Apple TV and Beolab speakers

Hello everyone

I would like to purchase a pair of beolab 3 and a apple TV. However, I do not own a B&O TV currently.  So I am wondering can the beolab 3 be connected to apple TV directly, and then connect apple TV to my Sharp TV through HDMI. In this way, is there any problem when listen to music and watch movies? How can I control the volume, through apple remote, TV remote or iphone app?

Regards

Bai

Hi,

The BL3 suffers from a digital input. Therefore you cannot connect an AppleTV directly to the labs.

However if u use a converter from digital to analogue (line out) then it is is posible, but you also need a volumecontrol, otherwise the labs will play at full volume and could damage your labs. There are converters with volumecontrols available. You can use the remote app for selecting music (beware that you do not have a display when the labs are placed in another room). The AppleTV can be connected to the Sharp TV via HDMI. This will play sound and picture on your TV.

Another possibility is to connect your labs to your tv with the analogue output (via line), but I think you still need a varable line-output otherwise you will blown your beloved beolabs. Most recent tv's have a fixed output at the line-level. The best solution is to connect a (surround) amplifier/receiver to your setup with digital input (for the appletv) and pre-out (line) for the speakers. Do not use the tape-out on the amplifier. This line bypasses the pre-amplifier and will give you full signal, with as a result probably blownup speakers.

Volumecontrol can be done with your receiver. Choose a receiver with an iThing app. Then volumecontrol can be done by this app, your remote or via the control of airplay.

Edit: An other solution is by using a DAC with volumecontrol (e.g. Cambridge Audio: http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/summary.php?PID=872&Title=DacMagic+Plus+Digital+to+Analogue+converter+) If your Sharp has digital output you can connect it to the DAC and alo your AppleTV. You still need a volumecontrol! Most recent DAC's have an app.

And you can also use the new Beoplayer. Line-in for you Sharp TV, Airplay and DLNA for the AppleTV, volume control by remotes from B&O or manually at the wheel and powerlinkconnections for your beolabs.

Possibilities enough!

The headphone out of the tv should have volume control.

Ralf

Invest in a Beoplay V1 instead of the Beolab 3s ?

Get the BL3s next year >

Agreed Kallasr. 

 

I would check you TV manual, normally most TVs will allow you to control the volume of the headphone output as soon as you plug something into it. 

Panasonic don't, they have a hidden headphone volume under the SOUND menu, which is too annoying to use. 

 

So, 3.5mm to phono cable should do the job, everything that is playing through the TV will then come through your BL3's. 

 

You could also get a couple of phono splitters and go TV-Sub-BL3s, this is what I am doing in the bedroom with some BL6000s. Works well. 

elephant:

Invest in a Beoplay V1 instead of the Beolab 3s ?

Get the BL3s next year >

Beo-Ed :-)

Hi ed

Why get them next year? ie incase they're updated or spend your money on the v1 first and save for the bl3s :)

Cheers

Michael