Cannot Connect iPad to Appletv

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Cannot Connect iPad to Appletv

I am having trouble connecting my iPad or iPhone to my Appletv. It just happened all of a sudden and I cannot figure out why. I've got Homesharing turned on on each devise and my wireless is working fine, but when I try to connect either the iPad or iPhone to the Appletv, I get a blue screen saying I need to connect homesharing (or something like that). The remote function will not work and that is what I'm after.

I've tried reseting the Appletv, deleting the app on the pad and phone, unplugging the Appletv, etc. Still nothing haapening yet.

Anyone have some advise on troubleshooting this?? Many thanks in advance

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Posted on Nov 7, 2011 7:58 PM

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Answer 1

Macaby

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Nov 7, 2011 11:32 PM in response to athenshome

I had a similar issue tonight. Turns out there is an ATV 2 update. After doing the update (actually I think there were 2 updates), my ATV2 ran normally.

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Nov 8, 2011 7:02 AM in response to athenshome

Try hardwiring the ATV - I had real problems using wifi. Make sure you are at the latest software level as well (I think 4.4).

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athenshome Author

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Nov 8, 2011 7:07 AM in response to athenshome

I've just figured it out now... The wireless router is new and apparently just needed a hard reset. Didn't think about this initially because the wireless signal was working and strong. Unplugged it for about a minute and now everything is working correctly.

Thanks for the input!

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LAHRUS

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Apr 7, 2013 3:17 PM in response to athenshome

I have been trying to figure this out for a couple of days. Like athenshome said, I too check all of my settings and my wireless network was connected with no issues. I unplugged my wireless router for roughly a minute, plugged it back in and routers services resume. I was able to see and use my apple tv resource. Good call athenshome. This worked for me.

Thanks for post.

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kooah

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Apr 7, 2013 7:16 PM in response to LAHRUS

DO you need to reset the router anymore? I need to reset either the ipad3 or the router to see the airplay icon. I have ATV3

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LAHRUS

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Apr 8, 2013 5:26 PM in response to athenshome

I only powered down my router for 60 secsonds or more. I did nothing to my IPAD.

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kooah

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Apr 8, 2013 6:17 PM in response to LAHRUS

I still need to reboot either the ipad or the router to see the airplay icon every time...very annoying to do that! In short, I have tried everything with no luck. Some said the latest ATV software is the problem. Thanks for the reply.

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