Next you need to opt into Siri (assuming it’s supported in your country – you might assume that because you have Siri on your iPhone, Siri will be available on Apple TV, but this isn’t the case).

You might be wondering why this would be necessary on a static machine, but it’s worth doing if you want Apple’s new aerial screensavers to change based on what time of day it is. Choose whether to enable Location Services:.The next steps in the process of setting up your Apple TV are as follows: You’ll be glad of this when you realise that manually inputting passwords is a nightmare due to the torturous on-screen keyboard, but we’ll get onto that next. The Apple TV quickly “found” our iPhone over Bluetooth and attempted to connect to the same Wi-Fi network our iPhone uses. You will need to make sure Bluetooth is switched on on your iOS device. If you place your iOS device close to or on top of the Apple TV it will beam the network set up information over (including your complicated router password). If you have a device running iOS 9.1 or later you can use it to set up your network. Here’s where your iPad or iPhone can come in useful.Select your language and country using the remote.

If this doesn’t make the Apple TV come to life, connect the Siri Remote to your Apple TV by holding down Menu and + keys. Press the Menu button on the Siri Remote.(If your TV supports HDMI-CEC you may not even have to switch to the HDMI channel – it may switch automatically). Turn on your TV and switch to the HDMI input your Apple TV is connected to.Plug in the power cable and connect your Apple TV to your TV via the HDMI lead.

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