Connect JBL Wonderboom Speaker to iPad

An iOS Bluetooth Settings page. Showing the Wonderboom 1 as paired.

This post gives the Connect JBL Wonderboom Speaker to iPad directions. So first, start with this speaker OFF (all dark LEDs). Then, follow along to pair it with most any source device. So in this demo, we show how pairing works on our iPad Air mobile computer. But like procedures work for iPhones, iPods, and Android phones and tablets as well.

Connect JBL Wonderboom Speaker to iPad: Step by Step

1. Visit the Home Screen on your iPad Air

Firstly, press the Home button to get to the Home iPad page.

2. Find the iPad Settings App

We find ours on the second page of the Home screen on our tablet.

An iPad Home screen. Showing the -Settings- app.

3. Bring up the Settings App

Then, tap the Settings app icon.

Then the source device displays the first page of its Settings screen.

An iOS -Settings- screen with Bluetooth ON. Showing the -Bluetooth- item.

4. Go to the Bluetooth Settings Page to Continue with Connect JBL Wonderboom Speaker to iPad

Next, tap the Bluetooth item.

Then our Bluetooth Settings screen appears. Note that the JBL Wonderboom Speaker is currently OFF. So it does not show in either the My Devices or Other Devices lists yet, Why? Because we’ve not yet paired it with this iPad before. Furthermore, the speaker is not yet transmitting its BT connection info.

The -My Devices- list. Showing no JBL Wonderboom Speaker present.

5. Turn On your JBL Wonderboom Speaker

Then, turn on the WB by quickly pressing its Power button.

The JBL Wonderboom Speaker top view. Showing the dark -Power- button.

The unit then comes on.

The glowing -Power- button.

6. Start Pairing Mode

So to see your JBL Wonderboom Speaker on your iPad Air, place it into pairing mode. For that, press and release the Bluetooth button.

The -Bluetooth- button. It momentarily glows steadily when you connect JBL Wonderboom Speaker to iPad.

When you press this Pairing button, the speaker makes a distinctive sound several times. Plus, a lamp in this button starts rapidly flashing white.

7. Find your JBL Wonderboom Speaker on your Source Device

See the picture next. We find ours.

The iPad-Bluetooth Settings- page. Showing the JBL Wonderboom Speaker as discovered.

8. Connect With It

Then tap the speaker in the Other Devices section of the Bluetooth Devices list.

Your iPad Air then pairs with the JBL Wonderboom Speaker (appears as “WONDERBOOM” in this demo).

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

The JBL Wonderboom Speaker showing as connect established.

Note that the JBL Wonderboom Speaker now appears as connected, as circled inside the green oval in the last picture.

9. Done with Connect JBL Wonderboom Speaker to iPad !

Finally, we have now successfully paired our JBL Wonderboom Speaker with our iPad Air iOS device. So audio from that device now plays on this speaker.