I got it off eBay, it was new in the pckage yet although I understand it could have been repackaged. I replaced the battery immediately, first thing, figuring it had sat forever. Fortunately, it is a standard 2032 3v and had a new one in package from when I bought a 3-pack new. I have 1 PC that is older and will chew through a battery if left unplugged.
The AppleTV doesn’t seem to respond to anything. I’ve tried plugging a USB keyboard in, a Logitech wireless, a bootable USB stick with OpenELEC. Nothing. Won’t boot to USB, no response from keyboards, doesn’t even pop up the 4-digit code when I try to connect the Remote app.
Since it doesn’t seem to respond, I peeled the rubber off the bottom, removed the cover and took the cmos battery out thinking it would let go of time and date and whatever it holds in cmos or whatever Apple calls it. I’m stumped. If I had a PATA interface, I’d remove the hard drive and reformat it and try to reinstall the AppleTV software.
All I use it for is to stream music for my garage stereo since the Gen1 AppleTV has 2 RCA jacks yet. I’m not particular to the the OS so even if I could just get it to run something, I’d be happy. But the ability to AirPlay is handy.
