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I did a factory reset on my TCL roku tv and use a third party streaming box. Blinking red light on the TV went away after the factory reset for me.
Just did this. Appreciate the tip. I had to select In Store Demo, which made it a Dumb TV. Its perfect.
Edit: store demo isn't required and has more limited settings. Just resetting and not connecting to anything makes it a dumb TV with no Roku OS on it. Inout selection, picture controls, sound controls, and that'd about it.
Cannot thank you enough. Dumbt TVs for life.
Don't worry, the next model they release probably won't allow you to do that.
Ooh, definitely gonna try this first. I actually assumed that factory reset would use the 1y old firmware that introduced the problem, but it could well roll back to the 6y original.