This post shows how to connect a JBL Xtreme Bluetooth speaker to a common Alexa device. We will do this with the Echo Input. But the same you could also do with an Alexa Dot, Spot, or any other Amazon Echo speaker device that supports Bluetooth. Since this BT connecting happens straight between the BT speaker and Alexa, you need not turn Bluetooth on in the mobile device you’re using to set up this link.
Start with your Xtreme JBL powered OFF. Then run through this routine to connect the speaker to the Alexa device. We’re using an iPad Air mobile computer to set up this linkage.
We found the app on an iPadOS iPad Air as shown in the next screenshot. In our case, the Alexa app is on the third home screen page. It’s pointed at by the blue arrow.
The app displays its Home screen as shown in the next screenshot.
Find the hamburger item in the lower right corner of the screen. This is pointed at by the green arrow in the last screenshot. Some older versions of the app display this control near the top left corner of the page.
Touching this item brings up the Alexa app’s main menu, as shown in the next screenshot.
The Settings option is pointed at by the green arrow in the last screenshot.
This brings up the Settings screen, as shown in the next screenshot.
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.
This takes you to the device-specific settings screen for the Alexa device you picked. The Echo Input here.
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.
Now put aside your mobile device for a moment, and switch on your wireless speaker. Here, we turn on our JBL Xtreme 1 on by quickly pressing its Power button. See this button pointed at by the green arrow, in the next picture.
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 hasn’t paired with anything else since power up.
Now, to allow Alexa to find your wireless speaker, place that speaker in Bluetooth discovery mode. In our demo, we press and hold in the Bluetooth button, as pointed at by the green arrow in the next picture, until the unit makes 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.
The screen with the blue Pair a New Device button should still be showing, as in the next screenshot.
This starts your Alexa 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. Shown next.
In our demo, the Alexa app found our BT speaker, named JBL Xtreme.
We see our speaker in the list, as pointed at by the green arrow in the last picture.
Connect to the BT speaker by tapping the listed speaker in the Bluetooth Setup screen, shown in the last screenshot above.
Alexa then connects with the speaker, as seen in the next screenshot.
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 device you just paired, as shown next.
Also, our speaker makes a Speaker Paired sound, the three rising guitar notes.
We have now successfully connected our BT speaker with an Alexa device. So we can now ask her to play music or any other audio content through this JBL speaker.
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