{"id":12949,"date":"2015-11-29T19:40:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T00:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=12949"},"modified":"2015-11-30T09:42:34","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T14:42:34","slug":"using-the-old-remote-and-keyboard-with-apple-tv-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/29\/using-the-old-remote-and-keyboard-with-apple-tv-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Old Remote and Keyboard With Apple TV 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rob Griffiths<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Yes, that’s the third-gen Apple TV’s password entry screen, on my fourth-gen Apple TV. Just how did I get it to appear? Very easily, though it took me a bit to figure out exactly how I did it. Here’s how:<\/p>\n

To use the old-style password entry screen on the new Apple TV, wake the Apple TV using the old silver remote, and don’t touch the new Siri remote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Rob Griffiths<\/a>:<\/p>\n

On the Apple TV, what I found is that regardless of method used (i.e. grid or line), the silver remote is both faster and more accurate than the Siri (black) remote. After discarding the Siri remote, I was notably faster using the silver remote with the grid layout than with the line layout.<\/p>\n

The other thing to notice is that I only had accuracy issues with the Siri remote. The first time I tried to enter my password for this test, it took me three tries to get my password correct. The 2:59 time shown for the “grid” line is the total of all three times (0:47, 0:57, and 1:15). I then tried again, going very slowly to make sure I didn’t make a mistake, which is the 1:41 time shown on the last row. I had no accuracy issues with the silver remote, regardless of line or grid data entry style.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, it would be better still to be able to use the Remote app for typing.<\/p>\n

Previously: Apple TV 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Update (2015-11-29): Lee Bennett<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I’ve actually had great accuracy with the Siri remote. People forget the 4 edges can be tapped (not clicked) for arrow keys.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Update (2015-11-30): Ángel Domínguez<\/a>:<\/p>\n

If only the new remote wasn’t triggered by events as slight as the flapping wings of a passing fly.<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rob Griffiths: Yes, that’s the third-gen Apple TV’s password entry screen, on my fourth-gen Apple TV. Just how did I get it to appear? Very easily, though it took me a bit to figure out exactly how I did it. Here’s how: To use the old-style password entry screen on the new Apple TV, wake […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[615,423],"class_list":["post-12949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple-tv","tag-keyboard"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12949"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12953,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12949\/revisions\/12953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}