Black Screen / Flickering / No Picture on TCL Roku TV? 3 Easy Fixes!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ย. 2024
- I show you 3 easy fixes on how to fix a TCL Roku TV that has a black screen or flickering/flashing black screen or no picture on videos, shows or movies but you can still hear the audio. Hope this helps.
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My husband said...call customer service to see what we can do to fix the pixelated screen. When he left for work, I decided to try TH-cam first. Lo and behold....your first step did the trick! Thanks for your help!
The third method worked for about a minute. I was so excited and then started up again. I waited a little while and tried it again. It worked on the 4th try!!! So people, if it doesn't work the first time, try it again, don't give up. Thank you so much!!!!
Saved the day! Was about to go to a local Walmart in seconds then I found this video. First method worked perfectly. Thank you!
None of these worked for me
This did the trick - when I was watching a DVD, half the screen started flickering. Tried a different DVD, different HDMI port, updating the TCL firmware, nothing. The Home 5x + Upward arrow 1x + RW 2x + FF 2x combo worked on the first try. Thanks - this earned you a subscribe!
I just rebooted my tv with the steps and it’s working like a charm, super thank you man!!!❤
The startup splash screen is visible for a split second twice during the code reboot sequence, but still ends up at black screen (w/audio) when done booting up :(
I’m having this same exact issue now where the Roku logo flashes twice during boot up but then the screen is blank. Did you end up finding a fix for it?
@@chandlerp After getting in touch with customer service, they determined it was "LED backlight failure", and that I needed to get a new TV (which I did). This time, I'm taking the precautions this site recommends...
_"LED backlight failure is common in all LED TVs. With Sharp and RCA Roku TVs, turning down the backlight level isn’t very intuitive._
_Under Settings-> TV Picture Settings Set the TV Brightness to Normal. It defaults to Brightest I’m not sure if this is controlling image brightness or backlight level but safer to set it to Normal._
_With your current input selected (eg HDMI 1), hit * on the remote. Go to Advanced Picture Settings. Set Picture Mode to Low Power, Dynamic Contrast to Off and the Backlight to 60-70. The lower you can tolerate the better. The default for low power is 78 which still seems high. Most picture modes set the backlight at max which will burn out the LEDs._
_Repeat step 2 for all inputs you are using and also check all apps (eg. Netflix, Roku media player you are running."_
@@BezoRazo Thanks. I'm going to keep this in mind for future TVs.
I’m having this same issue
Same issue
Dude you are a god. Seriously. My 2-year-old TV started showing dark right screen a couple weeks ago. I did a Google search and saw where that was a known problem, and some said it only gets worse until screen is totally dark. I did a live chat with TCL and nothing they suggested worked. They finally said I was out of warranty so they could not replace my TV. Then today, I could hear sound perfectly but no picture on any channel. I tried your first hack (home 5 x, up 1x etc) and my picture is back.
Turning down the brightness from “Brightness” to “Normal” fixed it for me!
How u change the brightness?
@@cahillz6234 when you’re watching something press the star button
I turned the brightness to normal then I cant see nothing
Niiiice! Thank you. Haha it’s working. For now at least🤞🤞
@@xXx_PUY_LYR_xXx I did that and it doesn’t get brighter
None of them worked but you do a great job! I may have a different problem. My front light lights up, after the code it shows another flicker(progress) then just shuts down. I waited a bit, 5 min or so and nada. The front light does flash looking for some input. It's not always solid. Any other suggestions since the video. Great video love it thank you man I subscribed - Alex
Same as my issue
Hi! I know this comment is old but did you guys fix this? I'm having the same issue. I only had this TV for 10 months or so. Bought it on sale from Target in January
Ugh me too and nothing is working. Had the TV just over a year. I'm going Samsung or LG this time and getting the extra warranty smh
Same here
Yup. My dad's tv did the same. After the 1 minute, I'm getting a flicker, but that's it.
