If you want to restart or force restart your sony smart tv and your remote control is not working or sony smart tv is not responding to remote and sony smart tv is just stuck on apps loading screen or sony tv is just stuck and becomes unresponsive then you need to restart your sony tv and you can easily restart sony tv without using remote control as well and there are other alternative ways that you can restart your sony tv without using remote. So, lets see in detail below.
How to Restart Sony TV Without remote
Follow below methods to force restart or restart sony tv without using remote control.
Unplug Power Cable From Wall Socket
Step 1: If your sony tv is turned on and stuck on something and doesn’t respond then simply unplug the power cable of sony smart tv from the wall socket.
Step 2: Wait for 60 seconds
Step 3: After 60 seconds, plug back sony tv power cable back to wall socket and turn on sony smart tv.
That’s it, this is how you restart sony smart tv without using remote control.
Use Power Button on Sony Smart tv
You can use the power button on sony smart tv and turn off and turn on sony tv and restart sony tv using physical buttons on sony tv front bottom or front right or back of your sony smart tv.
Step 1: Locate power button on sony tv (on front bottom or front back or front left or front right or back).
Step 2: Press power button and your sony smart tv will turn off
Step 3: Wait for sometime and press the power button to turn on sony tv.
Once you turn off and turn on sony tv this is the same as restart and there is no difference here and it acts the same as restarting sony smart tv using remote control.
Use Remote Control App
You can also use the sony tv remote control app which is already connected to your sony smart tv and use the remote control app on your mobile device and control son tv.
Step 1: Open remote control app on your mobile device
Step 2: Use the remote control app and Tap power button and turn off sony smart tv.
Step 3: Again, Press Power button and turn on sony smart tv.
Thats it, this is how you can use remote control app to restart and turn off and turn on sony smart tv without using a remote.
Restart Sony tv using Remote control App
Step 1: Open sony tv remote control app on your mobile
Step 2: Press and hold the power button on remote (remote control app on device) which will be same as remote.
Step 3: After 10 seconds, you will see pop up menu and select restart using remote control and restart