Apple TV Newbie - Please Help

Question

Just got Apple TV yesterday.  Was so pleased with the ease of setup.  It all works nicely with my Sony Bravia TV.  But I decided I hated that little ATV remote and saw where I could get Remote App for my iPad.  Trying to get that setup.  I hope I can make my issue clear.  I can get control of my iTunes library from my MBP but what I really want is the main ATV screen so I can get into Netflix.  I setup a Netflix acct and want the ease of browsing thru my iPad on my tv screen using Remote App.  I changed to that in my ATV settings but my ATV remote is still controlling.  When I go into Remote App on my iPad, I don't know how to find the ATV main screen.  Can anyone help.
ATV 3rd gen

Answer 1

AppleTv cannot use external drives. The USB port is for diagnostics.
Dismantling AppleTV will invalidate any warranty, and you can't just swap a larger drive for the existing one. It needs more work/preparation and may cost you money in equipment/tools.
Yes there are unofficial guides/tutorials out there that describe how to do it but you will require a fair amount of knowledge to get it done using command line software tools.
Frankly the easiest thing - that's also designed to work - is to stream your media from a USB drive attached to your computer. Many of us do it, and provided your network connection is ok it works fine.
I have my itunes libray on an external drive, and stream 95% of stuff to several 40GB AppleTVs. Unless you can't run the computer frequently, the 160GB isn't that much more beneficial, and i have one but mainly stream to it.
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