I recently picked up the new model Apple TV. I've been a big fan and heavy user of the older model and decided that it was worth the upgrade.
Unfortunately, my TV is getting a bit long in the tooth, and due to the removal of the analogue audio outputs from the new Apple TV, I ran in to a bit of an issue with audio.
My TV doesn't have any HDMI ports. Crazy, right? Well, it was purchased before HDMI became the default on HDTVs. Because of this, I have an array of wonderful and wacky connections on the back - most notably VGA and DVI.
My old Apple TV ran the video into the DVI port, using an HDMI to DVI cable. Audio came from the stereo analogue outputs into a standard line in socket on the TV.
The new Apple TV doesn't have the analogue outputs for audio, and my TV doesn't do audio over DVI. This left me with picture, but no audio.
After some searching through the Maplin catalogue, asking in-store (only to be told what I was looking for didn't exist), and back to searching the Maplin online catalogue again, I found a Digital to Analogue converter (https://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=504890).
This takes the Toslink digital audio output from the new Apple TV and converts the signal to an analogue output.
I ran the optical cable from the Apple TV to the DAC, used an old iPhone 5V USB plug to power the DAC, and then fed the analogue out into my TV's line in. And it works perfectly.
So, a little bit of hassle, but it saves me having to buy a new TV. For now… Hopefully, if you're having a similar issue, you won't have to waste as much time searching as I did!