Do you know that you can find one of the fastest growing niches
of the consumer technology space in your living room? Nowadays, almost everyone
wants to have their own piece -- Apple, Google, Amazon, and Roku. The reason
for this is because HDTVs are usually expensive; therefore it's not something
an average consumer can buy. There's a lot to love about the new Apple TV. And
to help you get the best out of your new Apple TV remote, check out these tips
to find out more.
The Touch surface on the
new remote is a great addition, but it can feel fairly imprecise while
performing a text input. A part of the problem is that everyone swipes a little
differently, and fingers of varying sizes fit differently on the Touch surface.
To compensate for this, Apple allows us to adjust the sensitivity of the Touch
surface. Just go to Settings > Remotes and Devices > Touch Surface Tracking and then choose Fast,Medium, or Slow.
Did you know the new
remote can control the basic functions of compatible TVs and receivers? If your
equipment supports HDMI CEC (which is often referred to by
manufacturer-specific names such as SimpLink, EasyLink, Bravia Link, Anycast,
or CEC), the remote can be used to adjust the volume, turn everything off when
the Apple TV is placed into sleep mode, or turn it all on and switch to the
TV's correct HDMI input when the Apple TV is woken up. Your Apple TV should set
this all up automatically, and the remote's volume buttons should work even on
tech that don't support HDMI-CEC.
Press the Menu button
with the first app highlighted on the Home screen in order to manually trigger
one of the Apple TV's swooping cityscape screensavers. If you're deep into an
app, simply continue tapping on the Menu button -- paging backward through as
many menus as necessary -- until the screensaver shows up.
If you'd like to have a
closer look at a movie, game, etc., you can use the remote to zoom in and
magnify a section of the screen. Once you've turned on this feature by heading
to Settings > General > Accessibility, it can
be triggered by clicking the Touch surface three times. With zoom activated,
simply slide your finger across the Touch surface to move your magnification
area across the screen. To return the screen to its normal setting, just do
another three clicks.
You may already be aware
that you can swipe left or right on the Touch to slide the scrub bar to the
exact scene you want, but did you know you can also click the right or left
edge to jump 10 seconds or backward? Aside from that, you can also click and
hold an edge to rewind or fast-forward the video clip. These tips are useful
especially if you want to go back to a specific part of a long video clip that
you're currently watching.
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