How to Connect to Sony XG300

The Bluetooth pairing / discovery button on the Sony SRS XG300 speaker.

This post shows how to connect to the Sony XG300 mini boombox speaker with typical wireless devices. E.g. These include the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad line of Apple phones, media players, and tablets. A similar routine also works with Android tablets and phones as well.

How to Connect to Sony SRS XG300, Step by Step

With your SRS XG 300 powered OFF (power lamp is dark), run through these directions to connect your source BT device to the speaker. We’re using an iPad Air tablet computer for 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 XG300

Our Bluetooth Settings screen displays as follows. Note that our Bluetooth is enabled here. But since our Sony XG300 is currently shut OFF (is not in Bluetooth connecting mode), it does not appear in the Bluetooth devices list. Also, we don’t see it since we’ve never linked this speaker with our mobile device before.

iPadOS -Bluetooth Settings- page showing nothing discovered

5. Turn On your Sony SRX XG300 Boombox

Additionally, turn on the XG300 by quickly pressing and releasing its Power button. See this, pointed at by the pink arrow, in the next picture.

The -Power- button on the Sony XG300.

The speaker then powers up, and its status lamp glows green.

But since our iPad does not know about this speaker, the iPad will not connect to the SRS XG300 automatically.

The -Power- lamp glowing green.

6. Put the XG300 into Pairing Mode

Now, to see your speaker on your device, place it into Bluetooth discovery / pairing mode. To do that, press the Pairing button, and release after a quarter second.

Find this button as we see in the next picture, pointed at by the arrow. It’s right beside the Power button in the middle of the left buttons panel on top of the speaker.

The Bluetooth pairing / discovery button on the Sony XG300.

Then the speaker announces, “Bluetooth pairing.” Also, the Bluetooth Status lamp begins flashing in a pulse-pulse-pause-pulse-pulse-pause pattern.

The Bluetooth status light glowing blue on the Sony XG300.

7. Find the Speaker on your Mobile Device to Continue with How to Connect to Sony XG300

See the screen shot next. We found our 300, as pointed at by the green arrow.

The Sony XG300 showing as discovered on iPadOS.

8. Connect with your Speaker

Tap the listed speaker in the discovered devices list.

Your mobile device then connects with the SRS XG 300.

E.g. The the mobile device’s Bluetooth Settings screen then changes to look something like the following. Note the now-connected SRS-XG300 entry, as pointed at by the green arrows in the next screenshot.

The speaker showing as Connected on iPadOS.