The circular logo at the top of your Voice Remote lights up in different colors, to show what the remote is doing. The table below summarizes what each color means.

RED ON

Microphone on, listening for speech commands

RED FLASHING

Unable to establish wireless microphone link: check USB dongle is plugged in, and remote hasn't moved out of range

GREEN ON

Plugged in to USB cable and fully charged

GREEN FLASHING (SLOW)

Plugged in to USB cable and currently charging

GREEN FLASHING (FAST BURST)

Entering deep sleep mode (press the green Media Center Start button to wake it up again)

DARK BLUE ON

Transmitting a built-in Media Center remote keystroke

LIGHT BLUE ON

Transmitting a learned keystroke

LIGHT BLUE FLASHING (MEDIUM)

In learning mode, waiting for a key stroke

LIGHT BLUE FLASHING (FAST)

In erase mode

LIGHT BLUE FLASHING (FAST BURST)

Successful learning or erasing

AMBER FLASHING

Failed to learn or erase a button, low battery, memory full, or general error

PURPLE FLASHING

In pairing mode, waiting to pair with a new USB dongle