How to use any remote control with your Apple TV<article>
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One of the cool things about the new fourth-generation Apple TV is that it supports HDMI-CEC, so that you can control your TV or your speaker system using the remote control that came in the box along with it, automatically switching everything to the right input, controlling volume, and turning everything off at once when you’re done.</p><p>
But like the fourth-gen Apple TV, the second- and third-gen models (so, basically, every “black puck” Apple TV) have another, often overlooked trick up their utterly non-existent sleeves: they can be controlled from
any other remote control. (Caveat: it needs to be a remote that issues its commands over infrared, not RF, but since that accounts for the overwhelming majority of remotes, we’re pretty confident saying “any.”)</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3011167/home-players/how-to-use-any-remote-control-with-your-apple-tv.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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How to use any remote control with your Apple TV
