How to Connect JBL Clip 4 to iPhone

An iPhone beside the JBL Clip 4 speaker.

Shows how to connect a JBL Clip 4 Bluetooth speaker with the iPhone.

How to Connect JBL Clip 4 to iPhone: Step by Step

With your Clip 4 powered OFF (power button is dark), run through this routine to connect it with your iPhone.

JBL Clip 4 speaker dark status lamp.

1. Visit the Home Screen on the iPhone

Firstly, at the lock screen, swipe up from the bottom to bring up the phone’s Home screen.

2. Find the Settings App

Then we find ours on the second page of the Home screen.

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

3. Bring up the Settings App

Thirdly, tap the Settings app icon.

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

The mobile device then displays the first page of its settings.

4. Go to the Bluetooth Page to Continue with How to Connect JBL Clip 4 to iPhone

Then tap the Bluetooth item. Our Bluetooth screen then displays, similar to the following.

The iPhone -Bluetooth- page.

Note that our Bluetooth is running here. If yours is OFF, then move the switch item to the ON position.

Now since the speaker is currently OFF, it does not appear in the Bluetooth devices list. Also, we don’t see it since we have yet to pair this speaker with this iPhone.

5. Turn On your Speaker

Turn on this unit by quickly pressing its Power button. Find it on the left side of the speaker, closest to the top.

The -Power- button on the left side of the JBL Clip 4 speaker.

The speaker then boots and the status light starts glowing or flashing white.

JBL Clip 4 speaker status lamp, glowing white.

The speaker then makes a rising pitch guitar strum sound.

But since the iPhone does not know about this speaker, the JBL Clip 4 will not pair with it automatically. The status lamp denotes this not-paired state by slow or quick flashing white.

6. Put your JBL Clip 4 into Bluetooth Pairing Mode

Now, to see your Clip 3 on your iPhone, place the speaker into pairing mode. So to do that, press the Pairing button. We also find this on the left side, just below the Power button.

The Bluetooth pairing button on the left side of the JBL Clip 4 speaker.

The speaker then plays a single note guitar string pluck sound. and status lamp starts fast flashing white.

7. Find your BT Speaker on your Mobile Device to Continue with How to Connect JBL Clip 4 to iPhone

See the screen shot next.

The JBL Clip 4 speaker shows as Discovered on the iPhone.

8. Next, Connect with your BT Speaker

Tap the listed speaker in the Other Devices section of the Bluetooth devices list.

Your iPhone then connects with the Clip (named “JBL Clip 4” in this scenario). The mobile device’s Bluetooth screen then changes to look something like the following.

The JBL Clip 4 speaker showing as Connected on an iPhone.

9. Done with How to Connect JBL Clip 4 to an iPhone !

Finally, we have now successfully linked this wireless speaker. Similar routines work with pairing and any devices as long as they support Bluetooth, including Android devices.