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When I turn on power the vizio logo flashes for a few seconds, then is steady, then goes off and after a few seconds starts that cycle again. It does this over and over with me not touching anything. Screen remains black.
Answer the question is symbol if it’s a Vizio symbol blinking white and then yellow you going left hand side of the TV you hold it down the silver power button hold it down for 30 seconds count to 30 it’ll blink and then they’ll stop and we’ll go stagnant yellow then hit it one more time it’ll turn on just had that problem just now
I was looking for more info on the problem, but can add this. Vizio customer support is GREAT. I learned that you can unplug the tv and, likely on the bottom left side of the tv, wherever your HDMI ports are, is a silver cylinder looking button you push for at least 15 seconds. Then replug the cord. If that does not fix the problem it needs to be repaired. I was given the phone # for their repair folks, who I was told can give me an estimate for the repair. Then I can decide if it is worth it or just buy another tv. I have to wait till Monday to call them as they are closed on Sat-Sun. Hope this helps.
Just let it flash. It stopped flashing after a couple minutes and works now.
On 55” Vizio, I tried several iterations of: Remove all connectionsUnplug Power
2.a. Hold silver power button down for 30 seconds
Plug Power3.a. Hold silver power button 30 secondsUnplug Power4.a. Hold silver power button down4.b. Plug Power — while holding silver power button for 30 secondsUpon step 4, the logo stopped blinking at around 26 seconds mark.
My 43” Vizio did the flash and die thing when it was new. I was just getting ready to pack it back to the store but I plugged it in one more time and it restarted. It has done it a few times in the past 10 years always coming back in a few minutes with no action from me. Today it was out for a few hours, I took the back off to look for anything obvious and dust it out. Still nothing. I reseated the connectors, still nothing. About two hours later it came back to life. So if nothing else be patient! Of course it could still be dieing but a new TV wouldn’t make me sad.
Power saver mode? Motels be doing that Ive seen Turns off, nothing but unplugging it Like a timer Not Vizio related..food for thought lol
