Apple
doesn't provide everything you need right in the box with the Apple TV, and a
perfect set-up can be a little fiddly. Then when you're hooked on how well it
works, Apple TV has some nice extra touches that make viewing even better.
Whatever way you set up
whichever version of Apple TV you have, the end result is going to be the same.
You're going to have a very iOS-like display of apps on your television set and
they will include every possible type of video streaming you can have. That's
where it starts to get a little tricky, though, as what you can have depends on
whether you have a cable subscription or whether you now choose to buy
individual apps such as Netflix.
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That's even before Apple launches its Apple TV+ and Apple TV Channels service, which will change what's available —and what it costs.
Before and after that launch, though, there is also the issue of your TV set and what it is physically able to show.
A tale of two Apple
TVs
Apple currently sells two different models of Apple TV. There is the regular one, originally just called Apple TV but now renamed Apple TV HD, and a newer edition called the Apple TV 4K. There is no difference at all in how you set up either of them or how you then use these devices.
The difference is in the video and audio that the Apple TV can send to your television set. Apple TV 4K can output video up to 2160p with Dolby Vision and HDR10. Even if you don't happen to know what the numbers mean, you can still see the difference: the regular Apple TV HD outputs video at 1080p.
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There
are also audio differences with the Apple TV 4K being able to send up to Dolby
Atmos 360-degree cinema sound to your television set where the regular model
goes to the lesser Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 surround sound.
To make this happen, there are internal differences in the two models with the regular HD one running Apple's A8 processor and the 4K version having Apple's A10X Fusion chip. Similarly, there are differences externally to do with what your Apple TV can connect to. Both have HDMI, though the Apple TV 4K has the later HDMI 2.0a instead of HDMI 1.4. And there are differences to do with Bluetooth plus connecting to Wi-Fi or wired networks.
There's also a difference in the price. The regular Apple TV HD currently costs $149 while the Apple TV 4K comes in at either $179 or $199 depending on how much storage space it has.
It comes down to this, though. If you have an Apple TV 4K then you can do everything the regular Apple TV HD can and more —but it depends on your television set whether you'll see or hear any difference.
Throughout this new user's guide, we'll talk about Apple TV HD but if you have the 4K model then practically every step is precisely the same after you've connected it to your television set.
To make this happen, there are internal differences in the two models with the regular HD one running Apple's A8 processor and the 4K version having Apple's A10X Fusion chip. Similarly, there are differences externally to do with what your Apple TV can connect to. Both have HDMI, though the Apple TV 4K has the later HDMI 2.0a instead of HDMI 1.4. And there are differences to do with Bluetooth plus connecting to Wi-Fi or wired networks.
There's also a difference in the price. The regular Apple TV HD currently costs $149 while the Apple TV 4K comes in at either $179 or $199 depending on how much storage space it has.
It comes down to this, though. If you have an Apple TV 4K then you can do everything the regular Apple TV HD can and more —but it depends on your television set whether you'll see or hear any difference.
Throughout this new user's guide, we'll talk about Apple TV HD but if you have the 4K model then practically every step is precisely the same after you've connected it to your television set.
Connecting to your
television
Apple TV HD is useless without a HDMI cable to connect it to your television set —yet Apple doesn't include one in the box. You have to buy it separately. Currently Apple doesn't make these cables itself but the Apple Store stocks a Belkin version. There is just the one sort and it works with both Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K.
Apple TV HD is useless without a HDMI cable to connect it to your television set —yet Apple doesn't include one in the box. You have to buy it separately. Currently Apple doesn't make these cables itself but the Apple Store stocks a Belkin version. There is just the one sort and it works with both Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K.
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If
you already have a spare HDMI cable then you might be in luck —but you might
not be because Apple TV 4K needs the cable to be HDMI 2.
Get that Belkin or any other HDMI 2 cable that is rated as working with Apple TV. Then connect your Apple TV HD to your television set using it.
Get that Belkin or any other HDMI 2 cable that is rated as working with Apple TV. Then connect your Apple TV HD to your television set using it.
Switch on
When you've got the HDMI cable connected, plug your Apple TV HD into the mains. Switch on your television set. Depending on your set, it may automatically detect that an Apple TV is connected and switch to that. If it doesn't, you'll have to manually switch your television over to the right HDMI port.
The way to do this is different on every set but it typically starts with a button on your remote control called Input or Sources. Pressing that repeatedly will make the set switch through each of the possible connections it has. When you reach the HDMI one with the Apple TV connected, you'll know because the screen will initially show the Apple logo.
