How to mute AppleTV

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How to mute AppleTV

I just learned about the function where AppleTV can "learn" another IR remote volume function (via Settings > Remotes and Devices > Volume Control > Learn New Device…).

When it did the learning, it asked me to hold the buttons for THREE functions: volume up, volume down, and mute. And it acknowledged learning all three. Great.

Volume up/down from the Apple Remote work great, maybe even more reliable than the "native" remote.

But...how do I take advantage of the learned mute function??

This is with tvOS 14.2 on a 4th gen AppleTV.

Apple TV HD, tvOS 14

Posted on Nov 6, 2020 2:21 PM

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Answer 1

Rudegar

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Nov 6, 2020 2:53 PM in response to just another geek

since the appletv remote does not have a mute button and the remote app also does not then I do not believe it's possible

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Answer 2

Nov 6, 2020 3:03 PM in response to Rudegar

Thank you -- I appreciate the quick feedback!

The Apple Remote *app* -- which could add buttons as it pleases -- doesn't have one for mute either.

That just makes it confusing for why learning the remote would even prompt for the mute button.

Thanks again!

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Rudegar

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Nov 6, 2020 3:09 PM in response to just another geek

is it apple software which prompt for. mute button? if not then maybe your universal remote prompt everything it attempt to learn for a mute button without having an insight as to what feature the remote which comes with the device feature?

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Nov 6, 2020 3:29 PM in response to Rudegar

Yes, exactly. It's the AppleTV remote learning function itself which prompted for the mute button.

The "native" IR remote being learned is from decades ago -- nothing "smart" about it. It's not a universal; it's specific to a stereo preamp.

--- 5 minutes later ---

To clarify, once my "native" IR volume functions (up, down, mute) are learned by AppleTV, I can now operate that old stereo preamp volume via the plus (+) and minus (-) buttons on the physical AppleTV remote. There's just no (obvious?) mute button.

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