Switch dock: Dock light flashes when you plug in the adapter, then goes out
Normal. When the AC adapter is first plugged into the dock, the TV output light flashes and then shuts off.
Applies to: Nintendo Switch, Switch – OLED Model and Switch 2 docks. What you see: colour not named by the maker, flashes once, then goes out. Where: the dock.
What to do
Nintendo Support gives no step for this light; the meaning above is all it says.
Source
Nintendo’s own support pages, read on the date shown.
- Nintendo Support: TV Output LED on the Nintendo Switch Dock is Flashing — Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch – OLED Model docks (HAC-007, HEG-007). en-americas-support.nintendo.com Checked 2026-09-29.
- Nintendo UK Support: TV Output LED on the Nintendo Switch 2 Dock is Flashing — Nintendo Switch 2 dock (BEE-005). www.nintendo.com Checked 2026-09-29.