Why would sound distort thru Apple TV
Why would sound thru an Apple TV to either my home theater or whole house audio, as well as playback from an iPad thru the home theater be outrageously distorted? Sound sources include iTunes and a plugin for Indigo 5 (home automation) and the voice Serena for announcements.
Everything was working fine until about three weeks ago, when the distortion started. For several months it had all been working great.
Any help, much appreciated.
Thanks,
Rob Z
AppleTV can output audio via HDMI cable, optical cable (if your amp has an input I'd recommend that) or analogue RCA sockets - these are a pair of red and white sockets - left channel generally goes on the white connector, right channel on the red.
There are separate RCA sockets for component video - the component term applies to video not audio so do check you're connected to the audio sockets not part audio part video.
I assume you have a lead with 2 RCA plugs at each end connecting to AppleTV and amp at the other.
By monotone do you mean sound only from one speaker or that it's the same from both i.e. mono not stereo?
I suspect you mean sound from only one speaker. If you get sound from both with other sources on the amp then that excludes an amp to speaker connection issue or a faulty channel on the amp. If this is the case then you may have connected incorrectly to AppleTV or the amp, only have a single connector on your lead or have a faulty lead. It's unlikely but the input to the amp could also be faulty so if there's a spare input try another or swap for testing purposes.
Do not connect to a phono in on the amp as it is a much more sensitive circuit and will sound loud and distorted. A CD, tuner, aux, tape in, TV or similar input should be fine.
If your sound is mono not stereo then either you have a mono setting on the amp, or have possibly encoded music as mono not stereo.
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