This post shows how to connect the iPhone to a Sony speaker. In this test, we demo with a Sony SRS XB12 speaker. But most other models work the same way.
With your Sony speaker powered OFF (power button is dark), run through these directions to connect it to your iPhone mobile device. We’re using an iPad Air tablet for this demo, as we do not yet know how to take screen shots from an iPhone. But the procedure is virtually identical.
Firstly, press the Home button to reveal the iPhone’s Home screen.
We found ours on the second page of the Home screen, as shown next.
Thirdly, tap the Settings app icon.
The iPhone then shows the first page of its settings, as shown in the next step.
Our Bluetooth Settings screen displays as follows. Note that our Bluetooth is enabled here. But since our Sony speaker is currently shut OFF (is not in Bluetooth pairing mode), it does not appear in the BT devices list. Also, we don’t see it since we’ve never connected this speaker with our iOS device before.
Turn on the speaker by quickly pressing its Power button. E.g. See this, pointed at by the green arrow, in the next picture on our Sony XB12 test speaker.
The speaker then powers up, and its status lamp blinks blue, as we see in the next picture. This means that it’s ready to receive a Bluetooth connection request. If it slow blinks, then it’s passively waiting for a Bluetooth connection request to arrive. But if it’s fast-flashing blue, then it’s broadcast its connection info over Bluetooth so other devices can find this speaker.
But since your iPhone does not know about this speaker yet, any Sony speaker will not pair with it automatically.
Now, to see the test speaker on the iPhone, place the speaker into Bluetooth discovery / pairing mode. To do that, press the Power button (in our example), and release when the speaker beeps twice and the Status lamp begins blinking quickly. Find the Power button as shown above, pointed at by the green arrow. Note that other Sony speaker models may have a separate Pairing button. In those cases, press than one, instead of the Power button.
See the screen shot next. We found our test Sony speaker, as pointed at by the green arrow.
Tap the listed speaker in the discovered devices list.
Your mobile device then connects with it.
I.e. The the mobile device’s Bluetooth Settings screen might then change to look something like the following. Note the now-connected Sony speaker entry, as pointed at by the green arrows in the next screenshot.
At last, we have now successfully connected our speaker speaker with with an iPhone like device.
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