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TvOS13 - Remote doesn’t wake Apple TV
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When you set up your Apple TV to respond to your Samsung remote you would have selected a button to serve as the Apple TV Home button. In my case I selected the red button. Since your remote doesn't have a red button you would have selected some other button. That's the button you use to turn on your Apple TV.
The new one remote has a “universal color button” (top left). Not sure how if it’s configurable for the purpose though since you have to hit it multiple times.
You're missing the point here. On your Apple TV you need to get to "Learn Remote". Then you specify what buttons on your TV remote correspond to the Apple Remote. You don't configure the TV remote, you configure the Apple TV to recognize certain buttons on the remote.
Use other remotes to control Apple TV
Use other remotes to control Apple TV
I got my Harmony Remote to work by adding an Apple TV "Menu" button press at the end of the activity. That seems to give everything time to switch on and get settled, then wake up the ATV.
Anyone know how to program the Harmony remote to activate the new Apple TV Control Center for user switching (new function in tvOS13)? It's a long press on the Apple TV original remote's Home button but that command is missing in the Harmony library. I read that the command could be available in a Logitech beta version of Apple TV called Apple TV Pro or something similar, but I haven't had the time to try it out.
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This worked beautifully, thank you!!!
I also added this to the end sequence so I don’t have to exit my apps like YouTube TV when I power down everything. This is amazing!
I prefer this update as well. Way too often would my Apple TV turn on if I accidentally touched the top of it, or went to move it etc. It makes way more sense to me to be a specific button now instead of “all of them”.
Yes! Was having issues since the update to 13 and my Samsung stopped turning the ATV on. Forgot about this so I'll give it an update later today
Edit: People on Reddit saying the 'Back' button on the Samsung smart remote is linked to the aTV 'Home' button so, if everything is on and the source is chosen, pressing Back should turn it on.
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The most missing point is, that before the update my ATV woke up via HDMI CEC.
I don't care which button would wake up the ATV - I want to wake it up by just choosing the right HDMI source (highest WAF!)
I have discovered this through trial and error.
Honestly, Apple, what about telling your customers that you are about to break a feature that has been there since the beginning. I honestly thought my ATV has broken.
Unbelievable...
This works well but the only problem is that now powering off with the harmony won't put the Apple TV to sleep. Anyone figured that one out yet?
I haven't had that issue myself. It seems to take a bit longer to actually shut off, but after (maybe 15 seconds?) it shuts down.
Discovered this myself also. No way this could be in the release notes or something, huh? Jeez.
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If I leave the TV on, it all works but I need to wait for TV sleep timeout. What a mess
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Uh.... you mean do this once or every time? I still have to either reboot the ATV 4K sometimes or other times it never goes to sleep.
If I leave the TV on, it all works but I need to wait for TV sleep timeout. What a mess
Turned CEC off only once. Waking the ATV process is the same each time.
Same for me - sometimes it doesn't go to sleep on its own
Sorry to answer this so late, but after almost a couple months I was trying to solve this "problem" as well... I am not happy with the change, specially cause I use the Samsung SmartTV remote as the universal remote (u really don't need anything else). Since the MENU button on the AppleTV remote is the one that wakes it up, I figured the bottom that replaces it in the Samsung remote will do the work, and indeed... the Back arrow (in my case) wakes it up. I still hate that AppleTV doesn't wake up on its own once u switch the input to the correspondent SmartTV HDMI port... but at least I don't need to hang on to the AppleTV remote...
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Indeed... cause the Back on the Samsung SmartTV Remote makes for the "menu" button of the AppleTV (it figures)... But the point is the AppleTV does not wake up on its own when u pick the HDMI source as it used to do. I was saying that at least with the Back button I don't even need to grab the AppleTV remote anymore... Thanks.
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Oh man, finally a solution with my Samsung NU8000 and turning on the Apple TV. In the past I relied on my Harmony remote but moved to the Samsung Smart Remote because it controlled everything! I then switched back to Harmony after seeing the Apple TV was not turning on that well...that wasn't working either!
Seems like you guys outlined a solution for the Samsung Smart Remote that I will be trying later.
Thanks again!
Watch Apple change this back in another update...Lol
Seems like you guys outlined a solution for the Samsung Smart Remote that I will be trying later.
Thanks again!
Watch Apple change this back in another update...Lol
I so am using the "default" Samsung TV remote that came with my 2 TVs (different models, but both look like this - 1 is this specific remote model number)
I cannot get it to wake the Apple TV, via HDMI CEC. I have toggled this on & off in the TV's settings.
Once awake, the commands work as expected (basically, the arrow keys, central ok button and the Exit button). I also went in to the Learn Remote section too, and repeated it for this device.
When both TV & Apple TV are off (standby), all I get is the "No source" message on screen. I have tried pressing many buttons, none work. I was expecting Exit to work as this is the mapped button when I am able to use it. Also tried the Return button, the STB red power button. None work...
Any help? Or is the "Samsung remote" people are talking about a different unit?
I cannot get it to wake the Apple TV, via HDMI CEC. I have toggled this on & off in the TV's settings.
Once awake, the commands work as expected (basically, the arrow keys, central ok button and the Exit button). I also went in to the Learn Remote section too, and repeated it for this device.
When both TV & Apple TV are off (standby), all I get is the "No source" message on screen. I have tried pressing many buttons, none work. I was expecting Exit to work as this is the mapped button when I am able to use it. Also tried the Return button, the STB red power button. None work...
Any help? Or is the "Samsung remote" people are talking about a different unit?