Not seeing Apple TV 1st gen in iTunes

I am connected on my guest network because I cannot remember the passord for my main network. Don't know if that could be a problem, but when I went to try to figure out the original password I can't even figure out where to go on my iMac to try and change it! I feel so incapable.
I also keep my iTunes library on my time capsule not my hardrive because it is simply too big so I don't know if that is a problem.
I read the trouble shooter and it said to go into itunes, prefernces and make sure "look for apple tvs" was checked, but I could not find that option. Is that an outdated option?

That means I need to get the Apple TV on the main network so I need to figure out the password for the main network (since I seem to have forgotten it ) or change it. Where do I go to change these settings? I cannot find them. Thanks!

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ATV 1 is likely to be very low on the totem pole of Apple's concerns at the moment
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http://www.apple.com/feedback
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Not sure how many other people have had this problem, but if you find that your 1st gen Apple TV disappears from iTunes devices and preferences this is what I had to do to get it all back:
In brief I believe this is linked to the email @mac and @me alias's and my inability to keep everything in sync. If this is obvious to you my apologies, but looking at the threads out there I think more than one person has this problem.
I had a 1st & 2nd gen Apple TV, an iMac with Lion, an iPhone 3GS and iPad 1st generation not talking to each other - they had all communicated perfectly well over the last few weeks and months (post and pre Lion upgrade).
A few days ago (after the latest iTunes update 10.4.1 (10)) my 1st Gen Apple TV disappeared from the devices section of iTunes and so after much reading of communities to find an answer (no joy) I decided to remove it from the iTunes Apple TV sync menu in iTunes preferences. I then couldn't get it back and it disappeared from the iTunes menu. Heres how I fixed it:
When Apple changed the mobile me accounts from @mac.com to @me.com I started using both, e.g. [email protected] & [email protected].
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All my devices listed above were set up for home sharing (except ATV 1st gen) with my @me alias and worked fine until recently
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In addition my iPad, iPhone and iPod touch have also had issues with the remote app with both Apple TV's where they have 'disappeared' from within the remote app.
Today I lost everything on every device.
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Factory restore Apple TV 1st gen and set up with @mac.com email address details (not my @me email alias)
As above for Apple TV 2nd gen
Turn off computer, iPad, iPhone, BT Home Hub, Netgear Wireless router, unplug Apple TV 1st generation & Apple TV 2nd generation (mains and HDMI).
Go to shop to buy gin and tonic ingredients
Turn on BT home Hub and when completely booted -
Turn on Netgear router and when completely booted (make G&T during this time) -
Turn on computer and launch iTunes
Plug in Apple TV 1st Generation and select general > computers and the 1st option with the infinity logo
Apple TV 1st gen appears in iTunes (phew, drink G&T))
Register Apple TV in iTunes, rename it (to whatever) and thank goodness everything back to normal albeit with long re-syncing (but that's why I bought a seperate wireless router from Netgear in the first place, so not so bad).
modifyed my home sharing account details in iTunes from my @me email to my @mac email alias
Turned on iPad and changed home sharing account from @me to @mac
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turn on iPhone 3Gs and repeat the above (as per iPad) - again everything suddenly worked again
Plug in Apple TV 2nd Gen and changed home sharing, itunes account to my @mac account from my @me account (NB: I was able to see my iMac in the computers menu on the ATV 2nd gen using my @me email alias before changing it)
2nd Gen ATV appears for the first time in a few days back in the remote app.
All back to normal.
Now this may be blindingly obvious to you, but just in case it isn't, I thought I'd write it all down in the hope it helps someone. It may not be the email alias, it may just be resetting everything, but I did try that first before fixing it using the steps above.
Best wishes.

I assumed that by using time machine to import everything onto the new iMac that the new machine was effectively the "old machine". Maybe not. It was set to sync to the old mac, so will try setting up the Apple TV again on it's computers tab.
Still worried that I can't find the "find Apple TV's" option in iTunes prefs though.

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I have the same problem. It was working fine up until the last update for iTunes 11.0.2
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I have an Apple TV - first Gen and up until a couple of weeks ago, was regularly playing sync'd iTunes music and videos through it on a daily basis.
I see other devicess showing up in the "Devices" list in the left panel of iTunes (such as iPad, iPhone, etc.)
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I have tried multiple suggestions on the support forum but none have worked.
Apple TV is able to access the network, is on the same network as the iMac with iTunes library connected. Both are connected to network via ethernet cable (not wifi). Both are able to access the internet (apple tv plays movie prieviews and gets updates). Using the Terminal app, I am able to ping the apple TV's IP number from the iMac and get a successful return.
Both have latest software downloads.
I have tried cold-booting the apple TV, resetting the router, and verified in the router device list that both imac and appleTV are listed as active, un-blocked connections.
I don't intend to buy an Apple TV 2nd gen or later (since I bought this one and it's not working now due to software update, what guarantee that a later model won't generate the same problem later.
One last wrinkle, I have a 2 year old and a 5 year old who are jonesing hard for their "dance party" fix.
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Dear Fellow Forumers,
I am surprised that APPLE, a highly rated and respected company leaves such a great number of users like me sweating for months without any support.
It is a shame that the problems I encountered, and still do, are not repaired by a new upgrade or by a clear fixing procedure published here on the forum.
iTunes 9 with my Apple TV were working perfectly until my nightmare started few months ago when the I upgraded for the iTunes version 10.1.
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I hope someone from the company will read my post and escalate its contests to the management to i,prove the llevel of reliability of such grand public products.
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