TIP:: When your TV 4K Siri lightning hangs and you suffer trying to restart...

2 or perhaps 3 times since warranty has expired my TV 4K 2nd Gen (w/ Siri lightning remote) has Hung.

Since it was completely unresponsive and the best advice found was to cycle power for ~10 seconds and simply power up again and enjoy. Nope, never helped - perhaps you have had this as well?

The Help documentation says Apple Service is required - I have hesitated to be without the TV for days while it gets shipped away and at what cost?

I have since made notes and it has helped twice (since the foresight of making notes) now and here goes;

TV - Mine was rebooting and flicker a Logo, rinse and repeat, endlessly. Status lamp was a slow blink.

Siri Remote - Press & HOLD “<“ MENU  & “TV” for 5 seconds (this also unpaired remote)

TV - notice almost immediately status lamp will oddly flicker. I could not discover if the flickering lamp is

morse code or just a scream for more help, you are not done yet, TV may still not function.

TV - The help necessary is to re-pair the remote;

Siri Remote - Press and hold Back/MENU/“<“ & “VOL UP”  for five seconds. 

If asked, place your remote on top of Apple TV to complete pairing. 

The Apple documentation says to place Remote on TV - This does nothing.

Within moments the TV is just as you left it working once again except it is not hung. But it still asks to "Bring Remote closer to TV" which does nothing.

(( This has been used on current TVOS 18.6 and the couple versions previous ))

today 2025.09.09.