This post shows how to connect a JBL Xtreme 2 to Alexa Echo device. We will do this with the Echo Input. But the same you could also do with an Alexa Dot, Spot, Echo, and so on. Now this BT connecting happens directly between the speaker and Alexa Echo. Thus you need not turn Bluetooth ON in the mobile device you’re using to create this link.
How to Connect JBL Xtreme 2 to Alexa Echo, Step by Step
Start with your JBL Xtreme 2 powered off. Then run through this routine to connect the speaker to the Echo device. We’re using an iPad Air computer to establish this linkage.
1. Find the Alexa app on your Mobile Device
Firstly, we find the app on an iPadOS iPad Air. In our case, the Alexa app is on the third home screen page.
2. Run the Alexa App
The app displays its Home screen.
3. Tap the More (Hamburger) Control
Then find the hamburger item in the lower right corner of the screen. Some older versions of the app display this control near the top left corner of the page.
So touching this item brings up the Alexa app’s main menu,.
4. Tap the Settings Option on the Main Menu to Continue with How to Connect JBL Xtreme 2 to Alexa Echo
So this then brings up the Settings screen.
From here, choose which Alexa device you wish to connect to your JBL speaker. The green arrow in the next picture points at our choice, the Thomas’s Echo Input device.
5. Tap the Alexa Device you Want to Connect to the JBL Xtreme 2
This takes you to the device-specific settings screen for the Alexa device you picked. The Echo Input here.
6. Tap the Bluetooth Devices Item
Find the Bluetooth Devices menu item pointed at by the green arrow in the last screenshot.
This brings up the Bluetooth Devices screen, as shown next.
At this point, you’re ready to start a Bluetooth scan by the Alexa unit you just chose for this connection. Again, our Echo Input will be the one that scans for Bluetooth devices.
But don’t press the Pair a New Device button just yet. We must first power up the JBL speaker and put it into discovery mode.
7. Turn On your Speaker to Continue with How to Connect JBL Xtreme 2 to Alexa Echo
Then set aside your mobile device for a moment, and turn on your JBL Xtreme 2. Here, we turn on our speaker on by quickly pressing its Power button.
The speaker then powers up.
But since our Alexa device does not know about this speaker yet, she will not connect with the speaker automatically. Thus, the Power / Bluetooth Status light shows as white after you switch on this speaker. This assumes that the Xtreme 2 hasn’t paired with anything else since power up.
8. Put your JBL Xtreme 2 into Pairing Mode
Now, to allow Echo to find your wireless speaker, place that speaker in Bluetooth discovery mode. In our demo, we press the Bluetooth button. Then we hold it in until the BT speaker plays a repeating guitar pluck sound.
This tells us that it’s ready to pair. Its Power lamp also flashes blue to signal that pairing mode is active.
9. Now, Go Back to your Mobile Device
The screen with the blue Pair a New Device button should still be showing.
10. Tap the Blue Pair a New Device Button
Then this starts your Echo device scanning for any nearby Bluetooth devices that are themselves in discovery mode. Since our speaker is now in pairing mode, the Input should find it.
After a short pause, you should see something like the screen we got.
In our demo, the Alexa app found our BT speaker, named JBL Xtreme 2.
11. Find your JBL Xtreme 2 on the Discovered Devices List
We see our speaker in the list.
12. Finally, Connect your Alexa Echo Device with your JBL Xtreme 2
So next, connect to the BT speaker by tapping it in the Bluetooth Setup screen.
Alexa Echo then connects with the speaker.
13. Tap the Cancel Link
Then to get back to the Device Settings screen, touch the Cancel link. Find it highlighted at the bottom of the screen in the last picture.
The app then takes you back to the Device Settings page for the Alexa Echo device you just paired.
Also, our speaker makes a Speaker Paired sound, the three rising guitar notes.
13. Done with How to Connect JBL Xtreme 2 to Alexa Echo !
At last we have now connected our BT speaker with an Alexa Echo device. So we can now ask that device play music or any other audio content through this JBL speaker.