"Apple TV can't connect to the server at this time..." Going on for days. I've tried resets, changing my password, network diagnosis, etc... Still no luck. Was working perfect prior. Anyone else stuck like I am?

Well, obviously Apple is not addressing this issue because I started having this problem a week ago and I can't seem to find a fix. The same error has been posted months ago. Very frustrating. Mine is either 2nd or 3rd gen. I just can't remember if the issue started after installing the latest ATV updates or ios7 or Maverick os on my mac! I don't think IOS 7 did it because I know I was playing Netflix after that install. I think it has to be one of the ATV updates I did. Can anyone shed some light? I don't even know if I'm making sense!

I just had this problem too. Had not updated software. Old school worked for me: unplugged the ATV from power for 5 minutes. Plugged back in that then it worked.

Okay, now what did I do... tried that, unplugged it waited a few minutes, plugged it back in... NOW, it is completely unresponsive. Can't get it to turn on by remote at all. Help.

This worked for me without having to reset my Apple TV universe:
Press Menu and Down Arrow keys simultaneously for 6 seconds until the light flashes rapidly.

best of luck

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3180

Appreciate the help. But my Apple TV seems to be just a dead block now. This *****.

I was very worried after reading everyone's stories similar to mine. Visions of ATV buyers remorse flew into my mind while reading each posting. But then this. The restart worked. So simple.

I hope you still feel this way after the 50th reset/restart.........it's great while it's working, but......

I came here with a similar problem using my new netgear n750 router. My apple tv was not able to connect and kept giving me error meesaages. Unfortunately nothing i saw here worked worked for me and I had to call support. What fixed my problem (and may help some of you others) was the security settings in my router. You will have to login to your router settings (for me this was done by putting in a specific web address - check with your router literature or online).

By changing the wireless security on my router to WEP (and then generating a new pass key - you'll see this when you change your security to WEP, it's basically your new password). Originally I was using a WPA level of security and this was apparently the problem. I renamed by network just to make sure that apple tv found the new updated router network, used my new pass key, and now it works. Maybe this will help someone

This earlier posting worked for me:

"This worked for me without having to reset my Apple TV universe: Press Menu and Down Arrow keys simultaneously for 6 seconds until the light flashes rapidly."

Thank you!

Had problem for a couple of weeks, then checked my iTunes account via my laptop and found apple wanted me to re-enter the 3 digit security code of my credit card. After doing that online, my AppleTV allowed me to purchase and watch movies.

Was having same issues. After trying all the rests on ID etc. this worked for me: > Settings> General> scroll to bottom of list> Restart.

This earlier posting worked for me ALSO!!!:

"This worked for me without having to reset my Apple TV universe: Press Menu and Down Arrow keys simultaneously for 6 seconds until the light flashes rapidly."

Thank you!

I have a bit of a different take on this. In my case, the answer was to restart my Airport base station. Every once in a while I'll run into odd connection problems that only affect one or maybe two devices on my wireless network. I've found that I can fix the problem on the network side. So, if the preceding fixes don't work for you (they didn't for me), try restarting your base station.

IT WORKS! - "This worked for me without having to reset my Apple TV universe: Press Menu and Down Arrow keys simultaneously for 6 seconds until the light flashes rapidly."

Thank you!

Totally agree, thanks sooo much, saved my dreary night of cable full of nothing