Apple TV 5.1 Update Now Available

DubDJ

New update for owners of the Apple TV 2 & 3. Bringing it up to 5.1. Some notable features are shared photo streams, switch between iTunes accounts, send audio from the Apple TV to Airplay-enabled speakers and devices, and the ability to reorder icons on the second page by holding down the select button on the remote.

Full details via 9To5Mac below:

http://9to5mac.com/2012/09/24/apple-releases-apple-tv-update-ios-5-1-10a406e/

crapmanjoe

DubDJ wrote: »

New update for owners of the Apple TV 2 & 3. Bringing it up to 5.1. Some notable features are shared photo streams, switch between iTunes accounts, send audio from the Apple TV to Airplay-enabled speakers and devices, and the ability to reorder icons on the second page by holding down the select button on the remote.

Full details via 9To5Mac below:

http://9to5mac.com/2012/09/24/apple-releases-apple-tv-update-ios-5-1-10a406e/

Nothing there that would make me want to give away my jail break.

Kenno90

crapmanjoe wrote: »

Nothing there that would make me want to give away my jail break.

Don't you dear update it :P

The only thing stopping me from buying an ATV 3 is that you can't JB it

joker jonboy

Hi , I got an apple tv3 yesterday to mirror my iPad 3
I have them both on same wifi network, both upgraded to latest updates yesterday , rebooted both and I still can't get airplay icon on iPad
Any help you could give me would be great

Cheers

DubDJ

joker jonboy wrote: »

Hi , I got an apple tv3 yesterday to mirror my iPad 3
I have them both on same wifi network, both upgraded to latest updates yesterday , rebooted both and I still can't get airplay icon on iPad
Any help you could give me would be great

Cheers

Double tap the home button. When the multi-tasking bar pops up at the bottom slide your finger to the right of it. It then shows the airplay icon there. Is that what you've been doing to access it?

joker jonboy

DubDJ wrote: »

Double tap the home button. When the multi-tasking bar pops up at the bottom slide your finger to the right of it. It then shows the airplay icon there. Is that what you've been doing to access it?

yeah i tried it just the volume and brightness control no airplay icon

DubDJ

joker jonboy wrote: »

yeah i tried it just the volume and brightness control no airplay icon

What about the remote control app? Are you able to use that with the Apple TV? Does it recognise it?

culabula

joker jonboy wrote: »

yeah i tried it just the volume and brightness control no airplay icon

In the short term, try rebooting your router.

joker jonboy

DubDJ wrote: »

joker jonboy wrote: »

yeah i tried it just the volume and brightness control no airplay icon

What about the remote control app? Are you able to use that with the Apple TV? Does it recognise it?

nope doesn't recognise remote or home sharing but all are activated in iTunes on pc and on iPad . tried rebooting router a few times too.... ani ideas mate.???

joker jonboy

DubDJ wrote: »

joker jonboy wrote: »

yeah i tried it just the volume and brightness control no airplay icon

What about the remote control app? Are you able to use that with the Apple TV? Does it recognise it?

nope doesn't recognise remote or home sharing but all are activated in iTunes on pc and on iPad . tried rebooting router a few times too.... ani ideas mate.???

DubDJ

joker jonboy wrote: »

nope doesn't recognise remote or home sharing but all are activated in iTunes on pc and on iPad . tried rebooting router a few times too.... ani ideas mate.???

Sounds like the problem lies with the router your using. Maybe there's a setting you have switched on that's preventing it. Try it at a friends or even borrow one of those mobile hotspots to try identify the source of the problem. Or another option is reset the router to factory settings and try it again.

JoeA3

I thought the ability to switch iTunes accounts would make life easier for switching between my Irish and USA account.... but it doesn't seem to work very well! I think it's only useful if your accounts are all tied to the same region. Mine seems to get its knickers in a twist if I try to switch from one to the other due to the "This account is only valid for purchases in Ireland / USA" error message.

mad muffin

JoeA3 wrote: »

I thought the ability to switch iTunes accounts would make life easier for switching between my Irish and USA account.... but it doesn't seem to work very well! I think it's only useful if your accounts are all tied to the same region. Mine seems to get its knickers in a twist if I try to switch from one to the other due to the "This account is only valid for purchases in Ireland / USA" error message.

