Help - Apple TV won't appear in iTunes

Everything was working fine. Now it's not. My Apple TV (2.0.2) won't appear in iTunes (7.6.2) on my Macbook (10.5.3).
I can ping it. I can stream music through it (airtunes). Yes, iTunes is set to look for Apple TVs. No, no firewall is blocking anything. Mine is still listed there (in iTunes preferences) to sync with but it does not show up in the devices list.
Things I've tried:
- reset Apple TV
- cut power to Apple TV and reboot it
- reboot my Macbook
- reinstall iTunes
Things I've installed recently:
- Firefox 3.0 RC 3
- Safari 4.0 developer preview
- 1password beta
But I wouldn't think those would do anything.
Help!

OK, I got it to work. At first, I didn't understand your last question, because all that happens is a code is displayed on the screen. But then I realized that maybe when that happens it is then broadcasting itself, and sure enough it shows up in the devices list while the code is displayed.
I'm glad it's working now but I wonder what caused it to lose it's connection. Something happened to my Mac recently that has caused some things to behave oddly. I think I put it asleep, threw it in a bag and toted it around - but that it wasn't actually asleep the whole time. (Other symptoms I've seen are lost preferences, failure to sync events added on the iphone back to iCal, etc.)
Thanks for the help!

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