When trying to your use your A80K, A90K, A95K, X80K, X85K, X90K, X95K or Z9K, you may experience crashing or freezing.
To see how you can fix these problems with your 2022 Sony television set, you can take a look at this Seeking Tech troubleshooting guide.
1. The first step we recommend taking is to press the home button on the remote of your TV.
If the home menu opens up, then the freezing issue may not be related to your television set at all. Instead, it may be related to the device that is connected to your A80K, A90K, A95K, X80K, X85K, X90K, X95K or Z9K.
If you are experiencing issues with the connected device, you can try restarting it, updating its firmware or factory resetting it.
2. If you are sure that the crashing or freezing issues are isolated to your TV, then you can try pressing and holding the power button for approximately 5 seconds. Afterwards, let go of the power button and the TV should reboot.
If your television set remains turned off, then you can press the power button on your remote again to turn it back on.
3. If the TV isn’t responding to your remote presses, then you can turn it off by pressing the power button located directly on the television set.
4. If the power buttons aren’t working on the remote and TV, then you need to unplug its power cord from the power outlet. Afterwards, we recommend waiting for at least 2 minutes before you plug the television back in and then turn it back on.
5. If you are still experiencing issues after turning off and turning on your 2022 Sony television, then the next step you can try is to update its firmware.
To find out how you can do so directly from the TV or through the USB port, you can take a look at this firmware update article for the A80K, A90K, A95K, X80K, X85K, X90K, X95K and Z9K.
6. If you are only experiencing crashing of freezing when using a specific app directly from your 2022 Sony TV, then we recommend updating the application.
If there is no update available, then we suggest that you avoid using that app until a new version is available to download. Instead, you can use the same app on another device and then connect the device to your TV to see if the application is more stable.
7. You can also try to factory reset your A80K, A90K, A95K, X80K, X85K, X90K, X95K and Z9K. By doing so, you will be able to restore your television set to its original factory default settings. Therefore, if the crashes or freezes are software-related, then this process may help fix these issues.
To see how you can factory reset your 2022 television model, you can take a look at this tutorial.
If your TV is still crashing or freezing after trying all of the aforementioned steps, then we suggest contacting Sony for additional support. You may end up having to send your television in to be repaired or replaced.