If it's taken you more than a couple of minutes to do this, then the Apple logo will be gone but an Apple TV setup screen will be showing instead.
Get used to that Input or Source button, by the way. Later when this is all set up and you're watching TV, switching on your Apple TV HD or your cable box should make all modern television sets switch over automatically. In practice, it usually works but sometimes doesn't, and you end up having find that Source button.
When you've got the HDMI cable connected, plug your Apple TV HD into the mains. Switch on your television set. Depending on your set, it may automatically detect that an Apple TV is connected and switch to that. If it doesn't, you'll have to manually switch your television over to the right HDMI port.
The way to do this is different on every set but it typically starts with a button on your remote control called Input or Sources. Pressing that repeatedly will make the set switch through each of the possible connections it has. When you reach the HDMI one with the Apple TV connected, you'll know because the screen will initially show the Apple logo.
If it's taken you more than a couple of minutes to do this, then the Apple logo will be gone but an Apple TV setup screen will be showing instead.
Get used to that Input or Source button, by the way. Later when this is all set up and you're watching TV, switching on your Apple TV HD or your cable box should make all modern television sets switch over automatically. In practice, it usually works but sometimes doesn't, and you end up having find that Source button.
Speaking of remotes
The first setup screen you see after the Apple TV logo is one asking you to connect your Apple remote control. This is the small, slim remote that came with your Apple TV HD and it is officially called the Siri Remote.
You're asked to Click the trackpad on your remote to get started and pair your remote to your Apple TV HD. If you've not used a Siri Remote before then you'd be forgiven for not knowing where the trackpad is. Apple TV HD's set up does give you a faint hint: it shows a drawing of the remote and slightly shades in the top trackpad part.
The trackpad is the area above the Menu and TV buttons. It is pretty much exactly the same size as the area beneath all of the buttons but the trackpad has a matte finish while the rest is glossy. There's no way you'll ever get the top and bottom mixed up when you look at the remote, but it's equally impossible that you'll never get it wrong when you pick it up.
You use the trackpad to swipe through options and to make selections by clicking. To pair the Siri Remote to your Apple TV HD, click once on the trackpad.
If you also press the Menu button three times, though, you'll get VoiceOver. This is Apple's accessibility feature which will talk you through the rest of the setup.
The first setup screen you see after the Apple TV logo is one asking you to connect your Apple remote control. This is the small, slim remote that came with your Apple TV HD and it is officially called the Siri Remote.
You're asked to Click the trackpad on your remote to get started and pair your remote to your Apple TV HD. If you've not used a Siri Remote before then you'd be forgiven for not knowing where the trackpad is. Apple TV HD's set up does give you a faint hint: it shows a drawing of the remote and slightly shades in the top trackpad part.
The trackpad is the area above the Menu and TV buttons. It is pretty much exactly the same size as the area beneath all of the buttons but the trackpad has a matte finish while the rest is glossy. There's no way you'll ever get the top and bottom mixed up when you look at the remote, but it's equally impossible that you'll never get it wrong when you pick it up.
You use the trackpad to swipe through options and to make selections by clicking. To pair the Siri Remote to your Apple TV HD, click once on the trackpad.
If you also press the Menu button three times, though, you'll get VoiceOver. This is Apple's accessibility feature which will talk you through the rest of the setup.
Language and region
When you click the remote, the on-screen drawing of it will show that it's been pressed. Then the screen will switch to a page asking you to pick your language. You've just learned how to click the trackpad and now you're going to be taught how to swipe through it.
The languages that Apple TV HD supports are presented in a long list that's headed by English. That's not only at the top of the list, it's also highlighted with a white bar. Swipe your finger or thumb down the Siri Remote's trackpad and you'll move that highlight. You'll also see a highlighted area on the trackpad follow your movements.
When you've picked your language, click the trackpad and you'll move on to specifying your country or region in much the same way.
Then
when you've clicked on that, you're taken to a page that asks you to choose
whether or not to use Siri with your Apple TV HD. Choose Use Siri. It's a peculiar thing that
Apple calls the control a Siri Remote regardless of whether you disable Siri or
not. And since you never have to use it if you don't want to, we just cannot
think of a reason why you wouldn't choose to have Siri switched on for when you
or someone else in your household do.
The easiest part
Next, you get to save some time. Your Apple TV HD requires your Apple ID and it really needs your Wi-Fi password but Apple wants to avoid your having to type very much.
Apple TV HD uses the Apple ID when you're buying movies from the iTunes store or downloading apps from the App Store and so on. And then it uses your Wi-Fi in order to get those movies or apps, it uses your Wi-Fi when you're streaming Netflix or whatever.
