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TCL TV Picture Not Working (Keeps Changing Brightness/Colors)

If your TCL TV’s picture isn’t working or keeps changing brightness or colors, resulting in a dim or dark screen, you can try to unplug your TV or switch power outlets. You can also do a hard reset. Other possible fixes include tweaking the picture or brightness settings or updating your firmware.

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TCL TV Sound Not Working (Not Sync/Won’t Turn/Stay Up or Down)

To turn the volume up on your TCL TV without a remote and there are buttons on the bottom or back of the TV, simply press the (+) button on the remote to turn the volume up. If there are no buttons on your TV, you can install the Roku app on your smartphone by which you will be able to control the volume of your TV from. If you do not have a smartphone, a new remote will need to be purchased to turn up the volume.

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TCL TV Apps Won’t Work (Won’t Download/Open)

If your TCL TV Hulu app is not working, the same solutions apply for many of the other applications that may experience the same problem. To fix a Hulu app that is not working on your TCL TV, you may need to delete and reinstall the app while also resetting your Roku. To do this, reference back to “TCL TV Netflix Not Working” to find the steps to reinstall the application as well as reset your Roku.

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TCL TV WiFi Not Working (Disconnects/Won’t Detect/Connect)

To forget the WiFi network on your TCL TV, first press the ‘Home’ button on your remote control. You will then select ‘Settings’ > ‘Network’ > find and select your WiFi network with the remote > scroll down and select ‘Forget Network’ > then select ‘OK’ with the remote. Once this is done, the network should be forgotten.

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TCL TV Light Blinking Won’t Stop/Won’t Turn On/Won’t Turn Off

If your TCL TV light is blinking and it won’t turn off, use your remote to disable the light. To do this, press ‘Home’ on your remote control, ‘Settings’ > ‘OK’ > ‘System’ > ‘OK’ > ‘Power’ > ‘OK’ > ‘Standby LED’ > ‘OK’ > then, do disable the light select ‘OFF’ > then press ‘OK’ on the remote to confirm that you want the light off. This should get the light to stop blinking by powering it off entirely.

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TCL TV Won’t Turn On/Off or Keeps Turning On/Off

If your TCL TV won’t stay on, this problem could be caused by an internal timer that has been set within your TV. To check to see if any timers have been set, press the ‘Home’ button located on your remote control > scroll to ‘Settings’ > select ‘System’ > ‘Time’ > ‘Sleep Timer’ > and then check to see if any timers have been set to cause your TV to turn off automatically. If so, disable those timers.

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How to Pair TCL TV to Xfinity / DIRECTV / Roku / Universal remote

Pairing a TCL TV to a remote can be done in one of three ways; manually entering a TCL TV code into the remote, allowing the remote to find the code through its own database and pair automatically, or by following on-screen prompts. This process varies with different brands.

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