Change name of source…will I get in trouble.

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Change name of source…will I get in trouble.

When I upgraded from prev AppleTV to ATVK…setup was cranky about primary input device. Reluctant to show all my apps, etc., when I listed set top box as AppleTV4K. So, i used "OTHER BOX". That was early days. Now, assured about capabilities, everything runs as assigned, ready to backtrack to assignments. If I just proceed to the magic page…click on Set top box…somehow change name hopefully through option offering me AppleTV… 1. Will it recognize all the options afforded by my existing setup including apps…or 2. Run the risk of deletions and have to re-enter, re-jigger, everything?

Apple TV 4K, tvOS 14

Posted on Aug 3, 2021 1:15 PM

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Answer 1

Aug 3, 2021 1:28 PM in response to Edward Campbell

You can change the name of your Apple TV box at any time. Settings﹥General﹥About﹥Name﹥.

Your other Apple devices should use that name for communication with Apple TV.

Third party devices may or may not use that name for recognition of the device. Some third party devices (TV, receiver) may have their own naming for ports rather than for connected devices.

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Answer 2

Aug 3, 2021 5:26 PM in response to Urquhart1244

Tell you in a few minutes if it worked - or if some other strange hiccup I worked in over the years got in the way. But, thanks for the timely answer. Here I go.

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Answer 3

Aug 3, 2021 6:25 PM in response to Urquhart1244

Worked fine. Only half of what I was thinking about -- but, only asked the first half -- applied the same approach to my TV set and it worked as well. :-]

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Change name of source…will I get in trouble.

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