With a good smart TV, you can stream your favorite shows online on a bigger screen. Vizio Smartcast TV lets you watch your movies and shows online at any time. However, if your Vizio Smartcast TV cannot connect to your Wifi Internet Network, it blocks you from your online entertainment.
Why is My Vizio TV Not Connecting to WiFi?
There are different reasons why your Vizio Smartcast TV cannot connect to your Wifi. You may have problems with your network connection. There may be issues with your Wifi or your smart TV itself. Your TV and router may also have communication problems.
Whatever is the reason, there are ways on how you can repair the problem with your Vizio Smartcast TV. Check out the solutions below.
How to Fix Vizio Smartcast TV Won’t Connect to Wifi Network
Solution #1 – Check Your Internet Connection
Perform a speed test to see if you have a good network connection. You may also try to connect to the Internet using another device to see if it is working or not.
Solution #2 – Power Cycle Your Device
- Turn off your Vizio Smartcast TV and unplug it.
- Unplug your router and modem as well.
- Wait for at least 1 minute.
- Now, plug in your Smartcast TV.
- Do the same to your router and modem.
- Turn on your TV and check if the error still exists.
Solution #3 – Enable DHCP on your Device
DHCP means Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. It is responsible for giving an IP address to each device using a network connection so that each device has a unique IP address.
- On your remote, press the Menu button.
- Navigate to Network.
- Go to Manual Setup.
- Select DHCP.
- Check if it is Enabled. If it is Enabled, toggle to Disabled. and toggle back to Enabled. If it is Disabled, toggle to Enabled.
Solution #4 – Factory Reset Your Vizio Smartcast TV
If none of the solutions work, you may try to factory reset or hard reset your TV. Keep in mind that hard reset means it changes your TV’s setting back to its default factory setting.
- On your remote, press the Menu button.
- Select System.
- Go to Reset & Admin.
- Click Reset TV to Factory Settings.
Which of the solutions above work for you? Let us know in the comments below.
Tried everything. TV was working fine. Now its not. Nothing works. None of your tips. What now?
Nothing worked for me
I have a Vizio 55 in and was having a problem looping through the setup and having to put in my wifi password and downloading updates. It just kept looping through this process and I couldn’t get to where the smartcast would show up so I could watch TV. What I realized is that I had bought my TV a long time before I hooked it up. I had moved and that was a long process for me and then I didn’t watch TV all summer, so I realized that my TV was probably several updates behind and that’s why it was looping through the setup over and over to download an update. So I excited the setup process and then clicked on the menu button instead, clicked on system, and clicked on check for updates. This put me directly into the update area instead of going through setup and putting in my wifi password over and over to get to the updates. Anyway, in the manual update area it will tell you what update your TV is on and the update that you need to get to. So, run through the update process in that section until your TV gets to the goal update. If it was a human brain, it would update everything all in one shot, but it’s not so you have to go through each update one at a time. So just go through the process over and over until the updates get up to speed.
Sorry, I proofread my comment, but of course missed one. I exited the setup process not excited.
None of these worked for me.
I just purchased a new Vizio TV and it doesn’t recognize my 5G Network. Though it will recognize the regular network. It’s not a network problem because all other devices in the house can connect to the 5G. When scanning for different networks it will bring up at least 20 different networks but not my 5G Network.
Tried everything several times tv was fine and out of the blue it disconnected from wifi and will not reconnect no matter what I do!
I had to manually insert the network and I tested it with positive results. It established DNS and NTP Servers
Connection Method: Wireless
Connected to: (my network)
Signal Strength: Full Bars
Download: 10880kb/s
SError Code: Success
HOW?
I’ve noticed that my Vizio OLED periodically just gets confused – not just with the WiFi connection. Power cycling the TV consistently brings it back in line.