Bluetooth Pairing UE Wonderboom 3

An iPhone 12 Pro Max sitting in front of a Wonderboom 3.

This post demonstrates Bluetooth Pairing UE Wonderboom 3 to a typical smart device so that you may play music on that device and have it come through the UE Wonderboom 3. Start with your speaker shut OFF (all dark LEDs). Then, follow along for pairing it with phones, tablets, laptops, media players, et al.

Bluetooth Pairing UE Wonderboom 3: Step by Step

1. Visit the Home Screen of your Smart Device

Press the Home button to get to the Home page. See our screen as shown next.

3. Find the Settings App

We found ours on the second page of the Home screen.

iPhone -Home- screen showing the -Settings- app.

3. Bring up the Settings App

Tap the Settings app icon. Find this pointed at in the last picture.

The iPhone then displays the first page of its Settings screen, as shown in the next screenshot

iPhone -Settings- page, showing the -Bluetooth- option.

4. Go to the Bluetooth Settings Page to Continue with Bluetooth Pairing UE Wonderboom 3

Tap the Bluetooth item, as pointed at by the green arrow in the last screenshot.

The Bluetooth Settings screen then appears as follows. Note that our Bluetooth is switched ON here. But since the speaker is currently OFF, it does not show in either the My Devices or Other Devices lists on the tablet yet, Why? Because we have yet to connect it with this device for the first time. Plus, the speaker is not yet transmitting its Bluetooth connection info. See this scenario, that appears as shown next.

The Bluetooth page in iPhone settings.

Note in this picture that no UE Wonderboom 3 appears yet.

5. Switch ON the UE Wonderboom 3

Turn on the unit by quickly pressing its Power button. See this button, pointed out in the next picture.

Top view of the UE Wonderboom 3 BT speaker. showing the dark Power button.

The speaker then comes on, and announces this with a rising electronic sound. The Power button also lights up, as we see next.

Top view of the UE Wonderboom 3 speaker. showing the glowing Power button.

6. Put your UE Wonderboom 3 into Pairing Mode

Now, to see the speaker on your iPhone, place it into BT discovery mode. For that, press and hold the Bluetooth button located as we see in the next picture. It’s on the top, at the twelve o’clock position in he buttons panel. Release the button when you hear the rising plunks sound.

Top view of the UE Wonderboom 3 and its dark Bluetooth button.

Also, a lamp in this button starts quickly flashing white.

The UE Wonderboom 3 Bluetooth Pairing button glowing / flashing white.

7. Find your UE Wonderboom 3 on your Smart Device

See the picture next. We found ours, as pointed out next.

The Bluetooth page, showing the UE Wonderboom 3 as discovered but not connected.

8. Pair With It

Tap the listed speaker in the Other Devices section of the Bluetooth Devices list, shown above.

Your device then connects with the speaker (appears as “WONDERBOOM 3” in this demo).

The Bluetooth Settings screen then changes to display something like the following.

The Bluetooth Settings page, showing the UE Wonderboom 3 as Connected.

Note that the UE Wonderboom 3 now appears as connected, as pointed out in the last picture.

9. Done with Bluetooth Pairing UE Wonderboom 3

Lastly, we have now successfully paired this Bluetooth speaker with the test source device. So now, audio output from that device now plays on this speaker.