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

[Towelie1288]

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

 

[simsaladimbamba]

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

 

[maturola]

Menu + Center Button 😀

 

[chenks]

Menu + Center Button 😀

that's incorrect.

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

this is correct.

 

[maturola]

that's incorrect.

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this is correct.

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 😀

 

[whooleytoo]

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

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.

 

[chenks]

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.

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.

 

[CocoaPuffs]

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.

Except that XBMC turns off auto sleep...

 

[imahawki]

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

 

[steve-p]

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.

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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Except that XBMC turns off auto sleep...

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

 

[whooleytoo]

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.

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.

 

[s15119]

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.