Front view of the Sony SRS XB12 Extra Bass Bluetooth speaker.
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.
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.
Firstly, we find the app on an iPadOS iPad Air. In our case, the Alexa app is on the third home screen page.
The app displays its Home screen.
Find the hamburger item in the lower right corner of the screen.
This brings up the Alexa app’s main menu.
This brings up the Settings.
From here, choose which Alexa device you wish to connect to your Sony speaker.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The screen with the blue Pair a New Device button should still be showing.
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.
Then connect to the Sony speaker by tapping that entry in the Bluetooth Setup screen.
Alexa then connects with the speaker.
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.
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.
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