I think for the majority of the time I'd still use the Remote app on my iPhone to control Apple TV, but for initial setup the Bluetooth keyboard is wonderful.
Jonathan On 2/02/2013, at 6:52 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > Hi Les, > > I still had a Microsoft Bluetooth 6000 keyboard sitting around from when I > had a Netbook and it paired just fine with the Apple TV. > > Also, as a side note, I first had my Apple Wireless keyboard paired with it > and after I paired the Microsoft keyboard I did also notice that the Apple > Wireless Keyboard was still paired and both worked at the same time. When I > turned my iPhone's Bluetooth on I first had to forget the Apple keyboard on > the Apple TV before it worked with my iPhone again. > > The Microsoft keyboard is actually even an inch and a half or so longer than > the Apple keyboard, but at this point I don't really care about the size, I > just really like using the keyboard since I don't have to point the remote > in the direction of the Apple TV any more. F8 also works as Pause/Play just > as on the iPhone and F7 and F9 do skip back/rewind and skip forward/fast > forward, respectively. The space bar also seems to work for Play/Pause. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Jonathan Mosen > Sent: Friday, February 1, 2013 8:45 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Bluetooth Keyboards that Work with Apple TV > > Hi Les, I paired the Apple keyboard with my Apple TV the other night and it > worked well. Apparently, the original Apple wireless keyboard that was > released in I think 2003 doesn't work, but the one that's been out for some > years does. > > Bluetooth keyboards are an open standard, so really, anything with arrow > keys, an Enter key and an Escape key will do the job fine. It certainly > speeds things up when you're configuring a new Apple TV to be able to type > your Apple ID, password and wifi key on a real keyboard. > > Due to its size, I'm thinking one of those Rii mini Bluetooth keyboards sold > by Speeddots would be ideal to have by the Apple TV. > > Jonathan > On 2/02/2013, at 2:00 PM, Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Subject line says it all. Any recommendations on wireless keyboards that > will work with Apple TV? 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