Vizio Sound Bar Flashing White Lights [Reason + Solution]

Smart media appliances and gadgets are continually in need of quality external speakers that will resolve your un-satisfaction with internal TV speakers. Most of the high-end smart TV screens have high-definition resolution and a lot of premium specs and features.

But what truly leaves you in awe is their speakers, internal TV speakers. Most of the time users don’t find internal speakers worthy of praise and want to have some exquisite stereo speakers as their external audio device.

The Vizio soundbar fulfills that void created by internal TV speakers and lets you enjoy the true cinematic feel of high definition display. These top-notch stereos allow you to have the best of both worlds. But nothing worth having comes easy and users have to pay a lot of fortune to grab this blessing.

Apart from the bucks, one thing that annoys the users is unending issues with the settings and controls of external media devices. Similar is the case with the Vizio soundbar.

Faulty audio settings will lead to the malfunction of the soundbar. Users become perplexed as if the problem is with the settings or the effectiveness of the soundbar.

Among the most commonly experienced issues with Vizio, soundbars are the problem with LED light blinking. If your Vizio soundbar is continually flashing white lights it is an indication of some underlying issue that can cost you seriously if left untreated. Therefore it is better to tae preventative measures and stop the LED flashing of white light for normal working of the Vizio soundbar.

Controlling the Vizio soundbar

If you are a streaming geek or media nerd you must be familiar with the Vizio soundbars and that it has plenty of control options to let the users decide which one suits them better. The soundbar comes with manual buttons at the bottom left panel of the device to allow use in case users have lost their remote or if the remote has stopped working suddenly.

If you have lost the remote and want to switch audio settings, you must follow some additional steps to reach the menu but this problem can be sorted using the universal remote controller. Therefore, let’s start with the issues of the Soundbar.

Solving Vizio Sound Bar Flashing White Lights Issue

Resetting is the most prominent method of fixing this issue but you must keep in mind that with authority comes responsibilities and with blessings comes trials. Similarly, with resetting you would have to see off your saved data, cookies, network and security settings, and the general settings of the device.

In short, your Vizio soundbar will be left in a brand new state like the one coming straight out of the factory, obviously in terms of settings and data, not the performance and condition.

Now let’s look at the methods of resetting the Vizio soundbar and see if doing so, the Vizio soundbar flashing white lights can be solved or not.

Methods to Reset the Vizio Soundbar Using Remote

If your remote controller is intact and working properly you can make use of its controls to reset the Vizio soundbar and leave it with the default factory settings. The Vizio soundbar can be very easily reset with the remote controller with a few taps of the remote buttons.

Follow the steps given below to reset the Vizio soundbar using the remote controller:

• Press the power button
• Hold it for 5 to 6 seconds.
• Simultaneously, press the input button and hold it for 5 to 6 seconds.
• Leave both buttons at the same time.

Your soundbar has been reset to the factory version of settings and most probably the flashing of white light would have been solved.

Methods To Reset The Vizio Soundbar Without Using Remote

If you have lost your remote controller or if it has stopped working, you must be worried sick to fix these flashes of white light. Don’t worry we are here to solve your worries and provide assistance whenever needed. Given below are the methods that don’t require you to use the remote controller for resetting.

1. Using Bluetooth Button

The first method to go for is by using the Bluetooth button which is the necessary part of every model of the Vizio soundbar or any other soundbar. You can follow the given steps to make use of this button in resetting your soundbar.

• Press the Bluetooth button at the same time, and push the input button.
• Hold both of these buttons for about 5 seconds.
• Leave them at once after 5 seconds. 
• The soundbar will be reset to factory settings and flashes would have stopped. 

2. Using Input Button

If you have any difficulty pressing the Bluetooth and input buttons at the same time you can replace the Bluetooth button with the volume button. Proceed with the given steps to follow this method of resetting the Vizio soundbar without using the remote.

• Push both the input and volume up buttons at once.
• Hold them together for 5 to 10 seconds
• Leave them at once.
• The device would have reset

3. Using Volume Button

If you would like to replace the volume up button with something else, in case, your volume up button is not working. You can try using the volume down button together with the input button to reset the Vizio soundbar.

• Press the volume down button.
• Hold it for 5 to 6 seconds.
• Push the input button simultaneously with the volume down button.
• Leave them at once after 5 to 6 seconds.

After these steps, your Vizio soundbar will be reset.

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