Shows how to connect a typical Sony speaker to an Alexa device. So we do this with the Echo Input. But this also works on an Alexa Dot, Spot, or any other Echo device that supports Bluetooth. Finally this connecting happens directly between the speaker and Alexa. So you need not turn Bluetooth on in the mobile device you’re setting this up with.
How to Connect Sony Speaker to Alexa: Step by Step
Start with your Sony speaker powered off. Then run through this routine to connect the speaker to the Alexa 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
Find the hamburger item in the lower right corner of the screen.
This brings up the Alexa app’s main menu.
4. Tap the Settings Option on the Main Menu to Continue with How to Connect Sony Speaker to Alexa
This brings up the Settings.
From here, choose which Alexa device you wish to connect to your Sony speaker.
5. Tap the Alexa Device you Want to Connect
Here, we choose the Thomas’s Echo Input device.
Then this takes you to the device-specific settings screen for the Alexa device you picked.
6. Tap the Bluetooth Devices Item
So this brings up the Bluetooth Devices screen.
Then you’re ready to start a Bluetooth scan by the Alexa unit you just chose. Thus 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 Sony speaker and put it into discovery mode.
7. Turn On your Speaker to Continue with How to Connect Sony Speaker to Alexa
Put down your mobile device for a moment. Then turn on your Sony speaker. In this demo, we turn on our Sony SRS XB10 as follows. We quickly press its Power button. Now most Sony speakers have a Power button like this example, that works the same.
The speaker then powers up.
But since our Alexa device does not know about this speaker yet, she will not connect with it automatically. Thus, the Power / Bluetooth Status light shows as slow or fast blinking white.
8. Put your Sony Speaker into Pairing Mode
Thus to let Alexa find the speaker, place that speaker in Bluetooth discovery mode. So on the speaker we’re using here, we press the Power button. Then hold it in until the unit makes a two-tone beep sound. This signals that it’s ready to pair. Its Power lamp also flashes to signal this. But keep in mind that your Sony speaker may have a separate pairing button and lamp for Bluetooth status.
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 to Continue with How to Connect Sony Speaker to Alexa
Then this starts your Alexa device scanning for any nearby devices that are themselves in discovery mode. Since our speaker is now in pairing mode, the Input should find it.
Afterwards, you should see something like the screen we got. Shown next.
In our demo, the Alexa app finds our BT speaker. Sony calls it SRS XB10.
11. Find your Sony Speaker on the Discovered Devices List
12. Finally, Connect your Alexa with your Sony Speaker
Then connect to the Sony speaker by tapping that entry in the Bluetooth Setup screen.
Alexa then connects with the speaker.
13. Tap the Cancel Link
So to return to the Device Settings screen, touch the Cancel link.
The app then takes you back to the Device Settings page for the Alexa device you just paired.
Also, our speaker makes a Speaker Paired sound.
14. Done with How to Connect Sony Speaker to Alexa !
Finally we have now connected our BT speaker with an Alexa. So we can now ask Alexa to play music or any other audio content through this Sony speaker.