How to stop apple tv automatic updates

Hi,
How would it be possible to turn off automatic updates on an apple TV 3? I am working with several in a school enviroment connected to our projectors. And for security reasons they are put above the cieling so they are out of sight with cabling going through the trunking. So it's obviously a pain everytime an update prompt appears on screen making airplay useless until someone opens the cieling tiles (Due to the infrared not going through the tiles) to click update now.
Thanks.

@ David -- Even worse, it's not really an automatic update - that would actually fix the problem. It's an automatic prompt for update that can't be dismissed unless you have a remote.
@ Malignance -- That doesn't work either because the only way to connect your Remote App to the AppleTV is by authenticating with an AppleID, which is not feasible in a public space like a classroom or office.
I really wish Apple would provide an actual auto-update option so that I could just have my appletv update itself in the middle of the night instead of blocking me right at the moment I need to use the device.

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