You may be facing the black screen issue on your Apple TV. Either the screen of your Apple TV will be all black, or it will be stuck intermittently or the screen of your TV Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), will get stuck on the logo apple byApple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),. If your Apple TV no longer lights up and remains blocked on a dark screen, in which case it is impossible to benefit from the functions of the latter. So, in this article, you will find the different steps to follow in order to find the appropriate solution when you encounter a black screen problem on your Apple TV. Good reading!

Apple TV black screen problem

The steps to follow in order to fix the black screen problem on your Apple TV

First of all, if the logo Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), appears then the screen of your Apple TV then remains blocked on a black background, you will have to hold the button Menu and the volume down button for about ten seconds, before releasing them. Once you release these buttons, resolving your Apple TV will alternate approximately every fifteen seconds. You will then only have select resolution that you want for your Apple TV.

You can also try to unplug the hdmi cable at both ends, to blow lightly into the ports HDMI and reconnect them by pressing firmly on the ports. The black screen issue may be on your Apple TV simply comes from a faulty HDMI cord: do not hesitate to determine the origin of such a failure by changing the cable HDMI and testing your TV again: if it works with a new cord HDMI, the problem is indeed with the cable in question.

Make sure you have correctly selected the HDMI mode correspondent on your Apple TV.

Do not hesitate to unplug your Apple TV completely then reconnect it if the problem persists.

As a last resort, you can then reset your Apple TV by following the steps below:

  • Appointment in Part Settings of your Apple TV
  • Go to the game System
  • Select option reset
  • Select again reset

If, despite all these checks, the screen of your Apple TV always remains stuck on a black color, you will then have to go to a apple center in order to have your television analyzed and repaired Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), by a professional technician.

We advise you this article in the event that you encounter the same problem, namely a screen blocked as a black background, with your iPad.