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jtpeddy

Q: we were about to watch something on Hulu thru our apple tv and my daughter pressed an update link instead on accident and it updated and we never did anything to it during the process and now it doesn't work anymore.  our tv reads invalid and the apple tv

It says invalid format and the light on the apple tv keeps blinking.  This happened after an update to the apple tv was accidently pressed. 

Posted on Oct 1, 2013 10:48 AM

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  • by lorenzolewis,

    lorenzolewis lorenzolewis Oct 1, 2013 10:55 AM in response to jtpeddy
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    Oct 1, 2013 10:55 AM in response to jtpeddy

    I would recomment pluggin your Apple TV into your computer and reset it in iTunes. This will perform a restore of your Apple TV and should fix the problem. If that doesn't work then take your Apple TV to an Apple Store to get it replaced.