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ATV Gen 1 starts up but wont do anything other than screen saver

My ATV has been sitting unplugged for a while. I set it up again, it boots fine, but won't "listen" to the remote. the status light turns yellow whenever I press a button on the remote, but the ATV doesn't functionally respond, after a few minutes it goes into screen saver and stays there. Is there something wrong with the remote? With the ATV itself? TIA.

Posted on Jan 12, 2021 3:18 PM

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Posted on Jan 12, 2021 8:04 PM

Try linking the remote again.

If your Apple TV remote isn’t working - Apple Support

Don’t skip step 1, to erase any previous link from memory first.

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ATV Gen 1 starts up but wont do anything other than screen saver

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