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hey I'm seeing that's right Crist automated lighting can bring a lot of convenience into your home but you might need to troubleshoot what things go wrong an easy option for this is to manually reset the bulbs now different manufacturers have different ways of doing this but in general you're going to be cycling the bulbs on and off and on and off until they flash indicating that the bulb has been reset here's how to do that with the Cree connected LED you're going to have it on and then turn it off for two seconds and on for two seconds about four times it might take a couple extra times or a couple of attempts to get the timing just right once you do it right the light will flash and you're going to have a reset bulb back to factory settings you can start from scratch with now like I said different manufacturers have different timings to get this just right so it depend on the bulb you're using if you're using a wiimote LED for instance you're going to turn it off for one second and then on for about three seconds and do that 3 or 4 times to see if that works the GE link LED here you're going to turn off for 5 seconds on for 5 seconds repeat that 5 times and the bulb should reset now not every smart light has a manual reset option available the Philips hue lights for instance can't be reset using a trick like this and they also can't be deleted from the app which is kind of strange instead you'll need to get your Philips hue bridge out and push the restore factory settings button here on the back that's going to erase all of your lights and all of your scenes kind of a pain but you'll be able to riad everything and set it back up and get it working again for more smart home tips and reviews check out our coverage at cnet.com for seen that appliances I'm rat Crest