I’ve had my TCL for a year and it blacked out. Fortunately the second fix is working so far. Thanks a bunch Sir.
Thank you so much! Your recommendation No. 1 got it totally fixed. My TV is very new, less than 6 months with me, so this was upsetting. The screen went 90% dark where I could barely see images when in motion, yet the pictures were fine and the sound was working well. Anyhow, you got 5 starts from me!
It really works ?
Step 1 worked for me.
I had sound and menu and closed captions, but no video. Step 1 fixed the missing video.
Thanks!
Too bad for Asurion, which had the extended warranty coverage. Instead of sending me a link to your video, they sent me a gift card for the full purchase price of the TV!
Hard Reset unplugging while the TV was on and waiting a minute fixed it for me. The button combo didnt do anything for me. I have this weird flicker that would happen every 5 seconds, very annoying.
Nevermind it started flickering again after 2 minutes. RIP
Every few days the same thing happens to me
IT DOESN'T WORK😕
Out of curiosity, do any of you have the tv Brightness higher than normal? If so change it to reset TV brightness. That helped me the first time.
Yea he think we stupid . this ain't mortal combat fatality codes . wtf
THANK U SO MUCH. I was so worried because my tcl Home Screen was black. The first method help me with my model. U deserve a like and a comment.
Button combo worked great !!!!! Thank you so much - started right at end of game during March Madness
Button combo worked great for the cake tv 2 days ago; today I went to watch cbs all access (now Paramount +) & found out that all of my saved smart tv channels are all flickering from the black screen to regular. Trying his last 2 options of unplugging TV. Button combo did get my regular cable up & running. Yes! Unplugging worked for the saved channels!! Thank you 😊
Thank you so much… That’s exactly what I needed to do… You are a true blessing
It worked perfectly on the first suggestion you made
1st tried the remote reset trick, didnt work, became skeptical about this video, then tried the unplug for 30 secs trick and that actually worked! Was genuinely shocked that it worked. Thanks!!
THUMBS UP ALL THE WAY MAN!
Unplugging baby!!! Idk what the **** happened to be honest. Was working fine one day, screen started getting a little darker, finally went black, turned it on to play some games today, and it was completely static and than went back... tried to resetting. Didn’t work, finally unplugged it and restarted it completely. Removed all hdmis plugged them back in and now it seems to be running fine...
Yay!! My issue was somewhat different (still pics were ok but any video/movies etc were dark and pixelated), but I tried step 1 and it worked great. Thanks - this saved me from a tedious customer service experience. ❤
Yessssss!!!! I just had the exact same issue as you and step one worked the first time! Glad I read your comment! Thanks!!!!
Fixed mine as well
Vid was 2 years ago and u just saved me from buying another tv 😭😭🙏🏾
Mines still not working and I unplug reset but when it comes on it does flash the TCL red back screen but it goes back black it’s like a second
Same here did you ever figure it out?
same here .
Same here as well
Same
Same
Thank you so much for your time and your knowledge. It worked I unplugged it for 30 seconds. I truly appreciate it and again God bless you again! 😊. IT WORKS🙌🏾🙌🏾
Glad it helped
I THOUGHT THIS WAS A CLICKBAIT VIDEO OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH MY MOM WAS ABOUT TO HIT ME
lol same
Right bru mines talking bout I dropped the tv when I was at work 😭☠️talking bout I need to buy a new one hn!!!👎🏽👎🏽
Unplugged TCL Roku for a minute and replugged power card fixed the dark screen! Thanks for the troubleshoot!
After unplugging it. try holding in the power button while unplugged for 30 seconds while. This method should purge all the reserve power in the system as well. After say 30 seconds. Or try a 60 second hold if the 30 sec didn't work, just in case. But this might also help someone as well. Especially with Roku TCL tvs. I LIKED THE REMOTE COMBO NEVER SEEN THAT ONE. Mine was a backlight sadly. but the purge helped it turn back on a few more times longer before completely having to replace strips. Plus the strips are made in batches!😩so if one goes the rest will follow sadly🤷🏻♂️. Found that out the hard way as well . Thanks for the video man
Wow!! Great job!! I got it to stop buffering thank you so much!!
