User Manual Philips Norelco S9985/84 Wet And Dry Electric Shaver

The condition you report does not occur with my cleaning station. It does take several hours for the drying cycle to complete before the light goes out. If you were to remove and reinsert the AC before the dry cycle is finished, it would restart the cycle again. FYI After dry cycle is complete I remove AC until next cleaning is required

Every once in a while you need to clean the hole in the cleaning unit. I use a small round brush.

Norelco apparently no longer manufactures the SmartClean station with "the ring." The newer stations either have induction heating or not, and corresponding icons for On/Off, Cleaning, Heating (or not), and Charging/Complete. There really was never a need for a "ring" to track progress, because, well, unless you were going to sit and stare at the shaver drying for 4 hours, it didn't have a function. The shaver actually runs a cleaning cycle for 5 minutes or so, then either goes straight to charging or enters a 4 hour drying cycle, depending on the station model, after which it charges. There's no entertainment value in watching it.