can you put apple tv to sleep from remote???

Hold the center select button down for 5 seconds and It'll go off.

Menu + Center Button

maturola said:

Menu + Center Button

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that's incorrect.

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simsaladimbamba said:

Hold the center select button down for 5 seconds and It'll go off.

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this is correct.

chenks said:

that's incorrect.

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this is correct.

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That may be the case, I had always used both, but maybe only the center button is required, It works for me, and I kind of used to it by now

Towelie1288 said:

just puchased new apple tv over the weekend

can you put apple tv to sleep from remote???
if not i cant beleive this wasnt put in
i thought you would hold down the play pause button for a couple seconds but apprantly not

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Forgive me for moaning, but this is what I dislike about Apple's 'beautifully simple' remote control. A task like putting the device to sleep isn't intuitive, you either end up searching for the user-guide (if you still have it) or asking online, instead of just tapping a Power/Standby button as on any other remote.

whooleytoo said:

Forgive me for moaning, but this is what I dislike about Apple's 'beautifully simple' remote control. A task like putting the device to sleep isn't intuitive, you either end up searching for the user-guide (if you still have it) or asking online, instead of just tapping a Power/Standby button as on any other remote.

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or here's a crazy idea... leaving it alone and letting it go to sleep automatically!
that's more intuitive than almost every other device I have that stays awake unless otherwise told to.

chenks said:

or here's a crazy idea... leaving it alone and letting it go to sleep automatically!
that's more intuitive than almost every other device I have that stays awake unless otherwise told to.

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Except that XBMC turns off auto sleep...

So the complaint is against the manufacturer but about a jail broken device???

chenks said:

or here's a crazy idea... leaving it alone and letting it go to sleep automatically!
that's more intuitive than almost every other device I have that stays awake unless otherwise told to.

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That's what I do. I used to turn it off with ATV1 because of the ridiculous heat, not that it made much difference, but I just don't bother with ATV2 and ATV3 since it draws so little power and goes to sleep of its own accord anyway.

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CocoaPuffs said:

Except that XBMC turns off auto sleep...

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The OP mentioned "new Apple TV" which I assume means ATV3, not jailbreakable, and therefore no XBMC.

chenks said:

or here's a crazy idea... leaving it alone and letting it go to sleep automatically!
that's more intuitive than almost every other device I have that stays awake unless otherwise told to.

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Well, most devices these days have an auto-standby option. That is what I use with the ATV, (mostly because I just learned of the "hold Select for 5 seconds to sleep" option and keep forgetting it's there ). It's not just the sleep 'keystroke', it's the reset keystroke too. Over-simplification and style-over-function, IMO.

In settings you can determine an amount of time before it goes to sleep. It draws nearly no power. I just let it go to sleep after an hour of inactivity.