third generation Apple TV, but those converters will cost a little more. I believe it's the "P.MUTE" function that you can add to the Beo4 to have sound only. I was just trying to help you find a solution so you could use the same set of speakers for your Avant as well as iTunes.

This is sounding very involved. Maybe I am better connecting the line of each speaker directly to the iMac and I can control itunes with my iphone. I'm guessing this would work. Can I daisy chain the line inputs of the 4000's or must they each come to the mini stereo jack of the iMac? Will they turn on and off if I do it this way? Can the USB or any of the other connections of the iMac output sound to speakers or other devices like a VHS/DVD player connected to the Avant?

Patrick

I found that when i plugged in the 3.5 to the airport express it didn't take notice of the volume slider.   Yours may, but it didn't work for me.  

An attenuator is just a manual volume control.  I used one that was a 3.5 male at one end and a 3.5 female at the other with a volume control in the middle.

These are just my findings. 

mickhoog wrote:

I found that when i plugged in the 3.5 to the airport express it didn't take notice of the volume slider.

Guys, check this "Device" preference option out ... it may give you what you want:

Thanks Ed.  I will try this also with my BL4's :-) and let you know.