How To Hard Reset Your Insignia TV

The Insignia TV does not have a built in reset button that you can just press it whenever you want to reset the TV. But even without the reset button, you can still hard reset Insignia TVs using the TV’s Service mode by using Insignia remote. In here, you will learn the steps on how you can hard reset insignia tv.

Hard Reset Your Insignia TV

If you are looking for an affordable than other smart TVs available in the market today, you should consider Insignia tvs. Just like with any other Televisions, regardless of the brand, there are instances when certain issues can occur that would require the user to hard reset the television to fix it. Common issues such as TV suddenly freezes, or TV is not working the way it should be or you just want to bring the TV back to its default settings.

Restoring to default settings means all data, installed apps, log in information, configurations and settings on your Insignia TV will be deleted.

Factory reset your Insignia TV

After a hard reset or factory reset to your Insignia TV is performed, the TV will return to its original factory settings. Factory reset is especially helpful to second hand televisions so that the saved settings and configurations will be cleared out and you get to set up the television again according to your own preferences.

As mentioned, an Insignia TV does not have a built-in reset button, yet you can still do a factory reset and restore TV to factory resetting using the buttons on the TV and using Insignia Remote control.

Factory reset your Insignia TV without remote:

1. Unplug TV power cord from power source
2. Press and hold Power button on the TV
3. Plug TV power cord to power source, do this while still holding the power button on the TV.
4. Insignia TV will automatically reboot the system.
5. Using the power button on the TV, select the option Wipe data/factory reset.
6. Press and hold the Power button on the TV. Make sure highlighted bar turns to color green.
7. Select the Yes option to confirm. Take note that once Yes if selected, the factory reset process can no longer be interrupted.
8. Press and hold the Power button again on the TV. Make sure highlighted bar turns to color green.
9. Scroll down and select Reboot system option when reset is complete.
10. Press and hold the Power button again on the TV. Make sure highlighted bar turns to color green.
11. Insignia TV will reboot. Once insignia tv completes the reboot process, set up screen appears. Follow the instruction and set up your TV again.

Factory reset your Insignia TV with the remote

1. ON Insignia remote control, press the home button
2. Select Settings option
3. Navigate to Device and Software option
4. Select Reset to Factory defaults.

Reset Insignia TV Remote

The remote control, just like with the television, is also an electronic device that with continuous and prolonged use it can and will worn out anytime. The remote also needs to restore back to its default settings. The remote control and TV usually go together, that is why you will have a hard time controlling your TV with its commands if you have problems with your remote control.

There are two ways to reset insignia tv remote control: simple reset and hard reset or factory reset. As mentioned, a factory reset wipes the remote control including its saved codes restoring to its factory settings. Doing so, will create a good connection between the remote controller and your Insignia TV.

Also, the remote is where the TV gets most of its commands from. That is why it is extremely important to have a good working remote control not experiencing issues.

here’s how to soft reset Insignia remote control

Soft resetting the remote is simple and easy.

1. Remove batteries from remote control (located at the back of the remote),
2. Unplug TV power cord from power socket for about 60 seconds.
3. Plug the TV back to the power socket after 60 seconds has elapsed.
4. Replace the batteries with new batteries. That’s it.

Here’s how to factory reset Insignia remote control

1. Press and hold home button on the remote control
2. Press menu button 3x simultaneously while still holding the home button.
3. Release pressing home button
4. Press the menu button again 9x.
5. Remove batteries from remote control
6. Unplug TV power cord from power socket for about 60 seconds.
7. Plug the TV back to the power socket after 60 seconds has elapsed.
8. Replace the batteries with new batteries.
9. Press and hold home button again on the remote for 30 seconds. Do this when the home screen appears on Insignia TV.
10. Reset process is now complete.

Common causes why Insignia TV needs a reset:

If you are experiencing issues with your Insignia TV, and you’ve already exhausted all possible solutions that you can think of, resetting your insignia tv to factory settings will most likely fix the issue you are having.

Listed below are some of the common causes why your Insignia TV needs to go through the reset process:

TV is unable to connect to Wi-Fi network

If you are having issue connecting to a wireless internet connection, a factory reset will mostly like the problem. Although before you reset insignia tv, you have to check the router first so determine if the router is faulty.

To do this, simply unplug router and plug it back to the power source. Also, disconnecting the TV from Wifi from the settings section and then reconnecting to the connection also helps.

TV keeps restarting

If your Insignia smart tv keeps on restarting when it’s connected to streaming channels and streaming services, the TV may need a factory reset. Most of the time, issues with the network settings and software related issues can be fix with a factory reset.

Used TV

As mentioned earlier, there are times when a second hand television or when you purchased a used television the previous owner settings and configurations are still intact on the TV because it was not reset. If this is the case, you may need to reset the TV to restore to its factory settings. That way you are able to configure your own settings, log in information and TV configurations as the new owner.

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