If you don’t have the cable you need, you can pick one up from most electronics stores or-for a lot less money-online from a site such as TosLink connector the AirPort Express uses a You simply run an optical cable from the audio-output jack on the Apple TV or AirPort Express to an optical input on your audio system. If you’ve got a speaker system-or, more likely, a home-theater receiver or a dedicated digital-to-analog converter (DAC)-with an optical-digital audio input, you can use either an AirPort Express or an Apple TV. You just run a standard analog cable-with a 1/8-inch stereo miniplug on the AirPort Express end, and either a miniplug or left/right RCA plugs on the other, depending on your stereo’s audio-input jack(s)-from the AirPort Express’s audio-out jack to that audio input. If your existing speakers use an analog-audio connection, only the AirPort Express will work. Once you’ve configured the AirPort Express or Apple TV to receive AirPlay streaming (see the Enable AirPlay section, below), setup is simple. Second-generation Apple TV ($99 digital only), along with a simple audio cable. Quality computer or powered speakers, or even an iPod/iPhone “speaker dock” with an auxiliary-input jack, all you need is anĪpple AirPort Express Base Station ($99 for analog or digital audio connections) or If you’ve got an existing stereo system, a set of
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