Connecting Apple TV to Comcast Cable...

I have a new Apple TV and also have comcast cable...also a oder bose lifestyle system (I know its not great sound). When we connect Apple TV to the HDTV via HDMI I no longer have sound out of the lifstyle system since it is connect to the cable box...Can we connect Apple TV to the Cable Box? Or does the bose system need to be connect to the TV so it works with both?..thks

The Apple TV also has an optical audio out. If the Bose has that kind of input you can connect to it and leave the cable box alone. If the Bose system does not have digital inputs, you can connect cable and ATV2 using HDMI to the TV and then connect the Bose to the TV audio out....

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I will be using a HDMI cable to connect an Apple TV box and a Comcast cable TV box to my TV. My TV has only one HDMI port.
To do this I will need a 2x1 HDMI splitter or a 2x1 HDMI auto switch (preferred).
?Is there any Apple TV HDMI port voltage?
When using a HDMI auto switch to connect two devices to a HDMI TV, the
Auto switch cable box only works for components that do not output continuous voltage over HDMI port when turned off.
Do you know of any other solutions? Componets? Actual expierances?
Full text below.
Cable : HDMI switches expand the number of available HDMI ports on a high definition television allowing connection of cable boxes, Blu-ray players, and game consoles. A side benefit is that cable clutter is also eliminated by running a single HDMI cable to your HDTV from a switch and relocating the HDMI ports to a concealed location. The problem with most HDMI switches is that you have to either get up to push a button, or hunt for the remote control, to switch sources. The true mark of any great switching component is an ability to perform its function and remain transparent in its operation. This automatic HDMI switch is a plug-and-play away from offering everything you are looking for in an HDMI switch. Select a single output from up to three devices for signal delivery to your HDTV. Smart operation provides complete control for connect-and-forget operation. Powering on a device gives it output priority over the other devices. By powering down the device in use, output priority is returned to the last powered on device. Note: Auto switch function only works for components that do not output continuous voltage over HDMI port when turned off.
Here is a typical HDMI 3-in 1-Out HDMI Auto Switch
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=hdmi+auto+splitter&rls=com.microsoft:en -us&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&rlz=1I7GGLF_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=1 0340892278237558532&sa=X&ei=fTPmTtOiHuXq0gGc3sHfBQ&ved=0CHsQ8wIwAA#
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HDMI auto switch?

Hi Erico,
I tried what you said again but without success. I even updated the driver so that that audio driver is the same as the graphics driver i.e.. NVIDIA but this has not helped either:
Do you have any other ideas?
Many many thanks,
Louise

HT4366 my sony bravia HDTV is not a smart tv. I want to add an apple tv to my cable box and HDTV. I understand to connect the HDM1 cable from the TV to the back of the apple tv devise but what cables do I use to reconnect back tho the comcast cable box?

My Sony Bravia HDTV is not a smart TV. How do I setup connection between the Apple TV, Comcast HD box and the Sony. I believe the HDM1 cable goes from the Sony to the back of the Apple TV, but what cables connect the Sony back to the Comcast box?

Welcome to the Apple community.
The HDMI cable goes from the Apple TV to the TV.

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Hello everyone!
I have an ancient iBook . Here are the stats:Mac OSX version 10.0.3(told you it was ancient), 193MB, PowerPC G3. I bought it off of eBay about two in half years ago and it didn't come with an Airport card...I only received a laptop, the original box, some cds, and the adapter. I have a Comcast cable modem and I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out how to connect my iBook with the modem. Prior to Comcast, I had Bellsouth and all I had to do was simply unplug one end from my mother's Dell and plug it into my iBook and it instantly connected. However, I can't do it with the Comcast. Can anyone tell me how? Pretty please?
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You likely need to contact Comcast to get them to help you set up the iBook for your new cable internet service. They should be able to walk you through it.
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=877766
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Having Trouble getting airport to connect to new comcast cable modem

