HT1600 "The update was not successful" when trying to Update Software on my Apple TV

After downloading for 40+ minutes, it went into step 1 and came back with "The update was not successful". I have it connected via network cable and not wi-fi. Is there another way to update that will get me from 5.0.2 (4250) to version 5.1?
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
same storry here.
I was renting a movie yesterday with my iPad2 (iOS 5.1) - wanted to AirPlay the video stream from iPad 2 to AppleTV 2 (has the latested OS installed on it) - AppleTV says "not authorized"...
Tried also everything (e. g. reconnected AppleTV to my ITunes-account..) - nothing worked.
I AirPlayed a lot of rented movies from ITunes-store over my iPad2 to my AppleTV 2 in the past without any problems....
I have no idear why this happens now...
I was also functioning perfect after the recent iOS-update on both devices. So no connection to the new iOS...
Regards,
Robert

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