How-to: Using a Logitech Harmony with 2 Apple TVs

Note: This is a solution. I wanted to share it.🙂

I have both an AT3 and the new AT4. I wanted to use them both in my living room for a lot of reasons.

But I didn't want to keep switching remotes and since I've got a Logitech Harmony 650 I wanted to put both ATVs on it.

But since the Harmony only manage IR, and by default each remote would be able to control any ATVs, I had to think of something

Here's what I did:

Here let's assume that:

• remote #1 goes with AT4
• remote #2 with AT3
• Menu-Select means Menu-RoundButton on the remote
• Menu-SkipBackward means Menu-LeftPartOfTheRing on the remote
• Menu-SkipForward means Menu-RightPartOfTheRing on the remote

1. Turn off the AT3
2. Turn on the AT4
3. Point the silver remote #1 toward the AT4 and press Menu-Select for 6 sec. The AT4 white LED will flash when unparing is complete.
4. Test the remote #1 on AT4 and it shouldn’t control it anymore (unpaired)
5. Point the remote #1 toward the AT4 and press Menu-SkipBackward for 5 sec. The AT4 white LED will flash when paring is complete.
6. Test the remote #1 on AT4 and it should control it once again (paired)
7. Increase the ID of the remote #1 by pressing Menu-SkipForward 5 sec. (There won’t be any activity of the white LED to confirm it) but you can check by trying the remote #2: it shouldn’t control the AT4 anymore.
8. Manually program the buttons of the AT4 on the Harmony using the remote #1 (With Change of fix what a button does | Remote buttons | Select Apple TV 4)
9. Unplug the AT4
10. Plug in the AT3
11. Point the silver remote #2 toward the AT3 and press Menu-Select for 6 sec. The AT3 white LED will flash when unparing is complete.
12. Test the remote #2 on AT3 and it shouldn’t control it anymore (unpaired)
13. Point the remote #2 toward the AT3 and press Menu-SkipBackward for 5 sec. The AT3 white LED will flash when paring is complete.
14. Test the remote #2 on AT3 and it should control it once again (paired)
15. Increase the ID of the remote #2 by pressing Menu-SkipForward 5 sec. (There won’t be any activity of the white LED to confirm it) but you can check by trying the remote #1: it shouldn’t control the AT3 anymore.
16. Turn back on the AT4 and test both remotes: At this step, remote #1 should only control AT4, and remote #2 the AT3 only.
17. Manually program the buttons of the AT3 on the Harmony using the remote #2 (With Change of fix what a button does | Remote buttons | Select Apple TV 3)

Have fun guys

Johnny