I unplugged mines for 2 weeks and the back light still doesn’t work
Did you try 1min?
or 30 secs?
Reset button press it and wait for it if not could be the lcd is out or can be a cord problem
Same lol
Hahaha
HEADS UP - if this doesn't work to stop your picture from blinking on and off every few seconds ADJUST THE BRIGHTNESS! I read in another video to put it to "Normal" and that STOPPED the blinking for me! I'd tried EVERYTHING including a factory reset and NOTHING worked. It's been an hour now with no blinking! Just go to Settings/TV picture settings/TV brightness.
I found out about adjusting the Brightness from a comment on another video and lots of comments on that saying it worked. Just realized I had recently increased the Brightness as I always watch lots of scary movies during October!
Your fix absolutely works for me as well. Call tech support and they told me to factory reset and it continued. I changed the brightness back to normal and it's been working now for a good hour. Thanks for your help.
How u adjust brightness if u got a black screen
I had a black screen with no images and the power removal worked for me. Thanks!
I hope it works for me. I’m now on to step 3 and still sound with no picture. 😔
Didnt think it would actually work, but in about 30 seconds, it worked. Thx alot
The first method worked for me! My screen started randomly showing two of everything as if it had been dropped or something, but I did the button combo and it reset and came back to normal. Thank you so much!
Thanks it's already fixed. You help is so very appreciated. God bless!
Just did the first step. Immediately fixed after it restarted. I guess we will see how long that works. Thank you so much!
Hey can we get an update on that? Has your tv given you any issues?
@@juansantiagosantos4578 it is still working perfectly with zero issues. Thanks again
If all that fails try this. Worked for us. **FACTORY RESET**
Introduction
You may need to factory reset your TCL Roku TV in order to resolve an error or network connectivity issue.
Please be aware that performing a factory reset will remove all of your personal data including, settings, Roku data, and menu preferences.
Before performing a factory reset, make sure that you have your network credentials available to reconnect the TV to your network.
You will also need to repeat the guided setup, the antenna TV setup (channel scan), and input configuration after the reset is complete.
1 Factory Reset
Select the Home button on your remote to open the main screen.
Select Settings.
Select System
Select Advanced system settings
Select Factory reset.
(Number Code will be on the screen to enter)
Select Factory reset everything
This worked great. Thank you for putting this video out there.
Dude you are awesome! I have been trying for weeks to fix TV issue, using multiple TH-cam videos and suggestions from friends. Had put in an order for a new TV, found your video and in less than 5 minutes may TV is back!!! Going to cancel order for new TV and enjoy the one I already have. Once again thank you!!
Fixed my TCL Roku 50" tv!!! Thanks a million!!!!
Did not work got a flicker still black screen
@@bryce3rogersame
Thank you so much! I did the first one and was able to see my pictures/videos again. What was happening for me was once I clicked on a video to watch, the thumbnail looked perfect, but the actual video was blackening everything. This is not a good sign but at least This helped me to get through “now”😬🤦🏽♀️🙏🏽💞
Thanks so much I unplugged it for ten seconds 😂 and it work!!! Good stuff !!
The 1 minute wait worked for me.....well actually it was unplugged for 20 minutes because I forgot and then plugged it in and it worked!! Thank you!! I will subscribe!!!
I got a TCL smart tv 2.5 years ago and the flickering started a few days ago. It starts about an hour after the tv is on. I've tried all of your fixes and also the ones from a longer video. I tried them all multiple times, except I haven't tried the factory reset. Any other suggestions?
woke up today and had this issue. unplugging it didn’t work, but the first solution on your video fixed it. Thank you for uploading this video
Thanks so much! I’m subbing and liking. I was having an issue where I could hear everything on my tv but not see. Even on games such as my PlayStation. Key combo worked! Thanks 🙏🏻 👍🏻
I lost my remote but cant get the button combo to work with the controller app.. any ideas
The first one fixed it. Idk what the heck my TV was doing but thank you very much for sharing this. Much appreciated 👍🏻☺️
I switched my color bit from 8 to 10 and that stopped the blinking out. I seen it from a different post and thought to try it and it worked. Hope it helps
Thank You! This Actually Work And Now My Family Is Happy.
