Hi Sebastien 

I have had all the newest PUC-software  (iPod Remote, iPod Dock and Apple Remote) installed in my BV7-40 Mark III. Neither works. The Beo servicepeople have no idea. They have tried to get some help from Denmark but with no success. Suprisingly some people here claim that they have been able to control the Apple TV with Beo4. No one has however been able to reveal the secret. Either there are faulty PUC-software in circulation - or is the software specific to subsets of B&O-hardware. I have tried to raise this issue a couple of times now, both here, with B&O and with B&Os technical staff. At the moment I have given up with the sad conclusion that Bang & Olufsen are not very good at computer programming. I hope things will change in the future. Furthermore, previously (using Lintronic software) it was quite hard to acheive smooth scrolling with Beo4 (something that works perfectly with the Apple Remote and which is needed for long playlists). I doubt that this would work flawlessly with any B&O PUC-software. Hope I'm wrong here. For now I think that Beo4 is no option. Take a look at Soundproofs fantastic post on how to use the iPhone as a remote. The iPhone is way ahead of Beo5 (and of course Beo4). There is no chance that Beo will come up with something similar in the near future. The Serenata? Well - they had their chance ...

/M 

My dealer came by today in upgrade the STB list of my BV7-40mkIII; unfortunately he was unable to get the appletv to work, but when he had left I did some testing myself. Luckily I have a Lintronic device, so with codelearn I looked at the codes that were transmitted.

So, eventually setup that works for me:

SW version menu says: 05.02b for STB TABLE

AppleTV is connected to AV3 via HDMI

I've put the source under the V.MEM button (PC works to, but V.MEM is quicker on the BEO4)

Selected STB and then "iPod Remote" from the STB list (by the way "Apple Appleremote" does not work; the Lintronic device can't then even decode the IR as NEC codes, which the appleremote is normally sending; "iPod Dock" can be decoded, but doesn't work) 

The BEO4 control works with up/down/left/right, Go, Exit, Stop.

 And the good news: even fast scroll works !!!!! 

I've had an Apple TV controlled y Beo4 via Lintronic since April of last year with flawless operation.

Smooth fast scrolling is nearly impossible because of the manner in which Apple has implemented fast scroll. Perhaps at some future date, Apple will release an SDK so that we can more easily tweak the ATV software. In this manner we would be able to define an alternative IR code for fast scroll rather than the Apple "progressively faster" scroll.

I sure hope B&O figures the problem out. If not, just run out and uy a Lintronic, the little magic box.
 

B&O has figured it out; I currently can control my appleTV using just my Beo4 and BV7. And the "fast scroll", or "progressively faster" scroll as you call it works too.

kjeld2:

Are you now able to control the appleTV using the Beo4 directly? or using  a Lintronic box?

Yes, I'm now able to control the appleTV using the Beo4 directly.

I'm NOT using the Lintronic box.

And YES, fast scroll works. 

I just tried that, I go into "other" and pick ipod remote, still can't control it with Beo4 or 5.

I also have appletv with BV7 III