TV can't "see" AppleTV

Troubleshooting tips in TV and Apple manual have not helped.
All 4 HDMI ports on my new Vizio can not "see" the AppleTV. Power supply to Apple is working.
Does anyone have any suggestions before I take Apple TV/HDMI cable back and try another? My other fear is that all 4 ports on the TV are bad, but that just seems unlikely...
Any suggestions would be great! Thanks.

Light is on and it is responding to the remote.
I believe I plugged everything in and then turned on the TV. This is unfortunately the only TV in the house with HDMI. Someone mentioned the TV blocking the signal b/c it was not 1080? I have also been told just to wait a few minutes, but that seems odd to me.
Is there a specific order in which it has to be attached/turned on?
I am just so frustrated - it one cable and one power supply! How can I be screwing this up?!

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