Harmony and Apple TV – AppleTV 4 Jailbreak (appletv4jailbreak.com)
It’s compatible with all Harmony products
Setup
Set up your Apple TV Set up your Apple TV and install the apps you’d like to use (e.g., Netflix, Hulu+, Plex). Connect Harmony and Apple TV Once connected, you may use Harmony to control your Apple TV and trigger Activities in which Apple TV is included.
Add Apple TV to your Harmony setup
Mobile Desktop
- Launch the Harmony app.
- Select , then Harmony Setup > Add/Edit Devices & Activities.
- Select DEVICES and then press the ADD DEVICE button at the bottom of the screen.
- Select SCAN FOR WI-FI DEVICES and Harmony will search for Apple TVs on your home Wi‑Fi network.
- Once added, Harmony will prompt you to create an Activity. Select Yes.
- Continue through the series of questions to build your Watch Apple TV Activity.
- Follow the on screen guide to select your proper Activity devices and inputs.
- Once created, Harmony will be able to control your Apple TV.
- You may also choose to enable text and voice entry.
Want to enable voice and text entry on Apple TV?
Harmony hub‑based products allow you to use the Harmony app for text entry.
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Harmony hub will send text commands to Apple TV using Bluetooth. To enable this you must first pair the two devices:
- Using the Harmony app
- Select ENABLE TEXT ENTRY and select your Watch Apple TV Activity. Harmony hub is now in pairing mode.
- Using your Apple TV remote, select Settings > General > Bluetooth. Apple TV is now in pairing mode.
Harmony and Apple TV should pair after several seconds. If you’re having problems pairing, try removing any existing keyboard pairings from Apple TV by selecting it, clicking OK, and selecting Forget this device.
- Launch the Harmony app and sign into your account.
- Select your Harmony remote, followed by DEVICES > ADD DEVICE.
- Enter manufacturer Apple and model Apple TV.
- Finally, select the sync icon in the upper right corner of the settings menu, followed by SYNC NOW.
Control
Harmony hub‑based products may also use the Harmony app
- Keyboard allows you to easily enter text or use voice search. Use this mode when your Apple TV displays a keyboard on the television screen.
- icon lists commonly used Apple TV buttons.
- allows you to control your Activity using simple swipe gestures over your phone screen. For example, swiping up/down will change your volume and left/right can rewind and fast forward.
Netflix
Direction Pad Navigation will navigate the Netflix app.
Media Keys such as Play, Pause, Stop, Fast-Forward and Rewind commands work.
During playback pressing the up arrow twice will bring up the item description. Holding OK will bring up the subtitles and AirPlay speaker options.
Text entry is possible using the Harmony app.
Hulu
Direction Pad…
https://support.myharmony.com/en-us/harmony-experience-with-apple-tv
