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Pair a Bluetooth Keyboard
While any Bluetooth keyboard should work, Apple officially supports only its own Wireless
Keyboard,sothat'swhatIusehere.Ifyouuseanothermakeofkeyboard,refertoitsinstruc-
tions.
If you own a Bluetooth keyboard, I'm guessing you didn't buy it to use exclusively with your
AppleTV.IfyourkeyboardispairedwithaMacoriOSdevice,youmustfirstunpairitbefore
using it to set up your Apple TV.
Note:
Unpair your keyboard before connecting the power cable to the Apple TV for the
first time, to make sure that the Apple TV recognizes it! If you've already turned the
Apple TV on, disconnect and reconnect its power cable to restart the setup process.
Unpair a Bluetooth Keyboard from a Mac
TounpairyourkeyboardfromaMac,openSystemPreferencesandopentheBluetoothpref-
erencepane.Hoveroverthekeyboardlisting,thenclickthex thatpopsup(
Figure 4
).(In
10.8 Mountain Lion, select the keyboard and click the minus button in the lower left.)
When asked if you want to remove the device, click Remove.
Figure 4:
From the Bluetooth preference pane, move your pointer over
the listing for your keyboard, then click the x that pops up.
Unpair a Bluetooth Keyboard from an iOS Device
To unpair your keyboard from an iOS device, open Settings, tap Bluetooth, identify your
device, then tap the button to the far right of the keyboard's name. In iOS 6, this button is a
blue arrow ; in iOS 7, it's an “i” . Tap Forget This Device, then tap OK (
Figure 5
).
