

If this is the case with your system, you’ll need to run audio via optical cable as described below.) Apple TV rear ports (Note that older receivers may not have HDMI ports. Option 1: Connect an HDMI cable from the back of the Apple TV to an HDMI input on the surround receiver. Which one you choose largely depends on your home theater equipment’s capabilities and which model Apple TV you own. Surround Speaker Check app (for iOS and tvOS) Step 1: Connect your Apple TV. Surround receiver with 5 speakers + subwoofer (typical) Follow along to find out how you can enjoy awesome surround sound audio from your Apple TV! While Apple does a great job on providing clear and concise instructions on setting up an Apple TV in general, details regarding setting up an Apple TV with surround speakers are a little more sparse. If you are not pumping this audio through a surround sound speaker system, you are definitely missing out on a great home theater experience! Nearly all iTunes HD movies and TV shows are accompanied by a Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound audio track. It's stupid that you can't change the keyword, or at least change it from Hey Siri to Hey HomePod.Updated Guide to Connecting Your Apple TV to Surround Sound Speakers My watch does it too occasionally when it's just on my wrist at rest. Or sometimes even both devices do it simultaneously. The logic seems to rely on BTLE signal strength, and if a device doesn't detect a HomePod in the vicinity for whatever reason it'll decide to take over from the HP and process what I say instead. My annoyance is similar, with multiple devices able to hear "Hey Siri". So the control logic is a bit half-assed right now.

If I start playback on another HomePod, and they ask it to also play on the problem child, it works. Right now, if the AppleTV is asleep and I ask that HomePod to play something, you simply get a "Sorry, I'm having a problem connecting to Apple Music " or something like that. While I understand there may be a few scenarios where playback control priority can be a little challenging to assume programmatically, an easy scenario to fix is to allow HomePod Siri full functionality if the associated Apple TV is asleep.
