This article describes how to reset a VB1 and restore its default settings.

Relevant Product(s)

• Videobar VB1

A reset can reboot your product or it can clear all product settings and return your product to its original out-of-box state. Find out which option is available to reset your product.

Do you want to reset your product or restore its default settings?

• Reset: A reset corrects minor processors errors. Unless indicated otherwise, product settings are not lost during a reset.
• Restore factory settings: This resets your product to its factory default configuration. Unless indicated otherwise, all settings are cleared and reverted to their original out-of-box state. After, your product can be configured as if it were being setup for the first time.

Table of Contents

Reset

Restore factory settings

Procedure

Reset

To reset the videobar using the onboard controls:

1. Disconnect the power cord from the soundbar.
2. When power is reconnected, wait 30 seconds for the system to reboot.

If the Bose Work Configuration app is able to operate the videobar, a reset can be done in app. In Configuration menu, select Settings > Restart Device > Restart Now.

For more information about Bose Work Configuration, please refer to https://www.boseprofessional.com/en_us/products/conferencing/videobars/bose-videobar-vb1.html#v=bose_videobar_vb1_black.

Restore Factory Settings

To reset the videobar to its factory default settings using the onboard controls:

1. Press and hold the Mute button and the Bluetooth button on the videobar simultaneously for 5 seconds.
2. The light bar will pulse white repeatedly. The lights will then move outward from the center until the whole light bar is lit solid white and then turn off in the same pattern. When this process is completed, the VB1 will restart with its factory default settings.

If the Bose Work Configuration app is able to operate the videobar, restoring the videobar to its factory can be done in app. In Configuration menu, select Settings > Restore All Settings to Default > Restore Factory Defaults.

For more information about Bose Work Configuration, please refer to https://www.boseprofessional.com/en_us/products/conferencing/videobars/bose-videobar-vb1.html#v=bose_videobar_vb1_black.

To reset the videobar using the remote control:

1. Press and hold the Home button (button 5 in below graphic) and Autoframe buttons (button 7 in below graphic) simultaneously for 5 seconds.

2. The light bar will pulse white repeatedly. The lights will then move outward from the center until the whole light bar is lit solid white and then turn off in the same pattern. When this process is completed, the VB1 will restart with its factory default settings.