Media remote, holding down buttons no longer works

I am also experiencing the same issues with my Xbox One Media Remote, When i first purchased the remote it made things 10x easier but now it is slow to respond and i can no longer hold down the button for 3 seconds to turn my console off.

This started happeing about 2-3 weeks ago, i reverted back to using the Xbox One Controller for now until the Meida Remote is working again.

Still no luck Mister Cizl I have noticed however that it isn't only the Xbox guide button that won't activate as a hold. All the buttons don't function as a hold feature, even the volume buttons. It senses the first push then the backlight on the media
remote shuts off and the hold function, on any button pressed, does not work.

Heads up owners of Xbox Media One Remote! If all of a sudden your option does not appear to shut down the console while holding down the Xbox button and all else works fine....its your batteries. Long story shorter here. I haven't had this remote very long
and most remote batteries(duracell, in this case) last for many months. Well falling asleep with it on your bed many a night was clearly causing the light to go on and off draining the batteries that much faster. Odd that it still functioned otherwise except
the power down option. FYI

support.xbox.com/.../media-remote

Scan for a TV code

You can send a sequence of codes to from your remote to your TV to find the right code for your TV, if you do not know it.

Turn on your TV and point the media remote toward it.

Press and hold the Mute and 5 buttons simultaneously for two seconds to enter TV programming mode.

Press the Channel Up button repeatedly to send one code per button press from your media remote to your TV. By pressing Channel Up, you advance the code each time.

When the correct code is sent from the media remote to your TV, your TV will turn off. Press the Select button to confirm your code.

If your TV turns off but you then accidently continue to press Channel Up to continue past the correct code, press Channel Down to go back to the correct code. Your TV will turn on again when you go back to the correct code. Press the Select button to confirm
your code.

Program the media remote for your TV

Before your media remote can work with your television set, you need to program it for use with your particular brand of TV. There are two ways to program your media remote: manually entering your TV code or scanning to find your TV code.

Note After 30 seconds of inactivity, the media remote will exit the TV programming mode. Pressing any button besides Select, 0–9, or Channel Up/Down returns the media remote to its original mode and ends programming mode. Now, take the batteries out of the
remote for about 3 - 5 minutes to allow it to reset. From there replace the batteries in the remote and try the instruction that came with the remote (PDF). If that doesn't work then try to program the remote to a different tv to make sure the remote works
properly. Please just remember to program the remote within 9 seconds to prevent the

remote from resetting again in the middle of programming it.

Watch the following video to see how to program the media remote for your TV.