AppleTV 4 keeps waking up

Same issue here with Hitachi TV with CEC enabled. Really annoying.

I have a Sony Bravia and ATV as well with the same issues.. Randomly will turn unit on..

Will try above post about 15min inactive and see if it helps..

Hopefully will because Apple going to be paying for a lot of LCD/LED/Plasma TV's for burnin..

OKAY. SO HERE'S THE SKINNY ON THIS ISSUE.

Keep the remote out of reach of pets and children, and one's self for that matter. I saw that my TV was coming on without me wanting it to as well. Then I came downstairs one day to find the cat sitting on the remote. He jumped off the coffee table (because he knows he's not allowed on there) and the TV came on. Later I noticed that I turned on the TV by touching the AppleTV remote while dusting.

I Do not believe this is an issue. This is just people not thinking about every possibility that could press that easy to press button on the remote. Since I moved the remote to a spot that the cats don't bother with (basically a small bowl on the coffee table) and I've been more attentive about my habits and actions the issue that happened several times a week has stopped all together. This confirms that the issue was environmental and not at all with the device.

GIve it a try!

I don't have any pets. I don't normally use the Apple remote as I have a Harmony Remote for turning on and off all my devices.

When I turn off the devices (Apple TV, TV, Receiver) with the Harmony remote, the Apple TV light goes off for a few seconds then comes back on. It stays on for quite a while (I've never actually timed it). I think it sometimes stays on longer than the defined sleep period, though I've never tested that. And if I don't exit the Netflix app before turning it off, it will sometimes automatically watch the next episode of a tv show.

It's definitely an issue. It just seems to affect different people in different ways. It's one of the reasons I use my Roku a lot more now than the Apple TV. The Apple TV is the first Apple device that I've actually been disappointed in.

Bummer! Definitely sounds like the use of the harmony remote is contributing to the issue. Good luck!

No, my point is that the problem, at least for me, has absolutely nothing to do with remotes, Apple's or the Harmony remote.

I'm guessing that this is not a single problem with a single solution that will work for everyone.

I had the same problem, but since I started to change the input channel on my Sony TV to another HDMI (for my digital TV box) after setting the Apple Tv to sleep it never happens again.

BBonjour ,depuis la derniere mise à jour mon Apple TV allume intempestivement ma TV sony ,toute seule que ce soit le jour où la nuit .

j´ai chercher sur les forums et est téléphoner à assistance Apple aucune solution tous ce qui mon proposer na pas résolu le problème , je suis donc o de débrancher l'Apple TV électriquement .

This is still an on going problem for me. This article indicates that TV OS 9.1 fixes the issue but I'm just starting to see this issue on my setup.

http://blog.chron.com/techblog/2015/12/bug-causes-the-new-apple-tv-to-turn-itsel f-on/

I'm still having the problem as well. For a while I thought it might have something to do with my connecting the ATV to my receiver which then goes to the TV. So today I tried connecting the ATV directly to my TV. Exact same problem.

When I turn the system off with my Harmony Remote or switch to a different device (such as Roku), the ATV light goes dark for a few seconds, then comes back on. Someone had suggested it might be the Harmony Remote that was causing the problem, but the ATV comes on several seconds after the Harmony Remote finishes sending commands. And just to test that further, I've tried covering the Harmony Remote immediately after the ATV light goes dark so that even if it is still sending something, the ATV won't receive it. Same problem.

So unless the Harmony Remote is sending some unknown command such as Turn Off, Wait Five Seconds Then Com Back On, I don't see how it can be anything the Harmony Remote is doing. I wouldn't mind so much except on several occasions the ATV "watched" a few shows on its own accord after I turned it off.

If you simply hold the "Play/Pause" button on your remote for 5-10 Seconds then the Apple TV will go to sleep permanently until you do the same process again.

@taffywall ... thanks! that's great to know.

The real issue for me is that this has just started to happen _after_ an apparent OS update to correct this behavior.

Before these ghost wakeups, I used to just shut my AV rig down with my remote and walk away. Now we're coming downstairs in the morning, and the screen is glowing. A little too Poltergeist for me.

Interesting.

FWIW, I have a Harmony remote as well. Maybe this device is the culprit?

Except I think the testing that I did pretty much eliminates the Harmony Remote. IAC, others who don't have the Harmony are having problems.

Thanks. I tried that but it didn't work for me.