Same here.

jack presley

JoeA3 wrote: »

I thought the ability to switch iTunes accounts would make life easier for switching between my Irish and USA account.... but it doesn't seem to work very well! I think it's only useful if your accounts are all tied to the same region. Mine seems to get its knickers in a twist if I try to switch from one to the other due to the "This account is only valid for purchases in Ireland / USA" error message.

That's a pity. Shame it's not like the regular iTunes where it automatically switches you to the store that the email address is valid for

I only ever use my US account on my ATV (better content, slightly cheaper) so I'm wondering what do people who have both Irish and American accounts use their Irish one for on the ATV. Is there much there that isn't in the American store?

curly.bert

joker jonboy wrote: »

nope doesn't recognise remote or home sharing but all are activated in iTunes on pc and on iPad . tried rebooting router a few times too.... ani ideas mate.???

I know this may sound stupid, but have you AirPlay enabled on the Apple TV? It's in the Settings

JoeA3

jack presley wrote: »

That's a pity. Shame it's not like the regular iTunes where it automatically switches you to the store that the email address is valid for

I only ever use my US account on my ATV (better content, slightly cheaper) so I'm wondering what do people who have both Irish and American accounts use their Irish one for on the ATV. Is there much there that isn't in the American store?

99% of the time I do the same. The USA content is much better. But the Irish store does get the odd thing that you might not see on US store, Irish/uk made films for example. So I occasionally switch back to the Irish store to see if there's anything new on it.

joker jonboy

DubDJ wrote: »

joker jonboy wrote: »

nope doesn't recognise remote or home sharing but all are activated in iTunes on pc and on iPad . tried rebooting router a few times too.... ani ideas mate.???

Sounds like the problem lies with the router your using. Maybe there's a setting you have switched on that's preventing it. Try it at a friends or even borrow one of those mobile hotspots to try identify the source of the problem. Or another option is reset the router to factory settings and try it again.

thanks for your help mate I will give it a go.

joker jonboy

curly.bert wrote: »

joker jonboy wrote: »

nope doesn't recognise remote or home sharing but all are activated in iTunes on pc and on iPad . tried rebooting router a few times too.... ani ideas mate.???

I know this may sound stupid, but have you AirPlay enabled on the Apple TV? It's in the Settings

I do . . I wish it was something that easy

Brian017

It switches between the iTunes stores fine for me once I changed the location when I added the account initially. Now it changes between the Irish/US stores automatically when I switch accounts

Deep Thought

joker jonboy wrote: »

I do . . I wish it was something that easy

Try this...not sure it if its a proper solution though

1) play a song on your iPad
2) tap the 'expand art' icon next to the album art - this turns on full screen mode
3) you should see the airplay icon, below the song progress bar.

or you could have device conflicts, switch everything off and turn them on in sequence, checking each time a device is added.

DT

curly.bert

joker jonboy wrote: »

I do . . I wish it was something that easy

I used to have awful trouble with my last router in that it intermittently disabled Airplay. A restart generally worked.

Have you a Firewall on the router? AFAIK AirPlay uses ports 7000 and 7100 to communicate. If these are disabled or blocked on your router, AirPlay won't work. Might be worth investigating?

Here's a thread that might be worth reading https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3846783?start=0&tstart=0

brav

joker jonboy wrote: »

I do . . I wish it was something that easy

What router do you have?

If its Eircom Zyxel router then good luck getting it working esp with the older firmware.

ted1

Eircom modems suck especially with apple products, although I do think there is a firmware update available.

joker jonboy

brav wrote: »

joker jonboy wrote: »

I do . . I wish it was something that easy

What router do you have?

If its Eircom Zyxel router then good luck getting it working esp with the older firmware.

yep that's the problem I found out after few days of trying to sort it . I'll pick up a new router .

adox

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keith_d99

joker jonboy wrote: »

yep that's the problem I found out after few days of trying to sort it . I'll pick up a new router .

An Airport Express might be worth picking up - use it in combo with your eircom modem?

ciaranharris

JoeA3 wrote: »

I thought the ability to switch iTunes accounts would make life easier for switching between my Irish and USA account.... but it doesn't seem to work very well! I think it's only useful if your accounts are all tied to the same region. Mine seems to get its knickers in a twist if I try to switch from one to the other due to the "This account is only valid for purchases in Ireland / USA" error message.

This two-step process is the only sure fire way for me to switch between IE / USA accounts:

1. Change store location
2. Switch to the other account.

Otherwise the Apple TV has a hissy fit.