Hi,
I found some threads about this, but I don't understand the audio extractor devices that I am seeing to buy on Amazon.
Here is an example:
https://www.amazon.com/J-Tech-Digit...8455461&sr=8-4&keywords=hdmi+to+rca+extractor
There are several that look similar.
My reciever is Networked Denon 1912, using RCA for second zone output.
I use Apple TV to watch movies in main room.
I use it to play music outside in second zone.
These boxes all seem to have 3 settings: Pass, 5.1, and 2.1
They say that if you set it to 5.1, you will get surround sound but no RCA output from the extractor.
If you set it to 2.1, you get the RCA output but do not get the surround sound. Does mean you don't get the surround through the HDMI output? In other words, if I set it to 2.1 so I can play music outside, is the HDMI going to give me stereo output inside? Or is the stereo output only for the RCA outs on the extractor?
I don't want to have to switch the switch on the box to 5.1 every time I watch a movie, and to 2.1 every time I play music outside.
Is that what I would need to do with this?
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but thanks for any help, I did call Jtech support (device above) to ask and they barely spoke English, I could not understand what she said.
Scott
I found some threads about this, but I don't understand the audio extractor devices that I am seeing to buy on Amazon.
Here is an example:
https://www.amazon.com/J-Tech-Digit...8455461&sr=8-4&keywords=hdmi+to+rca+extractor
There are several that look similar.
My reciever is Networked Denon 1912, using RCA for second zone output.
I use Apple TV to watch movies in main room.
I use it to play music outside in second zone.
These boxes all seem to have 3 settings: Pass, 5.1, and 2.1
They say that if you set it to 5.1, you will get surround sound but no RCA output from the extractor.
If you set it to 2.1, you get the RCA output but do not get the surround sound. Does mean you don't get the surround through the HDMI output? In other words, if I set it to 2.1 so I can play music outside, is the HDMI going to give me stereo output inside? Or is the stereo output only for the RCA outs on the extractor?
I don't want to have to switch the switch on the box to 5.1 every time I watch a movie, and to 2.1 every time I play music outside.
Is that what I would need to do with this?
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but thanks for any help, I did call Jtech support (device above) to ask and they barely spoke English, I could not understand what she said.
Scott