Hi Jim,

Does one need to have another Apple device in order to use the Apple TV 
device?  Can we use services like NetFlicks with the Apple TV?

Thank you,

Howard #3

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Kutsch, KY2D" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: OT What is apple TV?


> Barb,
> Yes, most definitely. I have two of them. Essentially it's similar to a
> cable box except that it interfaces your TV to the internet rather than to
> the cable. It runs over CAT5 or via wireless to your home router. Note, we
> don't have a TV on ours since Ginger and I couldn't see it anyway but we
> have one hooked up to a stereo in the living room and the second one is in
> the bedroom. We use them to stream music, have all of our personal CDs
> loaded in the "music match" Apple cloud, and I also airplay various things
> to the Apple TV from my iPhone.
>
> The Apple TV has Voiceover, the same as the iPhone and other Apple 
> products.
> There is a very small remote control used to control the Apple TV.
>
> It has a connection to the TV but if you want to connect it to a stereo
> instead, it only has a Toslink optical connection. If your stereo doesn't
> take an optical fiber input, then you also need a Toslink optical to 
> analog
> RCA plug adapter. I got one on Amazon for $15 or so.
>
> 73, Jim, KY2D
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Barbara Lombardi
> Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 10:10 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: OT What is apple TV?
>
> Can we use it?
>
>
>
> Barb K1EIR