Apple TV refuse to connect to iTunes account

Hi,
I'm in Geneva (sorry for my poor english !).
I bought an Apple TV yesterday and I have problems to connect to my iTunes account.
The network connection is perfect, I can see films clips and I can listen radios. But when I want to rent a film, the connection to iTunes fail. I have the message "Impossible connection", the message say my apple ID or my password is incorrect.
But if I use exactly the same Apple ID and password to connect to iTunes on my MacBook, I have no problems. I have only one iTunes account and I have activated the home sharing on my MacBook with iTunes with no problems.
I try to reboot the Apple TV, I have installed it again, the problem is still the same.
Could you advise me ?
Many thanks
Christophe

Hi
I've had the same problem and have managed to resolve it after updating to software 4.2.2.
Step by step instructions are at the address below.
Hope this helps.
http://discussions.apple.com/message/15388049#15388049

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