ATV  "in use" when trying to play iTunes multispeaker from my Mac

Whenever I try to turn on "multispeakers" from my Mac (so that I can play the music across my ATV sound system) I get an error message saying that the Apple TV speakers cannot be connected as they're "already in use".
What steps do I need to perform to mac the ATV be ON (but not "In Use") so that I can use multiple speakers?

press and hold the menu button on the remote 'til you get to the top level menu... should solve it..
if that doesn't work then just restart your appleTV... press and hold menu + down button and follow instructions 'til get option to restart.

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