How to Turn Off Apple TV - wikiHow

Apple TV is a beautiful piece of gear, with one light on the front, a couple ports on back, and a whole lot of coolness inside. But one thing you _won't_ find on the box is an on/off switch. So how do you turn it off? This article will show two answers to that question, and both can be done in seconds. Read on!
STEPS

1

GO TO THE MAIN MENU. Click the Menu button on the remote until the main menu is displayed on the television.

2

LOCATE THE SETTINGS ICON. It's the one with gray gears. Click on that to open the Settings screen.

3

PUT APPLE TV TO SLEEP. In the Settings screen, scroll down to the last menu item, "Sleep Now." Click that, and your Apple TV will be put on standby. To confirm this, the light on the front of Apple TV should be turned off, and you should have no so signal to your television.

4

WAKE UP! When you're ready to reactivate Apple TV, click any button on the Apple Remote to wake the unit.[1]
TIPS
You can set Apple TV to automatically sleep after a certain amount of time. In the Settings screen, click the first menu option, "General," scroll down to "Sleep After," then click to cycle through the available sleep times.
If you're going away for a while, and don't want Apple TV drawing even a little current in standby mode, simply unplug the power cord from the back of the unit (or from the wall).