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Q: Flashing white lite on 1st generation apple tv

Flashing white light on 1st generation apple tv

Posted on May 14, 2012 9:20 AM

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Q: Flashing white lite on 1st generation apple tv

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by Winston Churchill,

Winston Churchill May 14, 2012 9:37 AM in response to ultradebb
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May 14, 2012 9:37 AM in response to ultradebb

Welcome to the Apple community.

Unfortunately that isn't a good sign, you might try removing ALL the cables from the Apple TV and leaving it for a while before powering it up again. If this doesn't help, your unit may have failed.
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ultradebb May 14, 2012 10:28 AM in response to Winston Churchill
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May 14, 2012 10:28 AM in response to Winston Churchill

Actually I was able to restore by connecting with a micro USB to the ITunes on my computer. Thank you for your response.
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by Winston Churchill,

Winston Churchill May 14, 2012 10:38 AM in response to ultradebb
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May 14, 2012 10:38 AM in response to ultradebb

If you were able to do that, then it wasn't a first-generation Apple TV, you can only do that with the Apple TV 2 or later.
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ultradebb May 14, 2012 11:32 AM in response to Winston Churchill
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May 14, 2012 11:32 AM in response to Winston Churchill

As far as I know it is the 1st generation. We have had for over a year. I am glad it worked. We just hooked it up about 3 months ago so we have not been using it for too long. I would not have been happy if it had to be fixed.

Thanks again for you help.
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by Winston Churchill,Helpful

Winston Churchill May 14, 2012 11:53 AM in response to ultradebb
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May 14, 2012 11:53 AM in response to ultradebb

Yes, it's good that it was fixable, for future reference though, it's the Apple TV 2, if it's black, the Apple TV 1 was about 8" square and silver and grey.
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ultradebb May 14, 2012 12:19 PM in response to Winston Churchill
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May 14, 2012 12:19 PM in response to Winston Churchill

Ok, thanks for the info.
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