How to control TV display when streaming music

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How to control TV display when streaming music

Just bought an Apple TV. I figured out how to stream playlists from my iPod directly to the Apple TV. But how do I control what shows up on the TV screen? Now, when I first turn on the playlist, a frame with the album art and song info displays on the TV screen. This image flips from right to left, and then, after about a minute, a slide show of stock photos begins. If I press the "menu" button on the remote, I can get the song info back, but it doesn't stay. Eventually, the slide show comes back. My two questions are:

What if I don't want to see the slide show? Can I set it to display only the song info?
If I do have a slide show, how can I substitute my own pictures?

Please help the newbie! 😕

Apple TV, iOS 9.2.1, null

Posted on Feb 19, 2016 11:48 PM

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Answer 1

Rudegar

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Feb 21, 2016 1:08 AM in response to pmikk

you can control the slideshow in the settings

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Answer 2

Feb 21, 2016 1:10 AM in response to pmikk

Read this:

http://help.apple.com/appletv/#/atvbfa799b87

1. Change setting for time for screensaver to off.

2. See above for details.

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pmikk Author

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Feb 21, 2016 1:16 AM in response to Vinceassociate

Thanks to Rudegar and Vinceassociate, I figured out how to turn off the screensaver.

To my second question -- I believe it is possible to use my own photos in the screensaver. But (Vince) the link you provided, does not tell me how. Is there another article devoted to this? I saw mention of using photos from the Cloud. Is that the only way? I thought I could sync up with an album located on my pc or iPod.

I appreciate the help.🙂

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Answer 4

Feb 21, 2016 4:14 AM in response to pmikk

The link provided is just a page out of the ATV user manual. If you look to the left upper corner of the page, you should see a icon which opens an interactive table of contents and you can click and view any page in the guide.

Here is a page from the Home Sharing section about photos:

http://help.apple.com/appletv/#/atvb9b305fb0

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pmikk Author

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Feb 21, 2016 11:33 AM in response to Vinceassociate

Thanks, Vince

In reading this page, I believe I can use iTunes to select a folder on my PC (the article says "on your Mac"), and opt to share it with Apple TV. What is not clear is how to select this folder on my Apple TV. I will try and see what happens. If I can't make it work, I'll post back here...

Thanks again!

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Answer 6

Feb 21, 2016 1:12 PM in response to pmikk

Take a look at this article:

Use Home Sharing to share iTunes content with other devices - Apple Support

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pmikk Author

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Feb 22, 2016 12:22 AM in response to Vinceassociate

Thanks, Vince!🙂

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