TV Setup

Turns on the Apple TV, set a Home scene, and turns on Entertainment focus for an hour.

Actions Used

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Wake Apple TV
Wakes the specified Apple TV.
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Skip Content on Apple TV
Skips forward or backward media currently playing on the specified Apple TV.
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If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
Adjust Date
Adds or subtracts an amount of time from the date passed into the action.
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Get Device Details
Gets information about the current device.
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Set Brightness
Sets the device brightness.
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Set Focus
Turns Do Not Disturb on or off.
Get the state of Home
Get the state of [name of Home set up in the Home app).

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=TV%20Setup
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=TV%20Setup
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “TV Setup” end tell

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