For the benefit of anyone following this list who might be interested, I'm
off and running and grateful to Lynne for her help.
I have no light perception, yet can easily set up an Apple-TV without
sighted assistance after learning how to change inputs on my TV. The
first step is to set the tv's input to HDMI, and connect the ATV
accordingly. The last step is to plug in the ATV and wait about 20
seconds. Samantha will then speak through your tv admonishing you to
press the lower right hand button on the remote three times to enable
VoiceOver, and you will be guided through the menus hence forth. Once
again, excellent attentiveness to accessibility demonstrated by Apple in
designing ATV's interface.
----- Original Message -----
From: Gordon Smith
To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: Independant AppleTV setup?
helo Geoff
iTunes doesn't see the device. You don't configure it that way. Write me
privately.
Lyne
On 21 Sep 2011, at 20:52, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Hi Lynne,
Since your last post the little box was delivered. I didn't expect
iTunes would find it unless I first entered a WPA2 key, so I attached it
to the router directly via eathernet. The device shows up in my router
configuration as "Apple-TV" with a mac and ip address, but when I launched
iTunes my device tree view is empty.
The remote appears to have three large buttons with two buttoney looking
things on the back that I assume is actually the seal for the battery? Is
there a way to proceed without sighted help? If not, what is the minimum
that I would need to ask a neighbor to do?
Thanks again and best regards.
Geoff
----- Original Message -----
From: Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: Independant AppleTV setup?
Hello Geoff
You don't need the UsB port. You plug the Apple TV into your network, or
configure its wifi network and the software is downloaded via the
Internet.
Lynne
On 21 Sep 2011, at 20:17, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Hi Lynne,
Thanks much for the info. I understand that IOS5 will render it
possible to update without need to connect to iTunes, but until then, how
is this done if the USB port is unavailable?
If it is indeed possible to connect to iTunes I assume I could enable
voiceOver via the "configure universal access" dialog in iTunes? Are you
saying that its possible to turn VO on via the remote? Sorry if I totally
misinterpreted your post. I guess the bottom line question is how I can
attach to iTunes without the USB cable?
Best regards.
Geoff
----- Original Message -----
From: Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: Independant AppleTV setup?
hello Geoff
Yes, this is correct; but you can do all of your iOS updates via
iTunes. You can configure Apple TV using the supplied remote.
We plan to do a podcast on this shortly, when Gordon is up to it.
Lynne
On 21 Sep 2011, at 16:55, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Greetings all,
I'm expecting an Apple tv shortly, and recall reading that the mini USB
port is not intended for use by consumers. Is this correct?
If so, presumably it's not possible to update the IOS version and I
will not be able to use it out of the box without getting someone to go
into settings -> general -> accessibility?
TIA for any clarification and best regards.
Geoff
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