Connect JBL Wonderboom to iPhone

An iPhone in front of the Wonderboom 1.

Gives the connect JBL Wonderboom to iPhone procedure. Now this can also work with other iOS devices such as an iPod Touch and iPad. Start with your speaker shut OFF (all dark LEDs). Then, follow along to connect it with iPhone.

Connect JBL Wonderboom to iPhone: Step by Step

1. Visit the Home Screen on your iPhone

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

2. 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.

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 Connect JBL Wonderboom to iPhone

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

Our Bluetooth Settings screen then appears as follows. Note that our Bluetooth is switched ON here. But since the JBL Wonderboom is currently OFF, it does not show in either the My Devices or Other Devices lists on the tablet yet, Why? Because we’ve not yet connected it with this device before. Plus, the speaker is not yet transmitting its Bluetooth connection info. See this scenario, that appears as shown next.

The iPhone -Bluetooth Settings- page.

Note in this picture that no JBL Wonderboom 1 appears yet.

5. Power On your JBL Wonderboom

Turn on the speaker by quickly pressing its Power button. See this button, circled in green, in the next picture.

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

The speaker then comes on.

The JBL Wonderboom powered ON. Showing the glowing -Power- button.

6. Put your JBL Wonderboom into Pairing Mode

Now, to see your JBL Wonderboom on your iPhone, place the WB into BT pairing mode. For that, press and release the Bluetooth button, as circled in the next picture.

The -Bluetooth- button.

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

7. Find Your JBL Wonderboom on your iPhone

See the picture next. We found ours, as we point out in the next pic.

iPhone Bluetooth page, showing the JBL Wonderboom as discovered But not paired.

8. Connect with the JBL Wonderboom

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

Your iPhone then connects with the JBL Wonderboom (appears as “WONDERBOOM” in this demo).

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

iPhone Bluetooth page, Showing the JBL Wonderboom as Connected.

Note that the JBL Wonderboom now appears as connected, as we point out in the last picture.

9. Done with Connect JBL Wonderboom to iPhone !

Lastly, we have now successfully connected our JBL Wonderboom BT speaker with the iPhone. Audio output from that source device now plays on this cordless speaker. The same happens with most other Bluetooth devices.