An Echo Dot 4 clock speaker alongside a JBL Charge 5 speaker
Explains the connect JBL Charge 5 speaker to Alexa procedure. So this pairing happens between the JBL and Alexa devices directly. Thus you need not turn Bluetooth on in the mobile device you’re setting up this connection with.
With your Charge 5 switched OFF, run through this routine to connect it to your Alexa device. So we use an iPad Air tablet to set this up.
Firstly, we find the app on the iPad Air as shown in the next shot. Furthermore, in this exercise, the app in a folder that we set up on this iPad. We call this folder Smart Speakers.
Then the app displays its Home screen.
So find the hamburger item in the lower right corner of the screen. We point at this with the green arrow in the last screenshot.
This then brings up the Alexa app’s main menu.
Then this brings up the Settings screen.
So touching Device Settings brings up the All Devices page.
Then from here, choose which Echo device you wish to pair with your JBL Charge 5 speaker.
So this takes you to the device-specific settings screen for the speaker you chose.
In this demo, we pair from our Thomas’s 2nd Echo Dot 4 speaker to our JBL Charge 5 speaker.
Find the Connect a Device option pointed at by the green arrow in the last screenshot.
This brings up the Setup screen.
At this point, your Alexa device scans for nearby Bluetooth devices that are in pairing mode. Here, we selected an Echo Dot 4 earlier. So, the 5 will be the one that scans for BT devices.
Note that our Dot speaker found no devices so far. But it will in the next steps, when we put the 5 in pairing mode.
So Bring the speaker close to your Alexa device to pair. Then power up the Charge 5 by pressing and releasing the Power button.
Then put your speaker into pairing mode. Do that by pressing and releasing the Pairing button.
When you put the 5 into discovery mode, it should appear on the Pair Bluetooth Device… page.
If your JBL Charge 5 speaker does not appear on this page, then try moving it closer to the Alexa. Also try closing and restarting the Alexa app, and then repeating steps 3 through 7 along with step 9 above. Indeed we find that this usually gets the 5 to appear as it should.
See the last screenshot above. The test JBL Charge 5 speaker is there.
Then connect to the 5 by tapping its entry on the Pair Bluetooth Device… screen.
Your Alexa speaker then pairs with the 5.
The app then takes you back to the Thomas’s 2nd Echo Dot 4 screen, which looks something like the following.
Note that our Bluetooth speaker now shows as connected. Also, the Charge 5 makes the Speaker Paired sound (the three ascending guitar notes). So its Bluetooth light glows solid white, which signals that a successful connection is active.
Finally, we can now ask Alexa to play music. Then those tunes will come out of the Charge 5. Be sure though, to speak to the Alexa when making requests, and not the BT speaker. So the Charge 5 now has a pairing with Alexa. Yet the Alexa is still the speaker that hears the commands.
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