Hi Diana,
When you need to charge your remote, an alert appears on your TV. 
At any time, you can check your remote's charge. 
Just go to Settings > Remotes and Devices > Remote and select your remote.

Kind Regards,
Ronni
 Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 


> On 24 Mar 2018, at 8:55 pm, Diana & Graham Stevens <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Ronni 
> 
> I shall file that away for future reference. 
> 
> I think it was just a case of insufficient charge. I rebooted the Modem and 
> Time Capsule and the next time I tried the ATV the light didn’t come on. 
> Plugged it in, problem solved. Must have had just enough charge to work 
> occasionally.
> 
> If it plays up when it is fully charged I’ll reset as suggested.
> 
> Is there any way of checking the level of charge like you can with mice?
> 
> Best wishes from Diana 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On 24 Mar 2018, at 8:26 pm, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Diana,
>> 
>> Good to hear your problem has been sorted. I was going to suggest you Reset 
>> your Apple Remote.
>> How to reset your Siri Remote
>> If your remote is out of battery, misbehaving, or you want to move it to a 
>> new Apple TV, you can reset it by doing the following:
>> 
>>      • Simultaneously press the Menu and Volume Up buttons. 
>>      • Hold for 2-3 seconds.
>>      • Your remote should reset and return to pairing mode.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014)
>> 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz
>> 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM
>> 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage
>> 
>> macOS High Sierra 10.13.3
>> 
>> 
>>> On 24 Mar 2018, at 7:56 pm, Diana & Graham Stevens <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Solved, it was the remote, all well now.
>>> 
>>> Diana
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>>> On 24 Mar 2018, at 12:29 pm, Diana & Graham Stevens <[email protected]> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I’m not sure this will get through as I haven’t paid because we are having 
>>>> severe financial problems, so fingers crossed.
>>>> 
>>>> The ATV4 did not turn on, no light. I unplugged and waited a few minutes 
>>>> replugged, it turned on and showed a screen which looked slightly 
>>>> different to usual (but maybe normally I don’t see the top part). But I 
>>>> can’t do anything from the remote except change the volume. This indicates 
>>>> it is not a problem with the remote.
>>>> 
>>>> Also the screens on the Panasonic TV looked slightly different, some 
>>>> options greyed out. So this morning I unplugged the power board which has 
>>>> all the TVs etc connected waited and plugged in again. This fixed the 
>>>> Panasonic but the ATV is the same.
>>>> 
>>>> Is there any way of doing a reset without being able to access settings?
>>>> 
>>>> Any suggestions gratefully accepted. Incidentally I greatly regret leaving 
>>>> WAMUG after so long.
>>>> 
>>>> Diana 
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPad
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