apple tv wont connect to bluetooth

Trying to set up my 3rd gen Apple tv (recently restored to factory settings), and my bluetooth will not connect.

Posted on Nov 13, 2019 10:14 AM

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rkaufmann87

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Nov 13, 2019 10:36 AM in response to sarag1969

As far as I know an Apple TV 3 will only support BT keyboards, if you want to pair speakers, headphones, game controllers etc.. you need a Apple TV 4 or 4K to connect to those Bluetooth devices.

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