Apple TV Remote Shortcuts

or, the official list from apple that i posted yesterday afternoon


http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3176

Couple I didn't know there - really useful!

Both links provide completely different instructions for putting your Apple TV to sleep:

Link #1: Hold down the Play/Pause button for five seconds or until your Apple TV goes to sleep.

Link #2: Press and hold Select for five seconds

Strange...

betman said:

Both links provide completely different instructions for putting your Apple TV to sleep:

Strange...

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Not strange. Look at the apple link. Depends on if you have the white or silver apple remote.
Both options are on that page

Boyd01 said:

Thanks - I like the trick for putting it to sleep without digging through the menus!

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This one I would love but it doesn't seem to work on my ATV3

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Boyd01 said:

Thanks - I like the trick for putting it to sleep without digging through the menus!

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Never mind. Got it. You can't be deep into an app. Works from home screen only. Great shortcut !

waw74 said:

Not strange. Look at the apple link. Depends on if you have the white or silver apple remote.
Both options are on that page

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Look at the links again. It is strange because both sites give those different instructions for the silver remote. I'm not even talking about the white remote which is irrelevant nowadays...

betman said:

Look at the links again. It is strange because both sites give those different instructions for the silver remote. I'm not even talking about the white remote which is irrelevant nowadays...

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i've had a nasty cold, and got no sleep at all last night. so wasn't paying attention

the apple page i posted is out of date

This article has been archived and is no longer updated by Apple.

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and looks to pre-date reordering the home screen which you can do now.

here's the real apple page, that only lists the silver
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT200131

Just did some testing... it is indeed the play/pause button that puts the AppleTV into sleep mode on the aluminum remote, NOT the select button.

Still, this is something I didn't know until now. Very useful!