Apple TV blinking, but not responding to remote

worked for me too - thanks!

Thanks for this easy fix! I was stumped! 😕

Yes, that was an easy fix. Thank you because I was about to buy a new remote. But piece of advice for anyone else, you can also your your iPhone (or iPod/iPad I think) as the remote. There's an app you can get and your phone becomes your remote. It's pretty cool. So even though I had this problem I was still able to use and enjoy AppleTV by using my phone as the remote. I don't suggest this as a final solution because it got old after a few weeks and I was tired of not being able to pause it when my phone rang or situations like that. But that is to be expected and only a minor issue, all things considered. And it def did it's job the last 3-4 weeks or so.

Again thank you/

Worked perfectly for me. Menu + Back (9 o'clock position on round dial). Thanks for the quick fix.

Thanks tmartine, that worked perfectly!

Thank you!!! It worked form me. At first I was holding the menu and play/fast forward button and then I seen where someone said the rewind (9'o clock position) and menu. I tried the rewind and menu button together and it worked. Thank you again.

This made no sense to me... un-pair a remote that appears to be not working already... but it worked. I previously tried rebooting, pairing, replacing battery. All were the support suggestions from Apple for 3 blinking lights on Apple TV when remote is pressed. Ridiculous that they don't even tell you to un-pair the remote which immediately fixed the problem and made my Apple TV respond to the remote. Amazing. Thanks!

Yes that worked. Wish I read that before buying new batteries. Thank you 🙂

This solution worked for me as well. Thanks so much for posting.

I can't thank you enough for this tip! I was pressing forward and menu for the longest and obviously it didn't work. I finally thought I needed a new battery lol

Thanks SOO MUCH this literally worked like 1. 2. 3... I had the same situation,

I used my Apple Tv last night to watch ONITB and it worked fine..

Then I wake up this morning (it's 12:15 pm now) and I freak out that my remote wont respond it only made the Apple Tv blink.

Then I find this post and now its working! Such the quick fix.

Thanks so much! xo Siy

love apple 😍

Unpairing worked, worked, worked. Thank you. Same symptoms here. Apple TV would blink when I hit buttons, but nothing on the screen moved

I came here thinking that I was the only person to ever have this problem and I wasn't even able to really describe it. I'm in here 10 seconds I get an answer and it works! Thank you so much!

Many thanks, that was driving me nuts...

Okay, so I had the same problem.

Apple TV started up, stays on home screen with Movies highlighted. Each time I pushed the remote the little LED light on the apple tv blinked, but the cursor would not move, I could not select anything, play did not work, menu did not work.

I then held the back arrow and menu simultaneously for 10 seconds. And now it works again!