At first the button sequence seemed to have fixed it, but it came back. The hard restart/unplug thing seems to work better. Thank you so much!
Same
Thank you, the second method worked for me unplug and plug for 30 secs then turn on, unplug and plug again for one min the sec time then turn on and everything back to normal thank you so much.
Thank you so much. Unplugging the tv has worked for me. My tv is working again.
What if all 3 don't work
Unplugging for one minute worked for me.
Thanks!
I tried all three fixes on my TCL 65" Series 5 (2020) (65S535): unfortunately none worked.
Same here
Dude same
Sameee bro
Tcl tvs have a major problem. They develop mother board, tecon board and backlight issues in between 1 and 2 years. TCL is aware of this problem but will not even fix it even one pays for it after warranty is over.
Same
The first one worked for me. Thanks a lot. I don't have the money to buy a new TV so this really helped me.
How do you get the brightness brighter?
Settings/TV picture settings/TV brightness. But better to leave it at "Normal" and watch things in a dimly lit room. I had mine on "Brighter" and found out that's WHY my TV kept blinking the picture on and off every 3 seconds!
@@ferretocious some shows seem to be shot darker these days. But mine was basically black. The news n commercials are bright. I rather have a sliding scale for the brightness not just 5 choices
Thanks man! My PS4’s display just didn’t look very good so I reset the TV, it looked pretty shotty and choppy. Needless to say, we’re all good now! From one techie to another, appreciate you man!
My MANNNNNN!!! Step 1 worked brilliantly. Thanks!!
Key combo doesn't work with totally black screen. Want the screen to come back on to see what I am doing
what are you doing then
@@saintrxf trying to sell it for parts or for a project for a newbie tv repair person
@@jamesarterburn4128 ohh okay okay
Thanks dude you saved my phone from being scrapped and saved me money appreciated 👍👍
My guy! Thank you so much! I've been dealing with this for so long so annoying. But it's fixed, you the man!
Still flickering, boo. TV is barely two years old too.
Thanks, alot. I was minutes from giving up and buying a new TV. But it's not that old and doesn't get used a lot so I was thinking it can't be bad. My 55 in has a reset button and I tried that several times along with unplugging for a few minutes up to 30 minutes and nothing worked. After trying your first, and then the second method, it started working.
The problem I was having involved abrupt sudden loss of picture. The audio continued without interruption. It was as if someone just flipped a switch and turned off the screen illumination. Turning the TV off (with the remote) and back on (sometimes more than once) was the only way I could get the picture back. There was no real rhyme or reason to the frequency or onset of the problem, but it usually only waited about 10 - 15 minutes before happening again. I was baffled, and had begun to resolve myself to purchasing a new TV.
Then I came across this fix. Not knowing if the remote "code" would result in having to re-enter credentials and network settings, I opted to use the third "fix" first. In fact, I was watching a program when the screen went dark again, and I pulled the plug without getting the picture back. We counted off 60 seconds and plugged the TV back in. It has been running for almost 2 hours since then, and the mysterious black screen has not revisited so far.
Thanks for the simple fix!
If it starts happening again, I know how to solve it.
I sure would like to know WHY this works... ie: WHAT is going on INSIDE the TV, to make it black out, and WHY does this fix it? For now, however, I will take the win :D
UPDATE: The TV ran well all day and evening... It was fine for 12 hours and I shut it off and retired to bed. The next morning it displayed the home screen for about 1 second, and went black. I cycled the power a couple of times, no joy... :( unplugged for a few minutes, and powered it up to a picture, which lasted for about five minutes and then black screen, just sound. Now cycling the power button accomplishes nothing. No sound, no picture, just the remote indicator on the TV flashes each time I push a button.
