No, iTunes doesn't need to be open to play content. There's a setting in the remote app that lets you maintain a connection to which ever thing you're connected to. Also, once you have the remote app connected to your apple tv, there's a control tab, that will let you actually control the ATV menus with the touchscreen, as well as enter in passwords, etc.
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kliphton Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 8:03 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: APPLE TV, VERSION 2 OR 3, plus remote? Okay, last thing, am I to assume that iTunes needs to be open to play content? And can the app be used to punch in passwords and user names for Netflix and hulu plus From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 7:22 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: APPLE TV, VERSION 2 OR 3, plus remote? Hi, When using the Remote App, double-tap on an item you wish to play. Once it starts to play, the "Now Playing" window should present itself on the iDevice and there will be Previous, Play/Pause, Next and Volume buttons you can manipulate. The layout is not exactly the same as what the ATV presents when using the physical remote but you will have access to most media. You will not have access to the Settings and other things such as NetFlicks with the Remote App. You will, though, be able to control Play/Pause and such if you're playing media that you originally started playing with the physical remote via the ATV interface. Hope this makes sense. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-12-12, at 6:03 PM, Kliphton <kliph...@gmail.com> wrote: Okay, I got the remote controlling the Apple TV, or so I thought, it took me through my library, and when I pushed play, it played it on the mac, not apple tv. When I select the apple tv to be controlled, my remote app doesn't give me the same structure of the remote that the physical app does, it only says certain things, and there is no enter button. What am I doing wrong here? From: <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@ <http://googlegroups.com> googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 6:17 PM To: <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: APPLE TV, VERSION 2 OR 3, plus remote? Hi, I would also turn off the I-R Receiver on your Mac as I believe that Pairing it to the ATV will only restrict what remotes the ATV responds to. To turn it off of your Mac, go into System Prefs, in the Security & Privacy pane, unlock it, then uncheck the I-R Receiver item. The Remote app on the iPhone/iPad will sync with whatever is going on with your ATV once you get to the Now Playing option as long as you are asking it to control the same Library. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-12-12, at 5:00 PM, "Daniel Miller" < <mailto:miller...@gmail.com> miller...@gmail.com> wrote: That's weird, because version 2 doesn't support 1080P. DO you have Xcode on your mac? And, apparently, your mac is responding to the remote, which means you have an IR port somewhere on it. You need to pair the remote with the apple TV so it will only respond to that, rather than the computer. Go to settings, general, remotes, and blick pair remote, on the apple tv. From: <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@ <http://googlegroups.com> googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kliphton Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 5:36 PM To: <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: APPLE TV, VERSION 2 OR 3, plus remote? It supports 1080P, but says version 2 on the box. Also, does it have to open up my iTunes library every time it plays something? Cause when I'm pushing buttons on the remote, it's playing music on my mac. Also, it is not showing me the same screen, the phone app is not showing when what the apple tv remote is whne I move around with both. From: <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [ <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Miller Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 5:21 PM To: <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: APPLE TV, VERSION 2 OR 3, plus remote? You need to make sure home sharing is enabled on the apple tv. As far as hardware, I honestly don't know what you got, without finding out what the model identifier is. Finding that out requires Xcode, though. From: <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [ <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kliphton Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 4:57 PM To: <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: APPLE TV, VERSION 2 OR 3, plus remote? I asked about the apple TV's hardware version, and everyone said version3 and that it came out this year in march, and that it supports 1080 p and version 2 does not. Well the box I got today says version 2, and and 1080 p with HDMI support. Do I have the wrong version, or was I missed in formed? Also, how do I get this remote to work with apple TV with my iPhone, I see the options, but it doesn't line up with what voice over on the apple TV is saying? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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