Apple TV Tips

New to Apple TV? 
Check out Apple TV Tips from Pike School.

Is your classroom not showing up on the Apple TV list? There's a quick fix.

• Make sure your Apple TV is turned on.
  
• Click on Menu on the remote control.
• Make sure the little white status light is on.
• Your classroom still doesn't show up?
• Click on Menu on the remote.
• Navigate to Settings by pressing the right dot on the navigating circle. Press the center button to select it.
• Navigate to General>>Software Update.
• It takes a few minutes to update, but it should not require a restart.
• You might need to tell it to update even if you have it set to update automatically.

Do you keep getting kicked off Apple TV?

• Change the screen saver to Never.
• Menu>>Settings>>General>>Screen Saver>>Start After  
• Press the center button until you get to Never. See the diagram of the remote control below.

Does everything get tiny when you switch to Apple TV?

• Click on the AirPlay icon on the top toolbar.
• Click on Open Display Preferences, the bottom item.
• Select 720. 
• Miraculously everything will get bigger and easier to read!

How do I switch from Apple TV to my document camera?

• Use the projector remote control and press the Seek Source button.
• Select Computer 1.
• You might need to toggle to the document camera on the document camera itself the same way you switch from projecting from your computer to the document camera.

Tired to seeing movie covers? Turn on Restrictions.

• Menu>>Settings>>General>>Restrictions>>Turn On Restrictions
• You will need to set a 4-digit passcode. Check with your MRC Director to see if there is a recommended passcode for your building.
• Next go down to Purchase and Rental and select it.
• Change the words from "ask" to "hide."

How to use the Apple TV remote:

1, 2, 3, 6 move the cursor around

5, the center button, will select the highlighted option

4 is the menu button

7 is the play/pause button if showing a movie

• Use the dots on the circle to move left, right, up, or down.
• Use the center circle to select what is highlighted.
• Use Menu to make sure the Apple TV is on and to access the menu choices.

Thanks to Matt Haeger for his Apple TV tips and explaining how to use the remote control.

Image credits:

http://blogs.pikeschool.org/allthingstech/2014/10/28/apple-tv-tips/

http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT3176