How to Reset PS3 Video Settings from HDMI to AV

Sony has included steps to reset the video output settings back to primitive settings where you may change them back to your optimum settings via the settings menu.

Step 1: Resetting the Video

First you will have to reset the video settings on your PS3 by following these simple steps:

1. Make sure the PS3 console is off and displaying the red light on the power LED.
2. Press and hold the power button for around 5 seconds until you hear a second beep. (Figure 1)

Figure 1: Playstation 3 Diagram

After this, your PS3 will power on with primitive video settings.

Step 2: Configuring to Optimum Video Settings

With your PS3 now on, you may now configure it run on optimum video settings suitable for your TV. In the main menu, scroll to the Settings tab and scroll down to the Display Settings option (Figure 2)

Figure 2: Playstation 3 Settings Menu

After selecting the Display Settings option, you will see the Video Output Settings has current Output Resolution set at 480i (Figure 3).

Figure 3: Playstation 3 Display Settings Menu

Select the Video Output Settings and choose the type of connector used on your TV (Figure 4). Currently I am using component cables and therefore I select the component option. Follow the menu and choose your maximum resolution your TV can support and select the type of audio output you will use.

Figure 4: Playstation 3 Video Output Connector Menu

With this complete your PS3 video settings should be reset back to optimum settings suitable for your TV.

User Comments

• thank you man i didnt know if you held the power button for 5 seconds it would bring the homescreen up so you could change the display settings…i appreciate it

  
  

  clownie b
  October 17th

• thank you so much for this, me and my wife just got one and could not figure out why it wouldnt show up on the screen. so we looked up reset button and saw this. thank you so much for adding pics, it really helped

  
  

  Bloom Family
  November 8th

• works very well

  
  

  marc
  December 3rd

• i have a very old tv,but ithas a scart thing and still won’t work. PLEASE help me :’( my email address is:devon-ray-austin@hotmail.co.uk

  
  

  devon
  December 20th

• ^^ Can you elaborate more on what has happened, was it working to begin with?

  ED!

  
  

  Ed
  December 21st

• Thanks so much for this i just got an hd tv but i have to keep switching between sd and hd

  when no picture showed on sd i thought i destroyed my system or something like that

  Many thanks again

  
  

  weasel1453
  December 27th

• work good thank you. you need to do one about xbox360 thay have a lot more bad then good.I just got the E74 red line thang need help. nickbrestovansky@yahoo.com

  
  

  nickbrestovansky
  December 30th

• thank you soooo much!!!

  
  

  demon5
  April 19th

• haha. this is awesome, i had it to where i memorized the beeps down and over to change my settings, then it changed when it updated…and i was lost until i was trying to look up pictures of the playstation screen so i could figure out the numbers again..lol..thanks alot.

  
  

  alex
  April 23rd

• Oh my god! Thanks so much.. You have no idea how much that helped by just pressing the off button to bring up the setting screen. We were able to turn of the HDMI cable and get it working again!

  
  

  Leith
  May 1st

• Thnxxx on the first step my system reset itslef so iwanted 2 say thnxx man tht was a real problem.

  
  

  T.J
  May 7th

• thanks …

  
  

  img
  May 19th

• Thanks for this. Definitely one of the most useful guides I have used yet.

  
  

  DLJ
  June 13th

• really helpful … my tv got blocked because i used my ps3 at my friends house with an hd cable and i coulnd fix the configuration when i came home . the tv was blank and i couldnt see anything but i jst re-set it and i t wrkd… thanks!

  
  

  Dusk Kee
  June 23rd

• so simple thanks

  
  

  Earl Hook
  July 27th

• thnx for the instructions .this really really helped me

  
  

  Vipul Bhatia
  August 17th

• nice one mate that helped me as i wanted to play my ps3 but i didnt work because it was set in HDMI and i olny had my AV cable but thanks to you i fixed the problem

  
  

  dean
  August 18th

• thanks )

  
  

  zzz
  September 13th

• thx alot you saved my life mate i had a hdmi cable attached and now i can play agaain thx alot

  
  

  nathan
  October 6th

• Man, you saved my life! My PS3 hasn’t been working for days, and I just got into the climax of my favorite game on it. I was going nuts trying to figure out why it wasn’t loading on my old TV! You are the best! Thanks a million!

  
  

  Brad Brown
  January 2nd

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