Reset Apple TV 1st gen without remote

it is NOT 2nd gen or I would have said 2nd gen. Looked it up by model and S/N; it is 1st gen. I already know where to buy a new remote, and would have borrowed one if anyone else around still had a working model WITH a remote - but it seems they all lost theirs and upgraded whole units.

Thanks for the non-answer.

THAT is more of an answer, thank you! I wanted to find out just how much time, money and effort was going to be required to get it even functional... It was a case of "Hey when we closed the satellite office this was written off because it's missing stuff, but thought you'd like it anyway" and unceremoniously dropped on my desk.

If the model is that far obsolete, I did not realize it was no longer supported without down-reving, thank you for that, then a $20 remote just to hack around to see what's left on it is silly. Yes, I would agree a new model would be the better option.

(Although I have a 2009-era Windows Vista computer with a 9.x version of iTunes lurking somewhere in the basement. Or perhaps I'll just splurge for the remote anyway and just put it all down there for a project during the apocalypse.)

Not relevant to question. Start a different thread.