Gary, Have you gotten it connected with your WI FI network? If so, what kind of problems are you running into? It is good to get an Apple-ID, and I think some of its functionality depends on you having an Apple- ID. I do not know if that ID acts as a gateway into YouTube and Podcasting or not, but it might. You do not need an iPhone to get an Apple ID, though. If you use iTunes, you already have an Apple ID. Since you can get an Apple ID with an iPhone, that might be what was being thought of, but as stated, you don't need an iPhone to get an Apple ID. It is very nice to have access to iTunes with the Apple TV, so creating an iTunes account when you get an Apple ID is also a good idea. There are a lot of inexpensive movies and TV shows to rent on iTunes, but there is also some free stuff. Using the keyboard for searching can be done with the little remote, but it is much easier with a BlueTooth keyboard. This is something else to consider. The Apple TV supports something called Air Play that lets other apple devices, iPhones, iPods, etc., play music through the apple TV. This is handy but certainly not a must to enjoy the Apple TV.
Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 20:59:35 -0500, Gary Wood wrote: >Can you give suggestions for a beginner on how to use it? >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net> >To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 8:52 PM >Subject: Re: Apple TV >> Of course it isn't true, absolute twaddle, utter piffle, nothing but >> flapdoodle <smile>. >> >> On 30/07/2013, at 11:49 AM, "Gary Wood" <k8...@att.net> wrote: >> >>> I just bought an Apple TV almost two weeks ago. Someone told me that you >>> have to buy an IPhone, in order to make it work. Is that true? >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> >> >> ********** >> >> Dane Trethowan >> Skype: grtdane12 >> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >> Mobile: +61400494862 >> Fax +61397437954 >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
