Channel MasterSimple Remote – Replacement or Secondary Remote Control for Apple TV and Apple TV 4K, Easy-to-Use Design

Apple TV is a great product with the absolutely worst remote control ever. The Channel Master Simple Remote has traditional buttons and works in a reliable and predictable way (you don't have to spend half your time putting closing the Audio menu when you were just trying to jump around in the video).The control is a good and convenient size. I wouldn't mind if it were a little thinner, but no complaints. Although not designed specifically for AppleTV, it conveniently has a prominent Menu button which is really useful. A number of reviews have commented that they were not able to turn the Apple TV box on with this remote, my Apple TV HD wakes up when I press the Home button. I have an auto-switching HDMI box, so I only need this control to use the TV and AppleTV.The universal remote feature is a little bit of a pain to set up, but for good reason. Instead of giving you a giant list of possible IR codesets, everything is programmed into the remote. You put it into universal learning mode, then press a button to advance through the built-in presets, checking to see if you have gain volume control. There are many, many combinations in the device - my TV set happened to be about 50 presses in. The remote functions work fine for power, and the volume control correctly operates my Sonos Beam soundbar.I'm using this with an older Panasonic TV and the (new) Sonos Beam soundbar connected on optical.You only lose 2 things here - Siri control, and this works only as IR. Not a compromise I would think twice about now that I actually can navigate with intention instead of everything being mis clicks and corrections.

The remote is larger than the apple so easier to use. It includes the essential HOME button which some other aftermarket Apple remotes do not. One key advantage of having it is that older Harmony remotes such as Harmony 650 and others cannot train to the "Home" button with other Apple remotes. But with this you can train the essential Home button via IR so that a Harmony remote is then fully functional with the Apple TV.

The remote worked with Apple TV right out of the box -- the four arrow cursors around the "OK" button work much better than the Apple touchpad, and the OK button is far more reliable and predictable than clicking on the touchpad. There are also "forward" and "reverse" buttons that perform the "jump 15 seconds ahead" and "jump 15 seconds back" functions on the touchpad remote. And there's a MUTE button! Yay! Best of all, the remote is big enough that it doesn't fall into gaps in our sofa cushions or slide onto the floor.With a little hunting for the right codes (it took some patience), we established that the power button, volume button and mute button can be programmed to work with either our TV, or with our soundbar. My only gripe is that I wish the remote could be programmed to send "power on" and "power off" signals to both the TV and the soundbar at the same time (which doesn't appear to be possible). The BOSE remote that came with our soundbar can do that, so we still keep it on the coffee table just to turn the combination TV/soundbar on and off.Definitely worth the price. However, shipping is very slow -- be prepared to wait a while for it to show up.

Works excellent. Far better than the standard apple tv remote. Highly recommend

They state this is a replacement remote compatible with the Apple TV 4K. It is not fully.The Vol and Pwr buttons do not function to control the Apple TV system.This remote is designed as to control the "core" functions of the Apple TV, navigation, menus etc.The Power and Volume buttons ONLY work as an independent IR controller for a TV or soundbar.They can NOT control the Apple TVs own system volume control like the Apple remote does.I use the AppleTV with Bluetooth DAC and headphones/speakers connected to a high end computer monitor with no sound output, or HDMI CEC.I also occasionally use AirPlay to some HomePod speakers.This remote can not be a "replacement" in this use case, since pwr and vol do not function.It also has input lag, about 1 to1.5 secs.You can not "add this remote" Or "Learn new remote" on the Apple TV, it stops at the second button press step right arrow, says "This key is already in use".It has very good feel and build quality.Is NOT backlit, the picture kinda looks like it is, but was not mentioned in the description so I assumed it did not.I emailed Channel Master about the volume and pwr control issue.A couple of typical emails came back about how to program the IR for TV/sound bar, which is not applicable to me.Once i mentioned AirPlay volume control, the rep I was emailing CALLED me.(you enter in your phone number when u submit a help request)I was very surprised about this, on a Sunday around 8pm no doubt too."Joe" confirmed my discovery that product is designed so that the Vol and Pwr are independent programable IR for TV and sound bar only. Can not control the Apple TV system volume.He knew exactly what i was trying to do he stated and thought it was best to call me to discuss it vs trying to confer things via email. He was professional and understand...cool dude.He also stated that they have no IR codes in their system for the Apple TV remotes system Volume or Pwr controls, so there is no way to program those controls.It maybe that those controls are done via Bluetooth not via IR.Either way, was quite annoyed about this whole thing, but the Channel Master support rep calling me and addressing my concern so fast, like 20 min after i emailed in, made this experience positive in my mind.You do not see such good support from companies these days!I give back 2 stars due to this.