How to force a factory reset or hard reset on Pioneer devices

Force restore, also called “hard reset” of an Pioneer brand device is necessary when the device does not turn on, shows an error or does not respond and it is not possible to reset it from the device settings.

Keep in mind that force restoring an Pioneer device will erase everything on it and you need to know the passkey to be able to turn it back on even after force restoring.

Use the search engine or browse through the list to find your device among the 5 devices and get the steps to do a hard reset.

Pioneer P80w Pioneer P80w
Pioneer Omega XL S5 Pioneer Omega XL S5
Pioneer E81C Pioneer E81C
Pioneer E80W Pioneer E80W
Pioneer E60W Pioneer E60W