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I can't get my airport extrreme to talk to my new comcast cable modem. I've tried everything, restart the modem, restart and reset the airport. chaning out cables, ensuring the green light is at the cable connection of the modem and the airport.
I can find two issues I can't resolve. one, the 10.0.0.1 webpage for the modem/router doesn't response, pings fail to 10.0.0.1. Yet, my computer is talking to the internet nicely using an ethernet cable to this cable modem. I've talked to comcast for hours, to many different people, over Many hours, and they either say the box is working or hang up on me or transfering me to nowhere land.
The airport never goes to a green front light, and airport utility and always dispay an empty IPv4 address. I've tried everything, and can't get the airport to renew it's DHCP license.
Where am I going wrong? I've search the web, and tried the solutions I found. Is my 3 year old airport too old? or is my comcast box bad? I checked the airport firmware and I'm on the latest version.
After getting this working, I still have an OOMA to transfer over to the comcast modem. Am I kidding my self? Help please.
selina

ok, answering my own question, Turns out, there are three ways to do a hard reset on my airport extreme. Only the last method worked. The easy reset, from the Airport utility menu ( clicking the restore default setting) didn't make my airport talk to the new comcast cable modem. The second way, by pressing the reset button while power up didn't work. The harder third way, hold in the reset button and then plugging in the power cord did work. and the airport is now playing nicely with cable modem.   I wasted how many hours before reading this method in the apple support pages ? and then remember doing this trick once many years ago.
I also wasted a few hours trying to get ooma to talk on the new cable modem, and the hard reset key for OOMA to play nicely with a new modem can be complicated. This method requires it to be connected and working ( plug ooma tele into the older DSL network), hook a phone to it, dial * # * # 0 9 9, (star, pound, star,pound then 099) and saying yes.    That reset it to factory settings letting it reconfigure itself to a new modem gateway.
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Airport Extreme & Internet Connectivity - Motorola SB6120/ Comcast Cable

I recently (June 14th, 2010) purchased an Airport Extreme.
I'm having troubles with intermittent drops of internet connectivity.
The router is connected wan side to a Motorola surfboard 6120, and from there to Comcast cable service. Wired LAN side, I have the router connected to another switch. I also use the wireless for my iPad.
When started, the router works just fine. But in ~ an hour it seems to drop the internet connection, or at least stops routing out to the net. There is no LED indication on the front panel that anything is wrong (on both the airport or the modem). And in the Airport Utility, it still lists my public IP etc etc... and there seems (to me) to be nothing enlightening in the stats and logs screen.
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Welcome to the discussion area, jbuffat!
+When started, the router works just fine. But in ~ an hour it seems to drop the internet connection, or at least stops routing out to the net.+
This is a classic symptom of some sort of wireless interference that is affecting the Apple router. It's not unusual at all for one manufacturer's router to work well and another have problems in a given location. I've had the exact reverse of your issue with the Apple router working great, but Linksys slowing down and losing connections.
The culprit is most likely a nearby cordless phone, either yours or even a neighbors. If you have cordless phones there, try turning them off for a few hours to see if the problems continue. If they don't, you have your answer.
A nearby wireless network at the neighbors could certainly be causing problems as well as a new security system nearby.
Without trying to be scientific about this, the easiest probable solution is to start changing the wireless channel on your AirPort Extreme to see if you can find some clear airspace. Keep experimenting until you find a good channel or run out of channels.
Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click Manual Setup
Click the Wireless tab below the row of icons
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I use "hdmi to component converter" to connect apple tv with my old plasma tv by component cable. Sound is ok but the picture split 2screens left and right. Still can't fix it. Anyone can help or has any idea? should I try convert to av?

I use "hdmi to component converter" to connect apple tv with my old plasma tv by component cable. Sound is ok but the picture split 2screens left and right. Still can't fix it. Anyone can help or has any idea? should I try convert to av?

Your TV hasn't entered some odd picture in picture mode has it with two 'inputs' side by side?
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The process is transparent. I have done it before.
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When I try the ethernet cable connection it won't let me do automatic or custom.
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EzVPN issues with a Comcast cable connection

