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Understanding LED indicator status lights and information | Bose Smart Speaker 500
Home Speaker 500 LED status:
Microphone icon (top of speaker)
| Status | Info | |
|---|---|---|
| Off | Microphone/voice assistant enabled | |
| Red | Microphone/voice assistant disabled |
Light bar (front display of speaker)
| Color | Status | Info | |
|---|---|---|---|
| White | Pulsing | System is rebooting | |
| White | Pulsing fast | Connecting to a Bluetooth® device or to a Wi-Fi network | |
| White | Slides to center, pulses twice | Request confirmed (for system setting change) | |
| White | Single pulse | Request confirmed | |
| White | Left side flashes | Volume down command received. If a volume button is held, the light stays lit while held | |
| White | Right side flashes | Volume up command received. If a volume button is held, the light stays lit while held | |
| White | Both sides glow, then fade out | When audio is paused, both sides of the lightbar glow for 15 seconds and then turn off | |
| White | Slides to center, glows solid, pulses | The voice assisant is listening when the light bar slides to the center and glows solid. If no request is made, the light flashes four times and fades, which signals the voice assistant is no longer listening | |
| White | Slides to center then to sides, pulses white | The voice assisant is listening when the light bar slides to the center and glows solid. After a voice command is received, the light slides from the center to the sides while the assistant thinks, then pulses while the assistant is talking. | |
| White | Slides from sides to center continuously | Voice assistant alarm is sounding | |
| White | Slides right to left | Downloading system update | |
| White | Slides left to right | Updating system | |
| Blue | Pulsing | Ready to connect Bluetooth device | |
| Yellow | Pulsing | Notification from voice assistant | |
| Amber | Flashes four times | Source error: See Bose app for info | |
| Amber | Solid | Setup mode: Ready to connect to Wi-Fi | |
| Red | Flashes four times | Voice assistant and/or internet connection unavailable | |
| Green | Pulsing | System ready for setup or entering Recovery mode | |
| Red | Solid | Error: Contact Bose support |
