Will I loose all my content with factory reset?

[NoisyDude]

I am not sure why, but it seems my TV is quite unstable; I constantly have to power-cycle the device to unlock it or watch content. Maybe it has been the recent TV software updates or the fact that I loaded Boxee on it at some point (although I have not reinstalled Boxee since TV 3.0). For example, last night I was watching a movie I rented via iTunes and it was very jumpy, so I power-cycled the device after the movie had downloaded completely. This solved the problem.

I was wondering:

1. if anyone else is experiencing this
2. if doing a factory reset should fix this
3. if I will loose all my content (a few movies I've purchased on the TV ) or whether it will be restored from iTunes on my Mac

I imagine that doing a factory reset will restore the software to version 1.x or 2.x (whatever the unit came with), so I'll have to update the software afterward.

Any thoughts or comments are welcome!

 

[davegregory]

Doing a factory reset may help your problem (it sounds like it would to me, but I'm not 100%). As long as your Apple TV is linked to an iTunes computer, just do a sync and then do a factory reset. Update to the latest software and then just link it back to the computer with iTunes and you can sync all your content again without losing anything.

 

[NoisyDude]

Cool, thanks!

Excellent! I will do a factory reset and try it out.