I have a problem with a Comcast cable connection and an EzVPN. Simply put the connection drops within minutes of no activity. In other words, if I leave an RDP connection open from my datacenter to the remote site, the VPN connection will stay open all the time. A few minutes after I close the connection the VPN drops and the remote side has to wait until its keys timeout to reconnect (obviously without a reset).
I have multiple sites connecting to the EzVPN server without issues from multiple carriers. This one Comcast connection seems to be an issue. I've verified that the configurations for other DHCP based cable connections and this one are the same (except for local parameters). I've also run PING tests to test reliability and MTU issues. For the reliability I do have 1 - 2 packets out of 200 consistently dropping with a 2 second timeout value for the PING. (This is pinging the next hop router on the connection.) For MTU I was able to PING with packet sizes all the way up to 1500 bytes with the DF bit set.
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crypto ipsec df-bit clear
crypto ipsec client ezvpn comcast-remote1
connect auto
group comcast-remote1 key testing1234
mode network-extension
peer 65.x.x.x
xauth userid mode interactive
bridge irb
interface FastEthernet0
description Trunk to LAN network
switchport mode trunk
interface FastEthernet4
description WAN connection
ip address dhcp client-id FastEthernet4
no ip redirects
no ip unreachables
no ip proxy-arp
duplex auto
speed auto
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bridge-group 1
interface Vlan1
description primary LAN connection
no ip address
ip tcp adjust-mss 1452
bridge-group 1
interface BVI1
description Bridged connection for Dot11Radio0 and Vlan1
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no ip unreachables
no ip proxy-arp
ip virtual-reassembly
crypto ipsec client ezvpn comcast-remote1 inside
bridge 1 protocol ieee
bridge 1 route ip
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encr aes 256
authentication pre-share
group 2
lifetime 28800
crypto isakmp policy 90
encr aes 256
group 2
lifetime 28800
crypto isakmp keepalive 60 10
crypto isakmp nat keepalive 60
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key testing1234
acl comcast-remote1_networks
save-password
crypto isakmp profile comcast-remote1_isakmpprof_dyncorp
match identity group comcast-remote1
isakmp authorization list comcast-remote1
client configuration address respond
accounting svpn_accounting
keepalive 60 retry 10
crypto ipsec transform-set high_security esp-aes esp-sha-hmac
crypto ipsec df-bit clear
crypto dynamic-map comcast-remote1_dynmap 20
set transform-set high_security
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bandwidth 102400
no ip address
speed 100
full-duplex
no cdp enable
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encapsulation dot1Q 40
ip address 65.x.x.x 255.255.255.0
no cdp enable
crypto map svpn-map
crypto ipsec fragmentation before-encryption
interface FastEthernet1/0
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bandwidth 102400
duplex full
speed 100
no cdp enable
interface Vlan4
ip address 192.x.x.x 255.255.255.0
ip virtual-reassembly
Thanks,
Mike

in your client class - method go()
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try {
Socket s = new Socket("localhost", 7000);
// ObjectInputStream fromServer = new ObjectInputStream(s.getInputStream());
fromServer = new ObjectInputStream(s.getInputStream());
// ObjectOutputStream toServer = new ObjectOutputStream(s.getOutputStream());
toServer = new ObjectOutputStream(s.getOutputStream());
threadNum = (Integer) fromServer.readObject();
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toServer.close();
System.out.println("Connection is closed");
} catch (Exception err) {
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Just connected apple tv. Everything works perfectly but the screen is not in color. I have tried reversing the HDMI cable and changing the output in settings and restarting. Any ideas of how to fix this?

Just connected apple tv. Everything works perfectly but the screen is not in color. I have tried reversing the HDMI cable and changing the output in settings and restarting. The screen is still black and white. Any ideas of how to fix this?

Hi im,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. This article has a few troubleshooting ideas for issues with color on your TV when using Apple TV:
Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation): Troubleshooting video issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5148
Cheers,
- Ari

Can we connect Apple TV directly in a Cogeco cable decoder?

Is it possible to connect Apple TV directly il a Cogeco cable decoder and tranfer registred tv show from decoder to Apple tv and then to Mac Book Pro, Ipad or Iphone?

no
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I cannot get sound through cable box after connecting apple tv

I cannot get sound through cable box after connecting apple tv, any suggestions?

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Which sort of HDMI cableis recommended for connecting Apple TV to aTelevision? Does it need to be a normal HDMI cable? or one which supports Ethernet capabilities?

no need to go for an expensive HDMI cable as Varjak Paw rightly suggests.
Pretty much all of them come with 1.4 standard these days.
The difference in price is made by additional shielding and material used for the wire - hardly ever needed at home installations - unless you get interference from other devices.
on the other note.
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