Modern manufacturers offer you a wide variety of TVs today. There are large and small models on sale, with different functions. There are TVs that can just play incoming signals and Smart TVs with a large arsenal of different functions and tools. The quality of your TV depends largely on the brand of its manufacturer. There are many different manufacturers who add many different functions to their devices, but all of them are made at a low level of quality and do not work in the best way.
One of the best choices for your home TV would be an Insignia TV. This is a proven brand that sells quality devices. They have a fairly wide model range, where everyone can find a device to their taste.
Of course in their lineup are present and different Smart TV, they have different functions depending on your requirements for TV. But as you know nothing is perfect. The more functions in your TV, the more chances that an error will happen to its software and it will freeze up. If this happens and your TV does not respond to anything else you may need to reset it to factory settings.
When to reset your Insignia TV to factory settings
Please note that this is a drastic measure. It will delete all data from your TV, including all of your apps and accounts. Only resort to this step in extreme cases if all other options have been tried and failed. Basically, this happens when you have a Bug that remains after you restart the TV and you can not get rid of it. If this happens, you should try to find on the Internet ways to solve it, but if they were not working, then your last option – to reset to factory settings.
How to reset Insignia TV without using remote
It is often the case that you have lost your remote control or it is broken. If you can’t use your remote, you will need to use the RESET button on your TV. In the case of an Insignia TV this is the power button. To reset your TV without a remote control you need to:
- Walk over and unplug your TV
- Press and hold the power button on your Smart TV
- Hold down the power button and plug the TV back into the wall socket
- Once your Insignia TV turns on let go the power button
- Now wait for your TV to boot in android recovery mode
- Once Android recovery mode starts, you will have a few options in front of you. Such as reboot system now, apply update from USB, wipe data / factory reset, wipe cache partition and etc
- Now select the “wipe data / factory reset option“
- Press and hold the power button until wipe data / factory reset option which is highlighted turns to green color and let go the power button once you see green button
- You should now see a confirmation message in front of you. Press and hold the power button and wait for it to change color of yes to green and let go of power button
- The factory reset process is now started. It will end when it will display wipe data process complete 100%
- Now you need to restart your Insignia TV. To do this select the reboot system now and press the power button and wait for the highlighted colour of reboot system option changes to green and let go of power button
This way you can quickly and quite easily reset your TV to factory settings. Remember that this will erase all data from your TV, including all your accounts and apps.
