Drew777

Q: Any possible way to stop apple tv 4 from being activated when using apple tv 2

Hi guys;

 

I have been working on this same issue for too long. Mostly with harmony remote forum but with other sites as well.

 

I have two apple TVs in the same room, 2nd gen and 4th gen.

(when I say the same room its a media closet with all gear hooked up with IR blasters)

 

I have two Harmony remotes.

 

All I want to be able to do is have one person watching Apple TV2 with either Harmony remote, and another person to be able to watch Apple TV4 with either harmony remote.

 

I've tried what seems like everything but I'm still not giving up.

 

If I turn on the apple tv 2 the apple tv 4 turns on as it receives the IR signal. If I can make the Apple tv 4 ignore the Apple tv 2's IR channel I might have a fighting chance at this.

 

Apple tv 4 has a bluetooth remote so it doesn't activate Apple tv 2. Clearly when I use the Harmony remotes they are IR based and so they activate both Apple TVs as soon as you press a button.

 

I apologize for such a rambling question but there must be some way to have both Apple TVs completely ignore each other.

 

I've tried so many things I can't start to list them here for fear of getting booted from the forum haha

So I also apologize ahead of time if and when someone mentions something and I tell them 'been there, done that'

(but in a much nicer way of course)

 

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Even if its not a solution it may lead to someone mentioning something that starts my healing process haha

 

Also, I can't seem to unfair my aluminum apple tv 2 remote from my apple tv 4

Any help with that would be great too. (and may be the start of the end of my issues)

Drew

Posted on Aug 23, 2016 7:20 AM

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  • by Diana.McCall,

    Diana.McCall Diana.McCall Aug 23, 2016 11:28 AM in response to Drew777
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    Aug 23, 2016 11:28 AM in response to Drew777

    Hi. I thought that, if you paired the silver remote with ATV 2, they would work together without affecting ATV 4. So if you use those codes in your Harmony to control ATV 2, and the default Apple codes to control ATV 4, they should stay out of each other's way. But you may have already tried this.

  • by Drew777,

    Drew777 Drew777 Aug 23, 2016 12:39 PM in response to Diana.McCall
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    Aug 23, 2016 12:39 PM in response to Diana.McCall

    Hi Diana;

     

    I too thought that if a remote was linked to a device it wouldn't affect another device but apparently not the case.

     

    I can't seem to figure out how to 'unpair' the Apple TV2 remote from the Apple TV4.

    (I use unpair in quotes because I've never paired it with the Apple TV4 so by my logic it shouldn't be paired.)

     

    Any other thoughts no matter how seemingly insignificant would be great.

    I'd love to get to the bottom of this.

     

    Drew