How to Connect to Sony SRS XB01

The Sony SRS XB01 speaker -Power- button.

This post shows how to connect to the Sony SRS XB01 Extra Bass personal speaker from typical portable devices. E.g. These include the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad line of Apple phones, media players, and tablets.

How to Connect Sony SRS XB01

With your SRS XB01 powered OFF (power button is dark), run through these directions to connect your source BT mobile device to this speaker. We’re using an iPad Air tablet in this demo.

1. Go to the Home Screen on your Source Device

Firstly, press the Home button to reveal the smart device’s Home screen.

2. Find the Settings App

We found ours on the second page of the Home screen, as shown next.

iOS Home Screen with Settings App Highlighted

3. Bring up the Settings App

Thirdly, touch the Settings app icon.

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

4. Go to the Bluetooth Settings Page to Continue with How to Connect to Sony SRS XB01

Our Bluetooth Settings screen displays as follows. Note that our Bluetooth is enabled here. But since our XB01 is currently not running (and so it is not in Bluetooth discovery mode), it does not show up in the Bluetooth devices list. Also, we don’t see it since we’ve never connected this speaker with this particular mobile device before.

iPadOS -Bluetooth Settings- page showing nothing discovered

5. Turn On your XB01 Speaker

Turn on the XB01 by quickly pressing and releasing its Power-Pairing button. See this, pointed at by the yellow arrow in the next picture.

The Sony SRS XB01 speaker -Power- button.

The speaker then boots, and its status lamp glows or blinks blue, as we see in the next picture.

The glowing -Status- light.

But since the demo iPad does not know about this speaker, the XB01 will not connect with it automatically.

6. Put the Speaker into Discovery Mode

Now, to see the XB01 on your device, place it into Bluetooth discovery mode. To do that, press and hold in the Power-Pairing button, and release when the speaker plays two high beep tones. Usually takes one to two seconds to enter pairing mode. Find the Power-Pairing button as seen above. It’s on the top of the speaker close to the back right corner.

Also, when you hear the beeps, the Status lamp begins flashing in rapid blue pulses.

7. Find the Speaker on your Mobile Device to Continue with How to Connect to Sony SRS XB01

See the screen shot next. We found our XB01, as pointed at by the yellow arrow.

iPadOS -Bluetooth Settings- page showing a Sony SRS XB01 speaker as Discovered but not Connected.

8. Connect to your Speaker

Tap the listed speaker in the discovered devices list.

Your mobile device then connects with the SRS XB01.

E.g. The the mobile device’s Bluetooth Settings screen might then change to look something like the following. Note the now-connected SRS XB01 entry, as pointed at by the green arrows in the next screenshot.

iPadOS -Bluetooth Settings- page, showing the Sony SRS XB01 speaker as Connected.