TCL TV: Slow pulsing blink, then it stops
The TV is doing something: starting up from off, installing an update from a USB drive, or powering down to standby. The pulsing stops when that finishes.
Applies to: TCL Roku TV models sold in the USA. What you see: colour not named by the maker, blinks while starting up, then stops.
What TCL says to do
TCL’s page gives no step for this state: it is what the TV normally does, or the meaning above is all it says.
No repair advice of our own. The steps above are only TCL’s, as its page states them; semiatic gives no repair instructions of its own. Nothing here asks you to go inside the TV: anything beyond TCL’s own steps is a job for TCL Support Team.
Source
TCL’s own support page, read on the date shown.
- TCL Support (USA): TCL Roku TV Status Light — TCL Roku TV models sold in the USA. support.tcl.com Checked 2026-09-29.
A light like this on other brands
The same colour and blink on another brand’s TV can mean something else.