[Brett Collinson]

Why not just use the Beoremote?

With the Apple TV being my only input source, the Apple TV Siri Remote is perfectly suited to the job. All the buttons are relevant (as compared to the Beoremote where the vast majority of buttons aren’t needed) and it has a scroll wheel and track surface for navigating menus and playback controls – which are more useful for those jobs than the standard Beoremote buttons (even those the Beoremote itself is a beautiful object).

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[Brett Collinson]

It feels like I should be able to make this work via B&O’s suggested connection setup.

Here are more precise details of my setup and behavior as I’ve tested it more…

<b>Core Issue:</b>

* New Beosound Theatre & LG G6

* Only input is Apple TV

* Turning on TV with Apple TV Remote doesn’t activate Apple TV connection properly

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<b>Setup</b>

* Beosound Theatre – running latest software: 6.1.0.17

* LG G6 – running latest software: 43.10.69 (2026-05-08)

* B&O app on iPad – running latest version: 7.5.1

* Apple TV – running latest version: 26.4

<b>Connections</b>

* B&O & LG integration: LAN cable connected, eARC HDMI connected to HDMI 2 on TV

* B&O app running on TV

* Apple TV HDMI connected to HDMI A on Theatre

* SimpLink (LG’s HDMI-CEC implementation) activated, and CEC enabled on HDMI A source in B&O app

* No other input sources on Theatre or TV

<b>First Time Experience → Ideal</b>

* Theatre restart from B&O App (via Troubleshooting menu)

* Turn on via Apple TV Remote

* Theatre and TV wake from standby

* TV displays brief HDMI 2 Loading screen

* Apple TV shown

<b>Subsequent Experience using Beoremote One</b>

* Turn off via Apple TV Remote or Beoremote One

* Turn on via Beoremote One and using HDMI A source

* Theatre and TV wake from standby

* No HDMI 2 Loading screen

* Apple TV shown, but it takes considerably longer to appear from the blank screen than during the First Time Experience

<b>Desired: Subsequent Experience using Apple TV Remote</b>

* Turn off via Apple TV Remote or Beoremote One

* Turn on via Apple TV Remote

* Theatre and TV wake from standby

* Nothing is shown on screen

* If I press Settings button on Beoremote One or any button on LG remote, Apple TV shown

→ Problem: Can’t just use Apple TV Remote to start TV

<b>Other things I’ve tried:</b>

* Reset TV to Initial Setting – no different to First Time Experience and then Subsequent Experience

* Turning on and off various Quick Start+ and Always Ready settings on TV

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