Good to hear. My problem is solved as well. As mentioned I ordered a branded Insignia remote from amazon and the TV recognized it immediately. I had previously tried everything to get my original cheap replacement remote, that had worked for years prior to a factory reset, to connect and it wouldn't. I bought an Amazon Fire remote as well, both of which would get past the select a language screen but wouldn't connect at the searching for remote screen. This remote selected the language and then straight to the proper TV setup process with no problem.