AppleTV + AwkwardTV + Unpaired Remote = Daaammmnnn Sonn

My appleTV randomly reset itself recently, and in doing so it happily unpaired the remote rendering my appleTV somewhat useless.  I sshed in and played around and couldn't got the movie to play via mplayer, but I could only hear the file, I couldn't see it.

I then turned to google for the answer.  Long story short, here is the fix.

Take any mac remote, point it at your appleTV and press and hold Menu + <<

Also note if your light on the appleTV is turning amber, it means the remote you are using is not currently paired with the appleTV.

Enjoy, hope this save someone some aggravation.

Source: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305175#ts4