hi, I tend to leave VO off the majority of the time and use the Remote app on my iPhone/iPad to control things. My family tends to get a little annoyed with the ATV talking all the time so I've just found it easier that way. When VO is off and I do wish to use the ATV itself, I've memorized the path to turn it on. It's fairly easy, in my opinion, just to the following:
• Press and hold the menu button for six seconds or so to bring the ATV to the Main menu. (or press the menu button lots of times until it seems like it's at the Main menu). It should bonk at you if sounds are set up properly. • Press the right arrow until it bonks, which will put you on the Settings item. If yours doesn't bonk for some reason, just press it 7 or 8 times, that should get you there. • Press the Select button twice, not a double press, just two times separated by a teeny bit so it will react properly. This will put you in the General settings area. • Press your down arrow until it bonks, then press the up arrow four times. This will place you on the Accessibility item. • Press the Select button twice. Same idea as earlier, don't press them so fast that it is like a double-press, just press it two times. VO will now be on. HTH. Later... On 2012-03-26, at 1:05 PM, Daniel Miller wrote: > Hi, > > Unfortunately, there's no way to mute VO. And as for the issue of starting > VO during setup, I could never get that to work for me. Perhaps I was > pressing the wrong button? Maybe I'll restore mine just for grins to test > that. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marlaina Lieberg > Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 12:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Apple TV questions > > Is there any way to mute the Apple TV while playing music? It is very > annoying to have it announced every song. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 26, 2012, at 12:28 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> It only works at the setup time or if you were to restore it. As long as > the ATV is connected to your TV or Stereo with the volume turned up to an > appropriate level, the ATV will say "English" when it is ready for you to > move forward with VO on. At this point, simply press the Play button, lower > right, three times. Don't press it too fast or too slow, then VO will come > on just fine. If you press the Select button, center of the circle, the > setup will move on without VO and you'll have to either unplug the ATV and > start over or get sighted assistance as the triple-click will no longer work > after this point. >> >> HTH. >> >> Later... >> >> On 2012-03-26, at 8:02 AM, Daniel Miller wrote: >> >>> Hi Ed, >>> >>> Unfortunately, the way they claim to turn on VoiceOver never worked for > me. >>> I had to have someone help me turn it on, even though it specifically >>> said I could do it by pressing the play/Pause button 3 times quickly. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Worrell >>> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 8:45 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Apple TV questions >>> >>> Hello listers, I am here waiting for my Apple Tv to get here this > mourning. >>> Is there any things that I should know before I crack open the box >>> and start setting it up? >>> I can't remember what button to press, but wasn't there a way to turn >>> on voiceover at start up? >>> >>> And how is Airplay used from iPad to Apple Tv? >>> Thanks, Ed >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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