Joe, I believe this is the one I have. If so there are some button controls on the side, but you can switch inputs with the touch of one button on the remote (once you know which one, that is).
During my quick perusal of Amazon just now, they all appeared to be within about $40 of each other. Best regards. Geoff ----- Original Message ----- From: joe quinn To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 10:24 PM Subject: Re: Independant AppleTV setup? what if you're old like me, or ur tv is anyway, how much do them HDMI tv things cost? :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Waaler" <[email protected]> To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 9:03 PM Subject: Re: Independant AppleTV setup? > 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. 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