ATV Black Screen and Lack of Information in iTunes

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I just bought this Apple TV from a 3rd party site. As soon as I got it I plugged in the power and HDMI cables. I turned on to the input and I was greeted with a black screen. Over the hours I've bought a second HDMI cable, learned how to reset the ATV2 as well as restore it. Nothing. At some points I have seen the "Plug into iTunes" image, as well as the Apple Logo for brief seconds, but I have never gotten to the language select screen. Pictured above is the only information that I see whenever I plug in the ATV2, even after a restore. I have even uninstalled iTunes and reinstalled it, but to no avail. I have even tried to restore on my Windows Bootcamp, but that's produced the same results. I know none of this is normal and I was wondering if this anyone knows a fix for this. Thank you for reading and I hope I can get some assitance!

AppleTV 2, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Feb 27, 2012 7:07 PM

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ATV Black Screen and Lack of Information in iTunes

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