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KrisDeWinne Author

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Can I use ATV4 to cast TV audio (from cable) to Airplay2 speakers AND soundbar?

Can I use ATV4 to cast TV audio from cable provider (Telenet Belgium) to Airplay2 speakers?

On top I want to keep the sound from the connected soundbar from the TV.

TV is a 2 year old Panasonic EX series

Soundbar is Harman/Kardon Sabre35 (connected via optical out from TV)

Speakers: Harman Kardon Citation series with airplay2 (at the backside of living room)

So to be clear: we are using a decoder for the cable tv, connected via HDMI and want to use both the HK soundbar as the airplay 2 speakers for sound.

Will this work in both ways? E.g. use ATV for apple music/spotify to send to all speakers and vice versa use the TV sound to send to all speakers?

I can not find a clear answer on this anywhere. Thanks a lot!

iPhone 11

Posted on Dec 23, 2019 5:11 AM

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Rudegar

Level 10

173,994 points

Posted on Dec 23, 2019 5:42 AM

no, the appletv can only airplay the audio from it's apps, it does not have any sort of access to audio sources from other devices also connected to your tv

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