Factory reset RCA RTRU5527-US
How to reset or hard reset an RCA RTRU5527-US
If your Smart TV RCA RTRU5527-US works very slow, it hangs, or you have a full memory and you want to erase everything, or you want to sell it or give it away and you want nobody to be able to access your history and passwords you can do a factory reset or format so that it returns to be like the first day.
IMPORTANT: formatting or resetting your RCA RTRU5527-US to its factory state will eliminate all the personalized settings of the television such as the tuned channels and their order, input names, applications that have been installed, passwords of the accounts linked to this RTRU5527-US, Wi-Fi passwords, Roku user and web browsing history.
The RCA RTRU5527-US TV will need to be fully configured as when it was turned on for the first time after purchase.
Estimated time: 15 minutes.
Table of Contents:
Restore from the options of RCA RTRU5527-US
You will need:
- TV remote
If you don't have a remote you can buy one from this link on Amazon. *
1- First step:
To begin the factory restoration or formatting of your 55" SMART 4K UHD LED RCA ROKU TV RTRU5527-US, press the "Start" or "Home" button on the remote control, this is of the button with the symbol of a house.
2- Second step:
The Roku home screen will appear, which is the operating system of the RCA RTRU5527-US TV.
3- Third step:
Using the direction buttons on the remote control, scroll down until you select the "Settings" section. Press the "OK" button on the remote control to access the RCA RTRU5527-US settings.
4- Four step:
Scroll down through the TV's settings menu until you select the section called "Advanced system settings" and press the "OK" button on the remote control again to continue.
5- Fifth step:
The first section you will see is "Factory reset", this is the section you are looking for, so press "OK" again on the remote control to continue.
6- Sixth step:
Unless you have disabled it, a keyboard will appear on the screen asking us to enter the TV's PIN code, select each number and press the "OK" button on the remote control to enter it.
Once the PIN code has been written, select "OK" on the screen and press the "OK" button or central button on the remote control to confirm the PIN you have entered.
7- Seventh step:
A confirmation message will appear on the RCA RTRU5527-US screen indicating that all information on the RTRU5527-US television will be erased including settings, installed applications, network settings, parental settings, etc.
If you are sure to perform the reset, select "Start factory reset" and press the "OK" button on the remote control to continue.
8- Eighth step:
The RCA RTRU5527-US TV will turn off and on again, wait a few seconds for the process of erasing all settings and data on the TV to complete.
After restarting the TV, it must be configured again as if it were new.
