How to turn on the PS5 and turn it off the right way without a button
Sometimes there are gamers friends who really want to take care of their PlayStation 5, they have to pay attention to all kinds of device maintenance so that they don’t get damaged easily. Including how to turn on the PS5 and turn off the PS5 properly and correctly.
Because if we just press the button just by guessing, we might just press the wrong button. What had been his intention to turn on the PS5 turned out to make the device behave strangely.
There are a number of methods to turn on your PlayStation 5. For example, the first one can swipe or press the right front button, if the PS5 is not standing or positioned horizontally it is to the right of the Disc Drive.
Simply put, the location of the Power button on the front of the PS5 is larger than other buttons, this was deliberately shaped that big by Sony so that users can easily recognize and get used to it.
While next to it the Eject DVD button or to eject game cassettes. Indeed, if you look some distance away, these two buttons are not very visible, because the color blends with the body in the PS5, which is black.
If you place the PS5 in a vertical or standing position, then the Power button is at the very bottom. Just press it once to turn on your PS5 without having to hold it too long.
In last month’s firmware update, users could turn on the PS5 without having to press the physical power button using a stick or DualSense controller, provided there was still battery power left on the stick.
How to Turn Off PS5 Completely Disable Device
Now that you understand how to turn on the PS5, how do you turn off the PS5? Here I recommend turning off the PS5 via software without having to press the button again.
This is also highly recommended by Sony, why is that? So that we minimize the use of physical buttons so that no damage occurs, since the PS3 and PS4 did they suggest this for good too.
More often than not you may want to turn off your PS5 through software, so you can do it using your DualSense controller without getting off the couch.
If you are a PS4 player then your instinct may be to press the PS logo button. It’s the same on the PS5 as well, just press and hold this button – it’s made up of the PlayStation logo right between the analog sticks on the DualSense controller.
Pressing the button will bring up the PS5’s activity cards (Activity Cards), along with a menu that lets you access notifications, chat chats, downloads, and more. The power settings are on the far right – Tip: instead of scrolling right, just tap left once and the PS5 stick cursor will rotate to the far end.
Tap on that, and you get three power options:
Enter Rest Mode: This puts the PS5 to sleep, but depending on the power settings you set, it will continue to download and install games and updates (firmware updates), and charge any PS5 stick plugged into the USB port.
Power off the PS5: This completely shuts down the PS5. Use this if you are going to unplug the PS5 from the mains, or just want to save power.
Restart PS5: This turns the PS5 off and on again – ideal if you ever run into a technical problem and hope that just a restart will fix it.
How to Mute PS5 Sound and Menu Music & On All Games
This is actually an additional tip, here we will tell you how to turn off music on the PS5 XMB dashboard or home screen when choosing a game. Here’s the guide:
1. From the main page, tap on the Settings menu located in the upper right corner.
2. Then you will be redirected to a new page, look for a menu that says Sound.
3. On the left there are three options, then select Audio Output.
4. Next scroll down the screen, until you meet the General section, turn off the toggle for the Home Screen Music menu (Turn off).
The PS5’s menu music is now successfully disabled – note that this will also disable any music playing when hovering the game on the dashboard, but not the menu sound effects.
Gamers can disable Sound Effects directly under the Home Screen Music button in the same menu if you want a completely silent PS5 navigation experience.
It’s now easier to turn on and turn off the PS5, if in the past it was possible to turn on a PlayStation device, inevitably you have to press a physical button around the PS, technological advances have made it even more practical.
