Can Apple TV do this?

I just bought one and it's set up and working, streaming the music from my iTunes library using the TV screen to make choices. But I bought it for something I now don't think it can do.
I want to be able to select music from the iTunes library on my computer and stream that to the speakers (or the tv and speakers). I have an audio only connection but it seems I have to have the TV on to select anything?
I can select something from the iTunes library even while ATV is working and it will start playing through the computer speakers. It's my manual computer selection that I want to stream through the ATV to whatever it's connected to.
Am I dreaming of something it doesn't do?

AppleTV has two sources for audio out. Analog RCA stereo through the white and red ports that are like the component ports in shape, and the Optical audio through the Toslink port. RCA adapter cables can be bought at Radio Shack for your speakers if they use standard two channel sound. Toslink cables can be bought at the Apple Store if they use DTS 5.1 sound. There is a third type of sound source some PCs have which is not supported by the AppleTV, and that's the 2.1 (subwoofer and 2 satellite speakers) unless that has Toslink cable support. You can probably get left and right channel sound but no subwoofer support.
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