Time for a new TV after all. :(
It’s the led lights inside of it
I am having this same problem
What about Onn Roku TVs? Do those methods work too cause my problem is that my light flickers and doesn’t respond and has a black screen.
@@kingxdatruth0998 onn is actual shit
No more junk TCL products for me
First method worked for me. Thanks so much!!
Picture did a freeze and a slow fade out one day, button combo worked, thank you!
Thank you! The program indicator - as in the white border you move around to select Netflix, cable, TH-cam etc. wasn't showing.
I tried unplugging the tv, but that didn't work.
The reboot did!
Thanks again.
Thank you, Sir! I don't know how you found that first remote trick, but it seems to have worked for us. At least 2 hours in after doing it and not a single flicker where it had been doing it increasingly for 4 days. Tried all of the unplugging first and resetting through the remote/settings screen but didn't do the trick before this.
You ROCK! First method worked. Thank you.
I have a TCL Roku 65-in TV while watching a program today it went black and had sound I've done all the tricks I found on TH-cam and nothing has worked I got it new 5 months ago.
Same here let me know if you find something:/
Same
Probably bad led light.
Same thing. This sucks. The tv is1-1.5 years old. 😭
The code worked for me. Had to put it in twice. After the 2nd time I waited 5 mins (went to search for another video/ I thought it didn’t work) and it stopped flickering.
Tv: Roku Insignia (best buy) about 4 yrs old.
The screen got darker but hopefully I can fix that in setting.
I SAW MASTER RESET WORKED AND TURNED OFF BUT STILL CAME BACK DARK 😭
The fist trick worked well, thank you for saving me money.
I know this video is a year old but u said give a thumbs down if nothing worked so 👎🏽.. I do thank u for the video tho. This tv is less than a year old and I’ve tried everything and the most I get is two flashes after plugging it bk in and nothing else from the other methods. Hope you’re having a great day!
Your a Genius bro!! Thanks!!
I was just about ready to take my tv down and go get another. I tried the sequence a few times....noticed a few ROKU flashes but no good. This morning I got up and I tried the sequence and the screen appeared once. I kept doing the sequence a few more times. Bingo....it came back on. Been on for a few hours. Thank you very much.
Fixed after step 1. Thanks!
Thank you. The first method worked for me.
I've done these several times & nothing.
For me it worked for 5mins then it went black again
Time for a new tv pal 🤷🏽♂️
@@Elphino_Panda mine about to die happened twice . Then it finally no black screen then few days later happened again . So either bad hdmi cable or tv about to die but auto still works . I tried new hdmi still issue. I unplug tv cord worked then comes black screen and flickers says later
Thank you so much!!! I thought I bought a 400 dollar lemon lol
🤣
Thank You it WORKED!!! I was panicking I’ve only had this tv 2 months and the screen went green, no picture but there was sound. I tried the 1st solution and it worked!!!🎉
Nothing has worked none of these videos I watched worked. My phone is same company. Little black boxes appear on screen.
All these new streaming TV's are JUNK!!! Had an older Plasma tv.. the thing weighed a million pounds, but was great! great picture! these new tv's are just cheap junk
You sir are smoked...😂 great picture for 2010 maybe lol
But they are cheaper half the price half the life. Average life of a $450 tv is 3/4 years
This is the most boomer comment I’ve read all year
I had a really nice plasma tv the wife hit with the remote when she was drunk. Was a great samsung tv. These new ones are junk
The first tip worked. Thanks for the help! I'm concerned though it will happen again, since I had just done a factory reset last week.
My TV while watching fades out to black it sux sometimes I turn on & keep hitting home button when goes into rest mode for about an hour warm up I guess sometimes it works some time it dont. Tryed a factory reset nothing tryed these 3 things stll fades out im so bummed 65 inch tv not even 6mo old to me ugg
Did you take out a warranty on it when you brought it?
