How To Configure The iPhone Remote To Work With iTunes Video

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– 07/14/2008Posted in: iPhone Hacks

We recently wrote a brief how-to article explaining how to set up the iPhone remote which controls iTunes and Apple TV wirelessly. However, lots of people still had questions.

That being said, check out this Remote how-to video:

The pass code in the Remote app and in iTunes should match (ours did not because we had multiple takes to show the device loading in iTunes)

See our other post with step by step written instructions: How To Configure The iPhone Remote To Work With iTunes

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14 Comments

1. Reply

   Keith

   Posted July 22, 2008 at 10:51 PM

   I have searched all over the net, I still can’t get this to work properly for me.
   I have ensured my phone is using my home wifi, I have synched it a bunch of times, the phone will come up but never the remote under the device
   I have Itunes 7.7 and the new 3gIphone I have reinstalled the remote app and that did no good either. I have checked the settings to recognize remotes and still nothing
   Spent an hour now trying to get it to work, beyond fustrated

2. Reply

   Keith

   Posted July 22, 2008 at 10:52 PM

   I have searched all over the net, I still can’t get this to work properly for me.
   I have ensured my phone is using my home wifi, I have synched it a bunch of times, the phone will come up but never the remote under the device
   I have Itunes 7.7 and the new 3gIphone I have reinstalled the remote app and that did no good either. I have checked the settings to recognize remotes and still nothing
   Spent an hour now trying to get it to work, beyond fustrated

3. Reply

   Mack

   Posted August 1, 2008 at 4:21 PM

   Keith,
   Have you tried downloading the remote app to itunes and then backing up and restoring the iphone. Then sync the newly restore iphone with itunes, which will install the remote app on the iphone.

4. Reply

   ron

   Posted September 26, 2008 at 2:06 PM

   you need itunes 8 keith

5. Reply

   Elvinson

   Posted October 20, 2008 at 10:55 PM

   My remote recently stopped being able to connect to my iTunes library so I deleted the connection and re-installed the app… Now, however, my iphone does not show up under devices so that I may enter the pass code.

6. Reply

   Will

   Posted November 14, 2008 at 3:30 PM

   I have also spent way too much time trying to get this to work, my iphone will not show up in itunes as a device. both my computer and iphone are connected over the same wifi network but for some reason no luck. any suggestions?

7. Reply

   csingh

   Posted November 18, 2008 at 2:44 PM

   my iphone doesnt show up as a remote device…just as a device. how do i get it to recognize it as a remote device?

8. Reply

   Rodney Joyce

   Posted November 23, 2008 at 6:08 AM

   Hi,
   I can only see my device when I use the USB – are there any preferences that need setting on Itunes (ver to see the iphone?
   Thanks

9. Reply

   peter la fontaine

   Posted November 30, 2008 at 2:47 AM

   iphone appears in itunes but won’t accept code!!!!!
   there must be an answer to this, i’m using itunes on a PC not a mac but tried on my mac and it worked 1st time!!!!!

10. Reply

    remco

    Posted December 10, 2008 at 9:37 AM

    hello,
    i see my iphone in tunes, it accepts the code, but then my library wont show up in my iphone!
    pleaaaase help. desperate..
    remco

11. Reply

    Shahram

    Posted December 10, 2008 at 3:02 PM

    If you are having problems setting up the remote, first ensure you are on the same wifi network on both the iphone and the computer! then check your firewall settings. The firewall settings could either be through your antivirus program or the in-built windows security. If it is the windows firewall, on a Vista system, go to control panel, click on Windows Firewall, a green tick will be shown against the firewall logo. Click on “Change settings”, then in the pop up window, click the “exceptions” tab, make sure that itune has a tick against it. Then press Apply. Restart the itune program and try again. Hope this helps someone!

12. Reply

    Scott

    Posted January 10, 2009 at 7:59 AM

    Is there any point in this app? I mean you have got your itunes library in your iPod/iPhone anyway!

13. Reply

    Shawn

    Posted January 18, 2011 at 12:40 AM

    Keith,
    connect your iphone/itouch to the network
    connect your computer to the network
    Open iTunes
    When your iPhone/iTouch shows up in iTunes, click the icon
    This will provoke iTunes to bring up the screen for your device that asks for a code. Put in the code and enter.
    Select a song and it should play on your computer/laptop
    if that doesn’t work, you might have to go into options and select the Devices tab and check the box that says “look for ipad/iphone/ipod touch devices” so that it is checked, then redo the above paragraph steps. It should work, but if it doesn’t, email me

14. Reply

    mikeyb

    Posted February 27, 2011 at 3:59 AM

    hey guys if u cant get it to pop up as a remote in itunes and ur running Windows 7. right click the itunes icon and click “run as admin” it should pop up now. i did for me.