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August 27, 2008

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Reunited: an Apple Remote and an Apple TV

Posted Aug. 27, ’08, 11:59 AM PT by Kate Marshall
Category | Hardware

apple remote.jpgThe fun never stops with Apple Support documents! (Seriously. It…just…won’t…end). Today’s fun involves the wiley Apple Remote and Apple TV. And more shiny LEDs! (I like shiny things. Can’t help it).

So let’s say an Apple Remote is paired with an Apple TV but then the Apple TV’s LED starts flashing amber—a nice color for jewelry but usually not something desirable in diagnostic lights. Turns out that pressing the remote’s Menu and Play/Pause buttons for more than five seconds could accidentally unpair it from the Apple TV, but not to worry!

Re-establishing the link between Apple Remote and Apple TV is as simple as:


  • Unpair the remote by holding down the Previous/Rewind and Menu buttons for 6 seconds (this can be done using any Apple remote).
  • Then pair the remote by simultaneously holding down the Next/Fast-Forward and Menu buttons for 6 seconds.


    • The Apple TV displays a chainlink symbol above a picture of a remote to show that the two devices were successfully paired up again.

    Now if someone could tell me how or why my Apple Remote controls my window air-conditioner unit, I’d be all set (the Apple Remote’s play/pause button cycles through the three speed options on the A/C unit. Bizarre).


    1 Comments

    Slevin said:

    The Apple Remote probably works on the same IR frequency that the remote for your Apple TV. Try this, unpair your apple remote from the apple TV and then use the button that controls the speed options on the AC unit to play/pause the apple TV. It'll be freaky

    August 27, 2008 12:13 PM
    vectr Author Profile Page said:

    Nice tip... however I'm a bit disappointed that this wasn't a story involving a wandering hobo who found an Apple Remote, who habitually pressed the play button as he walked around.

    Cut to him walking past an inviting looking home with the smell of a roast wafting through the window, when suddenly the opening chords to... erm... I hadn't got this far before clicking on the rss feed to find out the story.

    Ok... how about http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=banXT6azA-4

    (Not a Rick-Roll)

    August 27, 2008 1:12 PM

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