[ATV] No remote
#1
Hi,

ATV stopped responding to my (silver) remote suddenly. It happened overnight, for no particular reason. Lost remote in XBMC and in ATV.

I included some logs. Syslog is not complet, it was too big for pastebin to swallow I guess. I hope it shows a clue why. Thanks.

XBMC log: http://pastebin.com/hLs2SfT4

Partial syslog: http://pastebin.com/g32PgrN2
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#2
Does the light on the atv change when you press a button?
Probably the battery is dead or not paired with the atv any more.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1555
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#3
The light does flicker when pressing the remote. Tried a new battery and also tried the instructions to pair the remote before. Still no fun.
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#4
roma Wrote:The light does flicker when pressing the remote. Tried a new battery and also tried the instructions to pair the remote before. Still no fun.

If the light flickers on the atv the battery should be ok... only reasons I've seen for no response is an issue with the pairing. Can't hurt to unpair and pair it one more time... might as well throw in a reboot after unpairing to make sure it's out of there 100%.
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#5
I ran into this exact situation, and no amount of pressing the menu/right arrow and any other arrows got the remote functionality back. I could ssh though.

After struggling for quite a while, what worked was to install rowmote helper on appletv through ssh, buy the rowmote basic app ($0.99) on my ipod touch, and was able to control the appletv through the ipod touch/wifi.

After that, I could go into settings and unpair/pair the original silver remote also.

I couldn't use the apple Remote app because "home sharing" seemed to have not been disabled(don't recall if I enabled it back after I jailbroke it, I had it enabled before).

If you don't have any "i" devices, not sure what you can do.. There seems to be no remote/frontrow control through SSH ??
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#6
Press and hold menu + Right direction to pair your remote

A lot of times people accidentally press and hold menu + Left direction, which will unpair a remote.
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#7
Well, after various tries to pair/unpair/pair I succeeded to get the remote to work again. My Harmony remote works too.I was following the proper procedure, but it did only work after several tries. Most important, it works Smile

Thanks.
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