So you need to enter these details and you could scroll down through the setup page to choose Set Up Manually. Don't. The default is the much handier and frankly much cooler Set Up with Device. Choose that.
The setup screen will now tell you to unlock your iOS device and, making sure that both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are switched on, hold it close to the Apple TV HD itself.
It's not going to just allow anyone's iPhone to do it, though. Instead, the set up makes a Set Up New Apple TV dialog appear on your iOS device. It appears to solely have one button and that's called Set Up but actually you do have a choice. There is a small X in a close box at the top right. If you want to back out of this for any reason, you can tap that and the dialog disappears.
However, press Set Up. You'll next be asked to enter a four-digit authentication code. The iOS device will display a keypad for you to enter it and your television set will be showing a random number. Enter that and the Apple TV HD is paired to your iOS device for set up.
Now you wait while it says Setting Up Wi-Fi. When that's done, it now connects your Apple ID to the Apple TV HD but, again, it doesn't just do it. You have to confirm that it is your Apple ID so your iOS device will ask you for the password.
If you're using iOS 12 and a recent iPhone, you'll be given the option to just tap on Passwords. When Face ID confirms that it's you, it will offer to put the right password in. Similarly, earlier iPhones will do the same via Touch ID and iOS 12.
Alternatively, you can just type in the password on your iOS device and tap on Sign In. After a few moments, your iOS device will display a message saying that you need to Finish on Apple TV and giving you only a Done button. Tap done and look back at your television set.
Next, you get to save some time. Your Apple TV HD requires your Apple ID and it really needs your Wi-Fi password but Apple wants to avoid your having to type very much.
Apple TV HD uses the Apple ID when you're buying movies from the iTunes store or downloading apps from the App Store and so on. And then it uses your Wi-Fi in order to get those movies or apps, it uses your Wi-Fi when you're streaming Netflix or whatever.
So you need to enter these details and you could scroll down through the setup page to choose Set Up Manually. Don't. The default is the much handier and frankly much cooler Set Up with Device. Choose that.
The setup screen will now tell you to unlock your iOS device and, making sure that both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are switched on, hold it close to the Apple TV HD itself.
It's not going to just allow anyone's iPhone to do it, though. Instead, the set up makes a Set Up New Apple TV dialog appear on your iOS device. It appears to solely have one button and that's called Set Up but actually you do have a choice. There is a small X in a close box at the top right. If you want to back out of this for any reason, you can tap that and the dialog disappears.
However, press Set Up. You'll next be asked to enter a four-digit authentication code. The iOS device will display a keypad for you to enter it and your television set will be showing a random number. Enter that and the Apple TV HD is paired to your iOS device for set up.
Now you wait while it says Setting Up Wi-Fi. When that's done, it now connects your Apple ID to the Apple TV HD but, again, it doesn't just do it. You have to confirm that it is your Apple ID so your iOS device will ask you for the password.
If you're using iOS 12 and a recent iPhone, you'll be given the option to just tap on Passwords. When Face ID confirms that it's you, it will offer to put the right password in. Similarly, earlier iPhones will do the same via Touch ID and iOS 12.
Alternatively, you can just type in the password on your iOS device and tap on Sign In. After a few moments, your iOS device will display a message saying that you need to Finish on Apple TV and giving you only a Done button. Tap done and look back at your television set.
TV Provider
This is the first section of the set up that we suggest you skip. What Apple would like is for you to click the Siri Remote trackpad and choose Sign In on your Apple TV HD. This will take you to a list of supported television providers such as cable companies in your region.
What happens then varies with the different providers but it boils down to your authenticating with them and their providing Apple TV apps for you to watch their channels or services on.
That's fine if you know you're going to be using your Apple TV HD for everything —and if everything you watch is available on your Apple TV. The odds are, though, that Apple TV HD is going to be an adjunct to your television watching. It might very well become an important part and it may eventually replace everything else, but at first you're likely to use it alongside whatever cable or broadcast service you had before.
This is the first section of the set up that we suggest you skip. What Apple would like is for you to click the Siri Remote trackpad and choose Sign In on your Apple TV HD. This will take you to a list of supported television providers such as cable companies in your region.
What happens then varies with the different providers but it boils down to your authenticating with them and their providing Apple TV apps for you to watch their channels or services on.
That's fine if you know you're going to be using your Apple TV HD for everything —and if everything you watch is available on your Apple TV. The odds are, though, that Apple TV HD is going to be an adjunct to your television watching. It might very well become an important part and it may eventually replace everything else, but at first you're likely to use it alongside whatever cable or broadcast service you had before.
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