How to Connect JBL Pulse 3 to iPhone

An iPhone in front of the JBL Pulse 3 light show speaker.

This post shows how to connect a JBL Pulse 3 wireless speaker with the iPhone.

How to Connect JBL Pulse 3 to iPhone: Steps to Take

With your Pulse 3 powered OFF (power button is dark), run through this routine to connect it with your iPhone.

The dark JBL Pulse 3 -Power- button.

1. Visit the Home Screen on the iPhone

Firstly, at the lock screen, swipe up from the bottom or tap the Home button to bring up the phone’s Home screen. Shown next.

2. Find the Settings App

We found ours on the second page of the Home screen, as we show next.

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

3. Bring up the Settings App

Tap the Settings app icon.

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

The iPhone then displays the first page of its settings, as we see.

4. Go to the Bluetooth Page to Continue with How to Connect JBL Pulse 3 to iPhone

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

The -Bluetooth Settings- page.

Note that our Bluetooth is ON here. If yours shows as OFF, then move the switch item rightward to the ON position as ours is in the last picture.

Now since JBL speaker is currently powered OFF, it does not show up in the Bluetooth devices list. Also, we don’t see it since we’ve never paired this speaker with this iPhone before.

5. Turn On the 3 Speaker

Turn on this unit by quickly pressing its Power button. The speaker then boots and that button starts glowing white.

The -Power- lamp glowing on the speaker.

The speaker then powers up and makes a rising guitar strum sound.

But since the iPhone does not know about this speaker, the Pulse 3 will not pair with it automatically. The Pairing light denotes this not-paired state by either staying dark or blinking white.

6. Put your JBL Pulse 3 into Bluetooth Pairing Mode

Now, to see the 3 on your mobile device, place the speaker into this discovery mode. To do that, press and release the Pairing button. It’s the button just under and to the left of the Power button on the main buttons panel. It looks like the Bluetooth logo. See this next.

The JBL Pulse 3 -Pairing Status- lamp glowing.

The speaker then plays the guitar single note pluck in decreasing volume sequence. And the Pairing button starts flashing white.

7. Find your BT Speaker on your Mobile Device to Continue with How to Connect JBL Pulse 3 to iPhone

See the screen shot next. In fact, we found our speaker, as pointed at by the dark blue arrow.

The JBL Pulse 3 speaker showing as Discovered on the iPhone.

8. Next, Connect with your Speaker

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

Your iPhone then connects with the Pulse (named “JBL Pulse 3” in this scenario). The mobile device’s Bluetooth screen then changes to look something like the following.

The JBL Pulse 3 showing now as Connected.

9. Done with How to Connect JBL Pulse 3 to an iPhone !

We have now successfully linked this BT speaker. Furthermore, similar procedures work with pairing iPod Touch players, iPad Pros, and any iPhones as well so long as they support Bluetooth. Also, pairing with Android devices works like this too.