If your Smart TV TCL 43PF650K 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 TCL 43PF650K to its factory state will remove all custom TV settings such as tuned channels and their ordering, input names, apps that have been installed, passwords for accounts linked to this TCL 43PF650K, Wi-Fi passwords, Amazon account and web browsing history.
The 43PF650K TV will need to be set up as when you first turn it on after purchasing it.
Estimated time: 15 minutes.
Table of Contents:
You will need:
- TV remote
If you don't have a remote you can buy one from this link on Amazon. *
1- First step:
You need to access the settings or configuration menu of the TCL 43PF650K TV 109.2 cm (43") 4K Ultra HD Smart TV Wi-Fi Titanium, for this you can press the home button on the remote control to open the start menu and then use the direction buttons on the remote control to move through the menu and select the gear icon, it's a gear icon.
Press the center button on the remote to access it.
2- Second step:
A menu will appear below the main icon bar of the 43PF650K, go down through the settings icons until you select the "My Fire TV" icon.
Press the center button on the remote to continue.
3- Third step:
Use the directional button to scroll down through the “My Fire TV” menu until you find the “Reset to Factory Defaults” section.
Press the center button on the remote to continue.
4- Four step:
A confirmation message will appear to avoid pressing this setting by mistake, as all settings will be erased, you will need to sign in again, install your preferred apps and personal preferences again after resetting the TCL 43PF650K.
Use the directional buttons on the remote to select “Reset” and press the center button to confirm.
5- Fifth step:
Your TCL 43PF650K will reboot and it will take a few minutes to complete the factory reset, please do not touch anything or unplug the TCL 43PF650K from power in the meantime.
After a few minutes, the initial configuration menu will appear on the screen indicating that the restoration has been completed.
If you don't have the TCL 43PF650K remote control, your TV has entered a reboot loop or is unresponsive, you can factory reset your TCL using the physical buttons on the back, bottom, or side of the TV.
1- First of all, locate the power, volume up, volume down and input buttons of the TCL 43PF650K.
They should be located on the back of the TV, on its right side, or at the bottom of the TCL TV screen.
2- The television must remain on and connected to the electrical current, in the event that it does not show an image you must make sure that it is plugged in and turned on.
3- Press the input and volume down buttons on the TCL 43PF650K at the same time, keep them pressed and look at the TV screen until you see a message with the text "To Reset to Defaults, from the back panel, press the Input button for 10 seconds", release the two buttons.
4- Press the input button for 10 seconds, without releasing at any time.
It is possible that it does not work at first, in that case you have to try again.
You will see a new message on the screen with the text "Memory is being cleared.The display will be reset shortly", release the enter button.
5- The TCL 43PF650K TV will restart and it will take a few minutes or seconds to restore to factory settings, once restored you will have to reconfigure it, choosing the language, internet connection, tuning channels, installing applications or configuring Bluetooth devices.
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About the device:
The TCL 43PF650K it is a television with the Fire OS operating system, an aspect ratio of 16:9, 3 HDMI ports, 1 USB ports, a screen resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels, a screen diagonal of 109.2 cm, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Ethernet port (RJ45) .
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