Apple TV Dev Kit

Hello all:


I received the Apple TV Dev kit, but when I plugged it in I get jsut an image showing a connection to iTunes. I found thios article,


https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203028


but when I try to follow the steps, I get an error "Software for this Apple TV is not currently availalbe. Make sure you ahve the latest version of iTUnes and try again"


And I do ahve the latest version.


Can anyone help?


John.

Accepted Reply

Hi John,


First of all, I believe the Apple TV Development Kit doesn't come with tvOS installed. You can download the beta software right here: https://developer.apple.com/tvos/download/


There, you will also find a link to the Software Installation Guide (http://adcdownload.apple.com/iOS/tvOS_beta/tvOS_beta_Software_Installation_Guide.pdf). Although most steps are identical, the guide you are referring to applies to the current publicly available Apple TV (at the end of October we will call this "the old one" 🙂)


Regards,


Rick

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Hi John,


First of all, I believe the Apple TV Development Kit doesn't come with tvOS installed. You can download the beta software right here: https://developer.apple.com/tvos/download/


There, you will also find a link to the Software Installation Guide (http://adcdownload.apple.com/iOS/tvOS_beta/tvOS_beta_Software_Installation_Guide.pdf). Although most steps are identical, the guide you are referring to applies to the current publicly available Apple TV (at the end of October we will call this "the old one" 🙂)


Regards,


Rick

See this link: Setting up the Apple TV Dev Kit

Thanks for your response. Embarressed to admit I tried this on a Windows PC, prob not clever. Trying these steps now. 🙂

Thank you!

I received my developer kit today. Unfortunately I have no audio through the Apple TV. Tried multiple HDMI cables. Tried multiple TV's, tried all the audio settings. Nothing.

I also ran into the no audio problem as well. I tried another TV (with another HDMI cable) and it worked. So I need to do some A/B testing to see if it is the cable or the TV.