Your TV has innumerable features, and one of them is LED light, which tells you that something is wrong with your TV, for instance, if red light blinks on your Hisense TV, it means that your TV has detected an issue that may include damaged power supplies like cables, old firmware, or unstable HDMI signals.
So to make the red light stop blinking, I suggest you individually check the above-mentioned issues, and if it still doesn’t stop blinking you should try power-cycling your Hisense TV.
If the red blinking doesn’t get fixed with a power cycle, there’re a bunch of other things that can be done, like factory resetting, which is usually everyone’s last resort.
Furthermore, before you consider everything on your TV with a factory reset, I recommend you count the red light blinks, see in the table below which issue is causing the light to blink and fix that.
It’s rather easy to power-cycle and factory reset, so keep on reading if you want to learn.
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Why Is My Hisense TV LED Blinking?
The LED lights that are blinking on your TV are telling you that something is wrong and it should be fixed as soon as possible.
If you see a red light blinking on your Hisense TV, know that either the power supplies are broken/damaged, the firmware is outdated, or the HDMI signals are unstable.
Now that you know what the issue might be which is causing the red light to blink, so here’s what I need you to do, check if the power supply cable is damaged from anywhere, if it is, you should immediately change it with a new one.
Furthermore, even after changing the power supply cable, the red light didn’t stop blinking, I suggest you make sure if the firmware of your TV is outdated or not, if it is, I say you upgrade it.
Here’s how you can check if the firmware is updated or not:
- Using the remote of your TV, go to the Home page.
- Open Settings.
- Scroll until you find Support.
- Select System Update.
- There, you’ll see “Check Firmware Upgrade”, and you need to select it.
- Your TV will check for any pending updates, and if there’re any, I need you to select Upgrade, and it should start installing.
After your TV is done updating, check if the red light is still blinking, if you see it blink, it’s time to check if the HDMI signals are stable or not. In order to fix this issue, you can power-cycle your TV, it’ll fix the HDMI signals.
How To Power-Cycle Hisense TV?
Power-Cycling is done to reboot a device when it’s frozen or glitching, however, you also do it when there’s an error like a red blinking light. In addition, Power-Cycling is extremely easy and only takes a few minutes.
Here’s how you can Power-Cycle your Hisense TV:
- Unplug your TV cord from the outlet.
- Wait 1 whole minute and plug the cord back in.
It should troubleshoot the red blinking light, mind you Power-Cycling doesn’t erase any data or reverts any settings to default. You can Power-Cycle your TV whenever it freezes or glitches.
After you plug the cord back in, I need you to give your TV a few minutes to reboot and load, if you still see the red light blinking, I have another fix for you, keep on reading to find out.
How Do I Fix Blinking Light On My Hisense TV?
The red light blinking on your Hisense is there for a reason, basically, it informs with a specific number of blinks that there’s something wrong with your TV.
Before you go and find fixes for the red blinking light, I suggest you try to fix the issues that it’s blinking for. Some people think that the Red Light is the issue, but what they don’t know is that it’s actually trying to tell you that there’s an issue with your TV.
Nevertheless, in order to pinpoint the issue, you need to know how many times the red light blinks, so for that check out the table below:
| Blinking Times | Reasons |
|---|---|
| Red Light Blinking 2 Times | Faulty Backlight |
| Red Light Blinking 3 to 4 Times | Issue Related to Internal Circuit Board |
| Red Light Blinking Six Times | Issues With The Motherboard Or Inverter Boards |
| Red Light Blinking Ten Times | Faulty Power Board/Bad LED Strips |
Now that you know what exactly is wrong with your TV and why the red light is blinking, you should try to fix that specific issue, and the red light should stop blinking.
In addition, if you have checked every one of the reasons for the red blinking light and none of them seemed to be the cause, I suggest you try resetting your TV.
While you can reset your TV using the remote, you can use the pinhole on the back of your Hisense TV. First, turn on your TV, bend straight a paperclip, now insert the pin in the hole and push it for 15 seconds. Your TV should reset.
Nevertheless, if you still see the light blink, it’s time to consider the last resort.
How To Factory Reset Hisense TV?
Factory resets are only done when there’s an issue in your TV and it isn’t getting solved with any fix. Factory resets not only erase all the data, but it also reverts all the setting back to factory default so basically, your TV will be good as new after a factory reset.
In addition, if the light on your Hisense TV is still blinking after trying all the fixes, it’s time to factory reset it.
They’re a bunch of Hisense TV models, and as I don’t know which model you have, I’ll explain the process of factory resetting for every model.
Here’s how you can factory reset your Hisense TV:
- Open Menu > Support > Self Diagnosis > Reset.
- Go to Settings > About TV > Restore To Factory Default.
- Start by Opening Home > Settings > Device Preferences > Reset > Reset Everything.
- Open Menu > Settings > Storage and Reset > Factory Data Reset.
In every one of the models, the last step of factory resetting will be entering a PIN, while the Default PIN is 0000, if you have changed the PIN, you need to enter that.
Check out this video to see how you can factory reset your Hisense TV:
Now that you have erased all the data and reverted all the settings back to factory default, you need to sign up and set up your Hisense TV again.
Conclusion
- If you see a red light blinking on your Hisense TV, it means there’s something wrong with your TV.
- Counting the blinks can help you pinpoint the issue for instance if you see the light blink 2 times, it means something is wrong with the backlight.
- In addition, after checking the issue that the light was informing you about, you see the red light still blinking, I suggest you power-cycle your TV.
- Power-Cycles only reboot your TV without deleting any data, it’s done when the device is frozen or glitches.
- If the power cycle doesn’t work, you should try resetting your Hisense TV using the pinhole at the back.
- After trying all the fixes, if the red light still blinks, I believe it’s time for a factory reset.
- When you factory reset your TV, all the data will be deleted and all the settings will revert back to factory default, so be mindful when taking the decision.
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