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Q: AppleTV support. Why are the Movie and TV Show menu buttons off by default ?

You might want to let people know that they have to <allow> Purchase & Rentals under General>Restrictions before the Movies and TV Shows menu buttons will show up.

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Posted on Sep 28, 2013 8:00 PM

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Q: AppleTV support. Why are the Movie and TV Show menu buttons off by default ?

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  • by vazandrew,

    vazandrew vazandrew Sep 28, 2013 9:13 PM in response to Greg App
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    Sep 28, 2013 9:13 PM in response to Greg App

    They are not off by default

  • by diesel vdub,

    diesel vdub diesel vdub Sep 29, 2013 5:30 AM in response to Greg App
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    Sep 29, 2013 5:30 AM in response to Greg App

    You might want to read the Terms of Use that we all agreed to when signing up here and realise that we are all users like yourself. 

    If you have suggestions for Apple, contact Apple via the Contact Us link at the bottom of every page or via their feedback pages at http://www.apple.com/feedback.

     

    As stated by vazandrew, those features are not turned off or Restricted by default.  In fact, there are no restrictions turned on by default.

  • by Greg App,

    Greg App Greg App Sep 30, 2013 10:02 AM in response to diesel vdub
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    Sep 30, 2013 10:02 AM in response to diesel vdub

    Yeah, I understand this is a user group. I was just trying to be helpfull in case anybody else had the same problem I had. So, maybe yours was not off but my AppleTV Purchase & Rentals WAS off by default.

  • by jfaul013,

    jfaul013 jfaul013 Sep 30, 2013 10:05 AM in response to Greg App
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    Sep 30, 2013 10:05 AM in response to Greg App

    I wouldn't put anything out of the realm of possibilities with technology.  Typically they are SUPPOSED to be automatically turned on, however I could see that if there is a restriction on an actual iTunes account (one that is set up for a child/college kid where the parents financial information is set to not allow purchases) that the AppleTV might import the defacto settings of the iTunes account.

  • by vazandrew,

    vazandrew vazandrew Sep 30, 2013 11:10 AM in response to Greg App
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    Sep 30, 2013 11:10 AM in response to Greg App

    Someone would have had to enable the restriction, even if it was imported as suggested by jfaul013.