Thanks! The first suggestion worked for mine. It's crystal clear again.
The button combo actually made our problem worse. Our screen started with the top half being much darker then the bottom half, once we tried the button hack the screen became almost completely black. Tried unplugging and waiting and nothings working.
Same. I'm right there with ya
Same, ours came on a few times but then faded dark, none of the suggestions are working.. bumm, ours isn't even a year old either. @@TheAliciaGreene
Thank you so much for the quick comprehensive video, my tv started right back up !! 🎉👍👍👍
The key sequence is one that intentionally crashes the Roku operating system, causing the TV to reboot. It should act exactly the same as pulling the power. It's used by Roku developers to force the device to send a crash report back to Roku's server so they can examine the system state at the time of the crash.
This is super helpful. 1st method worked for me. Thanks a lot.
Thank you, my flickering issue is resolved. 🙌🏼
Tried all 3, still flickering, but some improvement. Before that, i tried unplugging all attachments and restarting tv, reset router, rescan channels, etc.
i did all 3 steps just in case lol and so far seems to work! thanks!
Thanks 🙏 mine Roku Tv was blinking dark to light over and over. Watching cartoons you could really see it. Did the reset and for an hour I have not seen the flicker. Thought I was going to have rebuy a $600 dollar tv because this one wasn’t working and it been like 8 months since I bought it. Crazy! So far so good. Thanks 🙏
Oh crap it started flickering again and now the sequence isn’t stopping it.
Bruh one day I wanted to play video games and when I turned it on BOOM it was like a worn out color on the screen and little flicks on it and I literally did NOTHING to it😭
The reset code worked for my 55 inch. And it reminded me of my NES days
If you are one of those folks, like me, and nothing on the internet, including these three methods works, then it's time for a new TV. My TCL is two years old and the back light problem it has is and has been a known issue by TCL for quite some time. If this did work for you, it won't down the road, but you are receiving a warning sign. The best way to avoid this problem is to not buy this brand!
So what tv brands last longer? I had my tcl roku for about three years now and it started doing this blinking thing and it won’t go away
@@LK-bn5mq go to Best Buy or a place that sells TVs and ask the staff they know more than anyone.
@George Thompson SAME! I’m furious! I saved money for months to buy my new Roku and it’s a year and half old and it’s SHITT now!! I can’t afford a new one! Eff the A-HOLE who talked me out of buying a SAMSUNG!! Had I bought that effing Samsung I 💯 bet my life right now, that I’d be golden !! I’m so angry this is not cool whatsoever !!
@@TaraMac1437 I feel your pain but unfortunately I'm here to tell you Samsung is just as bad. I've had 3 Samsung's fail on me after being less than a year old. This made me switch to TCL and now I'm having these problems and on my 2nd TCL which just failed on me. Unfortunately it's becoming harder and harder to find a tv that doesn't cost thousands of dollars that will last more than 2 years. I'm going to give Vizio a try next... hoping for better luck.
@@hondaimport08 yes good luck to you! I would recommend an LG. Those are awesome and hold their value
This worked right away thanks the picture on my tv was so dark i thought i was going to need a new tv thanks for doing this video👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I guess a new tv is in order!
Totally worked...these videos never work...but this one actually works
2:50
My tv is still black screen but has sound
Did you fix it
Neither process worked😢
Worked like a charm for me
THANK YOU, the 5 tap on remote was the 🔑 to correct my issue.
None of these worked for me.😭😔
Same
Thank you I have a 50 or 60 inch tv . Had blurred screen . I did your reboot method and it worked
I gave it a thumbs down because when powered up, I can see the picture but it clearly goes back to a black screen. I only had this tv for about seven months now and it's acting like this. This tv doesn't be touch often and I just can't get it to come back on. Is there any other option avaliable?
This guy didn’t break your TV…don’t give a thumbs down for attempting to help others just because it didn’t help your specific problem