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Jayykayy Author

Level 1

14 points

Apple TV Crashing / Resetting Itself

My Apple TV (2nd Generation) has started to reset itself after a few minutes of either a program or movie. The first crash happens usually after about 15 mins of viewing, but then subsequent ones occur after around 5 mins.

I'm running up to date software version 4.1.1 and my itunes is the current version of 10.1.1 (4)

I've tried resetting all settings but its made no difference. Any ideas on what to try next?

James

MacBookPro 15inch 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Dec 28, 2010 2:46 PM

94 replies

Apr 24, 2016 2:25 PM in response to Astrovirus

I had the same problem.

I disabled the airplay and it took care of the problem. (for now)

eckgar

Level 1

4 points

May 25, 2016 10:38 AM in response to Love to Ski

The fix is to set the setting at netflix to lower video steaming settings and to set video to 720 on apple tv setting.

this fix has worked for 4 days, no hiccup. As for Apple tv 2, this is what i own. Not one reset. used to do it every hour.

Rjbush

Level 1

9 points

Dec 17, 2016 10:21 PM in response to Jayykayy

I've had the problem for awhile, but it seems worse. I have NFL game pass and every time I play a video the arc resets after 5 seconds. I've reset, restored, switched to wires, turned off airplay. Has anyone gotten their arc swapped out at an Apple Store?

Rjbush

Level 1

9 points

Dec 17, 2016 10:47 PM in response to Rjbush

Dang auto correct. ATV not arc

Apple TV Crashing / Resetting Itself