Why doesn’t the Astro A50 battery charge when the PlayStation 5 is in sleep mode? What can you do if the docking station or base station on the PS5 doesn’t get any power in sleep mode? The questions from one or other owner of the new console from Sony who has connected the popular gaming headset may look something like this. We have created a short guide in this article to find out what the problem is and how you can charge the Astro A50 on the PS5 in sleep mode.
PlayStation 5: Astro A50 does not load
If you connect the Astro A50 to the PlayStation 5 via the base station, the headset is usually recognized immediately and is ready for use straight away. There are also no problems with charging the headset as long as the console is switched on. But if you keep putting your PS5 into sleep mode, you might ask yourself, why doesn’t the Astro Headset charge?
At first you might think that the Astro A50 on the PS5 is not charging because the USB ports are not supplied with power in sleep mode (by the way, this is also often the reason why the PS5 controller does not charge in sleep mode). If you then set the “Power supply to the USB ports” in the settings under “System” and “Energy saving” as well as “Functions available in sleep mode” and try again, then the charging problem still exists.
After some research we did figured out pretty quickly, that some owners of the PS5 and Astro A50 probably have the same problem. According to reports, the power from the USB ports in sleep mode is not enough to operate the base station and charge the headset. There is no real “solution” yet, but there is a workaround on how you can still charge the Astro A50 in sleep mode on the PS5. The workaround is to remove the base station and connect the headset directly to the console using the USB cable. If you don’t use the base station and connect the headset directly, it will also charge in sleep mode.
It will probably only be a matter of time before the charging problem with the Astro A50 on the PS5 resolves itself. According to our research, other Bluetooth or gaming headsets with a base station also have the same problem.