Sony WF-1000XM5 case: Slow orange flashing about 15 seconds after pressing the reset button
Getting ready to reset or initialise. About 15 seconds after you first press the reset/initialize button on the back of the case, the light flashes slowly orange (about every 0.7 seconds) for up to about 5 seconds.
Applies to: WF-1000XM5. What you see: orange or amber, flashing or blinking. What it reports on: pairing, reset or an error.
What to do
Sony Help Guide gives no step for this light; the meaning above is all it says.
Source
Sony’s own support page, read on the date shown.
- Sony Help Guide: WF-1000XM5 | Help Guide | About the indicator — WF-1000XM5 (model YY2963). helpguide.sony.net Checked 2026-09-29.
The same colour on other earbud cases
Another maker can use this colour for something else entirely.