Hi,
I already found this topic in older questions with no solution. My Apple TV Siri Remote (Series 2) started to send Volume Up permanently to my TV. Also some IR controlled Toys of my kids are reacting on the signal. It is not even stopping when I turn of my Apple TV. Disabling IR in the settings of my ATV doesn‘t do anything. IR is still blasting. Is there a way to reset the remote itself?
Apple TV 4K, tvOS 15
I had the same problem and fixed it. Same constant volume up from the new Siri remote. Out of nowhere this started happening. I tried everything. I thought maybe it needed charged. Nope. I tried unpairing it but couldn't. Reboot AppleTV. Unplug/plug in. Nope. Nothing.
So I started pressing random button combinations. FINALLY pressing the menu (button with the tv icon) and the down volume and holding them for about 5 or 10 seconds. The little blue light on my tv stopped blinking! I let go of the buttons and blue light on my tv was no longer blinking! Everything is now back to normal.
So that is what did it for me. Maybe it will do it for you! Obviously some kind of bug in the software that needs addressed.
Just wanted to say I've had a variation on this issue today and it was driving me mad!
We have 4 dimmer switches in our living room with IR control and today the lights all started continually and unstoppably cycling from bright to dark and back, as they do when receiving a continual button press on the remote.
You can imagine it took some time before I even realised this was due to continuous IR "noise" in the room and to then identify that it was the Apple TV remote causing the problem.
Just lucky it was not continually turning the TV or AVR on and off, which I imagine could have caused some serious damage after a while. Or, even worse, our gas fire also has an IR control!
This is really a serious issue and Apple need to get on it before it causes serious harm somewhere.
If this solution doesn't work for you (it didn't for me after several attepts), simply hold the back arrow and the TV button at the same time to do a RESET of the AppleTV. This worked for me once it started back up. Hope this solution works for others.
I’ve just had the exact same problem appearing out of the blue. Thx to the last post in here I to solved it by pressing the tv icon + down volume for 10 seconds. And then the IR blasting stopped.
Same thing happened to me but IR blasting volume down! Your reset sequence on the SIRI remote worked! I was ready to buy a new Main board for my TV. THANK YOU!
This area was set to Custom via IR Not sure why but I changed it to this setting Receiver via IR now it works as it should
My apple remote keep turning the mute on and off and over powering my tv and cable controls. Glad I found this thread , 30 seconds later, my problem was solved. Thanks.
Wow. How random. I had the same problem, and this solution surprisingly works. Thank you!
Same issue here. The fix mentioned above worked perfectly!!! Thanks for posting !
Thanks for this solution, friend. It immediately fixed the problem of the Apple remote blasting a signal indiscriminately at my TV! It was driving me nuts, so your fix has been hugely appreciated👌
Thanks Majorapple,
It worked for me too..
Perfecr
TV icon and volume down button fixed it for me - thanks so much
This worked!! That is crazy… and Apple didn’t have a fix for it, they have to read this!!! @Apple
Tv menu button and volume down for 5 secs worked perfectly - thanks for posting!
Tv menu button + volume down for 5 sec worked for me too.
Apple TV Remote Permanent Volume Up IR Sending
