danne_dash Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Hi, Hope this forum contains the unlimited source of wisdom regarding Sony MD players/recorders. I have bought a new receiver, which has multi-zone functionality. I will use Zone 1 as home theater in the living room and Zone 2 in the kitchen. There is one problem though... The receiver can only output analog sources to Zone 2. So I can not use the built in AirPlay or internet radio in Zone 2, only CD (on analog input), RADIO etc. To solve this I have an idea... I have an AppleTV device to which I can Airplay music from my iPad. I can connect the Apple TV to the MDS-JE520 MD player with optical cable, then the MD is connected to the CD analog input on the reciever. Question is: Can I pass the Apple TV music through the MDS-JE520 without recording it? This will make the MDS-JE520 a D/A (optical to RCA cable) converter. Best Regards DanielClarification, I just simply want to playback music from my AppleTV through my MD player on my receiver and the reason is that Zone 2 in the reciever can only playback analog sources. //Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilippeC Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 If you can send an optical signal from your any digital source to the MD (except those which forbid any digital copy, meaning that the Apple TV box must do it). Once you have connected the signal to the deck coaxial or toslink digital entry, just push Record without any MD inside the deck. "-DA" will appear on the screen then the deck will convert the signal to the two analog RCA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 At the risk of being sued by Apple, be SURE THAT YOU ONLY TURN ON APPLE TV WHEN YOU USE IT! I recently stayed at a relative's house with an ATV in it and all the WiFi (cell phones) ground to a halt and disconnected about every 2 minutes, as long as the device was active. Even his AirPort blew up, as far as I can see... it was away being fixed after reporting the approximate same symptoms. My own cell phone was going into "hunt" mode, which as you know means that the highest power (maximum radiation) was being used whilst it repeatedly attempted (and failed) to connect. My battery would run down in a few hours instead of lasting all day. So where did those battery Joules go? Into the air. And perhaps the heads of those in the house. We were scared when I finally figured that one out. Yes, your 520 (or any other deck) should act as a nice D->A. But if the price is having ATV on all the time, think twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilippeC Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 It is the war down there in Apple TV owners'house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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