Kinect Randomly turns on and off

Tripod4899 · Oct 20, 2016

My Kinect doesn't always turn on at start up and sometimes (almost every time) randomly turns on and off by itself.

Any ideas how can i fix this?

There doesn't seem to be a hardware issue, and the console is plugged directly in to the wall (as this was previously suggested as a reason for this issue).

It has also been suggested to do a power cycle and reboot but this doesn't fix the issue and kind of ignores the problem when i should be able to turn my Xbox one on via voice command.

Please help.

:)

Alazam-2FECBCF3-9C3D-4808-BA5B-91C53F9F35D3 · Oct 20, 2016

Kinect Power Issue

My Kinect no longer stays powered on as it should. It constantly turns itself off and on over and over. The light goes on and off randomly and it stops responding to commands randomly.

tsglass · Oct 20, 2016

Why do Mics/Party still not work?

Randomly:

No sound through mic or TV, sound through TV only, sound through mic and TV, sound through kinect only, sound through mic but sounds like kinect.

Also, still have to turn on part chat after accepting an invite, randomly turns off your chat without notification if not playing same game. Randomly turns off all sound/chat during games and then randomly returns all sound and chat after game ends.

This was perfected on 360. They have the ability. What is the problem. Stop trying to reinvent the wheel Microsoft.

Mister Beep · Oct 20, 2016

Have you checked out our Xbox One Kinect Troubleshooter page? Give those steps a go and
keep us posted!

Mister Beep

Have you checked out our Xbox One Kinect Troubleshooter page? Give those steps a go and
keep us posted!

BmoStupendous-F31604

So I had the same issue. I came to this thread thinking I could get some help too. But yet, after reading these post I took one last measure before i thought I was ***.

I turned of the xbox manually then unplugged everything in the back (I think it was the power cord that did the trick). Plugged everything back in and presto! It worked! Hopefully that works for you too.

Hordie

Hi Zuhmer,

Sorry you're having issues with your Kinect. As this thread is a bit old the OP likely already has their answer. Please create a new thread so the community can assist you based on your exact issue. Also note any errors and troubleshooting you've already
done.

malbert69

I actually have tried that already and I am still experiencing the issue.

Zuhmer

My Kinect sensor turns off at random and sometimes restarts on its own. When I unplug the Kinect, and/or the console, the issue is temporarily resolved, but I must do this at least once a day. Also the controller does this when games are played. This makes
me think it's a problem with the console.

Kinect Randomly turns on and off