Vizio TV remote not working – how to fix and common causes

Before trying any of the advanced steps on this list, check the batteries in your remote and see if they’re in working condition or not.

Your Vizio TV remote might not be working due to this issue and it’s easy to fix. Take out the batteries and see if they look bloated. If they are, that would mean they’ve reached their end of term and need to be replaced. Make sure that you’re putting the new batteries in properly by matching their positive and negative signs with the remote.

Power cycling is the process of dispersing any stored electricity inside electronic device. This process helps eliminate any issues caused by bugs or glitches and is fairly easy to do.

If your Vizio remote is not working with TV, you can perform a power cycle following these steps.

• Remove the batteries from the remote.
• Hold down the power button for 5 to 10 seconds.
• This should drain any remaining power from the circuitry.
• Place the batteries inside the remote.
• Check to see if your TV is turning on or not.

At times the issue could be with something else and it’s a good practice to not rule out anything.

That said, if your Vizio TV remote isn’t working, it could a fault in the TV and not the remote. To fix this issue, you can power cycle your TV, which is harmless.

Here’s how you can do it:

• Remove the TV’s power cord from the power outlet.
• Press and hold down the power button for 5 to 10 seconds.
• Plug the power cord back in the power outlet.
• Try turning it on.

If it turns on, then the likely cause was a software glitch preventing it to turn on. If it didn’t, give the next method a shot.

If changing the batteries and power cycling your remote didn’t help, that could indicate that there is something wrong with the remote’s hardware.

To see if this is the case, try turning your TV on with another Vizio remote or any other compatible remote.

If it turns on, then your remote is most likely broken and you’ll need to get it repaired or replaced.

A lot of times, we don’t even think about the sensors on the TV or the remote and how they could also get damaged or could be blocked by an obstacle.

Remove any objects such as furniture, decorations, plants, and other stuff to give your remote a direct line of sight to your TV. On top of that, also wipe the sensors on your TV and remote to ensure they aren’t dirty and can send and receive signals.

But if your Vizio tv remote sensor is not working, you’ll have to get it repaired or find a new remote.

We have a lot of electronic devices in our offices and households that communicate via radio waves and different frequencies.

If your Vizio TV remote is also operating on these frequencies, then they could be interfering with it – resulting in your remote not working. To fix this, try changing the mode such as from Wi-Fi to Bluetooth.

If the remote for Vizio TV is not working, one cause for that could be that it isn’t emitting IR signals which tell the TV to turn on or off.

Here is how you can check whether this is the case:

• Take your mobile camera and point it at the remote’s sensor.
• Press different buttons and look from your camera to see a light (usually red) is lighting up in the sensor.
• Try this for every button, especially the power button.
• If the light is there for every button, it means that your remote is fine.
• If the light doesn’t glow upon pressing any particular button, then it needs to be repaired and could be causing the remote to not function properly.

If your TV remote isn’t working even after trying all the listen methods, then the last step is to contact Vizio support and ask for a replacement, especially if your TV is new.