Picture of an iPhone in front of the Sony SRS XE200 speaker.

How to Connect Sony XE200 to iPhone

This post shows how to connect a Sony XE200 portable column Bluetooth speaker to an iPhone smart phone.  Doing so gives you a bigger, and notably better sound when you stream music from the iPhone to speakers like this one.

How to Connect Sony XE200 to iPhone, Step by Step

With the XE200 switched OFF (power button is dark), run through this routine to connect it to your iPhone mobile device..

1. Go to the iPhone Home Screen

Firstly, press and release the side button (right edge of the phone), swipe up from the bottom or hit the Home button, and enter your passcode or Face Id to launch the Home screen.

2. Find the Settings App

Next, flip through the Home screen pages until you find the Settings app.  We found ours on the second page of this screen, as we see next.

The -Settings- app icon on the iPhone -Home- screen. How to Connect Sony XE200 to iPhone.
iPhone -Home- screen showing the -Settings- app.

3. Bring up the Settings App

Thirdly, tap the Settings app icon.

The smart device then shows the first page of its settings, as shown in the next step.

Screenshot of the -Bluetooth- option on the iPhone -Settings- page.
iPhone -Settings- page, showing the -Bluetooth- option.

4. Go to the Bluetooth Option to Continue with How to Connect Sony XE200 to iPhone

Tap the Bluetooth item on the Settings page.

Then you get the Bluetooth Settings screen, as we show next.

Screenshot of the -Bluetooth Settings- page on an iPhone.
The iPhone -Bluetooth Settings- page.

Note that our Bluetooth is running here. But since our test Sony XE200 is currently shut OFF (is not in Bluetooth pairing mode), it does not show up in the BT devices list. Also, we don’t see it since we’ve never paired this speaker with this iPhone before.





5. Turn On your Speaker

Turn on the XE 200 by pressing its  Power  button. E.g. See this, pointed at by the green arrow, in the next picture.

Picture of the Power button on the Sony XE200.
The Power button on the Sony XE200.

The speaker then boots up, and the green Power lamp comes on, as we see in the next picture.

Picture of the green glowing power lamp.
The Power lamp glowing green.

Also, the Pairing lamp, just below the Power light, may blink in some pattern to show that the speaker is ready to respond to a Bluetooth pairing request. Or it may glow solidly, meaning that the speaker paired with some nearby device upon startup. In either case though, continue on with this routine.

Picture of the blue glowing Bluetooth Pairing light on the Sony XE200.
The blue glowing Bluetooth Pairing light on the Sony XE200.

If this lamp flashes evenly,  then it’s passively waiting for a Bluetooth connection request to come in. But if it blinks in pulse-pulse-pause, pulse-pulse-pause pattern, then the speaker is broadcasting its connection information over Bluetooth so other devices can find and link it. I.e. The speaker is already in pairing mode in this case.

Moreover, since our test iPhone does not know about this speaker since we’ve never connected the two together before, this test speaker will not pair with it automatically.

6. Put the XE200 into Pairing Mode

Now, to see this speaker on your iPhone, place it into Bluetooth pairing mode if it’s not in that mode by now. To do that, press the Pairing button.

Picture of the Pairing button on the Sony XE200.
The Pairing button on the Sony XE200.

Hold it in until the XE200 announces, “Bluetooth pairing,” in a female’s voice, and also, the Bluetooth Pairing lamp starts its pulsing blue in the groups of two.

7. Find the Speaker on your Phone to Continue with How to Connect Sony XE200 to iPhone

See the screen shot next. We found our speaker, as shown next.

Screenshot of the iPhone Bluetooth Settings page, showing a Sony XE200 as Discovered.
The iPhone Bluetooth Settings page, showing a Sony XE200 as Discovered.

8. Connect with the XE200

Tap the listed speaker in the DEVICES list.

The iPhone then pairs with the test speaker here.

I.e. The iPhone’s Bluetooth Settings screen might then change to look something like the following.  Note the now-paired Sony XE200 entry, as we point out with the green arrow next.

Screenshot of the iPhone Bluetooth Settings page, showing a Sony XE200 as Connected.
The iPhone Bluetooth Settings page, showing a Sony XE200 as Connected.

9. Done with How to Connect Sony XE200 to iPhone !

At last, we have now successfully connected the XE200 test speaker with a popular iPhone.

Other Sony XE200 Posts

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References

    1. Official Sony XE200 Support Page
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Revision History

    • 2023-03-28: First published.