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A step-by-step guide to resetting your Vizio soundbar to troubleshoot audio problems
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Are you having audio problems with your Vizio sound bar? Whether you suddenly can't hear sound or you're just rearranging your TV and speaker setup, resetting your sound bar is an important troubleshooting step. To soft reset your Vizio sound bar, just unplug it from the wall, hold the Power button for 30 seconds, and plug it back in. To restore your Vizio soundbar to its original factory settings, press and hold the Bluetooth and Volume Down buttons for 5 seconds. This wikiHow article will show you how to reset any Vizio sound bar and give you a few tips on when and why to reset it.
Things You Should Know
- Soft resetting is usually the first step in troubleshooting issues. Unplug the sound bar, hold the "Power" button for 30 seconds, then plug it back in.
- A hard reset will reset the sound bar to factory settings. This erases all custom settings that you've set up. [1] X Research source
- To do a hard reset, turn it on and press the "Bluetooth" and "Volume Down" buttons at the same time until the lights on the sound bar flash three times.
Steps
Section 1 of 3:
Soft Reset
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Turn off your Vizio sound bar and unplug it from the wall. If it's already off, just unplug your sound bar from the wall. You want to make sure it doesn't have access to electricity. [2] X Research source
- A soft reset is similar to turning your sound bar off and back on again. You won't lose any settings in this process.
- Soft resetting is also known as power cycling or rebooting.
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Press and hold the "Power" button. You'll want to hold this button for about 30 seconds while the sound bar is unplugged.Advertisement
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Plug the power cord back in and turn on your sound bar. Now that you've reset your Vizio sound bar, try playing audio through your TV or computer to see if your audio problems are resolved.
- If your sound bar is still not working right, continue to the hard reset method.
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Section 2 of 3:
Hard Reset
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Make sure your Vizio sound bar is on. If it isn't turned on, press the "Power" button to turn it on.
- A hard reset will restore your Vizio soundbar to its original factory settings. If you've made any customizations to your settings or paired the sound bar to a device, those settings will be lost. [3] X Research source
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Press and hold the "Bluetooth" and "Volume Down" buttons at the same time. This combination of buttons works on most Vizio sound bar models. Keep these buttons pressed at the same time for at least 5 seconds.
- You can let go of the buttons when you see the lights flash 3 times.
- On some Vizio sound bar models, including the VH215, you'll need to press Power + Volume Up on the remote control instead of using the buttons on the sound bar. [4] X Research source
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Test your sound bar to see if the hard reset worked. You'll need to manually adjust the sound bar's settings again since the hard reset changed everything back to default settings.
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References
- ↑ https://answers.vizio.com/s/article/How-to-Factory-Reset-your-VIZIO-Soundbar?language=en_US
- ↑ https://support.vizio.com/s/article/My-Sound-bar-won-t-power-on?language=en_US
- ↑ https://answers.vizio.com/s/article/How-to-Factory-Reset-your-VIZIO-Soundbar?language=en_US
- ↑ https://cdn.vizio.com/misc/QuickStartGuides/kb/vht215qsg1.pdf
- ↑ https://cdn.vizio.com/documents/sb3830d0/qsg-sb3830d0.pdf
- ↑ https://support.vizio.com/s/article/My-Sound-bar-won-t-power-on?language=en_US
- ↑ https://cdn.vizio.com/documents/sb3830d0/qsg-sb3830d0.pdf
- ↑ https://support.vizio.com/s/article/No-audio-from-VIZIO-Sound-Bar?language=en_US
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