Apple tv not in devices in itunes

This seems to be a common theme and I've been scouring forum posts and have found similar problems but thought I'd ask here as well:
We have a 2nd gen ATV that has worked fine for almost a year, with the occasional hiccup that was usually solved by resetting or unplugging power source and plugging back in.  In the last week, we have not even been able to use it for most things....here's are the problems: 
-Netflix streaming and iTunes all work fine on our iMac and MacBooks
-we can access all of our iTunes music on ATV
-home sharing is ON
-no access to any of the general or network settings on Apple TV
-no access to "sign out" of netflix on ATV
-we can stream Netflix shows and movies for exactly 2 minutes, then it shuts off, back to menu where you push play on ATV
-we can watch previews of Itunes movies, but we can't access the rent feauture
-we can watch previously purchased Itunes shows
& probably the source of out problem - Apple TV is not showing up as a device in Itunes on the main iMac.
When we try to connect it in Itunes we get the error 15006, which I've searched on here and found no solutions.
I'm at the end of my rope - we are not techies by any means, we have an all Apple household and shut off cable and now we literally can't watch any TV at all....I know Apple will try and tell me to buy Extended care if I call Support, which is ridiculous when this stupid thing only cost $99 to begin with....should I jjst buy a Roku?  Is this a fixable problem?  Do we need more bandwidth?  Why can't the computer connect to the ATV??
Please help!!

If you can't get into the settings on ATV then I would suggest disconnecting it and restoring in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4367?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

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