The dark Power button on the Sony SRS XB40 speaker.
This post shows how to connect to the Sony XB 40 wireless Extra Bass speaker via Bluetooth to typical wireless devices. E.g. These include the Apple line of device like the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. This routine also works for Android base devices as well, such as Samsung and LG phones, as well as Amazon Fire tablets.
With your XB 40 switched OFF (power lamp is dark), follow these steps to connect your source BT device to it. We use an iPad Air computer for this demo.
Firstly, press the Home button to reveal the smart device’s Home screen.
We found ours on the second page of the Home screen, as shown next.
Thirdly, touch the Settings app icon.
The smart device then shows the first page of its settings, as shown in the next step.
Our Bluetooth Settings screen displays as follows. Note that our Bluetooth is enabled here. But since our Sony XB 40 is currently shut OFF (is not in Bluetooth discovery mode), it does not show up in the Other Devices list. Also, we don’t see it since we’ve never connected to this speaker with our mobile device before.
Turn on the speaker by quickly pressing its Power-Pairing button. See this, pointed at by the green arrow, in the next picture.
The unit then powers up, and its Power-Pairing button glows white, as we in the next picture.
But since our tablet does not know about this speaker, the XB 40 will not connect with it automatically.
Now, to see your XB 40 on your device, place it into Bluetooth discovery / connecting mode. So to accomplish that, press and hold the Power-Pairing button, and release when you hear the rising pitch beep sequence and the speaker announces, “Bluetooth pairing,” in a lady’s voice. Find this button as shown above.
In addition to the voice announcement, the Bluetooth Status lamp begins flashing fast white, as we see next.
See the screen shot next. We found our XB 40, as pointed at by the green arrow.
Tap the listed speaker in the discovered devices list.
Your mobile device then connects to this speaker.
E.g. The the mobile device’s Bluetooth Settings screen then changes to look something like the following. Note the now-connected XB 40 entry in the My Devices list, as pointed at by the green arrows in the next screenshot.
At last, we have now successfully connected to the XB 40 BT speaker with a common mobile tablet device.
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