Powering on Apple TV 4K always asks for "speakers"

I found the fix for this problem. As correctly pointed out by someone earlier, this is due to the default power settings when using the Harmony remote. Here is the fix for those of you using the Harmony Companion (formerly Home Control) or Smart Control. (This may work with other Logitech Harmony products as well, but has not been tested by me.) I performed these steps using the Harmony software on my iPhone.

1. Click the "Devices" tab

2. Click "Edit Devices" at the bottom of the screen

3. Click "Apple TV"

4. Click "Power Settings"

5. Click "NO POWER BUTTONS ON MY ORIGINAL REMOTE"

6. Click the right arrow on top to save this setting

After making these changes on your smartphone, don't forget to sync it with the Hub. Here are the steps for that:

1. Click on the three horizontal lines on the top left corner of the Harmony app screen

2. Click "Harmony Setup"

3. Click "Sync"

4. Click "SYNC NOW"

The Hub's green light will turn red and flash. Wait till the flashing stops and the light turns green. Then click on the "Watch Apple TV" or equivalent button on the remote or on your smartphone.

Hope this works for you guys.

In the Harmony app, go into settings, then devices, then choose Apple TV. the screen will show 5 settings; choose power settings. On the next screen, I didn't change the "power off when not in use" and clicked the arrow in the upper right to proceed. The next screen asks if you use one or two buttons to power on/off. I had to select two buttons to proceed to the next screen, which is power settings. this screen has 2 click boxes, one for power on and one for power off. clicking on these brings up a screen to select the action to perform. It was default set to "play" for both on and off. I changed it to "direction up" in both sections, then right arrowed thru to confirm. Seems to have solved the issue.

I’ve been having this problem also. I think I figured it out.

In the harmony app under setting do the following:

1. Click devices

2. click Apple tv

3. Click power settings

4. Select turn off when not in use then right arrow in upper right of screen

5. Select using two buttons then right arrow in upper right of screen

6. Select power off

7. Select menu

8. Select command

9. Change menu to home

10. Change duration to 3.5s

11. Right arrow in upper right of screen

12. Select play

13. Select command

14. Change play to select

15. Change duration to 3s

16. Select right arrow in upper right of screen

17. Select add delay

18. Modify duration to 2000ms

19. Select right arrow in upper right of screen

20. Select left arrow in upper left of screen

21. Select right arrow in upper right of screen

Hopefull, that should do it!

Yep I do have a harmony remote. I'll have to play with the delay setting to see if that will fix it. Thanks for the reply.

This Reddit article was helpful, this has been annoying me for. A long time. I think it crept in tvOS 11 . I have the same issue on Apple TV 4K and 4th gen

https://www.reddit.com/r/appletv/comments/72xqec/speaker_popup_how_do_i_get_rid_ of_it/

You could be on to something. However, I've been using this set up for "years". It was only with the tvOS update with the new apple TV that this started happening. I suspect the problem is on the Apple TV side.

Hi all - i followed ggplano's instructions however rather than direction up i changed it to "menu" which put me right to the apple tv menu...hope that helps

Did you find a solution with the Harmony remote settings?

Mine has only started doing this in the past few weeks. Had the ATV4 since release, and using the Harmony together without issues until lately.

Hi ggplano, I followed your instructions to the tee but unfortunately I still have the issue. I found a different fix (below) that worked for me. Thought I should let you (and other readers know). Thanks.

I'm having the same issues and have not found a work around. I can't see why they would want to implement a feature like this.

You said you found a solution “below” but there was no solution copied into your message.

What is the solution that worked for you?

Hi aegez. I think he means this link: Re: Powering on Apple TV 4K always asks for "speakers". The forum software displays the posts going down, not up.